packaging

[winged moss]

binary builds as in acquired from Epic launcher

[stiff rune]

Oh okayy

So what must I do now?

[winged moss]

verify your engine install

from the Epic launcher

[stiff rune]

Okay, I can do that

[urban edge]

why do my textures seem to be forced to linear and not closest interpolation like i have it as when packaging? in the editor my textures are clear, crisp and not blurry but when i package my game and look at the textures, they are blurry

[narrow sapphire]

hi guys i have a game which is on windows how can i export this game for android

[sweet nest]

Hi all. I'm trying to set up a build server in the cloud for a project. Currently trying to do so on a windows virtual machine that doesn't have a video card, and running into some problems when trying to Cook my project, it looks like during shader compilation. Can anyone tell me definitively if a video card is required when doing BuildCookRun from the command line?

[summer dock]

consult the fine documentation

[stiff rune]

Sorry for the late reply
But it worked
Somehow it fixed the error
Thanks

[distant belfry]

How to properly do DLC? I wanna be able to check if DLC exists or not and have a seperate chunk for each DLC
Anyone have some resources on that? I tried almost everything

[winged moss]

well what is the nature of your DLC? maps?

[distant belfry]

Yeah and some additional content including some data assets, textures, etc

[winged moss]

well you can either do it the normal chunking way, I suppose another way is to think of your DLCs as mods. you can create your DLCs as content-only plugins, cook the plugin's content, and have unique pak files for those

any pak files in the Content directory should be picked up by the engine

[distant belfry]

I'm pretty early on so doesn't matter which way. It just needs to work. I tried a few times and got nothing...

Any working example I could access would be great

All I need is querying and having them at seperate chunks

They could be potentially multiple gigabytes, so I wanna split

[finite pebble]

i get this error when im trying to build project after 2 seconds :/ ???

[summer dock]

Please post as text snippet or file

• better readability
• easy to copypaste relevant bits for reference
  * optimally in code parentheses

[heavy tartan]

It was my bad. I forgot to save the variable on exiting the level, and so it was getting bad data...

[distant belfry]

What is the purpose of these files? Are they required?

Also I noticed a .pdb file which is quite large. Isn't it used for just debugging? Why is it contained in my shipping build?

[winged moss]

no these are not required

you should absolutely produce pdb files with shipping builds

just exclude them when you upload to steam or whatever platform

if you don't have the pdb, how are you going to investigate crashes from your players?

[distant belfry]

Well, to be fair I'm not sure how do I investigate crashes from players at all... Are they some automatic reports sent to some pre-defined location or are we just talking about log files?

[winged moss]

there is no automatic collection of reports unless you use something like bugsplat. but crash dumps are saved locally which includes a client log (if shipping logs are enabled) and the crash dump

and without the pdb, the crash dump is completely useless

[distant belfry]

But isn't that means my game will run at some kind of debugging mode at all times? To create this dump file

[winged moss]

no?

[distant belfry]

How does it work then?

[winged moss]

and what would that even mean

the engine registers an exception handler, then it produces the crash dump and all the other metadata when an exception occurs

I don't know what your assumption of "some kind of debugging mode at all times" entails though

[distant belfry]

Oh, so happy path is costless

I see, I thought you'd need to be in debugger to benefit from a pdb file

[proven mortar]

Hi, I just build and packaged to the quest 3 for the first time, just using the default VR scene supplied with unreal. I have a few problems. The ground is green instead of textured, the clouds of the skybox are moving very jerkily, the player camera is way up in the air so I can't reach the guns, and my hands don't react correctly to the controller buttons (the pointing finger and thumb work, but the other fingers only close when gripping if the B button is held (but then the pointer and thumb don't work until b is released))

editor looks ok

I think the finger problem is because I had to disable these to get the meta XR app working:

Could anyone offer any advise for the issues I'm having please?

[proven mortar]

re-enabling above fixed hands. I'm guessing unreal procedural textures don't work on the quest (image textures only). Skybox, not sure, maybe I can rduce resolution, player height (need to specify camera and link to player start?)

[urban edge]

did u change any thing when u opened the project like textures?

[proven mortar]

no

[urban edge]

cuz when i open the vr template and just pressed play, i didnt have those issues for some reason

textures were fine etc

[proven mortar]

when pressing play for interactive vr theres no issue, because it's being sent from the pc, but when baking then packaging from here:

it creates the apk file, so I move that to the quest, then it shows as green, or last time as pink.

when I launch on the quest from the app menu. I think because the quest can't use unreal procedural textures, i'm guessing though, I'm a complete noob 🙂

[urban edge]

ya ive never really tackled VR in ue so i only know a little

[summer dock]

Get a log out for clues

[proven mortar]

actually I can see on closer inspection it's the baked lighting that's changing between green and pink randomly after each build, but only on the installed apk, looks fine in the unreal editor

[sleek sluice]

hey guys,

Anyone else having issues cooking UE5.4 projects? i get this error: FShaderMapResource_InlineCode::InitRHI got platform PCD3D_SM6 but it is not compatible with PCD3D_SM5

I double checked shader packaging settings etc. But i can't get the project to be cooked

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: Fatal error: [File:D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\RenderCore\Private\ShaderResource.cpp] [Line: 611]
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: FShaderMapResource_InlineCode::InitRHI got platform PCD3D_SM6 but it is not compatible with PCD3D_SM5

[sleek sluice]

fresh 5.4 install... maybe its ultra dynamic sky but it was updated to 5.4

[sleek sluice]

haha thanks ... trying since 4 or 5 hours 😄

[sleek sluice]

If anyone has an idea what the cause for this error could i would be really glad. I'm going to frustrated to bed 😄
here's part of the error i get

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: begin: stack for UAT
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: === Critical error: ===
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: Fatal error: [File:D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\RenderCore\Private\ShaderResource.cpp] [Line: 611]
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: FShaderMapResource_InlineCode::InitRHI got platform PCD3D_SM6 but it is not compatible with PCD3D_SM5
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffde239787a UnrealEditor-RenderCore.dll!UnknownFunction []
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffde2398466 UnrealEditor-RenderCore.dll!UnknownFunction []
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffde239f9a5 UnrealEditor-RenderCore.dll!UnknownFunction []
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffde325b84a UnrealEditor-Core.dll!UnknownFunction []
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffde325beee UnrealEditor-Core.dll!UnknownFunction []
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffde22f180f UnrealEditor-RenderCore.dll!UnknownFunction []
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffde22f64b4 UnrealEditor-RenderCore.dll!UnknownFunction []
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffde389b7ad UnrealEditor-Core.dll!UnknownFunction []
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffde388f127 UnrealEditor-Core.dll!UnknownFunction []
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffe87da257d KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction []
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: end: stack for UAT

[distant belfry]

Just go to the file in question "ShaderResource.cpp" and put a breakpoint.
Then try to package in debugger, you should have some context about what is the problematic shader

[waxen aspen]

Is packaging for the server or for the client inside the editor not the same as building the solution in the IDE and then cooking in the editor seperately?

[night plover]

Got an issue with packaging. I solved the first two as the logs were quite clear on where the problem was, but this time "OtherCompilationError" isn't really something that speaks to me.

CompilationResultException: OtherCompilationError
   at UnrealBuildTool.ActionGraph.ExecuteActionsAsync(BuildConfiguration BuildConfiguration, List`1 ActionsToExecute, List`1 TargetDescriptors, ILogger Logger, IActionArtifactCache actionArtifactCache) in E:\UE\UE_5.4\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealBuildTool\System\ActionGraph.cs:line 451
   at UnrealBuildTool.BuildMode.BuildAsync(TargetMakefile[] Makefiles, List`1 TargetDescriptors, BuildConfiguration BuildConfiguration, BuildOptions Options, FileReference WriteOutdatedActionsFile, ILogger Logger) in E:\UE\UE_5.4\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealBuildTool\Modes\BuildMode.cs:line 801
   at UnrealBuildTool.BuildMode.BuildAsync(List`1 TargetDescriptors, BuildConfiguration BuildConfiguration, ISourceFileWorkingSet WorkingSet, BuildOptions Options, FileReference WriteOutdatedActionsFile, ILogger Logger, Boolean bSkipPreBuildTargets) in E:\UE\UE_5.4\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealBuildTool\Modes\BuildMode.cs:line 411
   at UnrealBuildTool.BuildMode.ExecuteAsync(CommandLineArguments Arguments, ILogger Logger) in E:\UE\UE_5.4\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealBuildTool\Modes\BuildMode.cs:line 252
   at UnrealBuildTool.UnrealBuildTool.Main(String[] ArgumentsArray) in E:\UE\UE_5.4\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealBuildTool\UnrealBuildTool.cs:line 660

[distant belfry]

Did anyone ever created an easy to manage DLC solution? Including features like packaging each DLC and base game to the seperate pak files and querying their existance at runtime (+ maybe querying online stores like steam to check if player owns the DLC)?

If not, why not? Should I create something like that?

---

Asking because Project Launcher doesn't feels like a great solution. It's intended for "launching" to the different devices not packaging

I hate it doesn't store package configuration inside project. It does store it on local machine... Weird
Also It doesn't provide enough options

[proper furnace]

is visual studio 2019 still the preferred method? tried with 2022...took forever

[distant belfry]

2022 is default for about 1.5 years, afaik

[proper furnace]

k thanks

[novel igloo]

I"ve spent the last couple weekends trying to make something like this work as a first time UE5 user

I've had some (weirdly inconsistent) success use Mount and Register Pak funcitons -> Load Asset from pak -> convert to class -> spawn class

I say inconsistent because there are times it won't work and I have no idea why

[distant belfry]

Currently my plan is to help with packaging and querying
Might extend to dynamically loading in the future tho...

[umbral terrace]

hey so im getting an error when im trying to package my project. I found the log for it so hopefully this helps

[placid fossil]

if i have a seperate smaller aspect (like a character creation screen) of a much larger game, and it's all in the same project, would i need to build the entire game out? or is there any issue w this? essnetially i have like 2 things in 1 but i don't have the larger build needing to be used in the first smaller menu part.

is there any issue with building a menu page without the main world/game needing to be built? or will it simply just take longer and maybe just be a bit unnecessarily large ?

[winged moss]

There are a lot of BP errors in this one. This one is tricky because it'll likely be to do with "MultiplayerMovementPlugin"

[umbral terrace]

I ended up getting rid of it and now it works, thanks! Wasn’t sure why the plugin had issues since I have another project that can package with the multiplayer movement plugin but I’ll have to look more into that

[winged moss]

It's typically load order

Your BPs load before the plugin does

[raw timber]

Hi, is there a macro to know if we are building from packaging ?

[summer dock]

I think packaging from editor in the end just runs the same old RunUAT.bat as you would from command line. I don't think it adds any special parameters to differentiate itself. You can verify this from the log

If you would need this for some reason, you could add a parameter of your own I guess, when building from command line ( or by modifying source engine )

[raw timber]

Ok will see if i can add a parameter, thanks !

[rocky wave]

Do you need to do something in build.cs to create a new dll folder? I have RuntimeDependencies and PublicDelayLoadDLLs, it is successfully copying over the DLL's on build, but niether in editor or the build will it search the folders those dlls are in

        string ThirdParty = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(ModuleDirectory, "../../ThirdParty/"));
        string Nvidia = Path.Combine(ThirdParty, "Nvidia","bin","x64");    
        RuntimeDependencies.Add(Path.Combine(Nvidia, "cudart64_12.dll"));
        PublicDelayLoadDLLs.Add("cudart64_12.dll");
        RuntimeDependencies.Add(Path.Combine(Nvidia, "cublas64_12.dll"));
        PublicDelayLoadDLLs.Add("cublas64_12.dll");
        RuntimeDependencies.Add(Path.Combine(Nvidia, "cublasLt64_12.dll"));
        PublicDelayLoadDLLs.Add("cublasLt64_12.dll");```

[winged moss]

well you're using delay load DLLs, so you manually load the DLL in an appropriate place like StartupModule

[rocky wave]

I'm trying to run a different dll(that has optional cublas support) using getdllhandle and dllexport, and it fails to find them. Unless i put them directly next to my plugin.dll

[winged moss]

just look at any of the examples of FPlatformProcess::GetDllHandle in the engine

[rocky wave]

It prints out all the binary directories, and doesn't list where i put cublas

[winged moss]

you can pass an absolute path into it

or use PushDllDirectory/PopDllDirectory around it

[rocky wave]

I think this might be what i need, because i'm already using getdllhandle for the other dll, and its trying to locate the cublas dlls

[rocky wave]

Yeah that worked thanks,

    FPlatformProcess::PushDllDirectory(*NVIDIADir);
    DLLHandle = FPlatformProcess::GetDllHandle(*InferencePath);
    FPlatformProcess::PopDllDirectory(*NVIDIADir);```

[whole lantern]

I tried to find this via search, but my Development Packaged build is crashing but not even opening so I don't get any error message. Where would I find the logs (if any) for why it may be crashing?

[mystic atlas]

Is it a c++ project?

[whole lantern]

Yes!

I had already done a build too, a month ago, and that build still opens up fine. I've obviously worked on the project since then, but nothing immediately comes to mind as to what could be causing it.

[mystic atlas]

If you add -waitfordebugger on the end it will wait for your to attach VS/Rider before running.

That's not specific to c++ projects, but it at least shows you know what those are 😛

[whole lantern]

Hmm not sure if I misunderstood the question. It's a c++ project as opposed to BP-only, so do you mean running the .exe from the command line and adding "-waitfordebugger" ?

Ok, this is very confusing, I get absolutely nothing printed in the command line when I run the new packaged build.

And that's regardless of whether I include "-waitfordebugger"

[mystic atlas]

Yes. Add a command line switch of -waitfordebugger. I think ti's that anyway.

Or you can add the exe to your project as an external project and run it direct from your ide.

[whole lantern]

As opposed to my old package that prints all of the bells and whistles until eventually opening up the game

Sorry for the 2.5 year bump, but I didn't find any other posts mentioning this and it's exactly my issue. If you're still on this, did you ever find a solution for it?

[barren marten]

trying to package in ue 5,3,2 with pixel streaming enabled. im able to use my editor and connect but when i package i get a "unknown error" anyone have a clue on this?

[floral dome]

Does anybody have any advice about gradle? I was going fine in 5.1 but after upgrading to 5.4 I think gradle is stuck using something old. I wish there was somewhere to read about how unreal and gradle work together

[winged moss]

that is not going to be the only error

scroll up

[elfin sluice]

Hello, I'm trying to package my game from the package launcher and for some reason this error appears
LogMaterial: Warning: Incomplete material DrawWaterInfo, missing Vertex Factory FSplineMeshVertexFactory.
does anyone have any idea on what this is?

[austere prairie]

I have encountered quite a strange problem which I struggle to fix properly. Upon installation Windows might silently block network access of my game and there is no easy way to unblock it afterwards. I distribute my game in a zip archive and it started to happen after first 2000 installations

I guess that it happens because the game is just downloaded from internet without any proper installer so it triggers some kind of antivirus or sandbox. I guess that using MSI installer or Steam might help here, or maybe I have to register my binaries with Microsoft in some way

If anyone is curious, the actions that help to unblock the app are: try to run the original binary instead of the bootstrapped one, try to run as admin, try to explicitly allow it through firewall, try to run in compatibility mode, try to make an http request to an app server. There is no clear pattern on what helps and what not

Posted this here since i believe this is the most relevant channel for this kind of problem

[night plover]

So, I have this issue as well
https://github.com/ruyo/VRM4U/issues/381
The solution is to delete the assets in "Latest".
which latest? I'm not exactly sure and before I bother the author, I wanted to see if someone knew what he meant?

[grand ledge]

hey so while exporting me project i got this error message
i ttired looking online but i culdnt find anything that wuld work for me
anyone know w how to fix it?

[sleek chasm]

Can you exclude specific assets or folders from cooking in a reusable plugin?

