packaging

[fading iris]

Still haven't figured this StringTable thing out, tried marking it with a primary asset label, adding directory to always cook, changing the get node to a "Make Text from String Table" to make it a hard reference (found one forum post saying that fixed it), none of this has worked it still doesn't parse the strings in packaged build it's just blank where they should be.

[fading iris]

Okay added StringTable as a new entry in Asset Manager which initially caused my build to fail for the ID of the exact string table asset I'm trying to get to work, then I fixed that failure by checking "Should Manager Determine Type and Name" in asset manager...

It still isn't showing the strings from the table but that felt like getting closer

[fading iris]

This is making me want to just do away with string tables altogether

[bright holly]

I seem to not be able to package my game in UE 5.4.3 (I'm testing it out currently), but I could package it in UE 5.3.1. The errors complain about objects found in the Landmass plugin referencing objects in /Engine/EditorResources and /Engine/EditorMaterials.

I understand from the Epic/Unreal Engine EULA that I can't use any Engine content in a game but is this then saying that I can't use any Landmass plugin stuff in the game? Or is there a solution to this?

The errors look like this:
[2024.08.08-08.40.15:244][921]UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogInit: Display: LogCook: Error: Content is missing from cook. Source package referenced an object in target package but the target package was marked NeverCook or is not cookable for the target platform.
[2024.08.08-08.40.15:244][921]UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Source package: /Landmass/Landscape/BlueprintBrushes/Materials/Sprite/M_BrushSprite_01
[2024.08.08-08.40.15:244][921]UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Target package: /Engine/EditorResources/S_Terrain
[2024.08.08-08.40.15:244][921]UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Referenced object: /Engine/EditorResources/S_Terrain

[2024.08.08-08.40.15:244][921]UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogInit: Display: LogCook: Error: Content is missing from cook. Source package referenced an object in target package but the target package was marked NeverCook or is not cookable for the target platform.
[2024.08.08-08.40.15:244][921]UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Source package: /Landmass/Landscape/BlueprintBrushes/Materials/Internal/BrushBounds
[2024.08.08-08.40.15:245][921]UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Target package: /Engine/EditorMaterials/TilingAALineIntegral
[2024.08.08-08.40.15:245][921]UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Referenced object: /Engine/EditorMaterials/TilingAALineIntegral.TilingAALineIntegral

[craggy cobalt]

I understand from the Epic/Unreal Engine EULA that I can't use any Engine content in a game

For clarity, you can't use editor content in your game. Engine content itself is OK. You aren't in violation for shipping the default cube mesh, for instance.

Sounds like a mistake in Landmass perhaps

[2024.08.08-07.08.04:450][  0]LogCook: Warning: Unable to find package for cooking /Non/Existing/Map. Instigator: { StartupSoftObjectPath }.

From reading the cooker code a bit, I think this occurs when there's a soft object reference somewhere that points to /Non/Existing/Map. I've tried blueprint searches and project-wide text searches but no dice. Is there any good way to track down this reference?

[craggy cobalt]

I had an annoying issue that cropped up during the UE 5.4 upgrade where Bink media would fail to cook with

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

But then on a subsequent incremental cook the issue was missed by the cooker, allowing it to succeed.... Then, the Bink video played just fine in the packaged game, standalone and in the editor.

It turns out that sometimes Unreal may set an absolute path on the Bink Media Player uasset. The video would work just fine in the packaged build on my machine but definitely not on actual player's machines.

This can be hard to detect because the Bink Media Player edit window doesn't show the associated .bk2 file path, but you can actually use the Property Matrix view to see this information:

If you use the "File or URL" picker in the editor details for the asset and pick it again from within your Content folder, it gets turned into a relative path to avoid such weirdnesses

[bright holly]

Thank you, that clarified a little bit 👍

[thick void]

Any volunteer to package for MACos?

Is it easy from windows or linux ?

[winged moss]

to package for Mac, you need access to a Mac

no cross-compiling here

just get yourself a second hand Mac Mini and connect that to your CI

though when deciding on making a native Mac port, really ask yourself if it's worth it lol

[cloud epoch]

Why are there 2 places in the Project Launcher to set the build configuration to Debug/Development/Shipping? And do they both matter?

