Capability matrix

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Capability	C++	Blueprint	Editor-only	Required plugin	Notes
Synchronous save/load	Yes	Yes	No	SaveGame Director	Shared pipeline; may stall the game thread.
Asynchronous save/load	Yes	Yes	No	SaveGame Director	Completion callbacks run on the game thread.
Memory operations	Yes	Yes	No	SaveGame Director	Canonical USaveGameDirectorSaveGame.
Slot existence/deletion	Yes	No	No	SaveGame Director	Unreal SaveGame slot abstraction.
Autosave and rotation	Yes	Yes	No	SaveGame Director	Settings, blockers, and rotating slots.
Actor opt-in component	Yes	Yes	No	SaveGame Director	Managed stable Actor identity; bounded reflected state.
Contributors/factories	Yes	No	No	SaveGame Director	C++ only; strict schema equality.
Four restore phases	Yes	Indirect	No	SaveGame Director	AfterActorCreationBeforeProperties runs after eligible Actor discovery/creation and before saved property application; see Restore Lifecycle.
Schema inspection	Yes	Partial	No	SaveGame Director	Document structs and serializer; no migration editor.
Diagnostics/events	Yes	Yes	No	SaveGame Director	Results, warnings, delegates, and accessors.
SaveGame Director Runtime Inspector	N/A	N/A	Yes	SaveGameDirectorEditor	Strictly read-only runtime observation.
SaveGame Director Runtime Controls	N/A	N/A	Yes	SaveGameDirectorEditor	Save, load, autosave, and retained-history controls.
Inventory persistence	Through contributor adapter	No	No	DirectorBridge adapter plus participant plugins	Inventory.SaveGame, ContractVersion 1; core modules remain independent.
World State persistence	Through contributor adapter	No	No	DirectorBridge adapter plus host-provided owner	WorldState.SaveGame; core remains standalone.
SignalBus commands/lifecycle	Through DirectorBridge	No	No	DirectorBridge plus SignalBus	Optional typed commands and operation notifications.

The Editor tools are available at Tools > Director Suite > Runtime Inspectors > SaveGame Director Runtime Inspector and Tools > Director Suite > Runtime Controls > SaveGame Director Runtime Controls. Blueprint does not author contributor payloads or query/delete slots.