Im making a plugin that I want to put on the marketplace eventually, the plugin comes with some editor-only tools/assets and some assets that needs to be available at runtime as well. The issue is that I can only put 1 plugin on the marketplace per product - and plugins on the marketplace are also not allowed to depend on any external plugins. So therefore I cant just split my assets up into 2 separate plugins for runtime+editor & editor-only assets respectively

I guess one solution would be to make the plugin add a specific folder to the projects "Directories to never cook". But that feels kinda hacky

[sleek chasm]

Do you have debugging symbols installed?

Theres an awful lot of UnkownFunction's in there

LogBlueprint: Error: [Compiler] The variable NewVar declared in FastSaveMainUIold1 has an invalid type Structure from Source: /Fast/FastSave/UI/FastSaveMainUIold1.FastSaveMainUIold1

Its also a little weird that its trying to cook Editor Utility Widgets for non-editor builds 🤔 Not that its really the source of my problem as Im likely to want to have more editor-only assets at some point, beyond just EditorUtilityWidgets

[sleek chasm]

Also a separate question, is it possible to make the same uasset available via multiple filepaths somehow (kinda like a symlink) in a way that doesnt result in the asset being cooked several times over?

[summer dock]

Please post logs as .txt files
or code snippets
Easier to read, easier to copypaste relevant bits.

[summer dock]

#plugin-dev people maybe know more about this kind of thing, unless they directed you here already

[sleek chasm]

I think Im just gonna settle for the "hacky" solution

[hexed bronze]

hello peeps :) does anyone knows how to copy a random file to the packaged directory? i want to add a few scripts close to the final .exe.
i've been searching the web but i can't find the answer i need.

i tried the copy non-asset dir and the other non-asset option in project settings with no luck. ive also did search here on discord.

[tough plover]

encountering an issue when trying to package my game. any fix?

[mystic atlas]

Look at previous lines.

Error code 6 is generally a compile error.

[summer dock]

My technique for finding problems:
Copy Paste the whole log to Notepad++ ( or locate the file and open it )
Search for All Occurences of "Error"

[broken forge]

Does it take so long because my internet sucks? or any other issues?

[summer dock]

Possibly, though location-server loads can be a factor as well

[broken forge]

what does it mean?

[undone turret]

If the steam server you connect to is being used a ton by others or if you have a poor connection to it both of these issues could cause this

[broken forge]

Yeah def bad internet

[grand ledge]

so while paceging me preoject i have this error (the main part is the thing highlighted i think)
i tried looking online for help but there is either no anwser or a one that does not work
from the log it slef it seems i have an error in a file called ActorDescList.cpp, i tired looking for that file on me computer in me project but i cant seem to find i anywhere and the file directory does not exist
has anyone had a simeler issue? is there a way to fix it?

[rocky wave]

Is DirectoriesToAlwaysStageasNonUFS always in the content folder? Like can i stage a plugin folder root/pluginname/foldertobestaged? Because i can't figure out how to do that

[broken forge]

Is there a way to automatically delete savegame and unlocked levels before packaging? everytime I forget and the full game has levels unlocked because of previous testing

[rocky wave]

Could set the directories to never cook

[broken forge]

how?

[rocky wave]

Project Setting->packaging -> Directories to never cook

[broken forge]

will that do only that thing or it will affect other stuff?

[rocky wave]

It will not include what ever directory you set it to

When you package

[broken forge]

aaaahhh

thank you!

[broken forge]

So I can tell it to not cook "SaveGames" and it won't cause problems when playing the build? (like not saving idk)

[rocky wave]

Do you have anything in savegames you want to package? if not it should be fine

Just make sure the savegames folder gets created when making a save

[broken forge]

it's unlocked levels, gamesave and keybindings

[broken forge]

well idk if it does lol that's the point

it should as soon as the game saves?

I suck with packaging

[rocky wave]

That's more on how your handling saving, if its blueprints im not familiar like in c++ you just do FPaths::DirectoryExists(*Fstring) or something

[quiet mirage]

Hi, I am having a problem in MAC, when I run the build-cook-package command, the project builds successfully, but when I open the Server or the client, I get LogPluginErrors:
For server it is: Unable to load plugin 'variantmanagercontent'
For client it is: Unable to load plugin 'RigVM'

can someone help me understand where the problem could be?

Thank you

[mystic atlas]

Copy+paste the text into this chat.

All of it

[mystic atlas]

Not sure if this is important? 2024-06-08 03:35:38.487 ThirdPersonServer[55787:91512813] [UE] LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file '/Users/bertinh/Documents/UnrealEngine/Cloud/IoStoreOnDemand.ini' error.

[quiet mirage]

yeah that could be a problem, i can try and change the permissions and see

When I try to package, the server and the client,
The server seems to be packaged properly without any errors,
But when I try to package the client, I get an error:
Unable to parse dependency file /Users/....../Intermediate/Build/Mac/arm64/ThirdPersonClient
and then the packaging fails

looking at the logs

[viscid girder]

could there be issues doing a build on a windows server host?

i guess no, but i thought i should check

[distant belfry]

Do you guys mind giving a vote here? #ue5-general message

[gray cargo]

Hi, what exactly does "Use container files for optimized loading" in project launcher does. Is it better to enable it or keep it disabled?

[native jewel]

Pretty sure that kind of think already exists with the HotPatcher plugin

[distant belfry]

Could you be a bit more specific? What plugin? What it does?

[native jewel]

https://github.com/hxhb/HotPatcher

[distant belfry]

I can't read it :d

[native jewel]

There's an english readme

"HotPatcher is a tool for managing hot update versions and resource packaging. It is used to track changes in the original resources of the project version to create patches. Support resource version management, difference comparison and packaging between versions, support exporting basic package information for multiple platforms, easily cook and package multi-platform Patches, support iterative packaging, rich configuration options, full-featured commandlet support, can be combined with ci/cd platform is integrated." - Copied from the readme

[distant belfry]

Oh, I see. I'm working on something DLC specific and aim to replace Project Launcher (about packaging), so I wanted to know, if people uses patching or not. And most of them seems to be not even tried it, so I'll just ignore it

[honest plaza]

I just completed cooking my project and now i try to package it i get this error? any idea

is this a 5.4 issue or am i missing some kinda plugin in Visual studio?

[rose coral]

it says your installation of visual studio can create compilation issues

[honest plaza]

Can the unknown error be caused by warnigs?

Cause outta the like ~6800 files theres just 151 warnings

[inner island]

I'm getting build errors of a BP node that I've refreshed multiple times. There are no errors on the BP itself/it compiles fine. But I still get these build errors during packaging. UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogBlueprint: Error: [Compiler] In use pin <Unnamed> no longer exists on node Open Dialog . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin. from Source: /Game/IncidentCommand/Widgets/SetupWidget.SetupWidget UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogBlueprint: Error: [Compiler] In use pin <Unnamed> no longer exists on node Open Dialog . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin. from Source: /Game/IncidentCommand/Widgets/SetupWidget.SetupWidget UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogBlueprint: Error: [Compiler] In use pin Return Value no longer exists on node Open Dialog . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin. from Source: /Game/IncidentCommand/Widgets/SetupWidget.SetupWidget UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogBlueprint: Error: [Compiler] Could not find a function named "OpenDialog" in 'SetupWidget'. UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogBlueprint: Error: [Compiler] In use pin <Unnamed> no longer exists on node Open Dialog . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin. from Source: /Game/IncidentCommand/Widgets/SetupWidget.SetupWidget UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogBlueprint: Error: [Compiler] In use pin <Unnamed> no longer exists on node Open Dialog . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin. from Source: /Game/IncidentCommand/Widgets/SetupWidget.SetupWidget UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogBlueprint: Error: [Compiler] In use pin Return Value no longer exists on node Open Dialog . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin. from Source: /Game/IncidentCommand/Widgets/SetupWidget.SetupWidget UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogBlueprint: Error: [Compiler] Could not find a function named "OpenDialog" in 'SetupWidget'. PackagingResults: Error: [Compiler] In use pin <Unnamed> no longer exists on node Open Dialog . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin. from Source: /Game/IncidentCommand/Widgets/SetupWidget.SetupWidget PackagingResults: Error: [Compiler] In use pin <Unnamed> no longer exists on node Open Dialog . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin. from Source: /Game/IncidentCommand/Widgets/SetupWidget.SetupWidget PackagingResults: Error: [Compiler] In use pin Return Value no longer exists on node Open Dialog . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin. from Source: /Game/IncidentCommand/Widgets/SetupWidget.SetupWidget PackagingResults: Error: [Compiler] Could not find a function named "OpenDialog" in 'SetupWidget'. PackagingResults: Error: [Compiler] In use pin <Unnamed> no longer exists on node Open Dialog . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin. from Source: /Game/IncidentCommand/Widgets/SetupWidget.SetupWidget PackagingResults: Error: [Compiler] In use pin <Unnamed> no longer exists on node Open Dialog . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin. from Source: /Game/IncidentCommand/Widgets/SetupWidget.SetupWidget PackagingResults: Error: [Compiler] In use pin Return Value no longer exists on node Open Dialog . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin. from Source: /Game/IncidentCommand/Widgets/SetupWidget.SetupWidget PackagingResults: Error: [Compiler] Could not find a function named "OpenDialog" in 'SetupWidget'.

[inner island]

Thanks - I realized what it was. 99% of the time refreshing fixes the node and it compiles fine. This had me looking into the plugin itself. I realized I had manually rebuilt it to 5.3 because in the past the developer hadn't updated it. Then when he updated it, I'm guessing the engine was trying to package the same plugin in two different places - the engine vs. the project plugin. Once I deleted the project plugin the error went away. Thanks for your help

[rose coral]

It litterally says that your toolchain is banned. Here's mine: Using Visual Studio 2022 14.38.33135 toolchain (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.38.33130) and Windows 10.0.19041.0 SDK (D:\Windows Kits\10).

[quartz wind]

editor crashes during "Building texture streaming" when I try building my game and get this bad boy:

"Assertion failed: bAllowUAVs || (!bAllowUAVs && Counts.NumUAVs == 0) [File:D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\D3D12RHI\Private\D3D12Util.cpp] [Line: 1188]"

This level has successfully been built many times before, can someone tell me what this might mean?

[stark marsh]

Does anyone know why "DisablePlugins" and "EnablePlugins" in my .Target.cs files no longer seem to work after migrating to UE5?

[waxen aspen]

I am getting errors trying to build my project (UE 5.2 Source) . There are 4 errors in total and sent in chronological order:

First Error:

6>[2/3] WriteMetadata unsync.target cancelled
6>[3/3] Compile [x64] UnsyncCore.cpp
6>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(44,5): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE5.2Source\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat" Unsync Win64 Development -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild" exited with code 6.
6>Done building project "Unsync.vcxproj" -- FAILED.```

Second Error ("Zugriff verweigert" means Access denied; I made sure that the unreal engine source project is not read only):  
```28>[1/1] cmd Executing post build script (PostBuild-1.bat)
28>Zugriff verweigert
28>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(44,5): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE5.2Source\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat" LowLevelTests Win64 Development -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild" exited with code 6.
28>Done building project "LowLevelTests.vcxproj" -- FAILED.```

Third Error:

31>Zugriff verweigert
31>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(44,5): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE5.2Source\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat" HeadlessChaos Win64 Development -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild" exited with code 6.
31>Done building project "HeadlessChaos.vcxproj" -- FAILED.```

Fourth Error:
```70>[1/1] cmd Executing post build script (PostBuild-1.bat)
70>Zugriff verweigert
70>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(44,5): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE5.2Source\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat" ChaosUserDataPTTests Win64 Development -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild" exited with code 6.
70>Done building project "ChaosUserDataPTTests.vcxproj" -- FAILED.```

running VS as administrator fixed the access denied errors 2 to 4. Regardless, the first one persists and I don't like this solution for the rest. Previously I didn't need to start as administrator for it to build

[winged moss]

1. why are you checking out source to program files
2. you don't need to build Unsync or HeadlessChaos

[waxen aspen]

Sorry but I don'T quite get what you mean. I just pressed build solution at the top (ctrl + shift+ B) after opening the projects solution

[winged moss]

well just build "UE5" if you're not doing the native build setup

also generally don't just check stuff out to program files, that is a permissions nightmare

though I'm not sure why this is in #packaging either

[waxen aspen]

I am packaging the game rn, not the source

that is already done

[waxen aspen]

Could you elaborate please?

[winged moss]

your build log shows you put your engine in "C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE5.2Source\

don't put it in program files

the OS restricts all sorts of permissions there

[waxen aspen]

oh okay

well but it still worked a few days ago

[winged moss]

so what, it's a bad practice

[waxen aspen]

thought I would just put it to the binary versions, but okay, I can change that

and changing that would fix the errors?

[winged moss]

well it'd fix file permissions errors and not require VS to run as admin

[waxen aspen]

What do you mean by the 2nd point here as well, I am just building and not choosing anything

[winged moss]

well you should choose something

[waxen aspen]

where/how do I choose

[winged moss]

build just "UE5", most of the programs in the solution aren't required for it to run

right click UE5 in the solution explorer

build

[waxen aspen]

would that build the game

[winged moss]

no, that would build the entire engine and output the editor binaries only

but you need the editor for the cooker

[waxen aspen]

I built the entire engine already before and can open the editor of the game

the errors don't pop up when opening the editor with F5

wait, I don't need to be able to build the solution having selected "development editor" , correct?

lol, that's just for when server or client are selected smh

[winged moss]

I'm not sure why you aren't just cooking now you have an editor

or using RunUAT BuildCookRun

[waxen aspen]

I could just package inside the editor entirely

why cooking in editor and building solution inside IDE seperately

anyways, I think that was the error, trying to build the solution in development editor from the IDE. It still works for when building for server and client and then cooking or doing it all in the editor

@winged moss Thanks!

[latent shuttle]

Hey all! I was just wondering if people could help me with an issue. For some reason I cannot get a exe for my game working. I am also having strange things happen. No matter what I do, when I try and package it will open up another Unreal editor. Then, it will not resolve unless I close that other version of unreal.

I have tried using the front end Project launcher and playing around the the settings, and it always says that export is successful.

I am also using engine version 5.2.1

[winged moss]

A full log will be helpful. I would expect this if the game exe built but you didn't actually cook

[latent shuttle]

I can get that for you

[winged moss]

Also please avoid special characters and spaces in project paths, that can cause random issues

especially an apostrophe

that's just asking for trouble

[latent shuttle]

Oh I see, do you suggest that I edit the file path "Dave's Games?"

[winged moss]

yes

also there's no cook in this

[latent shuttle]

Yeah, I don't understand why

[winged moss]

I would suggest fixing the file path first

and see if that changes your fortunes

[latent shuttle]

I would be a little surpised if that was the problem, but I will check

[winged moss]

It has been the problem here before

[latent shuttle]

hum okay

[winged moss]

more so with non-ASCII paths though

but quotes and apostrophes can escape command line parameters

[latent shuttle]

this is going to be a silly question, I renamed my folder, but now the engine can't find the file path. Where in engine do I need to go to find the new filepath? Do I just regenerate it?

[winged moss]

find it where, using what?

[latent shuttle]

from the project launcher

[winged moss]

like with the editor, you just open the uproject or double click the uproject

so UFE? it's been a while but I'm sure there's somewhere you can point it to the new location

[latent shuttle]

oh wow I found my issue

[winged moss]

did you not have cook by the book as the cooking setting?

[latent shuttle]

No I had all my settings fine, the issue was that I have an older version of the same project in my C drive, but now the project is on an external SSD that I am working off of. It just found the same project locally and hooked into that in the project Launcher

I think that's also why it was opening a new editor when I was exporting

[oblique siren]

Hey y'all, So... it looks like any control rigs in anim bp doesn't work in 5.4 builds. It works in the editor, just not builds, and its just for 5.4. It works fine in previous engine versions. I made a post on the forums as well. Has anyone else seen this issue?? I would love to know a solution to it.