[tired nimbus]

Hi, not sure if this has any effect or not, but for some reason even though I specify that I only want to support Windows as a target platform, everytime I restart the editor, it automatically adds:

    "TargetPlatforms": [
        "Windows",
        "Android",
        "IOS",
        "Linux",
        "Mac"
    ],

to my .uproject file.

Does this matter? Is there a way to fix it?

[winged moss]

It doesn't really matter

[proud geyser]

For packaging, do most folks use the Unreal interface or do you make batch files that call RunUAT.bat with parameters?

[summer dock]

bat for the win. Editor is for working, not packaging : P

Optimally have a dedicated build machine so you don't have to twiddle fingers while you are waiting for the packaging to complete

[summer dock]

P.S. The next level is to set up CI ( Continuous Integration ) tooling like Jenkins, TeamCity or UGS - but that's a story for #automation

[proud geyser]

Ya, that's where I'm aiming to go longer term, but trying to get things packaging baseline.
I pulled up a nearly empty project and I'm hitting package failures. I'm wondering if I don't have something installed that I need

Ahh, I found the cook log buried in the Cook error

And that's giving me actually helpful errors to look into

[vernal elm]

anyone know how to fix this FortniteMain ?

[winged moss]

Perhaps resaving the affected assets?

[steel folio]

Hey does anyone know why I get these errors every time I cook my project?

LogOutputDevice: Error: Ensure condition failed: CurrentTransaction [File:D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Editor\UnrealEd\Private\EditorTransaction.cpp] [Line: 1783]

LogOutputDevice: Error: Ensure condition failed: Pin->LinkedTo.Contains(ReferencingPin) || GEditor->Trans->IsObjectTransacting(Pin->GetOwningNode()) [File:D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\EdGraph\EdGraphPin.cpp] [Line: 1855]

[stone lance]

Endless stream of this error. The packaging hasn't stopped but little else is happening other than repeating of this

PackagingResults: Error: Failed to generate compressed animation data for AnimSequence /Game/_2_D3/Trailer_4June/Open/CHAR/ANAND/ANAND_Anim.ANAND_Anim with compression scheme AnimBoneCompressionSettings /ACLPlugin/ACLAnimBoneCompressionSettings.ACLAnimBoneCompressionSettings for target platform Windows
PackagingResults: Warning: Num Bone Tracks: 54

Is it better to cancel and look into the error and then retry OR this will get resolved?

[summer dock]

Cancel...
I guess I would clean out Intermediate + Binaries and retry, if you have no idea why that would happen, but looking at the asset in question a bit closer may be needed

[stone lance]

cancelled. I guess I'll try to reimport and see. This was an old animation

[woven adder]

Is there a way to include the Asset Directories and Non-Asset Directories to Cook in the Project Launcher while making a shipping build? Any UAT CLI?

[summer dock]

you mean as separate from a dev build, or how?

[woven adder]

Adding the option to include the additional Asset Directories from the Project Manager instead of Packaging Settings.

[summer dock]

Ah the Project Launcher... I've never really used that, so no clues

[open rapids]

Is there a way we can switch preview feature level at runtime using node or code in C++.

[lilac umbra]

anyone know if egs is using any kind of compression for games ? i know steam does, if i package my game without archiving and let steam handle the compression the overall package users download from steam ends being quite a few gb lighter.

[hollow sleet]

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): E:\UE_5.3\Engine\Source\ThirdParty\libcurl\libcurl.Build.cs: warning: Referenced directory 'E:\UE_5.3\Engine\Source\ThirdParty\libcurl\7.83.1\include' does not exist.

Im assuming this issue Im getting is from a missing visual studio file? am i correct?

[winged moss]

show the full output

[hollow sleet]

Think ive fixed it. Needed to update 5.3.1 to 5.3.2

[golden patio]

I'm getting a new packaging error in 5.4 from a previous 5.3 BP only project: "project name modifies the values of properties: [ bStrictConformanceMode ]. This is not allowed, as project name has build products in common with UnrealGame." Anyone know what's going on, while I search online for potential solutions? I just updated VS (and yesterday I think repairing VS somehow managed to uninstall silently my launcher and UE installs so that was fun)

[golden patio]

Update: solution, after verifying I had the latest MSVC and C++ tools, was to open from 5.4 and convert in place instead of just switching engine versions

[cedar crag]

Hey, is it possible to have MyCustomConfig : public DeveloperSettings beeing exposed as an editable .ini file in a packaged build?

