I am creating a UWorld to run my tests in to avoid contamination by ■■■■■ that exist in the editor. I am doing this as follows:
UWorld* World = UWorld::CreateWorld(EWorldType::None, false);
// do some stuff with the world like call SpawnActor
// End of the test:
// Destroy everything I made in the world
GEngine->DestroyWorldContext(World);
World->DestroyWorld(false);
However, doing this in quick succession (i.e. if I have a complex automation test, creating a world for each parameter). After about 30 tests (i.e. creating and destroying 30 worlds), Unreal bails out with the following error:
Perhaps there is a better way to do this. If there are some best practises or some example tests I could be following, that would be useful.
As a work around, putting a small pause at the end of each test (e.g. with ADD_LATENT_AUTOMATION_COMMAND(FWaitLatentCommand(0.01f));) avoids the crash (though massively slows down the test).
A (better than pausing) work around. Create one world for testing whenever you run your first test and keep reusing that one. I wrote a function like this that I could use whenever I wanted the world. Not ideal as have to remember to clear out the world at the end of the test.
FName FSingleCarTestData::TestingWorldName = "World_TEST";
UWorld* FAutomatedTestingFunctions::GetTestingWorld()
{
for (const FWorldContext& WorldContext : GEngine->GetWorldContexts())
{
if (WorldContext.World()->GetFName() == FSingleCarTestData::TestingWorldName)
{
return WorldContext.World();
}
}
UWorld* NewWorld = UWorld::CreateWorld(EWorldType::None, true, FSingleCarTestData::TestingWorldName);
FWorldContext& NewContext = GEngine->CreateNewWorldContext(EWorldType::None);
NewContext.SetCurrentWorld(NewWorld);
return NewWorld;
}
Hi ,
The error message you were running into is intentional. Creating, destroying, and recreating UWorlds in short periods of time can eat up a lot of memory, and is not recommended. In this case, your thought of re-using a single UWorld for your tests is probably the best option.
If you have not already done so, please also take a look at the Automation System documentation. This page mentions some specific source code files that have example tests included with, and used by, the Editor.