I’ve tried to find the EditorScriptingUtilities experimental plugin in 4.20 but couldn’t find it anywhere in the engine content ? It used to be in “Epic Games\UE_4.19\Enterprise\Plugins\Experimental” which has disappeared in 4.20 (only the C++ classes show, there used to be a folder with blueprint samples, materials, etc…)
I also tried to import the PythonExamples stuff shown in https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Studio/Python but the howto is a bit vague… I’ve tried a lot of folder hierarchy configurations, on 4.19 and 4.20, but couldn’t get the assets to show in UE4’s editor correctly.
Would be nice to have at least the EditorScriptingUtilities back in studio, as a lot of our optimization workflow resides in these scripts.
Cheers !
EDIT : also ready any of the .py files in the PythonExamples just returns me an invalid syntax error (<string>, line 1) ?
The plugin is now part of the engine therefore no longer restricted to Studio users
You can now find the EditorScriptingUtilities experimental plugin in 4.20 here: UE_4.20\Engine\Plugins\Editor\EditorScriptingUtilities.
If you go to the plugin browser tab (In Unreal edit menu)
Type “python” in search
Enable the plugin and restart now .
Hey Marie-Claude and Kenpimentel, thanks for chiming in !
I’ve already enabled the python tools, what I’m getting trouble with is importing the unreal assets (and opening .py scripts in the editor).
When you say define your paths, are these python paths ? What are these Base_folder and Destination folders you refer to ? I’m new to python coding and have absolutely no clue on how to set this up… :rolleyes:
For the .ueassets files you shared, what folder hierarchy would I need to make from the “Content” folder of my project ?
All the path inside the script will not work for you .
You need to open the script and update all path relative to your environment.
Here’s an example :
My PythonExample.udatasmith scene is located here : D:\Unreal_project\MyProject3\Content\PythonExample\DatasmithImport\PythonExample.udatasmith
So this is the path i will use for datasmith_file = D:\Unreal_project…
If you look at line at line 33 inside the script.
you’ll find → destination_folder = “/Game/PythonExample”
This is the content folder in your content browser.
This is the place you want your scene to be imported.
Once you made sure all your path are the right one , make sure you save your script.
Try to execute python script in Unreal.
When I place the folder (using windows explorer) in the content folder, it doesn’t show up in the UE4 Content Browser. Am I supposed to see these assets in the content browser after restarting the project? Can I ask someone to help me understand what I’m missing?
The assets you see in that folder are Datasmith file assets, not assets. That project is a Datasmith file you need to import in unreal either the Datasmith plugin.
the py script shows how to automate the import process
It works ! And your folder path also allowed me to finally use the unreal assets available in the PythonExamples.zip file, which was kinda what I wanted in the beginning
The correct folder structure for the unreal assets provided is “ProjectName/Content/PythonExample/” and you have to drop the folders contained in “Unreal Studio Examples” right here.
https://i.imgur.com/BYXvUAk.png
Off to test out all these scripts and rebuild my own tools, thanks a lot Marie-Claude !
, you can try it .