[summer dock]

check
+AllowedConfigFiles=
I think that might be what you are looking for

[crystal totem]

So how do you change the details of the resulting executable of a packaged game?
The "MyGame.exe" name, and also if you right click and go to properties, the reflected version should be that of your game not UE version?

basically this very same problem from (see screenschots)
https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-set-the-exe-files-details/382709/2

[cedar crag]

Idk, I did try it once, and nothing happened. In a packaged build I only see the GameUserSettings.ini

[low mantle]

Yo I need help!

[gilded adder]

Hey, I'm experiencing an error when packaging a VR that includes, chaos and niagara. The log error is about Capture.xrs failing to load:
UATHelper: Cooking (Windows): LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file 'D:/PROJECT/Saved/Capture.xrs' error.
UATHelper: Cooking (Windows): LogXRScribeEmulate: Error: Capture failed to load
Capture.xrs is not in the saved folder, so where do I get it or how to ignore it from loading?
I think it's related to Movie Render Cueue, I enabled and also disabled that and the error is still there.
Can you help please?

[low mantle]

LogHttp: Warning: 0000099A89694B00: request failed, libcurl error: 6 (Couldn't resolve host name)
LogHttp: Warning: 0000099A89694B00: 1ibcurl info message cache 0 (Could not resolve host: datarouter.ol.epicgames.com)
LogHttp: Warning: 0000099A89694B00: libcurl info message cache 1 (Closing connection)
LogHttp: Warning: Retry exhausted on https: //datarouter.ol.epicgames.com/datarouter /api/v1/public/data?SessionID=%7BD9FABE93-42CE-

I’m getting this error trying to package my game, anyone can help out?

[gilded adder]

Fixed it by disabling XRScribe.

[winged moss]

This is not an error, nor does it affect the result of packaging. This is the editor (not the cooker) trying to post analytics events. Please share the full log.

[low mantle]

Okayy this is it

[winged moss]

no it isn't

and that is a photo of a screen

not the full log

that's not even been run until the end because there are packages remaining

[low mantle]

Ohhh okay I’m getting it

[outer cloak]

Running into the same issue. Did you figure out a solution for this?

[hushed ledge]

Not anything other than going with a Steam install script that runs the bundled prereqs installer once and then not worrying more about it. Never got a better solution for making it pick up the DLLs that are bundled with the game unfortunately.

The steamdeck is very much a low prio thing for us and more of a fun experiment for me personally so haven't been able to spend too much time on it

[outer cloak]

Ah okay! What did your install script look like? Mine doesn’t seem to recognize the registry key properly, so it keeps bringing up the prerequisites installer every time I run the game.

Does this look right to you?

"InstallScript"
{
    "Run Process"
    {
        "UEPrereqSetup"
        {
            "HasRunKey"        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\17.0\\VC\\Runtimes\\x64\\Installed"
            "process"        "%INSTALLDIR%\\Engine\\Extras\\Redist\\en-us\\UEPrereqSetup_x64.exe"
            "Command"        "/install /quiet /norestart"
            "workingdir"        "%INSTALLDIR%\\Engine\\Extras\\Redist\\en-us"
            "description"        "Installing Unreal Engine Prerequisites"
            "NoCleanUp"        "1"
        }
    }
}

[quiet mirage]

Hello guys,
I’m super confused in this cooking error
I declare a function in my thirdpesoncharater.h file
And make it exposed to the blueprint,
I can call it on the blueprint and connect pins to it, compile it and play it properly on the editor, but when I do cook it, I get the error
Could not find a function named “function name”

[quiet mirage]

UATHelper: Cooking (Windows): LogInit: Display: LogBlueprint: Error: [Compiler] In use pin <Unnamed> no longer exists on node PrintStupidStuff . Please refresh node or break links to remove pin. from Source: /Game/ThirdPerson/Blueprints/BP_ThirdPersonCharacter.BP_ThirdPersonCharacter
UATHelper: Cooking (Windows): LogInit: Display: LogBlueprint: Error: [Compiler] Could not find a function named "PrintStupidStuff" in 'BP_ThirdPersonCharacter_C'.

even though i can compile it and run it in the editor?