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/control-rig-doesnt-work-in-build-it-works-in-engine-and-standalone-but-doesnt-work-in-build-in-5-4/1899340

[jolly nymph]

May not be exactly packaging related, but I'm running into an issue where I'm crashing as soon as I join my dedicated server, and this only happens in a packaged game in shipping configuration (development config works fine). It seems to be about serialization, specifically the FAsyncLoadingThread crashed, seemingly due to some serialization error. Any advice on how to resolve this issue would be greatly appreciated. I'm on 5.4.0

[sage iron]

Does anyone know how I can access the information for a static mesh using UKismetProceduralMeshLibrary::GetSectionFromStaticMesh in a dedicated server packaged build?

I have my static mesh assets set to 'AllowCPUAccess', which is required for this call to work in a packaged build, but in my dedicated server target, it essentially hits a 'file not found' error (Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x0000000000000000). It appears to crash on this call even if I build without the -noclient I use to build the server.

I'd like to be able to full-on package and cook these few, specific static mesh assets for my dedicated server builds, but I've not had any luck with the various 'Additional directories to copy/package for dedicated servers' project settings.

Does this sound familiar to anyone here? I've attached the end of my unreal log, which contains the stack trace exploding when it tries to get the section from static mesh. Thanks.

[reef plume]

Hey guys I keep getting this error

In use pin Target no longer exists on node Play Card . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin.

Theres nothing wrong in the blueprints though. Have literally tried everything I can think of 🫠

[winged moss]

This will be impossible to tell without actually seeing the affected BP. Typically, this is load order where your BP loads before a dependency does. What is "Target"? Is it a type from a plugin?

[sage iron]

Hmm that’s kinda of the vibe I’m getting. I’m looking for a clean way to do it since I’ve read at least one forum post about how it can work if you manually include the content (or Paks?) from a client build. I’m only trying to do this because i am using a plugin that relies on mesh data to calculate buoyancy and hadn’t yet tested it on a dedicated server. I may resort to removing this plugin, but the feature set is nice so i figured it’d be worth a few days digging.

[small crypt]

Hi everyone, hope this is the correct channel to post this issue.
I have a project in Unreal Engine 5.2 source build, which is using Convai plugin. Windows builds (server & client) are built ok, but when building Android client, i'm getting the following error:

ATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): [1/3] Compile [arm64] ConvaiApple.mm
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): error: Objective-C was disabled in PCH file but is currently enabled
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): 1 error generated.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): [2/3] WriteMetadata -Android-Shipping.target cancelled
PackagingResults: Error: Objective-C was disabled in PCH file but is currently enabled
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): [3/3] clang++-Android-Shipping-arm64.so cancelled
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Took 23.3421822s to run dotnet.exe, ExitCode=6
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): UnrealBuildTool failed. See log for more details. (E:\UnrealEngine-5.2\Engine\Programs\AutomationTool\Saved\Logs\UBT-*-Android-Shipping.txt)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): AutomationTool executed for 0h 0m 27s
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=6 (6)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error

Android build was running fine before adding this plugin. Any ideas are welcome! thanks in advance

[native jewel]

Looks like it's trying to build stuff that's for Apple platforms rather than just Android

[placid fossil]

If I have multiple levels in my project and I want only 1 of them to be used in a build would it matter that there are other levels in the project when building ? Or should I delete these before doing so? I’ve never packaged b4 p nooby

[winged moss]

Crossposting is against the rules, but for the benefit of searchers, you can list the maps to package in Project Settings > Project > Packaging > List of maps to include in a packaged build

[placid fossil]

ahhh dope and ty

by maps you mean levels yes?

[winged moss]

they are synonymous, yes

[placid fossil]

thanks for the answer g

[sage iron]

Yep, in my case it would have been a cool feature to have, but I am able to proceed without the mesh data.

[tired root]

Anyone knows why my VR unreal packaged game is significantly lower quality than when I render it in the editor? In the editor there's no flickering and everything is at max settings and it all looks good, while when I pacakge it for windows the quality is just stuck in low and there's a lot of flickering.

[spring elbow]

My package is failing with an error I am unfamiliar with, has anyone else seen this before?:

[gaunt fog]

I got this error when packaging the android apk😢

Can any dev help me

[warm schooner]

I'm using RunUAT.bat BuildPlugin to build my plugin but seeing errors of the form:

<path to header>: Error: An explicit Category specifier is required for Blueprint accessible functions in an Engine module.

My module type in Build.cs Runtime, not Engine - do I need to specify this somewhere else? Or am I missing something here? Would like to keep the ability to not add a category

[brittle ridge]

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[winged moss]

Not sure why you're doing that unless this is for marketplace distribution, but that means your Blueprint property should specify a category

and being on marketplace, your plugin will be installed in engine

[warm schooner]

The plugin will act as a mod, so I'll be loading the produced pak file manually in my mod managing code

[winged moss]

which has nothing to do with BuildPlugin

[warm schooner]

Ah, sorry, yes, I'm making a modkit, which is to say a skeleton UE project (ref https://buckminsterfullerene02.github.io/dev-guide/ModSupport/ModKits/DeveloperModkits/How.html), which requires including the plugins for the main game, but I don't want to include the source for those plugins, so I'm precompiling them

[winged moss]

Not sure if I'm reading all of that, but I have shipped mod support

but not C++ mod support. that requires a bit more effort, distribution of header files, and distributing the game as non-monolithic

[warm schooner]

Yeah, I'm saying I don't really want c++ mod support. But I found that if I included my plugins in the modkit, and didn't want to include the source files, I had to use bUsePrecompiled in the plugin's build.cs in the modkit; and also therefore needed to precompile the plugin, hence my use of BuildPlugin

[winged moss]

Though when we did mod support, it was distributing our custom editor build

[tacit frigate]

Hello, Does anyone know how to make build process automate across over team?

For example, anyone can create build easily.

without creating build manually from unreal editor.

[rose forum]

Hi all. I've updated my project to 5.4 today and tried to build for iOS, which is where the journey got stopped by this error. It seems that the 'Chaos Module' is causing some trobule, but I already disabled all the Chaos related plugins for the project. Any ideas?

[summer dock]

Jenkins is an oldskool workhorse for this. I've heard good things about TeamCity but stuck to Jenkins since I am familiar with it. Basically you want to set up a dedicated buildmachine, set up Jenkins, set up the unreal project workspace, and Jenkins can start doing builds for you.

People can remote onto the builder with Parsec ( PC ) or VNC ( Mac ) for example, and trigger builds. Also very useful is to set up :

• build on every commit ( catches silly missing files, header mistakes and such fast )
• nightly builds ( great for Continuous Integration : QA has a fresh build every morning, and any testable tickets are marked with a CL number so QA knows which tickets can be tested )

[tacit frigate]

Alright, is there any documentation or any tutorial for that? What things is required and is there any cost?

[raw timber]

Hi, i'm packaging with modular link type but i have an issue with GeometryCollectionNodes that could no be loaded.
Also i don't understand why the packaging add plugins in the output build that are not being used in the project. Any ideas ?

[summer dock]

Have you tried searching a bit for it on the Grand Internet? ( Yes, I expect people to do at least a modicum of effort to research stuff themselves )

[tacit frigate]

Yes, I am searching. Just asking if you can also provide some. Thanks for the info.

[formal mesa]

is there a proper way to make a demo configuration of your game (while still maintaining a full release)? I would like to only cook some maps in this demo, I know I can change those in my cook settings and probably the command line. Is there a way I can handle this in Unreal though? Something like making a separate INI file? I was looking into UProjectPackagingSettings and some things seemed promising there but I dont know if im approaching this the wrong way

[undone turret]

Hmmm I know in editor you can setup a few different packaging profiles which would do what I think you want

But I'm not sure where that would live in code

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/build-operations-cooking-packaging-deploying-and-running-projects-in-unreal-engine?application_version=5.3

[ripe blaze]

Im having an issue where packaging fails due to a blueprint missing a plugin.
The issue is that the plugin is installed, i refrehed the blueprint and there are no errors in the blueprint.
The error remained, so i tried to delete the blueprint and recreate it, error remained.
Now the blueprint is completely removed, i have updated redirectors, verified assets, restarted the engine, removed Immediate, binaries and saved and rebuilt in visual studio.
Yet it still makes packaging fail, so somehow there is a ghost blueprint somewhere that wont go away.

Anyone have ideas on how ti fix this?

This happened after migrating an old project to a fresh one.
Everything works in editor.

[snow dove]

Hi all. First time posting on the channel, very nice to be here.

Long story short: I have a project and I use MRQ to render out some stills in the game. Everything works great in every setup of the project and packing is fine too, except shipping. It seems to be that either post process or some other things are gettign ignored when I choose shipping ( does not happen in either development or debugging, using project launcher to package) and it's really difficult to pinpoint why. Either I get complete black renders or overexpoused. Does anyone know or has this happened to you?

PPV: Basic things like exposure, detail strength, bloom etc
Camera - Manual exposure and minmax ev to 0

Thanks in advance!

[polar wave]

Hi!
I obviously have a packaging problem in my game, I bought the "Discord RPC" plugin from Epic Games, however I finished configuring it and everything works.
On the other hand, when I launch my game in .exe I get this error, what is it and where does it come from?

Someone told me the plugin was missing from the build, but how do I add it?

[mystic atlas]

Is it listed in your uplugin file? (open it in a text editor)

[polar wave]

uplugin file?

[mystic atlas]

Erm sorry, uproject

[polar wave]

yes

[rustic cave]

any ideas why my project is compiling hundreds of packages of shadres every time im cooking? i change very few things through week, maybe 1/2 new models. But everytime im cooking im waiting over hour just for "LogCook: Display: Cooked packages 5268 Packages Remain 208 Total 5476". I dont get why. Does really one new model would add so much to compile?

or maybe i just dont understand what happens right now and i think its shadres?

[winged moss]

This is pretty much impossible to tell from one screenshot and knowing nothing about your project

[rustic cave]

ah ok, thougth it may be some generic problem with easy answer

[polar wave]

How where?

I already use nodes related to plugin, why is it not included in the build?

[winged moss]

What does the uplugin for the plugin look like?

And you acquired the plugin through the Epic launcher

Though if you paid money for this plugin, tbh you were ripped off

Discord rich presence is ridiculously easy to integrate

[dreamy panther]

Hi all, Does anyone know where I can find the shader cache from a packaged build? aiming to clear it out so I can run PSO caching again to emulate first time user experience

[dreamy panther]

nvm, found it - for Nvidia, the files are stored in AppData\LocalLow\NVIDIA\PerDriverVersion\DXCache

[polar wave]

uplugin?

[polar wave]

No, it works really well and the others succeed, when I test it directly on Unreal Engine, it works really well!
Just when I put my game in .exe, when launching it asks me for the DiscordRPC plugin

[winged moss]

Every plugin has a uplugin file

Pretty much the same format as a uproject

[polar wave]

Yeah, where?

[winged moss]

...where the plugin is installed

[polar wave]

Here yes

[winged moss]

And the contents of the uplugin?

[winged moss]

That is not what I asked

Open the uplugin file in your other screenshot

[polar wave]

Oh pfff

Sry

[winged moss]

Also this plugin is installed to project. FYI your project must be a C++ project for it to work. If it's BP only, convert it

And yeah nothing weird in the uplugin, so it's probably that

[polar wave]

I am in blueprint yes and I have the file in the project

[winged moss]

Please read the entire message. If you have a BP only project, you must convert it to a C++ one for it to work in packaged

[polar wave]

Well yes I read!
If I convert to C++, can I still create a blueprint? No problem will happen?

[winged moss]

Yes, C++ projects in almost every studio on the planet is going to contain BPs

[polar wave]

Okay, how do I do this then? And can I go back if something goes wrong? I have my project which is on GitHub, but just in case.

[winged moss]

You add a C++ class from the File menu, doesn't even have to do anything, and that'll generate the minimum boilerplate for anC++ prokect

You must also have VS installed

[polar wave]

Yes I've

[polar wave]

Good 👌

Thx u

[dry zodiac]

I've just finished porting my project from 4.27 to 5.4 and while building the Linux Dedicated servers it keeps including the debug files making server builds more than 5X the size of 4.27

BuildTarget

ype = TargetType.Server;
DefaultBuildSettings = BuildSettingsVersion.V2;
ExtraModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "MyProject" });

DefaultGame.ini

[/Script/UnrealEd.ProjectPackagingSettings]
IncludeDebugFiles=False

My Binary configuration is set to Development Server target Linux (same I used on 4.27)

[sweet nest]

Hi all. I have a .dll in one of my plugins that needs to get copied into either the root folder or the {root}/{project_name}/Binaries/{platform} folder of my built & cooked project in order to run. Anyone have any insight on how to do this? I've verified everything works when I manually copy the dll but that's not really an option.

[open rapids]

Hey, what is this bug guys?

UATHelper: Cooking (Windows): LogObj: Error: LoadConfig (/Script/GLTFExporter.Default__GLTFExportOptions): import failed for DefaultMaterialBakeSize in: POT_1024
PackagingResults: Error: LoadConfig (/Script/GLTFExporter.Default__GLTFExportOptions): import failed for DefaultMaterialBakeSize in: POT_1024

I have never seen this bug before, i don't even know where to start debugging.

[mint leaf]

DDC too small?, Did you select iterative cook?

[mint leaf]

add a built script to do it and trigger in build, or add to a directory and copy into package

[stark marsh]

Does anyone know of a good solution to override config ini parameters for different build targets? Thread here: https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-3-overriding-config-parameters-when-cooking-packaging-game-with-uat/1908915

[summer dock]

I use python scripts to manipulate the files, but I seem to recall one of the veterans here pointing out a possibly better way, something like being able to configure multiple configuration systems. What the magic words to find that were, hmmm

Perhaps it was simply a matter of having the correct hierarchy setup see "Configuration File Hierarchy"- https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/configuration-files-in-unreal-engine?application_version=5.3

[stark marsh]

Don't think that would work in my case because I have multiple build targets for the same platform. I think I'll probably just go for python scripts as well 🤷‍♂️

[summer dock]

ah yes, I see. Still, I could swear somebody had still one more solution for this...

[open rapids]

Hey guys, appreciate any help with this, i still have this error since yesterday, been looking on google and chatgpt but no solution.

[summer dock]

this is where sswires was talking about something like this in Lyra : #packaging message

[stark marsh]

That might be a really convenient solution, thank you!

[summer dock]

I would sanity check by removing the problematic assets temporarily

[open rapids]

I did that already

Like all of it except the Mannequins

Do you know which type of assets is that error about though? Like SKM or static meshes or something?

[summer dock]

I'm afraid I have no idea what that's about. POT_1024 sounds like a Power of Two texture of size 1024x1024

[open rapids]

ok

ill try to remove all the texture or something

turn off the GLTF plugin make it worked for me

so it have to be something in the GLTF plugin

i think i'll just reinstall the engine for this

[open rapids]

nope, reinstall the engine wouldn't work

[open rapids]

How do i turned this off for other people when they download the packaged game?

[sweet nest]

Can you say anything more about how to do either of those? The dll already exists in one of the Plugin directories, it's just not found when trying to run the executable

[mint leaf]

Im assuming you have some build scripting, so just add a powershell copy-item is the easiest way, else you make an unreal automation tool script to do the same thing. if you wanna get real fancy with a source engine you can even hook it in regular UAT build command so its automated

You could also make a custom C++ function on boot that copies the DLL

[sweet nest]

Yes, it occurred to me I could just do a copy with Jenkins after I posted. Can you point me to any resources showing how to do something like this with an unreal automation tool script? I haven't ever done anything like that, but I'd be curious to know what's possible

I think I'll probably end up going the route of just doing a copy in powershell as part of the build process, but it'd be great to understand my options

[mint leaf]

https://gist.github.com/andrewgrant/ac93bb56867bb5a3ef47ebcbc1c27cd6

Obviously change the content to whatever you want it to do

[sweet nest]

Thanks! How do you run something like this? Just RunUAT.bat myFile.cs?

