Dependency Viewer display a grpah of uasset files that been referenced by current selected asset.
Toggle Tree Panel
Click the Dependency Viewer
button beside the search bar on Asset View to toggle the display of Dependency Viewer.
Display Depencency Graph for Selected Asset
To display depencency graph for selected asset, makre sure Dependency Viewer is toggled on, then select the asset in Asset View, the dependency graph will be displayed in Dependency Viewer.
Only one asset’s dependency graph can be displayed at one time in Dependency Viewer.
Options
Show Options
- Direct Dependencies Only
Uncheck the option to also display dependency graph of depended assets recursively.
It mgith took a long time to analysis and display a huge dedendency graph with lots of nodes, use it with caution.
- Hard References
Check the option to display hard references nodes. The line color point to hard refernces is white.
Hard refernces is object been referenced by property or variable assignment directly.
- Soft References
Check the option to display soft references nodes. The line color point to soft refernces is dark purple.
Soft refernces is object been referenced via SoftObjectPath indirectly.
- Native Packages
Wheter to display native pakcages like code assets.
Zoom Options
- Fit All
Zoom the graph to view as many nodes as possible.
If there’re too many nodes. the zoom level might reach the limitation and stop zooming.
- Fit Selected
Zoom the graph to selected nodes.
- Select and Fit Error Nodes
Select error nodes and zoom to them.
Sytle Options
- Straight Connect Line
Unchecked the option to use curve connection lines between nodes.
Layout Options
- Show Under Asset View
Check the option to display Dependency Viewer under Asset View.