[mystic atlas]

Are you using any plugins or more than 1 module?

[quiet mirage]

yes but, other functions that i created before, were working completely fine

[summer dock]

tried deleting intermediate + binaries?

[quiet mirage]

i deleted the intermediate and saved folder but it just messed up the project fully and had to do from scratch again

i didnt try with binaries though

[summer dock]

saved folder is not on the recommended list of folders to delete when faced with anomalies : intermediate is the usual culprit, but binaries has often helped me as well

worth a try

[quiet mirage]

learned that the hard way!

okay ill try that and let you know

thanks

[quiet mirage]

I think that did the trick, removing both (not just binaries) binaries and intermediate, seems to be cooking fine

thank you!!

[summer dock]

good one : )

[hushed ledge]

Sorry I haven't even got to the point of doing an install script yet. I've been having to focus on other stuff so it'll probably be a couple of days before I get around to it

[vague prairie]

Hi guys! During the build of the target client, the target editor is executed first. Is this normal behavior?

[mystic atlas]

If you're only meant to be building the client, then no.

[minor flame]

FORCEINLINE void WINAPI EnterCriticalSection(CRITICAL_SECTION* lpCriticalSection) { EnterCriticalSection((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)lpCriticalSection); }
I'm doing a development editor build with PlayFab but get a MinimalWindowsAPI access violation crash when trying to play the project

[minor flame]

with the debugger I get this
UE_NODISCARD_CTOR FScopeLock( FCriticalSection* InSynchObject ) : SynchObject(InSynchObject) { check(SynchObject); SynchObject->Lock(); }

ah, after further digging this seems to be an issue with the current GSDK

[tribal glen]

Hello, so i am trying to create my server build for linux. When i package i get alot of c++ library errors. I downloaded the cross-compile toolchain from here: https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/linux-development-requirements-for-unreal-engine?application_version=5.3#nativetoolchain Installed but nothing. UATHelper: Packaging (Linux): ld.lld: error: too many errors emitted, stopping now (use --error-limit=0 to see all errors)

UATHelper: Packaging (Linux): clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
PackagingResults: Error: undefined symbol: std::_Rb_tree_insert_and_rebalance(bool, std::_Rb_tree_node_base*, std::_Rb_tree_node_base*, std::_Rb_tree_node_base&)
PackagingResults: Error: undefined symbol: std::basic_ios<char, std::char_traits<char>>::clear(std::_Ios_Iostate)
PackagingResults: Error: too many errors emitted, stopping now (use --error-limit=0 to see all errors)
PackagingResults: Error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
UATHelper: Packaging (Linux): ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: std::ios_base::Init::Init()

Solved, had some crazy package got pissed off and formated the pc and installed the right stuff.

[halcyon sequoia]

hey guys im trying to package with ue5.4 for quest 3.
I downloaded and updated every sdk,ndk,jdk which epic recommends, so i set min max sdk version to 33 everywhere where its possible or need to setup.
Every time a iwant to sideload the .apk to the quest (i've tried sidequest and meta dev hub) I get an error saying that the minimum requirement is version 33 and I've only got version 32.
Thats not possible since i hvaent installed it once.
I uninstalled android sutiod and the jdks and re did the whole thing.
Still getting the same error.
Anyone knows what did I miss? I've been at it for 4 hours now.
Also i'm not a complete newby I developed and sideloaded a lot of aps for my quest 2.

[analog tinsel]

can I still use unreal engine 4.27 and compile an apple app using the lastes version of XCode (15.4)?

[hollow nacelle]

Hello! I'm trying to package my game for windows, but im getting an error like this:

"UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: Missing precompiled manifest for 'AndroidAdvertising'. This module was most likely not flagged for being included in a precompiled build - set 'PrecompileForTargets = PrecompileTargetsType.Any;' in AndroidAdvertising.build.cs to override.
PackagingResults: Error: Missing precompiled manifest for 'AndroidAdvertising'. This module was most likely not flagged for being included in a precompiled build - set 'PrecompileForTargets = PrecompileTargetsType.Any;' in AndroidAdvertising.build.cs to override."

