DeepLinkPlus

DeepLinkPlus is the complete deep-linking toolkit for the Unreal Editor. It contains the DeepLink core - per-user URL scheme registration, delivery of links to the running editor and asset links - and adds links to the things teams actually talk about. Right-click a Blueprint node and copy a link that focuses it or opens its jump target. Copy the camera position of a level viewport and send a link that opens the map at exactly that spot. Copy a link to a Content Browser folder, or to selected actors in a World Partition level, and anyone who opens it is taken straight there.

Every link type adds a menu entry in a Deep Link section of the relevant context menu, and every link uses the URL scheme and the delivery to the running editor that the built-in DeepLink core provides. Already using the DeepLink plugin? DeepLinkPlus includes all of it, so enable one or the other in a project. On Unreal Engine 5.8 you also get Behavior Tree node links, level actor links and automation links that open the Session Frontend and run all tests matching a filter.

For tools programmers, DeepLinkPlus provides a C++ base class for new endpoints (an editor subsystem that queues requests until the asset registry is ready), static link builders and extension points to add node links to other graph editors.

DeepLinkPlus is part of the Alpha XP utilities collection for Unreal Engine 4.27 and 5.8. Every feature is exposed to C++, it ships with styled HTML documentation, and it is compiled and verified warning-free against clean UE 4.27 and UE 5.8 projects.

Key features

• Asset links: copy a URL that reveals an asset in the Content Browser or opens it in
• Per-user URL scheme registration (HKEY_CURRENT_USER), no administrator rights, nothing
• Copy 'Focus node' URL for Blueprint nodes and comments
• Copy 'Open node' URL to open a node's jump target, such as the called function
• Behavior Tree node links (focus or double-click the node) on Unreal Engine 5.8
• Copy camera coords URL: open a map with the perspective camera at the saved location
• Copy folder URL: show a Content Browser folder
• Copy selected actor URL(s): open the level, load the actor in World Partition maps,
• Automation links that run every test matching a name filter (Unreal Engine 5.8)
• UDeepLinkPlusEndpoint C++ base class for your own link types
• Static link builders for every link type in the DeepLinkPlusUrls module
• Graph-node extension delegates to support additional graph editors

Project settings

Configure once under Project Settings › Plugins › Deep Link URLs - Branch Based Scheme — values are saved to the project's config .ini, so they travel with the project and your build.

Compatibility

One ready-made build per engine version is included in the download — copy the one that matches your project.

Technical details

What's in the download

Quick start

1. Unzip the download and pick the build that matches your engine (4.27 · 5.8).
2. Copy the DeepLinkPlus folder into your project's Plugins/ folder (create it if needed).
3. Open the project, enable DeepLinkPlus under Edit › Plugins and restart the editor.
4. Fill in Project Settings › Plugins › Deep Link URLs - Branch Based Scheme.
5. Package for your target platform (Windows).

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