[mint leaf]

Engine\Build\BatchFiles\RunUAT.bat <<param you exposed>>

So for example
Engine\Build\BatchFiles\RunUAT.bat AddUpstreamBuildInfo -Arg=[] -ScriptForProj=[] -OutputPath=[]

[sweet nest]

Where AddUpstreamBuildInfo is the name of your cs file and/or the name of the class within that file?>

[mint leaf]

Name of my class (and file I think as well)

[sweet nest]

sweet. thanks! I appreciate the info

[mint leaf]

but its been a while since I wrote it tbh

Was a couple years ago and I dont have the file in front of me, but Id imagine UE5 is the same, UAT hasnt changed much

[empty sage]

Hey guys, got a bit of a odd situation. When building for Windows. I was getting errors and having the build fail. Trying to figure out.. I thought.. let me load in 1 level at a time and see what is broken. (My project has 3 scenes with Async loading. (Loading screen and 2 levels to load into).

Loading map 1, everything works
Loading map 2, half works (map 3 does not load when swapping levels)
Loading map 3, build fails.

Are they somehow depending on eachother? I'm bit confused.
When loading ''Ename_1290"" in List of maps to include in packaged build.. everything works as intended.

[empty sage]

I'm pretty sure its actually my 4th level that's broken. I added my ''testing'' scene into the level select and everything loads as before. But the moment I try to load into my testing scene.. it kicks me back into my level loading scene. Odd

[summer dock]

Please post logs as
code snippets
or full txt files

Easier to read and copy paste relevant bits

[empty sage]

Like that? Sorry I'm not very good at code ^^

[summer dock]

Hmm... looks a bit tricky. 1 sus part is this:
UAIPerceptionComponent::OnRegister: Perception Component is being registered with PigBP_C_UAID_18C04D489F77438601_1088748151, they are designed to work with AAIControllers!

But the actual crash

begin: stack for UAT
=== Handled ensure: ===

Ensure condition failed: CurrentNum == InitialNum  [File:D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Public\Containers\Array.h] [Line: 253] 
Array has changed during ranged-for iteration!
Stack: 
[Callstack] 0x00007ffbfb6ec2e0 UnrealEditor-Engine.dll!ULevel::DetachAttachAllActorsPackages() [D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\Level.cpp:4249]
[Callstack] 0x00007ffbfca2c240 UnrealEditor-Engine.dll!UWorld::PreSaveRoot() [D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\World.cpp:1524]
[Callstack] 0x00007ffc55124eef UnrealEditor-CoreUObject.dll!UE::SavePackageUtilities::CallPreSaveRoot() [D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\UObject\SavePackage\SavePackageUtilities.cpp:693]```

not really sure what is causing this

[empty sage]

Yeah also noticed that. Funny thing is that the code itself works fine. And is implemented in multiple levels without issues. Though I'll have to look for alternatives. As it seems they changed something in 5.4

[empty sage]

I'm chucking it up to Async Level loading most likely. I can get it working so its not a huge deal. But would like to know how to fix if it becomes severe

[green estuary]

Hello everyone, I have this problem when exporting my project, it is a first person project.
Does anyone know what I can do please?

I use Unreal 5.3

Its for my tesis so I need help

[winged moss]

Why is this an image it wants to download?

Just paste the build output

[green estuary]

PackagingResults: Error: Missing UnrealGame binary.You may have to build the UE project with your IDE. Alternatively, build using UnrealBuildTool with the commandline:UnrealGame <Platform> <Configuration>

There is the build output

Thats the only error

[winged moss]

Do you get the engine from the Epic launcher? Is this a BP only project?

[green estuary]

Yes, it is a first-person project that I did from the beginning at epic games.
I did it on a Mac and from there I made a zip so I could use it on Windows and there was no problem, I had already exported it before but it didn't allow me to open it because it was too heavy with the textures but that error has been corrected, now I don't know Why does this error occur?

In fact, it is an error that not only appears in the output but also a pop-up window like this in the image.

[winged moss]

Please just use source control

I would suggest verifying your engine install

[green estuary]

I already uninstalled unreal and reinstalled it and the error still persists, I don't know if I should uninstall everything from the epic games.

[green estuary]

Someone else know something about this error?

[harsh flicker]

Hii I am getting this error while package in that project I am using real time database using firebase how to resolve this error

[undone turret]

lol love it xD not even a screenshot but a photo of your monitor lol it would be more helpful if you could copy and past the specific error you are getting into the chat especially in a code block

[raw timber]

Hi, when using iostore, how can we load pak files ? It seems assets are contained in ucas files

[lunar dawn]

how to use decals in VR? specifically the Quest 3. Only one eye is rendering

[strong root]

Hey anyone knows why when i start the packaged game from root user in linux i cant open it?

like ./{name}.sh

[inland latch]

This has maybe been asked before so pardon me if it is.
I'm trying to Package my game to ship to Steam, all is well.
However my Hotfixes and Small updates are HUMONGOOUS..
Steam advises to lower pak sizes to 1 or 2 GB according to their docs.
How do I do this in Unreal?
I can't find any specific tutorials on packaging for Steam, size wise. Anything that comes up is about advanced sessions, which I don't care about in a Single Player game.. xD

Thanks in advance! ❤️

[runic pelican]

u use source control?

[quaint basalt]

Is packaging usually taking 5h+ if it's done first time?

[undone turret]

Depending on the size of the game with full rebuild enabled my game generally takes around 45 minutes without that it takes 5-10

[winged moss]

Yes? Everyone should

[quaint basalt]

is it hard to fix these types of errors?

I have 82 errors, is there any hope? xD

[quaint basalt]

oh god, i have so many structs created in bp, does it mean I have to change them all to C++?

[ripe edge]

Hey folks...I am working on an M2 Mac, but trying to package for both Silicon and Intel based mac chips...the finished game runs on silicon macs but won't open on intel based macs...any advice?

[quaint basalt]

Oh god xd I found topic about it on forum. 104% i have saved all files after changing enum or struct. Is it game over at this point? Or can I somehow with tedious work resolve it?

haha xD looks like it's the only option, damn 😄

If anyone has problem with structs. I fixed it by opening all the structs I have in my game, adding 1 variable, saving, deleting variable, saving. Then i closed editor, and this is important: YOU CANNOT SAVE, these files that come up. Click no to save and close editor. Open it again and it should work.

[green estuary]

I have problems in packaging: UATHelper: Packaging (Mac): RunUAT ERROR: AutomationTool was unable to run successfully. Exited with code: 25
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Cook Failure

Thats the error

[lime dagger]

Hey there! In 5.4 was added "PSO caching on-demand for Android" for auto collect PSO cache, anyone have any clue how to use it?

[undone turret]

@lime dagger https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/SharingAndReleasing/PSOCaching/PSOCachingOnAndroid/

[stiff rune]

Guys, I had this build error. This is new, never had this before. Any suggestions?

I have increased Virtual memory page size for the drive in which ue5 is installed
any other advice?

[mystic atlas]

Increase it ever more

50gb? 100?

Or get more ram. Or both.

[stiff rune]

Okay so increasing virtual mem size for that drive fixed it and I was able to build it properly

[autumn bloom]

So I'm having this error in my logs. It stems from a LevelSequence (called LS_Cty_MainMenu) that has a built in Blueprint (LS_Cty_MainMenu_DirectorBP_C). The AssetManager is considering the LevelSequence and it's BP as separate assets and throwing an error when trying to load the sequence. In the ContentBrowser, the BP is one in the same with the sequence. It's part of it. Has anyone seen/delt with this before?

[2024.06.22-15.37.30:935][  0]LogAssetManager: Warning: Found duplicate PrimaryAssetID UI:LS_Cty_MainMenu, path /Game/DIRGE_MAIN/GUI/MainMenu/LS_Cty_MainMenu.LS_Cty_MainMenu conflicts with existing path /Game/DIRGE_MAIN/GUI/MainMenu/LS_Cty_MainMenu.LS_Cty_MainMenu_DirectorBP_C. Two different primary assets can not have the same type and name.
[2024.06.22-15.37.30:945][  0]LogStats: FPlatformStackWalk::StackWalkAndDump -  0.010 s
[2024.06.22-15.37.30:945][  0]LogOutputDevice: Error: === Handled ensure: ===
[2024.06.22-15.37.30:945][  0]LogOutputDevice: Error: 
[2024.06.22-15.37.30:945][  0]LogOutputDevice: Error: Ensure condition failed: !OldData  [File:D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\AssetManager.cpp] [Line: 1217] 
[2024.06.22-15.37.30:945][  0]LogOutputDevice: Error: Found Duplicate PrimaryAssetID UI:LS_Cty_MainMenu! Path /Game/DIRGE_MAIN/GUI/MainMenu/LS_Cty_MainMenu.LS_Cty_MainMenu conflicts with existing path /Game/DIRGE_MAIN/GUI/MainMenu/LS_Cty_MainMenu.LS_Cty_MainMenu_DirectorBP_C
[2024.06.22-15.37.30:945][  0]LogOutputDevice: Error: 
[2024.06.22-15.37.30:971][  0]LogStats:                SubmitErrorReport -  0.000 s
[2024.06.22-15.37.33:528][  0]LogRHI: Error: Breadcrumbs 'RHIThread'

[2024.06.22-15.37.33:623][  0]LogStats:                    SendNewReport -  2.652 s
[2024.06.22-15.37.33:623][  0]LogStats:             FDebug::EnsureFailed -  2.687 s

[zealous loom]

If anyone can assist me with this i'd be super grateful, I changed the RHI and then after i got this i changed it back and now it just refuses to work at all.

https://pastebin.com/50iiYVhy

can't package a build for the life of me now

worth noting: before i changed RHI it was packaging just fine

Also this is on UE5.3

[zealous loom]

the jist of it is LogCook: Display: Cooked packages 6086 Packages Remain 469 Total 6555
LogWindows: Error: begin: stack for UAT
LogWindows: Error: === Critical error: ===
LogWindows: Error:
LogWindows: Error: Fatal error!
LogWindows: Error:
LogWindows: Error: Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0xffffffffffffffff
LogWindows: Error:
LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff9199b8f74 UnrealEditor-CoreUObject.dll!UnknownFunction []
LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff919a4380f UnrealEditor-CoreUObject.dll!UnknownFunction []
LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff90dedfe2e UnrealEditor-UnrealEd.dll!UnknownFunction []
LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff90de58a06 UnrealEditor-UnrealEd.dll!UnknownFunction []
LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff91988a36a UnrealEditor-CoreUObject.dll!UnknownFunction []
LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff9194f28df UnrealEditor-CoreUObject.dll!UnknownFunction []
LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff91989f6ba UnrealEditor-CoreUObject.dll!UnknownFunction []
LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff91989ec74 UnrealEditor-CoreUObject.dll!UnknownFunction []

every time it gets in the 400's for packages remaining it'll crash cancel out the packaging

[zealous loom]

Nobody has ever had this happen before?

[zealous loom]

Can you do that with a blueprint only project?

[brittle cipher]

hey i just noticed that when i make a windows build of my project - none of the data i'm pulling from DataTables seems to be working - any ideas?

runs fine in editor, but when i build i get no data

[autumn bloom]

Check the Asset Manager settings, might have to explicitly include Data Table in packaged builds

[brittle cipher]

thank you, ill give that a try

hm no luck - will keep digging, cant find anything online about this except a handful of people reporting a similar issue but no concrete solutions

[brittle cipher]

nvm fixed it - the way i was grabbing the row names was getting fucked up, data tables were included properly

[boreal bramble]

Hi! Getting this compile error when trying to package a project. What could it be?
c++ code builds fine, everything works when in editor
D:\Program Files\UE_5.4\Engine\Source\Editor\UnrealEd\Public\UnrealEdSharedPCH.h(14): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'BlueprintNodeSignature.h': No such file or directory

[boreal bramble]

seems to have something to do with a "macro redefinition"

[bleak rock]

Hello, I'm trying to debug an issue I have with a curve table in packaged game specifically. In editor (first screenshot), it has all the entries I have in my csv file I imported to have the table. However, in packaged game I have only unique entries (second screenshot), i.e. it trims everything that repeats.

Does anyone know how to fix it or how to handle it?

[open abyss]

hi guys, anyone has pass a problem with icudtl.dat not found in bundle? i'm going crazy and i need to find answer, it's about CEF3 and web browser....my project is building and packacking but when i want to run there is this error:

[0623/213453.881286:ERROR:icu_util.cc(178)] icudtl.dat not found in bundle
[0623/213453.881345:ERROR:icu_util.cc(242)] Invalid file descriptor to ICU data received.

[torpid current]

I have the same question. I have a GameFeature with a level with sublevels, and those maps are not listed in Device Profiles. But I also noticed that Lyra maps in ShooterCoreMaps are also not listed

[lean kindle]

When packaging my game I'm hit with the following error:

Error: appError called: Assertion failed: !SingleJob.Input.bCachePreprocessed || !SingleJob.PreprocessOutput.GetSucceeded() || SingleJob.Output.PreprocessTime > 0.0f [File:D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\ShaderCompiler\ShaderCompiler.cpp] [Line: 5265]

This happens on the Cook stage.
I cant find anything online regarding it. The game was packaging fine before upgrading to 5.4.2.
Any ideas?

[stark marsh]

How can I force UAT to recompile shaders during cooking? I need to switch between Vulkan and OpenGL depending on the build target and it doesn't seem to recompile the shaders without opening the editor

[drowsy sphinx]

Hello

when you package a game.
Does the engine take also all unused elements? like Blueprint? or assets that we don't use?

[mystic atlas]

Only things that are referenced or are in always package folders.

[lyric orchid]

any thoughts when i packaging windows server build any fix ?

[woeful peak]

my thoughts are that looks bad

lol

[lyric orchid]

yes i tried everything to debug i cant find

[woeful peak]

I am trying to package a plugin and am getting:
Plugin Task (Windows): C:\Users\MyPC\Desktop\UE_5.4\Engine\Plugins\PCGGeometryScriptInterop\Source\PCGGeometryScriptInterop\Public\Elements\PCGMeshSampler.h(36): Error: Found 'OnePointPerVertex' when expecting ',' or '}' while parsing UENUM EPCGMeshSamplingMethod

My plugin has nothing to do with this file, and I am not sure why it would be broken. It doesn't reference PCG or anything like that

[lyric orchid]

yes u can fix with disabling plugin

mine is no information what causderd

[woeful peak]

its not even enabled though, hmm

[spiral sail]

I'm trying to make an .apk file with game data so i can upload to amazon. but it gives me this error. any ideas? please and thank you

[distant belfry]

I'm not sure, if this is appropriate channel, but here it goes:
Can someone explain this UAT command line to me, I'm pretty sure there is a few undocumented commands

-ScriptsForProject="D:/DEV/Unreal Projects/DLCTest/DLCTest.uproject" BuildCookRun -project="D:/DEV/Unreal Projects/DLCTest/DLCTest.uproject" -noP4 -clientconfig=Shipping -serverconfig=Shipping -nocompile -nocompileeditor -installed -unrealexe="C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.4\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UnrealEditor-Cmd.exe" -utf8output -platform=Win64 -build -cook -map=ThirdPersonMap+ThirdPersonMap -CookCultures=en -unversionedcookedcontent -pak -compressed -makebinaryconfig -createreleaseversion=Base -distribution -SkipCookingEditorContent -stage -package -cmdline="ThirdPersonMap -Messaging" -addcmdline="-SessionId=F41DD7E14630732D9B0825B2A15F17F8 -SessionOwner='admin' -SessionName='DLCTest_BaseGame_Shipping' "

Especially these ones

• -ScriptsForProject
• -cmdline
• -Messaging
• -addcmdline
• And lastly session ones ( -SessionId, -SessionOwner, -SessionName )

[formal mesa]

Sorry for the ping, but Ive been struggling on this for a couple hours and cant get the custom config to be used in the cooking process.

