Dummying

• There is a trick called dummying that can be utilised in many situations
• How it works is that you create an empty asset that is the same name and type as an asset in the original pak file
• Another asset will reference this and will contain references after cooking
• In final mod packaging, you leave out the dummy asset
• This means that in game the asset that was dummied is used instead

Examples

Mesh modding

• If you want the mesh to continue to use the materials it uses normally then you would dummy the materials/material instances that it uses
• In packaging these are removed and the mesh uses the original materials in game

Blueprint modding

• You can dummy an actor or function library to use a function from it
• The dummy asset is created and a function is added with the same name, parameters and output as the original one
• Another actor (loaded via some means) calls this function from the dummy
• The dummy is removed and the function is called from the original blueprint in game