UE5 - Data Assets

[@Yggdrasil777]

Very nice demonstration of the basics for Data Assets.

[@manollobango]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge in this tutorial! Do we really have to create a Data Asset for every asset/mesh or is there a way to add multiple assets/meshes to one Data Asset?

[@gamedevoutpost9270]

You can really make what you want. Add more variables to your data asset, or make a data table, set up an enumeration. It really just depends on your needs and how you want to structure it.

[@manollobango]

@gamedevoutpost9270 Okay, thanks for the info! I just ask because you haven't mentioned this option in your video and due to this I wondered if using multiple assets in one data asset has any downsides?!

[@Felicheat]

Hi this has taught me some things i was looking into. I have a question of importing or exporting data assets as jsons. If I had a DA dumped from a Game I have aspirations to mod (add more references to the Primary DA), is there a good way to import these in?

[@gamedevoutpost9270]

The short answer is that you can read and write to a text file. Look into save systems. When I have time I'll make tutorials on this.