Can anyone help me fix this? 😄

[minor flame]

How can you get / change the active display in a shipped build? I don't see this in the user setting categories

[undone turret]

Hit yes it means you are missing a runtime and it'll install it for you

[split wave]

TDS Hero plugin is causing a weird error when packaging for iOS that I'm not quite sure how to fix. 😭
Has anyone encountered this? How can I fix this?

UATHelper: Packaging (IOS):   Log file: C:\Users\gmini\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\C+Program+Files+Epic+Games+UE_5.2\UBT-SlimeClimb-IOS-Shipping_2_Remote.txt
UATHelper: Packaging (IOS):   Expecting to find a type to be declared in a module rules named 'TDSHeros' in MarketplaceRules, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null.  This type must derive from the 'ModuleRules' type defined by Unreal Build Tool.
UATHelper: Packaging (IOS): [Remote] Downloading C:\Users\gmini\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\C+Program+Files+Epic+Games+UE_5.2\UBT-SlimeClimb-IOS-Shipping_2_Remote.txt
UATHelper: Packaging (IOS): Total execution time: 47.77 seconds
UATHelper: Packaging (IOS): Took 47.895356899999996s to run dotnet.exe, ExitCode=9
UATHelper: Packaging (IOS): UnrealBuildTool failed. See log for more details. (C:\Users\gmini\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\C+Program+Files+Epic+Games+UE_5.2\UBT-SlimeClimb-IOS-Shipping_2.txt)
UATHelper: Packaging (IOS): AutomationTool executed for 0h 1m 35s
UATHelper: Packaging (IOS): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=9 (9)
UATHelper: Packaging (IOS): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error```

Here's what is signifigant for me:

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

Had no issues when packaging for Android, any ideas? 😳

[split wave]

aye nvm got dmed a easy fix https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-1-expecting-to-find-a-type-to-be-declared-in-a-module-rules-named/741811/8

[glacial minnow]

Hello guys, I'm trying to get a binary (Blueprint-only) UE 4.27.2 project to be shipped to MacOS, and I'm successful making a working package, but only on my machine,
I knew that I need to Sign the app and get it notarize by Apple with an Apple Developer account to get it working on other machines without them facing problems,

Does anyone have any instructions on how to get my app notarized? I was only successful signing it with some code with the command-line. but always fails to notarize when uploaded to apple (also through terminal command line)

[rose forum]

Hi all. For reasons I have to add the following line to my *.Target.cs file: GlobalDefinitions.Add("FORCE_ANSI_ALLOCATOR=1"); But if I do so I get the following error when packaging (UE5.4 for iOS). Any ideas? This has worked in previous versions. If I don't add this the app crashes in shipping builds. It works without this line in development builds launched on the device.

[summer dock]

from UDN, on another issue related to FORCE...:
Do you have P4 access? I believe this fixed by P4 CL 31807575 (JIRA UE-207636), which will be available in UE5.5.

[rose forum]

Hi there. Thanks for this 👍 So, essentially I have to either build the engine from source at apply said fix or wait for 5.5 right?

[summer dock]

Pretty much. I think getting p4 access from Epic is just a matter of asking, but it is not accessible 'out of the box'

[rose forum]

Okay thank you very much for the clarification.

[summer dock]

another related thread
https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/has-anyone-actually-got-usd-to-work-at-runtime-on-a-packaged-build/1933902

[minor flame]

Is there a way to start a packaged client in windowed mode instead of full screen. It starts on my smaller laptop monitor with no way to move it.

[minor flame]

I tried getting user settings, setting to windowed, then I can move to another display the problem is when going back to fullscreen the widget buttons positions are way off

[spark aurora]

I'm having trouble packaging for Android, does anyone know how to resolve this error?

[summer dock]

also cross-posting is frowned upon

[vital basin]

I'm protyping a multiplayer game with Blueprints in a Client-Server model and I'm having a bit of trouble not packaging a game but packaging it the way I want such that I want certain blueprints to live on the server and not on the client.
I know I can exclude directories which is a partial option but I'd need to exclude a directory per target configuration and leave it in another.

