I downloaded the Lyra project, created a new widget class (X), added a Soft Reference variable in the Character Default BP, opened the Reference Viewer of the Character Default BP, and it said that it had a hard reference to class X. Yet the only thing I did was declare a soft reference. Any idea of why this happens?
Also, I know this issue was tackled in:
But I do not understand the answer 
Same thing happens to me in 5.1.
I watched every video I could find and read articles and blog posts so Iām really starting to understand what are soft and hard references, and how to use them. However, Iāve been scratching my head trying to restructure my gameās blueprints properly with this new knowledge. Every time I setup a soft reference it always appear as a hard reference in the reference viewer (i.e. no pink connection, only shows up with the āhard referenceā filter and shows up in the size map)
Based on this article which is referenced everywhere, I tried making the most straight forward test objects to see if it was me who did not setup the references properly or if it was a bug.
Here are my two test blueprints
Simple behavior based off of the one from the article. Everything works properly when I load the level
Still appears as a hard ref in the viewer
Also tried closing and reopening the engine to no avail.
I donāt know what to do at this point. Iām completely baffled. Iām considering migrating my project to a newer version of unreal because every one I found that are having this issue are also on 5.1.
