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Metadata

Last updated 25 days ago

This section focuses on ways to interact with and use Metadata

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An overview of how to use Metadata, referencing Epic's documentation

A C++ function exposing the ability to register Unreal Metadata from Python

How to set metadata on an asset

How to read metadata from an asset

How to find assets using a metadata query

The demos covered in this section as one single Python Module

Epic Documentation
[c++] Registering Metadata Tags
Setting Metadata
Getting Metadata
Find Assets By Metadata
Python Module Example