I did see Epic has some guides for doing this by creating a unique build environment. But that seems more involved than I'd like to be considering I plan to expand the blueprints to c++ as I go along which would put me back in a typical build environment.

Also building from the Project launcher seems nearly exactly what I need. I just discovered this minutes ago.
Is there a way to use directory exclusion within the project launcher packaging profiles?
If so...This would give me exactly what I need...I think.

(BP_Logic to request permission to RPC) <---Goes in Client package
(BP_Logic with a client rpc endpoint for the desired function to call (with a check)) <----Goes in Server package

[summer dock]

Perhaps somebody will pick up on this, but I suspect #multiplayer area might also know. Since crossposting is not allowed, not sure what is the best style to go about raising this there as well without crossing

[acoustic topaz]

How does one go about tagging assets to not be cooked in server builds? Things like animations, materials, textures etc.

Afaik these are automagically cooked if they are depended on

[lost flame]

Wouldnt you save yourself some work with the exlusion method if you grouped server only classes in a specific server folder ?

[south jacinth]

Hello! I'm trying to package a project, but get this error

  LogModuleManager: Warning: ModuleManager: Unable to load module '/home/jenkins/UE427P/Engine/Plugins/Online/OnlineFramework/Binaries/Linux/libUE4Editor-LoginFlow.so' because the file couldn't be loaded by the OS.
  LogModuleManager: Warning: ModuleManager: Unable to load module '/home/jenkins/UE427P/Engine/Plugins/Online/OnlineFramework/Binaries/Linux/libUE4Editor-LoginFlow.so' because the file couldn't be loaded by the OS.
  Message dialog closed, result: Ok, title: Message, text: Plugin 'OnlineFramework' failed to load because module 'LoginFlow' could not be loaded.  There may be an operating system error or the module may not be properly set up.

For some reason when my project gets compiled (c++ project + git version of UE427) this module does not, however, it is referenced in the module chain. How do I fix it?

[south jacinth]

I just checked and the file is there, so I do not really understand, why I get such an error.

[vital basin]

Thanks for the reply. I had asked this in blueprints initially because that's what I'm working with.
They said ask here. So I posed the question here because I didn't even know this channel existed.
I was on my way to work when I posted this.
Also I don't think this counts as cross-posting I think it's more of spam thing.
Example: I ask this same question in: Blueprints, Packaging, Multiplayer, General, all at the same time.
Because if it were the other way it would be wildly ineffective to have a discord at all.

Yes, that is indeed exactly what I want but...I still need to package those assets.
So I have to chuck all that stuff in a folder or it's own heirarchy. Which is fine.
But then I'd have to go alter that directory every time I go to package the server.
Again I didn't get a chance to reply as I was literally typing the last words while grabbing my keys.

But I found this video about BP compilation. I was wondering I think if I package my game through the Project launcher...I think. I hope...
I can exclude that directory with options passed to the UAT. Exclusion is the right idea but I need it per build target and not per platform.

I don't know what command line arguments I can use though...
Does anyone know a resource for list of command line arguments?
or just a more comprehensive explanation of UAT?
I think....this is really the way to go about this.

[summer dock]

check the pins, 1st entry, botman docs

[vital basin]

Checking this now.

[rustic mantle]

Guys, i wanna make a build 4.25 and packaging kicks me to website? do you know why it doesnt make a build instead?

[winged moss]

to what website? be specific

[mortal ridge]

How reversable is packaging? I'm thinking from a security standpoint, if I give someone a packaged build of my game, how difficult is it to go from that back to an uncompiled project?

[summer dock]

Unreal has some pak tools with which you can dig into stuff, and I'm sure proper hackers could decompile stuff a bit, but to get an actual working .uproject that would run in editor sounds unlikely

[mystic atlas]

Depends what the aim of the decompiling is.

Getting the original project ready to change the name, compile and release your game? Not gonna happen. If you mean to steal/reverse engineer your code and assets, that's a little more likely.

And no amount of encryption is going to help.

[teal cipher]

Hi. Where can the docs/arguments for BuildCookRun be found ? calling it from RunUAT.bat with -Help wont get me the intel.

