Really frustrated: file system woes

Hia guys!

I’ve been working on my game for around 5 or 6 months now, and this problem is getting really frustrating. Love UE4 so much, but this is something that cannot be ignored.
Note that this could just be me, although I’ve seen other people have this problem too, idk. Maybe this is all my fault, and I am doing something wrong - this is absolutely possible.

Basically… the file system, aka the content browser, is a real pain. And not like a clunky type of pain, I mean “freeze development for a week to fix this” type of pain.
I’ve had countless problems, usually with moving around files. An example would be moving a blueprint from one location to another: this seems pretty important, since things change, life happens, and organization of large projects is pretty important. However one time, when simply moving a blueprint from one location to another in-editor, the entire file just… dyed. The file itself still existed in the directory, but unreal engine wouldn’t load it.

Today, something different happened: I moved some files, saved, closed, and opened. However… when I tried deleting the folder that previously contained the files, lo and behold the engine thought my files where there, and tried to delete them. In other words, it didn’t actually move them… and now they are invisible to me, so I’m completely stuck.

I do not know how ue4 handles this stuff: I’ve noticed that even after deleting the file in-editor, the file still exists in the actual directory (I assume the file is ticked off as deleted for the editor). I personally am very depressed and stuck - I don’t have much time to do this, and now I have to somehow find a fix without accidentally deleting everything (which could easily happen with this system)

All I’m asking, begging, is for you to pleeeaaaseee make this thing work. While features in new versions are fantastic, I would really love to even make my game. :frowning:

Thanks,

It is mandatory to migrate files into the root content folder. After that you should be able (4.9.2) to move content freely around.

Not sure what you mean… however, right after making this post, I found out the fix:

I never knew the FixupRedirects Commandlet was a thing!

Although idk why it’s not said anywhere, this is what fixed my problem… however not sure if it would have fixed the old problem with the deleting.

Looks cool, but how do you run it? They never mention that. Have never heard of a commandlet

A lot of ppl aren’t familiar with redirectors. And things like this happens;
I guess that’s why they are planning on removing redirector system altogether, tagged on Trello.

Right click folder in content browser, the command is there on popup menu.

right click on folder in content browser.

Problem is moving folders with perforce, takes a looooooooooooot of time.

Ah, tried everywhere but there, thanks.