Workspace Configuration

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In this tutorial we will setup our first asset stream and link it to Unreal Engine through python API.

As mentioned before, we run UE4: Create New Asset stream and select teh folder. See below image for the folder structure and what each file means.

The file structure

Assets

This is where you would put your meshes, audio files and textures (Not sets of texture, we have a special tool for handling those)

Lets say, I have put 2 meshes and 1 exmple wav file into the Asset folder

Audit

This is where your JSON data for the entire asset folder is stored. You also have per-folder audit data. But if you want a review list, here is where you'll find them.

Binaries

The golang tools get copied over to this location. You don't have to worry about these.

Source

Let this folder be empty for now. We will add our mixamo animations, out TextureSets to this folder later.

assetdata.json

This is auto-generated when you call UE4 : Refresh Asset Stream. This contains data to be used by the python import script.

ExportScript.py

This file has the skeleton code for importing different types of assets. This is a pretty long file and you don't want to modify it.

settings.json

This is your per-folder setting file. More settings will be discussed later.

To summarize, we have 2 meshes and 1 .wav file file in Assets folders. Everything else was auto generated. Next up, importing the assets.

See you later... 🖐