2020-03-10_21:23:32

Naming convention

Classes, structs, and other types in an Unreal Engine projects should be prefixed according to the following:

A: Classes inheriting from Actor.
U: Classes inheriting from UObject.
T: Template classes.
F: Other classes and structs.
E: Enum

Unreal trivia: What does the ‘F’ prefix on classes and structs stand for @ forums.unrealengine.com

Assets should be follow the following naming convention:

Template: <type>_<name>[_<revision>][_variant]

type: A abbreviation of the type of the asset.
name: A user-defined name.
revision: A counter for how many revisions of the asset there has been. Optional.
variant: Used if several assets of the same type is required to make a whole. Optional.

Some examples:

BP_<name>: Blueprint class.
M_<name>: Material.
MF_<name>: Material function.
MI_<name>: Material instance.
SKM_<name>: Skeletal mesh.
SM_<name>: Static mesh.
T_<name>: Texture.
T_<name>_D: Texture containing diffuse colors.
T_<name>_BC: Texture containing base colors.
T_<name>_N: Texture containing normals.