kevinpbuckley/project-settings

Project Settings Skill

Critical Rules

⚠️ EditorStyleSettings is NOT a Python Class

EditorStyleSettings is not discoverable via discover_python_class('unreal.EditorStyleSettings') — it will return PYTHON_CLASS_NOT_FOUND. It is only accessible as a category string through ProjectSettingsService:

# ❌ WRONG — will fail
discover_python_class('unreal.EditorStyleSettings')  # NOT FOUND

# ✅ CORRECT — use as a category string
settings = unreal.ProjectSettingsService.list_settings("EditorStyleSettings")
result = unreal.ProjectSettingsService.set_setting("EditorStyleSettings", "AssetEditorOpenLocation", "MainWindow")

⚠️ Use Correct Category Names

| Category | Description | |----------|-------------| | general | Project info (name, company, description) | | maps | Default maps and game modes | | custom | Direct INI access | | EditorStyleSettings | UI scale, toolbar icons, colors, asset editor open location |

⚠️ Map Paths Must Be Full Asset Paths

# WRONG - folder path
"/Game/Variant_Horror.Variant_Horror"

# CORRECT - full map asset path  
"/Game/Variant_Horror/Lvl_Horror.Lvl_Horror"

Always verify with does_asset_exist() before setting.

⚠️ Always Check Operation Results

result = unreal.ProjectSettingsService.set_setting("general", "ProjectName", "MyGame")
if not result.success:
    print(f"Failed: {result.error_message}")

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Workflows

Basic Project Info Setup

import unreal
import json

settings = {
    "ProjectName": "My RPG Game",
    "CompanyName": "Indie Studios",
    "Description": "An epic fantasy adventure"
}

result = unreal.ProjectSettingsService.set_category_settings_from_json("general", json.dumps(settings))
if result.success:
    unreal.ProjectSettingsService.save_all_config()

Configure Default Maps

import unreal

# set_setting auto-persists to the correct config file - no save_config needed
result = unreal.ProjectSettingsService.set_setting("maps", "GameDefaultMap", "/Game/Maps/MainMenu.MainMenu")
if result.success:
    print("Default map updated and saved")

Set Editor Startup Map

import unreal

# EditorStartupMap controls which level opens when the editor launches
# Use full asset path format: /Game/Path/To/Level.Level
result = unreal.ProjectSettingsService.set_setting("maps", "EditorStartupMap", "/Game/Levels/MyLevel.MyLevel")
if result.success:
    print("Editor startup map updated and saved")

Discover Settings Classes

import unreal

classes = unreal.ProjectSettingsService.discover_settings_classes()
for c in classes:
    print(f"{c.class_name}: {c.property_count} properties in {c.config_file}")

List Settings in Category

import unreal

settings = unreal.ProjectSettingsService.list_settings("general")
for s in settings:
    print(f"{s.key} = {s.value} ({s.type})")

Find a Setting by Keyword (When You Don't Know the Category)

When you need to find a setting but don't know which category it belongs to, search across all discovered categories:

import unreal

keyword = "AssetEditor"  # partial match on setting key or display_name
classes = unreal.ProjectSettingsService.discover_settings_classes()
for c in classes:
    settings = unreal.ProjectSettingsService.list_settings(c.class_name)
    for s in settings:
        if keyword.lower() in s.key.lower() or keyword.lower() in s.display_name.lower():
            print(f"{c.class_name} -> {s.key} = {s.value}")

Use this workflow instead of guessing Python class names. Many settings classes (e.g., EditorStyleSettings) are NOT exposed as Python classes — they are only accessible as category strings through ProjectSettingsService.

Direct INI Access

import unreal

# List sections
sections = unreal.ProjectSettingsService.list_ini_sections("DefaultEngine.ini")

# Get value
value = unreal.ProjectSettingsService.get_ini_value("/Script/Engine.Engine", "GameEngine", "DefaultEngine.ini")

# Set value
result = unreal.ProjectSettingsService.set_ini_value(
    "/Script/MyGame.CustomSettings",
    "EnableDebugMode",
    "True",
    "DefaultGame.ini"
)

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Data Structures

Python Naming Convention: C++ types like FProjectSettingInfo are exposed as ProjectSettingInfo in Python (no F prefix).

ProjectSettingInfo

• key, display_name, description
• type, value, default_value
• config_section, config_file
• requires_restart, read_only

ProjectSettingResult

• success, error_message
• modified_settings, failed_settings
• requires_restart