Issues Loading Objects

[MonsOlympus]

Okay so Im going to admit I feel like an idiot with this issue, I have a inkling I might be missing something really simple but I’ll run through it and hopefully someone can help

UObject* GameAbilityObj = LoadObject<UObject>(GetOwner(), *AbilityPath);

LogTemp: Warning: LoadObject: LaunchDrone_DA 

When I load a class using UObject like this it loads fine but I need to cast this object to get access to call a function.

UIroncladGameplayAbility* IronGameAbilityObj = Cast<UIroncladGameplayAbility>(StaticLoadObject(UIroncladGameplayAbility::StaticClass(), nullptr, *AbilityPath));

AbilityPath in this instance is copied from the UAsset in the Content Browser:

"/Game/Commander/Abilities/Drone/LaunchDrone_DA.LaunchDrone_DA"

Ive tried loading the UClass manually and it loads fine as with the UObject loading fine unless its cast during load or after. UIroncladGameplayAbility is a subclass of UObject its nothing fancy, Im using it as a container to link GAS with EnhancedInput.

UIroncladGameplayAbility* CastedAbility = Cast<UIroncladGameplayAbility>(GameAbilityObj);

This also returns null which about feels where my brain is! I thought it might be an Angelscript issue but confirmed the same thing happens on stock 5.2 and 5.3 preview. Its definitely not the expected behaviour, like I said I feel like Ive missed a step but I continually get LoadObject warnings.

LogUObjectGlobals: Warning: Failed to find object 'IroncladGameplayAbility /Game/Commander/Abilities/Drone/LaunchDrone_DA.LaunchDrone_DA'

I can provide a sample project for 5.2 if anyone wants to take a look at more of the specifics but Ive tried to eliminate all possible problems outside of LoadObject. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[MonsOlympus]

Okay so my suspicion was correct, it was something I had overlooked. I was casting to a class which the Blueprint wasnt inherited from. The class being UBlueprint and having to access the GeneratedClass and then GetDefaultObject (CDO).

void UActionabilityComponent::AddAbility(FString AbilityPath)
{
	UE_LOG(LogTemp, Warning, TEXT("Path: %s "), *AbilityPath);
	
	UBlueprint* BPAbilityObj = LoadObject<UBlueprint>(GetOwner(), *AbilityPath);
	UE_LOG(LogTemp, Warning, TEXT("Load: %s "), *BPAbilityObj->GetName());

	if (BPAbilityObj)
	{
		UClass* GeneratedClass = BPAbilityObj->GeneratedClass;
		if (GeneratedClass)
		{
			UE_LOG(LogTemp, Warning, TEXT("GeneratedClass: %s "), *BPAbilityObj->GeneratedClass->GetName());

			UIroncladGameplayAbility* BlueprintInstance = Cast<UIroncladGameplayAbility>(GeneratedClass->GetDefaultObject());
			if (BlueprintInstance)
			{
				FInputActionValue InputActionValue;
				BlueprintInstance->TriggerInput(InputActionValue, 0.0f, 0.0f, BlueprintInstance->InputAction);
			}
		}
	}

This is the code that ended up allowing me to load a UObject from an Asset Path and execute a function. Funnily enough I have to give credit to ChatGPT which I used as a last resort!