I have a demo target where I want to clear the MapsToCook array, and then add only one map. I set this up in the Custom config ini, ive verified that this is being added as the logs spit out Packaging (Windows): Including config file T:\BET\tisbury_BET\Config\Custom\Demo\DefaultGame.ini

The issue is, it seems like its only using it in the staging process. Ive delved through source but cant seem to find where it is used in the cooking process.

[winged moss]

Well it isn't used during the cooking process so that answers that

You can specify maps or map lists on the command line anyway

[solar plaza]

not sure what's going on but it was packaging fine before and now it doesn't the only plugin i enabled was HttpBlueprint but has also been a few weeks since i packaged it after doing a fair amount of changes

[solar plaza]

turns out the http blueprint plugin breaks the packaging if it's enabled for a android project but i tested that in a fresh new project and migrated my main project over and tested it with the plugin on vs off and it broke it with it enabled but worked with it off but i used the nodes of the plugin on my main project and even with them removed and the plugin disabled it still wont work so i assume there is some remnant of the plugin in the files that it doesn't like

[foggy nimbus]

Hi all, i'm trying to figure out why my game is not packaging correctly, it says unknown error and nothing else, i tried to update visual studio and i tried verifying the unreal files but nothing works and i can't find the cause of error in the log. The folder where the game should be at after packaging is empty, the only thing there is empty "Windows" file left from previews compilation. If you know the answer pls ping me.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogInit: Display: Success - 0 error(s), 205 warning(s) UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=1 (Error_Unknown) PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error

[slow lagoon]

SOS

[stark marsh]

Can anyone help me out with this issue? https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-3-global-shader-library-packaged-with-previous-version-when-switching-between-opengl-and-vulkan/1918509

[lost walrus]

Whats this error is about? Fixing redirectories did nothing.

[lost walrus]

Corrupted assets needed to be deleted from explorer.

[wild elbow]

How are additive animations handled at the time of cooking?

[tame kelp]

Trying to package my game with the project launcher but from what I can tell it is not rebuilding the project properly. Any changes I make to the project are not reflected in the final executable and the build step is completing pretty much instantly when I'm using the source build

[winged moss]

Show settings

[sour ivy]

So for some reason iterative cooking isn't picking up on any changes to my gamemode BP... This is the first time I think this has happened (that I've noticed) and not quite sure what to do here. Can I manually mark the asset as dirty so that it knows it has to be cooked?

[mystic atlas]

You could just move a node around and hit save.

[sour ivy]

I tried that but it didn't seem like it worked 🥲 I moved some stuff around + added a few print nodes haha

[mystic atlas]

😦

[dusty imp]

any advice?

[dusty imp]

AT?

[raw timber]

Hi, does the packaging rebuild all the blueprints ?

[near vessel]

IDK what's wrong, i have c++ already installed

[viscid girder]

Hello, i am thinking about creating a build host, other than installing windows 11 pro, its there some sort of stripped down version of windows i could use?

[undone turret]

When you say rebuild do you mean recompile?

[undone turret]

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling then corrupted installs can show like this

[raw timber]

Yep

The compile code from Kismet doesn't seem to be executed again

[void anvil]

Its sort of generic question ,But is it save to remove macros as VS UE integration suggest ?

[near vessel]

I compiled project via VS And it works

[void anvil]

packaging will first cock and then build all Blueprints and compiled into the final executable.

[raw timber]

Hm i didn t have breakpoints triggered in the bp compilation code while packaging

[raw timber]

When you say build all the bp, they will be compiled again or a cache will be used ?

[void anvil]

If have not changed since the last package cached versions will be used

[raw timber]

Ok will try deleting temp files, thanks !

[void anvil]

if want to make sure everything compiled again use full rebuild

[zealous loom]

Does anyone know how to fix the UAT cook failure?

[hexed bronze]

hello, does anyone knows a command line command to package for android?
i can package from editor but when i try using uat it doesn't generate the apk or install scripts.
i'm using windows. i tried searching online but found nothing.
this process returns success.
pushd %ENGINE_ROOT% || exit /b 1 call ./Engine/Build/BatchFiles/RunUAT.bat BuildCookRun -project="%WORKSPACE%/%PROJECT_NAME%.uproject" -noP4 -platform=Android -cookflavor=ASTC -clientconfig=%CONFIG% -serverconfig=%CONFIG% %CLEAN% %MAPS% -build -cook -pak -stage -archive -archivedirectory="%WORKSPACE%/Build/"

[zealous loom]

Did you figure it out?

if anyone can help me figure this out i would greatly appreciate it

[lyric orchid]

Nope same

[spiral sail]

Does anyone know why this appears on my phone while trying to install my project to it?

[zealous loom]

So how are we supposed to make a multi-million dollar game if we don't have a fix/support for this?

😂

[lyric orchid]

i spent week to figure out didnt find solution

so i skipped to c++ compile for dedicated server

[zealous loom]

I'm on my source build of UE5.3 as well, no dice.

[zealous loom]

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogMaterial: Display: Missing cached shadermap for UDS_FTTTF in PCD3D_SM5, Low, SM5, Game (DDC key hash: 690c7560191dee162c397c8ba6a01357b8882f01), compiling.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogMaterial: Display: Missing cached shadermap for UDS_TTTTF in PCD3D_SM5, Low, SM5, Game (DDC key hash: 8dc4f8783b573fd83f863c809355c2e6e346f502), compiling.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogMaterial: Display: Missing cached shadermap for UDS_FFFTF in PCD3D_SM5, Low, SM5, Game (DDC key hash: bb5ded1af2037a2cd3a28d491239a38c0e8ed3db), compiling.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogMaterial: Display: Missing cached shadermap for UDS_FFFFF in PCD3D_SM5, Low, SM5, Game (DDC key hash: 7e6cb816e0e4c0eddd058ec6f4ffba55724bf1cb), compiling.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Display: Cooked packages 6222 Packages Remain 680 Total 6902
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: begin: stack for UAT
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: === Critical error: ===
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: Fatal error!
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0xffffffffffffffff
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffc8cd88f74 UnrealEditor-CoreUObject.dll!UnknownFunction []
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ffc8ce1380f UnrealEditor-

Anyone?

[zealous loom]

@lyric orchid I'm going to try disabling SM5

Didn't work.

[plain smelt]

I am trying to mount a pak file, but it gives me an error in the log saying that IoStore Container not found I have unchecked Use IoStore in the package preject settings but it still gives me this error. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

[coral lion]

Hey, i've been trying to package a blueprint only project in 5.2. I suddenly received this error and i'm unclear as to what the issue is.
I've tried, redirector fixes, deleted the typical folders in my project folder. I reinstalled Unreal Engine 5.2. I've also migrated the project to 5.3 and 5.4 but the issue still pops up. I checked if any of the file path were too long, checked my backup projects, and tried packaging it on my laptop. It's possible it could be a plugin but unfortunately, removing any plugin essentially would just cause the project to not package at all for other reasons since the plugins are essential for running in my blueprints.

Need some direction?

[mortal saffron]

does this look audio related?

[rare relic]

If you're on your own source build, then connect VS to the build task and debug it when it crashes. We're on 5.3.2 and windows server packages fine so possibly something in your content causing it.

[primal sorrel]

hey guys I am trying to pack maps by using UBT and cmd but I am getting issue with TargetPlatform: I am using this kind of command:
"%UBT_PATH%" -project="%PROJECT_PATH%" -run=Cook -TargetPlatform=Win64 -Map="/Game/Maps/SimpleMap" it is just example:
I am getting No platforms specified for target

UBT_PATH is correct and PROJECT_PATH also so that is not problem

[lusty nexus]

how do you fix the " file name too long " error if the path itself has too many characters ?

[deft cave]

I wrote a Commandlet that generates some JSON data that I need to include in a packaged build. Does anyone know of a delegate or some other interface to call my commandlet at cook time?

[cedar peak]

Hi everyone, We have "Failed to read file 'WindowsClient/Cloud/IoStoreOnDemand.ini' error" issue while building project, We are not sure why we are receiving this error.

[bleak rock]

Does anyone how to fix it?
https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/issues-with-curve-table/1914587

[spiral sail]

Shorten the file name. Can't be longer than 256 characters. Use abbreviations or intials for your project name if that's what you're using as a file name.

[slim orchid]

can somebody help me fixing this pakaging error
c++ project

[coral lion]

The backed up version of my project (about a month old) is able to package just fine and the plugins all work fine. So it's probably something I did in my blueprints maybe and not a engine issue(maybe). However, looking at the source code (and my c++ skills is trash), but a UObject might be causing the error. Is there a way to search for UObjects that might be causing a anonymous namspace error in my project?

[lusty nexus]

thanks

[thick void]

https://youtu.be/bZ-D4h83nM0 on packaging build

Please fix it!

[winged moss]

What a weird place to post this

[slim orchid]

CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME WITH THIS ERROR
AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=6 (6)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error
IT BECOUSE THE ADDVENCED SESSION PLUGIN

[winged moss]

show AdvancedSessions.Build.cs

[winged moss]

This is a very odd interpretation of the error, but I would expect perhaps a corrupt uasset for this one. You would need to enable more verbose cook logging or attaching a debugger to the cooker while it's running if you want to nail it down to a specific asset.

You should absolutely not rely on "backups" and instead use proper version control such as Perforce or Git.

[slim orchid]

IS TI GOOD

[winged moss]

can you disable caps lock

and you've made modifications to the file, plus some of it is off-screen

[slim orchid]

ok i am sorry its allways eneble

[winged moss]

can you build the editor target from VS?

[slim orchid]

how can you tell me plz

[winged moss]

?

you build

set to debuggame editor or development editor

[slim orchid]

with f5

[winged moss]

you would've had to do this at some point

[slim orchid]

ok one sec

[winged moss]

also plugins in project will require a C++ project

[slim orchid]

yea it working only the packeging doent work

where do i need to build it in the plkugin or in the project?

[winged moss]

What?

[slim orchid]

plugin

[winged moss]

Still, what?

You are making no sense

You need to have a C++ project for the plugin to work

In packaged

[slim orchid]

made that all ready the plugin works in the editor when i play in the ue5 but when i packege it shows me that error

[winged moss]

This is not helpful information, you already showed that

to use the plugin, it must be in <project>/Plugins and your project must be a C++ project

[slim orchid]

its all ready in there

and its allready as a c++ project

[wanton sun]

what is this error I am facing when package in unreal 5.4?

[wanton sun]

Happens after Upgrading to 5.4

[coral lion]

Appreciate the help.

[obtuse void]

need help making a uasset into a .pak for a fortnite mod

[mystic atlas]

#uefn-general ?

[obtuse void]

bro what

where do you want me to go 😭

[mystic atlas]

You didn't mention anything about fortnite before.

[obtuse void]

right

[mystic atlas]

There's one channel here for that, ti's #uefn-general

[obtuse void]

this isnt uefn related

[mystic atlas]

You want to make a fortnite mod, though?

[obtuse void]

this is for an OG FN private server

[obtuse void]

yes

im not using uefn or editing the real fortnite gamefiles in any way

[mystic atlas]

Erm. Okay 👍

[obtuse void]

anyways

ive been trying to use a lot of pak apps or whatever to make my uasset into a pak file.

Whatever i do, i cant make it work

in this case im trying to use u4pak

[strong ginkgo]

Any tips on dealing with 'Failed to open descriptor file" when trying to run a packaged shipping build on a different machine? The path where it is looking for the file is outside my binaries/Win64 folder. It says "../../../'my windows user name'/" ?

[undone turret]

the creator of this software already replied to your issue on github

Also note: I don't use Windows and don't have Fortnite, so I don't know if that can even be handled by my script.```

[meager lion]

Ran a package for the first time in awhile and this just started happening and I can't tell where this is to see whats going on, any idea's where to look? Can I search this function through all the different plugins code via Rider? I made a number of plugin changes but I don't recognize the struct it's pissed off about.

Packaging (Windows): [164/165] Link [x64] TwlightStarHE-Win64-DebugGame.exe
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): TraceUtils.cpp.obj : error LNK2005: "struct FCollisionObjectQueryParams __cdecl ConfigureCollisionObjectParams(class TArray<class TEnumAsByte<enum EObjectTypeQuery>,class TSizedDefaultAllocator<32> > const &)" (?ConfigureCollisionObjectParams@@YA?AUFCollisionObjectQueryParams@@AEBV?$TArray@V?$TEnumAsByte@W4EObjectTypeQuery@@@@V?$TSizedDefaultAllocator@$0CA@@@@@@Z) already defined in Module.Engine.42.cpp.obj
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): TraceUtils.cpp.obj : error LNK2005: "struct FCollisionQueryParams __cdecl ConfigureCollisionParams(class FName,bool,class TArray<class AActor *,class TSizedDefaultAllocator<32> > const &,bool,class UObject const *)" (?ConfigureCollisionParams@@YA?AUFCollisionQueryParams@@VFName@@_NAEBV?$TArray@PEAVAActor@@V?$TSizedDefaultAllocator@$0CA@@@@@1PEBVUObject@@@Z) already defined in Module.Engine.42.cpp.obj
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows):    Creating library D:\UEProject\TWSHE\Binaries\Win64\TwlightStarHE-Win64-DebugGame.lib and object D:\UEProject\TWSHE\Binaries\Win64\TwlightStarHE-Win64-DebugGame.exp
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): D:\UEProject\TWSHE\Binaries\Win64\TwlightStarHE-Win64-DebugGame.exe : fatal error LNK1169: one or more multiply defined symbols found```

[open finch]

Android packaging works well, but suddenly a Java OutOfMemoryError error occurs during the signing process.

Java version / DebugKeyStore / SDK has not been touched. Does anyone know the cause?

[2024.07.05-06.57.09:896][634]UATHelper: 패키징 (Android (ASTC)): Exception in thread "main" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Requested array size exceeds VM limit
[2024.07.05-06.57.09:896][634]UATHelper: 패키징 (Android (ASTC)):  at java.base/java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.<init>(ByteArrayOutputStream.java:81)
[2024.07.05-06.57.09:896][634]UATHelper: 패키징 (Android (ASTC)):  at com.google.common.io.ByteStreams.toByteArray(ByteStreams.java:165)
[2024.07.05-06.57.09:896][634]UATHelper: 패키징 (Android (ASTC)):  at com.android.tools.build.bundletool.io.ZipBuilder.writeTo(ZipBuilder.java:92)
[2024.07.05-06.57.09:896][634]UATHelper: 패키징 (Android (ASTC)):  at com.android.tools.build.bundletool.io.ApkSetBuilderFactory$ApkSetArchiveBuilder.writeTo(ApkSetBuilderFactory.java:173)
[2024.07.05-06.57.09:896][634]UATHelper: 패키징 (Android (ASTC)):  at com.android.tools.build.bundletool.commands.BuildApksManager.executeWithZip(BuildApksManager.java:246)
[2024.07.05-06.57.09:896][634]UATHelper: 패키징 (Android (ASTC)):  at com.android.tools.build.bundletool.commands.BuildApksManager.execute(BuildApksManager.java:121)
[2024.07.05-06.57.09:896][634]UATHelper: 패키징 (Android (ASTC)):  at com.android.tools.build.bundletool.commands.BuildApksCommand.execute(BuildApksCommand.java:549)
[2024.07.05-06.57.09:896][634]UATHelper: 패키징 (Android (ASTC)):  at com.android.tools.build.bundletool.BundleToolMain.main(BundleToolMain.java:74)```

[strong ginkgo]

Can anyone confirm that Xbox controller input only works on shipping packaged builds? I can't get it to work on any other types but it would be nice if I was able to.

