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Better Reference Viewer

A better tool for viewing and exploring references and dependencies between assets, as well as the property chain linking them. Simply right-click on any asset in the Content Browser and choose 'Better Reference Explorer'.

Supports Blueprints: it can find the specific Blueprint Graph, Node, and Pin used to reference another asset.

Supports all Unreal Engine versions from 5.0.

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Usage

Right click on any asset in the Content Browser, and choose Better Reference Explorer...

Interface

Here is the window of the Better Reference Explorer plugin when checking references on an asset:

The results appear as 2 tables:

  • On the left, the list of referencers (assets with references to the current asset)
  • On the right, the list of dependencies (sssets to which the current asset has references)

Main buttons

  • Navigate to previous file
  • Refresh current file
  • Navigate to next file
  • Browse to current asset
  • Edit current asset
  • Open plugin's info

Options

  • Hard References: show Hard Packages references
  • Soft References: show Soft Packages references
  • Searchable Names: show Searchable Names references such as Gameplay Tags
  • Native Packages: show Native Packages references

  • No Search: won't search any property link between dependant assets | fastest option
  • Find First: will give only the first property link found between dependant assets | fast
  • Find All: will give all property links existing between dependant assets | slow but exhaustive

Multiple properties links

When choosing Find All search mode, a button will appear next to the properties links result in case multiple properties are linking the 2 assets.
You can put your mouse over it to have a look on all results, and click on it to inspect the next result.

Asset Path

See and type the path of any asset you want to look for its referencers and dependencies.

Results

The results (for both the referencers and the dependencies) appear as a table with useful info for each column:

  • Dep Type: type of dependencies, mostly soft or hard
  • Asset Type: type of the asset
  • Name: name of the asset
  • Properties link: the property or chain of properties linking this asset (the referencer or the dependency) to the current asset

Support

Need support, want to share your feedback?
Feel free to join us at createchunreal@gmail.com