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Startup & Shutdown Scripts

Last updated 25 days ago

This section focuses on ways to manage Editor Startup and Editor Shutdown

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An approach to m

An approach to organizing startup scripts

How to call Python code on Editor Startup, handling code that can run as soon as possible as well as code that might need to wait until the Editor is finished loading

How to call Python code on Editor Shutdown

The demos covered in this section as one single Python Module

Treat init_unreal like __init__
Organizing Startup Scripts
Startup Script Management
Shutdown Script Management
Python Module Example