[obtuse void]

oh

i was most likely asleep when he replied

[wild elbow]

converting level from world composition -> world partition using commandlet is not working

Error: Assertion failed: InActor->IsPackageExternal() [File:X:\UE-5.4\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\WorldPartition\WorldPartitionActorDesc.cpp] [Line: 85] 

can i continue using world composition since it is already working perfectly, and i don't need to convert to WorldPartition

and world partition is not converting my map which has 8 tiles

[wild elbow]

I fixed it,
1: select all tiles we want to convert
2: Create new level File->NewLevel->EmptyOpenWorld , we choose EmptyOpenWorld because it uses world partition enabled by default
3: Paste all tiles and save

we got a new persistent level using WorldPartition and the sub level tiles, that's it.

[teal osprey]

guys any clue why im having this errors
the code is working so perfect no errors at all in the project the structure is there and working and i see no issue at all and all the blueprints are compiled but it still gives this error

[mystic atlas]

Is it in an editor-only module?

[teal osprey]

what does that mean?

also i fixed them i had to refresh almost all my bp which was about 952 bp

[empty cloud]

Can anyone point to a reliable resource about managing default window settings i.e. windowed mode and resolution on startup?

Feels like one of those systems that unreal has spread all over the place, and none of my googling is helping.

I can change this stuff at runtime, but having trouble with defaults. For example, how can I have the game launch in windowed mode (not launch fullscreen and immediately update to windowed)? Lyra example seems much more complex than what I need (as usual).

I've tried things like this in Config/GameUserSettings.ini or DefaultGameUserSettings.ini:

[/Script/Engine.GameUserSettings]
Version=5
bUseVSync=False
ResolutionSizeX=640
ResolutionSizeY=960
FullscreenMode=2
WindowPosX=-1
WindowPosY=-1

[empty cloud]

is there a better channel for this question?

[grave moat]

Trying to build for Android for Quest 3. Using latest version of Unreal. Getting this error, no idea what I oughta do here

Any ideas?

[grave moat]

Popping in to mention that I solved my problem (which may have been this one, honestly many ocurred)

tl;dr: because apparently Epic doesn't understand how to parse strings or something, the entire problem was that I had UE installed on an SSD assigned to be the A:\ Drive. Now it works on the C drive

[primal sorrel]

hey guys does anyone has issue to pack maps to chunks if they are living in content only plugin, I am setting up chunk id with PrimaryAssetLabel and it works as expected if I put the same maps in project Game/Maps/ folder but if I move the same thing to plugin for example Maps/Content/ it doesn't pack the maps in to chunks . It seams Unreal can't find PrimaryAssetLabel if it is in content only plugin . Any idea what is going on?

[weak galleon]

Im having an issue where my characters will move without input in dev, shipping and debug builds, but will be stationary as expected in the editor. Its a bit perplexing. I am using however using motion matching, I know its not production ready but I just wanted to do a test build to see and here we are lol

e.g. like in this menu (ignore the floor clipping, thats some other bug related to menu avatar spawning)

[mystic atlas]

Do you have a controller connected?

[rigid stratus]

Hi @brittle ridge do you have any experience for vr pixelstreaming with vagon?

[weak galleon]

like a player controller or like a gamepad? no gamepad but yes pc.

[weak galleon]

heres a better clip of the problem btw

[dim zenith]

Hello, I have a question about packaging with the Bink Media plugin on iOS/macOS. 👋

I'm currently trying to build my game. I'm receiving the following build error on both Mac and iPad Pro:

Error: UAT: LogBinkMoviePlayer: Error: UBinkMediaPlayer::Open: Failed! BinkPluginOpen failed. Invalid bnk.

I've checked, and the plugin is enabled in the project settings. Does anyone have any idea what might be the problem?

Any advice would be appreciated. 🙂

Cheers.

[thorn owl]

Looks like something I'd send to epic....

[thorn owl]

1. Verify Bink File Validity

Ensure that your .bnk file is correctly encoded and not corrupted. You can use the RAD Video Tools to re-encode or verify your Bink file.
2. Check File Paths

Ensure that the Bink file paths are correctly set and that the files are included in the build. File paths can be case-sensitive, especially on iOS and macOS.
3. Packaging Settings

Ensure that your packaging settings include the Bink files. In Unreal Engine, go to:

Project Settings > Packaging and make sure that your Bink files are included in the "Additional Non-Asset Directories to Copy" section.

4. Plugin Settings

Make sure the Bink Media Player plugin settings are correctly configured. Check:

Edit > Plugins > Media > Bink Media Player, ensure the plugin is enabled and properly set up.

Additional Checks

File Naming: Ensure that there are no spaces or special characters in the file names.
Platform Specific Settings: Verify platform-specific settings for iOS/macOS in your project settings to ensure that there are no restrictions or missing configurations for media files.

[dim zenith]

Wow, thanks for the reply. I’ll give this all a shot.

I know it has to do with packaging since the video plays fine in editor.

[weak galleon]

hmm so i packaged a fresh game animation sample project and motion matching worked fine in that build there, big hmm

It must be something with my parkour ABP

[weak galleon]

yeah its something with the parkour ABP I have currently

[winged moss]

This is an NDA topic so ask UDN or your account manager. 4.27 is a bit long in the tooth now so I'm not sure how long the Plus branch will have updates

[glass pumice]

Thanks!

[fair pagoda]

Hi!
I am working on a project for university and I came across a problem I don't know how to solve.
When I made my blockout for the level, I used the cube grid tool to build a house, that I later deleted, because I didn't need it anymore.
But now that I have packaged it, it is still there and I don't know how to delete it, since it isn't in my Outliner anymore
Does anyone have an Idea how I can delete it?

[humble elbow]

@fair pagoda is it throwing errors in your output log when you compile the project? like it is looking for that asset but it doesnt exist in your project anymore?

[fair pagoda]

It worked now some how! I think there was a problem with me not saving something correctly. Starting the project new helped, but thank you anyways!

[dim zenith]

Hello, I have a question about errors in a packaged build for anyone who might know about the Main Thread Checker. 👋

I've packaged my game for tvOS on the Apple TV. However, when I launch the game, it freezes after the Unreal logo on a bright white screen. My IDE returns four errors about the UIView not being used on the main thread. The game runs on Windows, macOS, and iOS without this hangup. I wonder if the threaded of the UI is within my control at all?

Any insight into this issue would be appreciated. 🙂

Cheers.

[ornate sorrel]

How can I solve it ?

[patent spindle]

Hi everyone, been googling around and searching discord for this issue a long while. On a packaged part of my game I always get this error message while running the game. Does anybody have any pointers where to look for this issue?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1014245197623869491/1262078364773122170/image.png?ex=66954992&is=6693f812&hm=56471457816f094e100e5c35b61f19ab3cf74feb30fe336b8671c89a7c429401&

[tardy nacelle]

Hello! I was wondering if anyone knew why web packaging was removed from Unreal 4.24 and above? Thank you!

[jagged cape]

Anyone have a suggestion on how one might go about debugging this error:

[2024.07.15-01.26.57:856][ 0]LogStreaming: Warning: Missing Dependency, missing script import 0x326541240FB170C for package /Engine/Maps/Templates/HLODs/HLODLayer_Merged

It randomly caused my linux server shipping build to crash after several hours of up time which seems quite odd

[mystic atlas]

It probably got too hard to maintain compatible and all that.

[winged moss]

there was a commit that showed they might be working on WebAssembly again, but HTML5 wasn't a popular deployment target previously

[tardy nacelle]

Thanks for your responses @winged moss @mystic atlas . It makes sense that it was unpopular and difficult to maintain because of Unreal's power potential.

[twin karma]

Hi everyone! Someone who installed my packaged UE5 game just cannot open it... At all. On double-click nothing happens, no logs recorded. I already asked to check graphics card drivers and minimum requirements, running .exe as admin, launching the game using .exe in Binaries/Win64 folder, checking system files for corruption, but nothing helped.

How can I debug such of an issue?

[mystic atlas]

Add the -waitfordebugger command line argument and attach to it with VS or add the exe as a project to your current solution and start it directly from there with debugging.

[twin karma]

The thing is that everything works fine for me and most of the people... I need to find somehow why the game is exactly not working for that user. So, I guess, no way?

Maybe there is some argument that I can pass to the .exe file when launching it from cmd, for example? I built the game in 'Develoment' mode.

[mortal gyro]

Hello,
My shipping build experienced a CPU spike every few seconds since I upgraded my project from 5.3.2 to 5.4.2
I tried to profile it in PIE / Standalone / Packaged Developer build to no avail - there are no CPU spikes to be captured - the spike ONLY happens in shipping build.
I feel like I ran out of ideas on how to tackle this issue, any suggestion will be appreciated. 😦
(I've just upgraded from 5.4.2 to 5.4.3 today, and the CPU spike still happens)

[honest plaza]

Hello, would anyone know why these refferences break in packaged builds of my game even though i include the Directories these assets (WBP's, BP's and GameMode's can be found in.) While these things work for everyone who tested it on their devices in the source controlled version i don't get where it's going wrong but its defenitely something related to package

all of these are refferenced and included in the cook as far i can tell yet i just can't comprehend why they dont work in the packaged builds of the game when theres no errors or warnings related to this??

[winged moss]

break how

[honest plaza]

@tranquil berry

[honest plaza]

As in, the packaged version when you press the Accept button it just sends you to the main menu.

On both the garage prompt UI and the WB_Racing UI

[winged moss]

so did you list the map in the packaging settings?

[honest plaza]

in editor it just reloads the level with the desired game mode, but in the packaged version the only thing that somewhy works now is entering the Garage game mode through the main menu

[honest plaza]

yes, its just 2 maps

[winged moss]

show your packaging settings

you will be redirected to the default map if the map isn't packaged

[honest plaza]

^

uh hol on

[tranquil berry]

these 2

we work together

[honest plaza]

Yeah so as u can see

the 2 Levels 'Menu' and 'IsleOfEline'

[winged moss]

the most random list of forced package directories I've seen

did you rename or move the map?

[honest plaza]

i was fixing errors hardcoding 😭

[honest plaza]

nope, i haven't renamed anything only thing i did is Advanced Copy the Racing Game mode to one of my maps 'Game/Godspeed'

to make sure it would be packaged along

[winged moss]

and what happens when you use the open command

[honest plaza]

i dont know how to use that

[winged moss]

open nameofmap

[honest plaza]

as console command, it doesn't open

[winged moss]

yeah so not packaged then

[honest plaza]

i did it in the project version on my laptop tho

@tranquil berry got the packaged ver

but its a shipment package, not development so idk if u can still use command prompt there

[winged moss]

are you not using source control?

[honest plaza]

yeah we're using github

[winged moss]

well what's the difference between the two project versions? did you miss something?

[honest plaza]

uhh so basically

the Non-packaged version. the 2 game modes work for everyone who has tested it

[tranquil berry]

yup

[honest plaza]

But ONLY PACKAGED versions of the same project right

[tranquil berry]

it works in editor but when build it doesnt work

[honest plaza]

is where the game mode switching part, doesnt work apart from the main menu being able to open the Garage Game mode

[tranquil berry]

the references to the gamemodes

[winged moss]

well the problem still seems the map, but I have no context to go on

[honest plaza]

im looking for a video to show you hold on

So basically this what u see right here is in Editor

[honest plaza]

These 2 vids is what works in editor, but not in the current builds

[winged moss]

Yes, I'm aware of what opening a level and travelling do, but what troubleshooting have you actually done?

Did you use tools to actually inspect the packaged build?

[spring flare]

Hi, any one face this issue before when packaging? I've already try to rebuild the project from IDE, it build successfully and the binary file has appeared but the error still remains.

[oblique crystal]

Hi everyone, I have a problem with the packaging of the project which in the log gives me the error in the .txt file "Shipping_2." but I don't understand anything about how to solve it, someone encountered the error and solved it. A thousand thanks

[nocturne sorrel]

are custom nodes are buggy for ue4.27 ?
Image
clearly i have connected it with engine's own values yet it stating the inputs missing

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1014244767854510262/1263112739526803477/image.png?ex=66990ce8&is=6697bb68&hm=b5bfcedcb78f320265f23ea5b3b5092da73144b37012c4b4d33fe2dab7eca1c0&

[jagged seal]

how can one package large project for mobile (Android) into multiple OBB files to workaround 4Gb limit?

[south jacinth]

Hello! Is it possible to make Unreal cache built, cooked and other (basically Intermediates and Saved folders) content into a separate folder I want to specify?

Because when I use Jenkins to build different branches, cache gets created for every project folder. But I want to make a single folder for Intermediates and Saved, so my build machine does not loose space that fast.

[strange plover]

why not make a build step that copies those folders out after a pipeline build completes?

[south jacinth]

Hmm.. That is a good idea. But for some reason I thought there is a UAT argument or something, that allows use another path as a cache folder

[strange ledge]

hi! did you resolve it?

[mortal gyro]

This is a follow-up on my problem:
I found out that the problem has something to do with t.MaxFPS console command.

If I set t.MaxFPS = 60 the shipping build will run at 60fps most of the time, and occasionally, CPU (RHI) time will spike from 5~10(ms) to 20~30(ms) which causes the overall FPS to drop from 60fps to 40~30fps

If I set t.MaxFPS = 120 the shipping build will still run at 60fps, however, CPU (RHI) time is stable at 10~11(ms) - no spikes anymore.

I've done the above test under both windowed mode and fullscreen mode with shipping build and yielded the same result.
I suspect the RHI time spike has to do with GPU barely maintaining at 60fps - set it to 120fps and that condition goes away - however, an explanation of what actually happened will be very appreciated.

[oblique crystal]

Hello everyone! I solved the previous problem but now I have another issue: when I open the build in the Windows folder, the command line opens and the project does not start. How can I fix it? Thank you very much.

[carmine salmon]

Is the map your trying to open cooked and staged into the packaged build and also I would recommend using the movie player in C++ for loading screens it's much eazyer automatic and has alot of good options

If so try re add your map to the packaging settings I've had issues like this before

[hushed torrent]

i can't seem to connect my game build with dedicated server build.

it keep saying incompatible engine version.

is there a way to override these setting ?

[vernal horizon]

Hallo... I have question' big question for me... I have setup ue5 and tested multiple time's for exporting game for mobile working on project make new mechanics for character ect... everything works fine allways , but when I wonna add something new like a fracture or setup skylight, spotlight for character then from unknown reasons... the exporting to android is error package failed. Each time I ad something new the problem show up... I fix error the again bum... is anybody know this issue??

[winged moss]

It would help to provide the actual errors

[rose forum]

Hi. I was trying to build my project with 5.4 on Mac for iOS but I get following errors. Any ideas? I'm slowly but surely running out of them.

I don't have anything 'Chaos' related in that project and all the plugins are deactivated. I still tried adding Chaos to the Project.Build.cs but that didn't really help

[vernal horizon]

To my last question... pack 1 minute a go and have another diferent error... HELP

[stray harness]

Got a pretty serious issue! Just upgraded to 5.4 (from 5.3) and the packaged WindowsServer isn't starting. It's not even generating log files or an output when using the -log argument. Project loads and works fine in editor.

I use the source engine, I was thinking of trying to attach it to the process in some way to try and see why it's hitching, anyone with previous experience trying to debug this can share some insight?

Or is there any way I can try and find out why it's not even starting?

[polar wave]

Hi,
I’m trying to display the Splash Screen (Game Splash Screen) that I set in the project settings on Unreal Engine 5.
Currently, when I launch the .exe of the game, it does not display the Splash Screen, I would like to do the same behavior as certain games like Fortnite, when we launch the game, we have the image of the game after the initialization of the EAC.
However, it only works when I run the game in “Standalone Game” on Unreal Engine, but not on the .exe
Can I get some help?

