Demystifying Soft Object References | Inside Unreal

This week Christian Allen will provide an overview of Hard & Soft Object references in Blueprints, why the differences are important to know about, and how you can utilize Soft Object references in your project to help with memory management.

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TRANSCRIPT
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*TIMESTAMPS*
00:00 Countdown Video
04:51 News
07:41 Karma Earners
08:00 Community Spotlights
09:36 Stream Introduction
09:50 Important News
13:09 Epic Online Services
15:33 Demystifying Soft Object Reference Overview
19:50 Demonstration
23:05 Blueprint Example Overview
30:50 Unloading objects and Garbage Collection
33:26 Demonstration and Information
36:01 Hierarchal Nature of Blueprints
40:06 Reducing overhead
47:41 Accessing Data and Workflow
53:00 Questions and Answers
1:24:15 Information and Stream Wrap Up