An Archive is a pack of elements, each archive have its own file.
You can use only one archive or have thousand. When loading an archive you load in memory the whole archive and unless you want to load all your game at once you’ll want to separate elements in some different archives.
Generals archives Setting.
AutoUpdate
If this is uncheck, Archives settings will be readonly and the construction of the master will be faster.
Archive Filter
Will filter the Archives in the map below, usefull if you have a lot. This also speed up the construction of the master.
Generate Setting from filter
Create an archive setting manualy using the filter as identifier.
Archives
A map with all your archive’s settings.
Import PIE
Archive created in PIE will have a setting in editor and elements that was added in this session will be their respective archive.
Register Actors IElement
Internal/debug use.
Per archive Setting
ArchiveID
Show the archiveID of this archive.
UseSaveGameTag
If true, only properties with savegame tag to true will be saved, else all properties are saved.
AutoDestroy
When empty of elements or with not valid element in it, the archive will self unload and destroy.
AutoSaveOnDestroy
This archive will write its data to file when destroyed.
ApplyTransform
Default applyTransform setting for object that are not IElement neither deepObject. If set to Default the master’s general setting’s applyTransform is used.
OverrideInstance
This make this archive part of a static instance. More information on this page.
Action
Elements
An instance in PreMade Instances Array.
Nodes
ArchiveID
Related documentation : Identifiers
An ArchiveID is an identifier that represent an archive, it is valid only if its hashed value is not 0 (is empty).
Limitations about hashed ArchiveID:
Because it is a path to a file, there is a problem if all of these following situations match :
– There is no setting for this archive in the master at build time.
– Archive was saved with a named ID.
– Game restarted (new settings lost).
– You try to get this archive with a hashed Identifier.
If one situation above is false, then it’s ok.
You can even save an archive as hash, the archive will have an int as name, and if somewhere you try to access this archive with a named identifier, the file will be moved, all settings updated.