[distant belfry]

Will UE package stuff, that I interacted with from UAssetManager::StartInitialLoading()

Or does it package every data asset regardless of its used or not? (including plugins)

It's weird that I have a data asset in a content only plugin, but UE includes that data asset in the pak file

I assumed it doesn't include stuff from content only plugin

Yeah, my theory seems to be correct

If I do this, every single instance of that data asset is included in pak file

TArray<FAssetData> Datas;
GetAssetRegistry().GetAssetsByClass(FTopLevelAssetPath("/Script/TestProject", "ProjectConfig"), Datas);
    for(FAssetData& Data : Datas)
    {
        FSoftObjectPtr Ptr = FSoftObjectPtr(GetAssetPathForData(Data));
        UProjectConfig* ProjectConfig = Cast<UProjectConfig>(FSoftObjectPtr(GetAssetPathForData(Data)).LoadSynchronous());
        if(ProjectConfig)
            Names.Add(ProjectConfig->Name);
    }

( At UAssetManager::StartInitialLoading() )

[distant belfry]

Actually it's the opposite. I don't want it to be included, so I can create a DLC instead

[undone turret]

Afaik unless you otherwise specified it will include everything from all plugins

[distant belfry]

CookOnlyMaps helped a bit, but still AssetManager forces it to be included (if it's done in AssetManager)
I had to move this stuff to a GameInstanceSubsystem

[lusty ether]

I can't find staging directories in project settings

[kindred orbit]

did you manage to work this out?

[foggy nimbus]

Yes, someone on the art team named some files "Android" for robotic characters so the engine tried excluding them but that caused errors because those files where needed.

[tidal plume]

does anyone know how i could fix this?
it's the reason my build fails:

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Expecting to find a type to be declared in a module rules named 'KawaiiPhysics' in UE5Rules, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null. This type must derive from the 'ModuleRules' type defined by Unreal Build Tool

[worn stag]

Hey everyone!
I have a project that uses Modular Gameplay Features, and when I package it all of the features are missing.
They're all set to "active", the primary data assets they have are set to "always cook". What am I missing?

Any ideas? Thanks!

[worn stag]

More info - it looks like the GameFeatureData does get cooked, but any other PrimaryAssetDatas do not. They only way I can get it to work is if I specify them explicitly under Specific Assets, like in the picture.

[kindred orbit]

Why does this return a null pointer when packaged?

[winged moss]

cross-posting isn't allowed, this was asked in #cpp as well

[oblique crystal]

Hello everyone, I have a question. I packaged my project using "Shipping," but I don't see the facial movement of my avatar working with "LiveLink." How can I get it to work? I've read in some communities that I need to package it with "Development" to make it work.

[south jacinth]

Does anybody know what may be the reason to this error?

ERROR: System.ArgumentException: Staged filesystem references cannot end with path separators (MarbleStrike/Content/Movies\).

I check my config files and do not have any paths ending with backslash.

[undone turret]

So in your package settings you can set it to development but ouch you'll lose a lot of optimizations that shipping does so I'd reach out to the devs or something of that plugin because that would be awful for your games performance

[oblique crystal]

OK, thank you very much, but I tried using the 'Shipping' mode by creating a 'LiveLinkPreset' and now it works. Thank you very much again.

[undone turret]

Awesome glad you figured it out 🤘

[worn stag]

Found an annoying workaround for packaged builds - explicitly loading the specific data assets in each GameFeature works, so I don't have to do it in the project settings (and defeating the entire purpose of Modular Game Features).
It doesn't work for PIE though, so this has to be combined with setting "/" under Directories for each primary asset type in the project settings.

[unborn jolt]

Hey gang, cross-posting a custom engine packaging issue here. Any help would be appreciated: #metahumans message

[vapid depot]

Hello, where is that option that lets you select “levels to include in package build”? I cant find it in my project settings

[vapid depot]

Checked throughout. Not there, i used this setting before, it worked fine. After a while, i tried using this async loading screen plugin, maybe because of that the setting is not there?

[restive token]

Hi, I am facing one issue with source unreal engine 5.3 in which when I try to compile any new project it will compile witn 2700 build actions every time. How can I fix it?

[strange plover]

packaging settings -> untick "Full Rebuild"

[rancid frigate]

Heya, I've got a very unreal-like packaging problem

When I try to package for windows, it displays:
LogMonitoredProcess: Running Serialized UAT: [projectPath] -Cmd.exe" -platform=Win64 -installed -stage -archive -package -build -pak -iostore -compressed -prereqs -archivedirectory="E:/Unreal Projects/Stranded/Build" -clientconfig=Development" -nocompile -nocompileuat ]

And then about 30 minutes later it just says "Packaging failed! Show output log" but not a single other log has been added beyond that first one

[hollow owl]

Hi all. I just tried to cook my game and I have a lot of errors like this one : \Content\Skin\Textures\RoughnessMod.uasset: Failed to load '/Game/ExampleContent/Skin/Textures/HumanSkinPores_N': Can't find file.

How can a Texture (RoughnessMod.uasset) be linked to another ? I don't understand this error

I guess I have to open all of my Materials and check them, thanks anyway !

[vapid depot]

LogUObjectGlobals: Error: CDO Constructor (SERVERMODE): Failed to find

what is this error? the game works and loads fine with server and client config, but when i m building the game i m getting this error. Yes, servermode is my only built class, so theres no typo error. I want to know which process is calling this and when so i can debug. pls help

[stray adder]

It cannot find the class default object constructor for servermode

[mystic atlas]

It looks l ike the error message is cut off...

[rain siren]

how can i fix this ? :
LogHttp: Warning: 00000BCDB7D13800: request failed, libcurl error: 7 (Couldn't connect to server)

[winged moss]

what is this to do with packaging?

[rain siren]

it is my error

[winged moss]

that is not an error relating to packaging

so share the actual cook log

not just a random error you see

[rain siren]

when i package the game it gives me this error in log then it's related 🫤

[winged moss]

no it isn't, unreal sends analytics events and they can fail, and since you're likely packaging from the editor then they'll just get mixed in with the actual cook log

[rain siren]

how can i fix this ?
PackagingResults: Error: Cloud: Missing required parameter 'Host'

[winged moss]

please post the full log

[winged moss]

this looks like you've attempted to setup cloud DerivedDataCache but the settings are invalid

[rain siren]

i don't have any clue of what is that

how can i reset the settings

[winged moss]

well what does your DefaultEngine.ini look like

[rain siren]

normal

[winged moss]

yeah that doesn't answer the question

[rain siren]

i mean didn't touch it

[rain siren]

DOES THIS ANWSER THE QUESTION @winged moss

[spiral sail]

That error comes up when you don't have internet hooked up when you are trying to package your game.

[oblique crystal]

Hi everyone, I just finished packaging my project but I see that my avatar has grey eyelashes. How can I fix them?

[hearty granite]

Hi! any idea what in the mat could be causing this to fail during packaging?

UATHelper: Cooking (Windows):   /Engine/Generated/Material.ush:3202:8: error: use of undeclared identifier 'MakePrecise'

[undone turret]

that's kinda vague lol but assuming you mean the texture is missing usually that means the texture wasn't packaged with the build for some reason

[tidal plume]

does anyone know what i can do against this?

PackagingResults: Error: Missing UnrealGame binary.You may have to build the UE project with your IDE. Alternatively, build using UnrealBuildTool with the commandline:UnrealGame <Platform> <Configuration>

[oblique crystal]

Sorry it's the texture how can I fix it?

[undone turret]

You'll have to debug why it's missing it could be set to NeverCook or could be a missing reference which is less likely

[oblique crystal]

Where can I find the NeverCook to fix my texture?

[next dust]

N/A

[winged moss]

PlayStation is NDA'd so you'll want to post this question on UDN

[next dust]

Alright, ty

[red mica]

Hey guys, I'm trying to package my project but I get a unknown cook failure, can somebody help?
I'm in 5.3

[winged moss]

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogInit: Display: LogTemp: Error: Blackdog editor settings module started

what's this

sounds like something you're doing

seeing as that's the project name

[red mica]

Yes, it's the project's name

[winged moss]

well that's the only printed error and it seems like something you did

using UE_LOG(FMT) on the error channel will count as an error during cook

[bleak rock]

Hello, I have a packaging error.

PackagingResults: Error: GetPackageCookRule: Conflicting Cook Rule for package /Level_Test/System/LD_Test_Village_Night! MTH_LevelDefinition:LD_Test_Village_Night and Map:/Level_Test/Maps/L_Test_Village_Night have the same priority and disagree.

It appeared when I added

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, Category="GameMode")
    TSoftObjectPtr<UMTH_LevelDefinition> LevelDefinition = nullptr;

in my WorldSettings. The L_Test_Village_Night has LD_Test_Village_Night referencing in the world settings. If I nullify the property, the issue is gone.

I'm also attaching a screenshot of the GameFeatureData of the GFP that contains and adds the two assets to the asset manager.

Does anyone know what's wrong?

Also, the weird thing is that, if I delete the package cache data, it succeeds, but the next packaging will fail with the aforementioned errors

Another thing to mention is that UMTH_LevelDefinition is a DataAsset

[young spade]

Having an odd package issue using Unreal 5.4.3 from source. I setup the engine with no issue, compiled successfully, engine works just until I package in my project that I previously had on the regular epic binary build. I think I might be missing something setup wise in my IDE for Unreal source? I use Rider so not really sure. Anyway, here is the portion of my package log right as it has kicks out unknown error.

[summer dock]

you shouldn't be having to recompile the whole engine when you are trying to package a project

at a glance that's what it looks like it is doing?

[young spade]

I think the whole engine would be around 6 thousand cpp etc files. Thats what I saw at least when building it for the first time.

I think its trying to compile something related to packaging, not sure though

[summer dock]

Sanity check:

• you have compiled and can run the custom source forked engine/editor ( reaching the launcher window where you can open projects / templates )
• you can run your project in the source editor fork
• you are trying to package from within the editor or from commandline?

[young spade]

Correct to all of those and I have tried to package from within the editor

[summer dock]

I will check one of my package logs to compare a bit, though I am on an older version

yeah ok, we are getting some similar looking lines, though not so many on 5.2

hmm

I would probably take a Blank or Template project out for a spin and see if packaging that works

To sanity check what is going on

[young spade]

Was about to try that, gonna test now

Yeah loads just fine and everything. So weird

[summer dock]

and packaging a blank/sample/template project?

[young spade]

testing that right now

Slow even on my beefy pc... is it fairly quick for you since you package smoothly? I assume it is since it stores cache and what not

[summer dock]

This may sound silly in this day and age but
E:\LIQUIDBULLET\e_src\UnrealEngine-5.4.3-release
is a fairly long path to start with, and apparently unreal can still get hitched up on paths exceeding 260 chars or thereabouts

[young spade]

i heard about that

Would changing the UnrealEngine-5.4.3 folder name break everything?

[summer dock]

Our packaging times are about 10-40 minutes depending on engine and project

[summer dock]

no, it should be fine

[young spade]

alright

if this fails even I'll try that then

[summer dock]

A practically blank project should package in under 5 minutes on a strong pc/mac ( after the first run at least )

[young spade]

😬

Going on 10 minutes and im on file 212

[summer dock]

hmmm

[young spade]

ah ok

i was gonna ask first run or not

[summer dock]

yeah not first run

that always takes ages

[young spade]

yeah im not too excited for the first run on my project once i get this resolved

will take a few hours at least

my project is about 200-300 gb

[summer dock]

yarr

[young spade]

usually took 15-20 minutes to package though on the binary build

after the first time

[summer dock]

ah that's not too bad

[young spade]

yeah I predict after engine files cache up from the first run itll be around that (hopefully)

[summer dock]

for some reason our source fork builds seem to take longer than installer but haven't had time to figure out why

[young spade]

are you just using the release source? or a custom fork off github

[summer dock]

custom

[young spade]

I grabbed the source release and I plan to implement my own engines and stuff into it

[young spade]

What's different in it?

[summer dock]

some tweaks for mobile

[young spade]

oh nice

[summer dock]

for example

• a change to webbrowser background color
• changed homeindicator swipe behaviour
• tweak to safe zones
• same packageversioncounter system for both ios and android
• modified a string so we can see that we are indeed on source editor, not installer from the top bar menu
• resetting input touched states from a cpp/bp function

[young spade]

Curious of the modified string thing

[summer dock]

I simply changed

to
LOCTEXT("HelpMenu", "Help-SourceFork"),

[mystic atlas]

Help-SourceFork is very prophetic.

[summer dock]

Since our changes only affect mobile builds, most of the PC team continues to use the installer editor

[young spade]

Also I think the packaging is working

which concerns me for my project lol

Did you test package in source build before you attempted anything relating to your project?

maybe that's what i needed to do 🤷‍♂️

[summer dock]

not really, it's just sanity checking procedure

[young spade]

Alright yeah it's in the cook phase now

[young spade]

Alright.... not sure where to go from here. I guess I'll test again in my project to package and read the log more carefully.

Something in my actual project is doing it then. Good to rule out the engine being the main problem

[young spade]

Figured out the problem. Didn't know it was one of my plugins that needs to be updated but it's causing an error when I looked thoroughly through the log. Before on the binary build, it would tell me in the output log its self

[quaint badge]

do i need a GPU on a build server for cooking/packaging, or is it all just hitting the CPU?

(when using runuat, and not using the editor GUI)

[summer dock]

seems theoretically possible, pretty sure shader compilation is done on cpu. Can't say for sure, maybe somebody will know for certain

[summer dock]

When we are cooking projects internally, we do not use resources that have a discreet GPU attached. We only use resources with GPUs when we perform tests/actions that require it. Doing some editor tests, testing a win64 client, or some task that actually do require a GPU for data generation.
from UDN

[quaint badge]

Thank you!

[acoustic chasm]

Good morning! I was wondering if anyone has experienced this issue before. I have a niagara trailing effect for my melee weapons like swords that executes on an animation notify. Its a custom script to play the effect that I made.

In PIE and the animation preview, the trailing effect plays just fine. However, once I packaged the game, it seems to be missing. Has anyone had experience with assets or effects going missing after packaging?

[prisma wharf]

Hello, I was working on Chunks, I create some to test them and now I want to remove them all and start from the beginning. But I can't! I removed all the PrimaryAssetLabel data asset and the old Chunks keep coming back, Any solution? Thanks

[summer dock]

Have you nuked Binaries and Intermediate folders?

[prisma wharf]

Nope!

I'll try that

[prisma wharf]

It didn't work, same chunk built

no PrimaryAssetLabel in the project nor redirectories

[summer dock]

Hmm, odd

[prisma wharf]

from the build log

[long crescent]

What happened ?

[midnight anchor]

anyone knows whats the problem here? its only on packaging but can be detected by validating the asset, this is only on one map. the rest are fine but if I include this map it will fail. chatgpt told me it has something to do with the transform on one of my actors.

Ensure condition failed: (FMath::Abs(1.f - M.GetScaledAxis(EAxis::X).SizeSquared()) <= (1.e-4f)) && (FMath::Abs(1.f - M.GetScaledAxis(EAxis::Y).SizeSquared()) <= (1.e-4f)) && (FMath::Abs(1.f - M.GetScaledAxis(EAxis::Z).SizeSquared()) <= (1.e-4f)) [File:D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Public\Math\Quat.h] [Line: 748]

I am starting to think it might be some of the assets meshes are mirrored like some walls are on XYZ, (-1,1,1) instead of (1,1,1). THanks

[desert merlin]

This might not be the best place to ask but it's sooooorta relevant?

I was wondering whether it's possible as of UE5.4 to mount pak files in the editor, like you can in a cooked game? Except rather than the pak containing cooked uassets, it contains non-cooked editor uassets.

I know there's a way to load cooked pak files into the editor but it's not the same, and afaik it also extracts the pak's assets to the Content folder anyway

In Star Engine we have a really great build system that downloads all of the files into a single Data.p4k file. You can load the p4k file in the editor and work with all of the assets. And it only saves the individual files (such as levels, character meshes, materials, etc) to the Data folder (equivalent to UE's ProjectName/Content/ folder) if you want to modify the assets. Then you can submit those modified files to Perforce, and when DevOps create a new build, your modifications get added to everyone's Data.p4k file again. It's a really nice system that I am hoping to sort of set up in UE, but it required me to be able to mount pak files in the editor. Idk if you can do that or not?

