DeepLinkPlus
More link types for DeepLink

Overview

DeepLinkPlus is an editor plugin for Unreal Engine 4.27 and 5.8 on Windows that extends DeepLink (required) with more link types. Each link type has a menu entry that copies the link and an endpoint that performs the action when the link is opened. Links use the URL scheme configured in DeepLink and reach a running editor the same way.

• Blueprint nodes — focus a node or comment, or open the node’s jump target (the function, macro or graph it refers to).
• Behavior Tree nodes (UE 5.3 and newer, so available on 5.8) — open the tree and focus or double-click the node.
• Level camera positions — open a map with the perspective viewport at the saved location and rotation.
• Content Browser folders — show a folder in the Content Browser.
• Level actors (UE 5.3 and newer, One File Per Actor levels) — open the level, load the actor in World Partition maps, select it and frame the camera on it.
• Automation tests (UE 5) — open the Session Frontend and run every test that matches a filter.
• C++ base class and URL builders for your own link types.

Requirements

Installation

1. Install DeepLink and DeepLinkPlus: copy both folders into your project’s Plugins folder (or install them to the engine from Fab).
2. Open the project; C++ projects build the plugin modules on the first start.
3. Enable DeepLinkPlus in Edit > Plugins (DeepLink is enabled with it) and restart the editor.
4. C++ only: add the modules you use to your editor module’s Build.cs, for example "DeepLinkPlus", "DeepLinkPlusUrls" and "EditorSubsystem".

Quick start

In the editor

1. Right-click a node in a Blueprint graph and choose Copy 'Focus node' URL.
2. Paste the link into chat or a task and click it: the editor opens the Blueprint and focuses the node.
3. In a level viewport set to Perspective, open the Camera menu of the viewport toolbar (UE 5.8) or the viewport options menu (UE 4.27) and choose Copy camera coords URL. Opening the link loads the map with the camera at that spot.

DeepLinkPlus has no Blueprint nodes; it is used through these menu entries. For your own link type, derive from the C++ base class:

C++: a custom endpoint

// MyEditorModule.Build.cs:
// PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "DeepLinkPlus", "DeepLinkPlusUrls", "EditorSubsystem" });

// MyDeepLinkEndpoint.h
#pragma once
#include "DeepLinkPlusEndpoint.h"
#include "MyDeepLinkEndpoint.generated.h"

UCLASS()
class UMyDeepLinkEndpoint : public UDeepLinkPlusEndpoint
{
    GENERATED_BODY()

protected:
    // Handles myproject://my_endpoint/<path>?<query>
    virtual FName GetEndpointId() const override { return TEXT("my_endpoint"); }

    // Called once the asset registry has finished loading; earlier requests are queued.
    virtual void ProcessRequest(const FString& Path, const FDeepLinkQueryParamsMap& QueryParams) const override
    {
        UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display, TEXT("my_endpoint opened with %s"), *Path);
    }
};

// Anywhere in editor code: build a link that reveals a folder
#include "DeepLinkPlusContentFolderUrls.h"
const FString FolderUrl = FDeepLinkPlusContentFolderUrls::GetUrlForContentFolder(TEXT("/Game/Maps"));

Editor subsystems are created automatically, so the endpoint is registered as soon as your module is loaded.

Link types

Every menu entry below sits in a Deep Link section of the menu named in the table and copies the link to the clipboard.

Link formats

<scheme> is the scheme set in DeepLink’s Deep Link URLs project settings.

C++ API

Link builders (module DeepLinkPlusUrls)

Static helpers that return a complete link using the scheme DeepLink registered, or an empty string when DeepLink’s server module is not loaded (for example in a packaged game).

Endpoints and extension points

The Blueprint and Behavior Tree modules are working examples of the graph-node extension points.

Troubleshooting

Credits

© 2026 Alpha XP — alphaxp.net · Support: support@alphaxp.net. Built and verified for Unreal Engine 4.27 and 5.8.