[acoustic chasm]

It looks like that test checks if the object is bigger than a tolerance of .0001 which is returning false. You might have something in your scene that is 0 or near size 0 that shouldn’t be. That’s my guess

[midnight anchor]

hey thanks you are right, it was due to the pesky decals that had lots of decimals (0.0000x to 0.0xxxx) thanks for leading me to the answer. I had to delete groups of assets (one by one) in the level as it had thousands of stuff, til i found those with very small sizes (<0.0xx).

[midnight anchor]

the author used the scale to make them small instead of using the decal size paremeter hehe. Learned something today. thanks

[carmine salmon]

Looks like somthing with a animation sequences keys

[soft nest]

is there a way to just simply repackage, i forgot to change the start level

im assuming i just package to same spot?

[undone turret]

Yes so long as you don't have full rebuild checked it should be pretty quick too

[edgy sail]

Hi, I'm experiencing a really strange bug where my decals become emissive in a packaged build like this

But the problem is that this isn't by default and only happens after resizing the window and resolution

Anyone know as to what may be causing this?

[scenic kindle]

Hi, I just packaged my first game just as a test to see what it looked like but for some reason the Editor, Standalone Version and New Editor Window all runs fine but the packaged exe acts all weird, Could someone tell me where or even how I could begin to debug this please. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypO5j0pc4Po I would never have considered the .exe would act differently to the editor.

I cant seen to understand how or why the Cube is spawning in a weird location when its set to 0,0,0 as a spawn point, The tiles are just moved from behind the player to infront and then a random object is spawned on that tile in a random location of 3 possible points(using arrows as location markers), and when the tile has moved back and hits a "out of bounds" trigger the object on the tile is destroyed and the tile is moved to the front and a new object spawned on it, Hope this helps explain how its done.

[summer dock]

I guess I would start by outputting to log the spawn positions, the position of the cube, and a third object for reference and see how things match between editor and build

[scenic kindle]

@Karma Thank you for the advice! Can you print string in Shipping build?

or do you have to package as developmental.

[summer dock]

no, for that you would need to have a custom debug ui ( or modify engine source ). package as dev

[scenic kindle]

Thanks ! will do, Glad to encounter these issues in small games and be able to find out how to fix them, As im sure im not the only person to encounter this. 🙂 thanks agian!

[lone obsidian]

./TestProjectServer-Linux-Shipping: line 1: version: command not found
./TestProjectServer-Linux-Shipping: line 2: oid: command not found
': No such file2

Is this familiar to anyone? The file does exist, afaict. Am I missing something? I'm new to packaging servers and trying to work through the steps.

[spark aurora]

Can someone help me I've been trying to package a game for Android for a few days now but it's giving an error

[hard otter]

has anyone encountered this?

PackagingResults: Error: condition for short-circuiting ternary operator must be scalar, for non-scalar types use 'select'
UATHelper: Cooking (Windows):   /Engine/Generated/Material.ush:3513:20: error: condition for short-circuiting ternary operator must be scalar, for non-scalar types use 'select'

appears to have popped up in 5.3, still present in 5.4 (im on 5.4)
https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-3-packagingresults-error-unknown-cook-failure/1439820
so far found this, but disabling SM5 features hasn't helped

[lone obsidian]

for the record, this seems to no longer occur when i rolled back to UE 5.3 rather than 5.4

[upbeat rune]

Has anybody ever have any issues with the project not wanting to package and being stuck for hours trying to "text3d engine subsystem is clearing unreferenced cached fonts and typfaces"
Attempted to go through all the widgets or 3d text renderers to find error message or missing references but no luck.
The only real change has been that the project got updated to a source 5.4.3, Not a lot of resources to find on this issue either, any input would be really appreciated!

[idle flax]

Hi, im having a bug that's only happening in packaged builds, i wont bore you with the details, im more interested in knowing what changes between PIE and a packaged build for a bug that only happens in the latter to even be possible. does anyone know anything about this topic? i tried searching online but all i found was a reddit post that wasn't very helpful.

im exclusively using blueprints in my project (aside from plugins i didn't make), the packaging process doesn't have any error, only a few warnings that don't seem to be related in any way to the bug im having. im using a debug build. the bug does not occur when using the "Launch standalone" option of the PIE menu, only in packaged builds.

that's about all i know at the moment, any help is very appreciated, the bug is game breaking and i have absolutely no idea how to even begin searching for a cause.

[ebon oracle]

Anybody know why its not packaging?

[summer dock]

please post a text file or
code snippet
for easier readability + copy paste

[ebon oracle]

these are all warnings tho, I'm not sure if I need to fix the warnings

[winged moss]

this does contain an error though

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): (referenced via Target -> LazyGenericDynamicObjectPool.Build.cs -> LazyGenericFunctionLibrary.Build.cs)```

[zealous loom]

Is there a way to make unreal automatically chunk files?

like determine automatically which files to put in which chunks etc

or a plugin or something for that?

[desert merlin]

Idk enough about the actual build process so idk if this is what you're after, but I am using Data Assets of type PrimaryAssetLabels in the Content Browser. I can manually assign specific assets, but I also use "Label Assets In My Directory" so that it pulls in all assets from the folder. It's not 100% "automated" based on any kind of rule set but it at least picks up assets without me needing to assign them all to it manually.

though I don't use this for cooking games, I just use it to add files to a chunk and then run it through my PAKManager to create .upack files instead. So it's a similar but different process

[lusty nexus]

is there a way to make the packaged build launch and STAY in fullscreen mode ? It currently launches in windowed mode and after I make it fullscreen by pressing F11, it will revert back to windowed if my player dies and respawns or if I win a level and transition to the next one

[fallow mist]

I have an issue I can't seem to find a solution for:

PackagingResults: Error: Launch failed! Missing UnrealGame binary. You may have to build the UE project with your IDE. Alternatively, build using UnrealBuild Tool with the commandline: UnrealGame <Platform> <Configuration>

I'm not quite sure what the issue is. I've read it could be something to do with Visual Studio. I have VS installed with everything Epic said to install it with and UE5 is set to use VS 2022 as it's compiler version. Am I on the right track or is this something else?

The one thing that stands out in the logs to me is this:
Stage Failed. Missing receipt 'E:\Unreal Engine Projects\Project_Majestic2\Binaries\Win64\Project_Majestic2.target'. Check that this target has been built.

[summer dock]

that seems unusual. Try to trace logs, find if some blueprint is doing it or some setting somewhere perhaps

[summer dock]

Have you followed the visual studio setup doc first, and then this: https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/compiling-game-projects?application_version=5.3 ?

[fallow mist]

I followed what Epic said to do in the forums to set it up. I'll take a look at that link.

[summer dock]

Make sure you read correct doc for your engine version for the setup

If still fails, post the whole log

[fallow mist]

So weird... someone else from another discord told me to make a clean project and migrate everything over... It worked...

[summer dock]

go figure

[fallow mist]

Just UE things

[ebon oracle]

it is logged as a message instead of an error. so confusing

[craggy cobalt]

I cooked my entire game, and it was successful. I then packaged, and...

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Display: Clearing all cooked content for platform Windows

Why?! It doesn't list any reason (such as INI changes etc)-- is it expected for packaging to just throw away the perfectly good cooked assets!?

Same configuration used for cook and package-- I'm confused.

Oh, phew.

It must be a lie.

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Took 648.97s to run UnrealEditor-Cmd.exe, ExitCode=0
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Cook command time: 648.99 s
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): ********** COOK COMMAND COMPLETED **********
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): ********** STAGE COMMAND STARTED **********

Why do you toy with me UE

[zealous loom]

UE Hates people.

[craggy cobalt]

It does love to make us panic. Packaging successful, though.

[ebon oracle]

thanks fixed it

[burnt remnant]

is it possible to rebuild UAE with a normal project build, or do you have to set up the project launcher?

[summer dock]

uae ( what is that )? not sure. I sometimes have broken files in editor which can be fixed with "Verify"

[burnt remnant]

I might have the acronym wrong. it's the C# build tools it can pre-build before packaging, even on a launcher engine installation

no worries I didn't need it this time, I'll just go set up the project launcher

oh, it's UAT

not UAE 😄

the project launcher has an option to rebuild it to injest any manual script changes

[summer dock]

yes. In any case, I have also built engine stuff from IDE, it should be possible, but buildUAT is just a .bat file if I remember right

[wicked glacier]

hey! Does anyone know how to check if FAssetData points to the asset that is actually packaged/mounted in the game without loading this asset? Some of my assets are packaged as separate DLCs, but they are still included into AssetRegistry.bin hence asset registry returns FAssetData for them, even though I cannot really load them ("Couldn't find file for package" error is triggered)

[edgy lark]

Guys what is difference creating apk between package project part and project launcher part. When i create apk manuel, upload it to device and install it. It works well. But other way when i use project launcher part, its again opens well but in the game there is a button it is downloading a pak file mount it etc. its downloading the file but when i try to click spawn button game crashes. In summary, When create apk manually there is no problem i can download the actor and spawn it well. But From project launcher part i cant spawn it. Probably its not acces the file. I checked paths. I thought maybe paths are changing but no this is not the problem. One more note: When i create it manuel, i can not see all project file in phone directory. But Project launcher part i am able to see all of the project files contents assets etc. I dont no i am just stuck a little help would be great. Thanks a lot.

[summer dock]

Sorry to keep you moving around, but this is best sorted out in #mobile , people have been recently working around this area there

[signal echo]

Hello can someone help me how I can resolve this?
LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt CVTRES : fatal error CVT1107: 'D:\UE5\LethalArenaDuels\Plugins\SteamCore\Intermediate\Build\Win64\x64\UnrealGame\Development\SteamCoreWeb\Module.SteamCoreWeb.3.cpp.obj' is corrupt

[cedar crag]

Hey, does anyone know how I can see my custom.ini file (Created throgh DeveloperSettings) in a packaged build? I does not show up anywhere?

[summer dock]

I believe hardly anything is accessible in packaged builds except for logs and saved folder

[cedar crag]

Yeah I belvieve that. Although I can see the CustomUserSettings.ini in the config folder. But not any other config.

[summer dock]

I guess you could use that area if you need a user-visible config setting

[cedar crag]

I guess so. So I just put CustomUserSettings in the UCLASS specifier or how does it work with inheriting from DeveloperSettings-

[summer dock]

I believe you can also get config values by code if you just want to sanity check something

Let's see if I can dig up an example

[cedar crag]

Very cool, thank you. In the end I want a to adjust a timer value in the game and not expose it in the game itself.

[summer dock]

something like this I think, though this is in a .cs file... I'm sure it can be done in cpp as well
https://gist.github.com/bohdon/92d86724b91ec0791631453c3496e5cf

What I usually do is just have a Dev/Debug window in which I can jiggle stuff at runtime

[cedar crag]

What I wanted is, to change the value inside the config.ini file so the game behaves differently.

[summer dock]

Or an EditorWidgetBlueprint, that's fun too

[cedar crag]

That will be then the fallback solution.

[summer dock]

Depends if you need to have it in final package or not, or is this just for tweaking during dev

[cedar crag]

It is for an expo build. There is a playtimer, e.g. 15 minutes. And i want to be able to adjust that timer if its too short or too long.

In the end I could just read out a txt file I write myself. Was just hoping that I could just use my .ini file.
Thank you very much for your tips!

[winged moss]

Why can't you use an INI?

I would use that, a console command, or a command line parameter

[cyan fractal]

Hi
I get this error during play test on the built game.
[2024.08.06-09.17.18:701][534]LogWindows: Error: Unidentified failure for object TextBlock /Engine/Transient.GameEngine_2147482600:BP_GameInstance_C_2147482557.None.None.DamageText, hash itself may be corrupted or buggy.

Does anyone know whats that and how to fix it?

[winged moss]

you were being helped in #cpp but cross-posted here anyway?

[rancid frigate]

Heya guys, my game packaging errors but produces no output whatsoever. Isn't there a txt log somewhere that provides all the build info?

I remember it a while ago but can't seem to find it now

[summer dock]

If packaging in editor, check the "Output Log" view

[rancid frigate]

Completely empty, just sats "Packaging started" and never updates after that, even after failure

OH Nevermind, it's working today lol. Tried a few other days and it was stuck, maybe those were related to something else. Thanks 🙂

[zealous roost]

Hey guys, maybe someone is fast enough to help me out.
I cant package my project and I dont know why. I am very new to Unreal engine and I am just an artist. xD

[bright holly]

Hello 🙂
Where can I find this Multi-Process Cooking value called CookProcessCount?

I expected it to be a setting in Project Settings, but I think I found the place to change it now. In BaseEditor.ini there is at least this:

[kindred orbit]

How do I cook a folder inside of a plugin that has text files in (i.e. non-assets)?

[winged moss]

Can't really tell you without the error visible

[summer dock]

I would suggest you start like this : copy the whole log into Notepad++.
Then search for all occurences of the word "error" to locate problems.

[wet pike]

What settings do I change to ONLY affect the pacakge settings? I'm building to Oculus VR mobile, but I want to continue testing at a higher quality when playing in editor on the PC. So the package should be low quality but the editor experience should be high.
Is it just under Project Settings > Platforms > Android Material Quality > Vulkan?

[summer dock]

I would look at overriding .ini files by platform

[wet pike]

Nevermind found it - I'll take a look. Thank you

[winged moss]

and even device profiles

[wet pike]

Thanks I'll check that as well

[hushed ledge]

I'm trying to get Steamdeck to work out of the box with my packaged game via Steam. It fails to load the bundled visual c++ runtime dlls(msvcp140_2.dll, vcruntime140_1.dll) while bootstrapping in BootstrapPackagedGame.cpp.
It fails when trying to fetch the file version info in TryGetFileVersionInfo#80. The path to the dll looks fine and the dll is present at that location.
I'm guessing the windows sdk somehow fails to find the fail due to the whole linux/proton deal but I'm unsure how to fix the issue. I can package the game with the prereqs installer but I'd rather not and even if I do it keeps wanting to install/uninstall the prereqs everytime I run the game.
This whole low level/packaging stuff isn't really my forte so I'm not sure how to continue
I've tried to enable Visual C++ Redist 2022 as a Common Redistributable in Steamworks as well and hoped that the bootstrapping would pick that up but it makes no difference.
Oh and they somewhat recently did some changes to try and find these dlls in this somewhat recent commit but it also doesn't fix anything

[winged moss]

Previously testing on the Deck (this is 2 years ago now), we just used the same install process as on Windows and it runs via Proton, this included installing the redist as a part of the game's install script

[hushed ledge]

Right, sorry if a stupid question but this is all new to me, so basically include the prereqs installer when packaging and then create an install script via Steamworks that runs the bundled prereqs installer?

I guess that might work since I read somewhere about the steam install scripts only running once if it returned a success. So that should stop the thing from popping up over and over again.

[winged moss]

yes, that's it

[hushed ledge]

Will try it, thanks for the help

[fading iris]

I'm really early in development but was testing packaging my game and I noticed text from string tables doesn't populate at all in the built version, but works fine in editor. I'm on UE 5.4.3

[fading iris]

I did just try adding English into localizations, compiling text for it, and re-packaging but it still isn't showing any text from the string tables

[craggy cobalt]

RunUAT BuildCookRun -help:

-CookInEditor Did we cook in the editor instead of in UAT

Is this important? Does it have something to do with the Saved\EditorCooked sandbox? When does the engine use that, because I can see it's still in the code but it seems like my project hasn't pushed anything into it for a long time.

Is it just talking about the Cook option in the Platform Menu? Is it considered cooking in editor to use the Cook commandlet?