[summer dock]

Try the pinned link. Not sure if there's any proper docs on that beyond the source code

[gloomy thunder]

Im trying to package a game but it keeps showing me this error

[winged moss]

So did you install VS with the required toolchains and workloads?

[gloomy thunder]

i have visual studio but i dont know how to install the required toolchains and workloads

[proven stone]

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/setting-up-visual-studio-development-environment-for-cplusplus-projects-in-unreal-engine here you go 🙂

[gloomy thunder]

thx

[haughty imp]

hi, when i'm trying to package my game for Server target I get this error.

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Log file: C:\Users\ebzbullieverse.T7x\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\C+Program+Files+Epic+Games+UE_5.3\UBT-GameliftDocServer-Win64-Development.txt
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Using 'git status' to determine working set for adaptive non-unity build (C:\UE5.3\UnrealEngine).
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Creating makefile for GameliftDocServer (no existing makefile)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Total execution time: 35.21 seconds
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Server targets are not currently supported from this engine distribution.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Took 35.36s to run dotnet.exe, ExitCode=6
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): UnrealBuildTool failed. See log for more details. (C:\Users\ebzbullieverse.T7x\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\C+Program+Files+Epic+Games+UE_5.3\UBT-GameliftDocServer-Win64-Development.txt)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): AutomationTool executed for 0h 0m 38s
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=6 (6)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error

the packaging is working fine for the client one. no problem

this is the setting i'm trying to package

[thick void]

Hello where do ask help for on how to modify your actual game in Unreal Engine 5.4.3

[thick void]

??

[winged moss]

what?

[pastel bramble]

Help me to solve the problem, SideQuest error when installing the build on Quest2
App_universal.apk: /data/local/tmp/_stream.apk could not be installed [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES: Failed collecting certificates for /data/app/vmdl842980807.tmp/base.apk: Package /data/app/vmdl842980807.tmp/base.apk has no certificates at entry AndroidManifest.xml].

[zinc citrus]

Hello
When I launch tools -> fill DDC -> all levels into switchboard I have this error :

Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x0000000000000000

UnrealEditor_Landscape!ULandscapeInfo::UpdateAddCollision() [D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Landscape\Private\LandscapeCollision.cpp:2682]
UnrealEditor_Landscape!ULandscapeInfo::UpdateAllAddCollisions() [D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Landscape\Private\LandscapeCollision.cpp:2587]
UnrealEditor_Landscape!ULandscapeInfo::RegisterActor() [D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Landscape\Private\Landscape.cpp:5710]
UnrealEditor_Landscape!ALandscapeProxy::CreateLandscapeInfo() [D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Landscape\Private\Landscape.cpp:1739]
UnrealEditor_Landscape!ALandscapeProxy::PostRegisterAllComponents() [D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Landscape\Private\Landscape.cpp:2714]
UnrealEditor_Landscape!ALandscape::PostRegisterAllComponents() [D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Landscape\Private\LandscapeEdit.cpp:5055]
UnrealEditor_Engine!AActor::IncrementalRegisterComponents() [D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\Actor.cpp:5495]
UnrealEditor_Engine!AActor::RegisterAllComponents() [D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\Actor.cpp:5371]
UnrealEditor_PCG!APCGWorldActor::BeginCacheForCookedPlatformData() [D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Plugins\PCG\Source\PCG\Private\PCGWorldActor.cpp:103]
UnrealEditor_UnrealEd!UDerivedDataCacheCommandlet::CacheLoadedPackages()

Idem with cmd : UnrealEditor.exe "name.uproject" -run=DerivedDataCache -fill -DDC=CreatePak -log
Any idea ?

[vague prairie]

Hello guys! Anyone know how to distribute Easy anti-cheat installer to users and automate install him?

[summer dock]

I would have presumed it is tightly integrated with the packaged build of your game

[vague prairie]

if i run from steam on computer without eac i got this screen

[winged moss]

so did you add an install script for it?

[zinc citrus]

After cooked ddc
I want to Run Game with or without cook ddc in Game mode without compilation (build) ?
Witch cmd : -Game -ddc=readonly -ddc=noshared -ddc=nobuild ?
https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/using-derived-data-cache-in-unreal-engine?application_version=5.4

Any idea ?

[autumn bloom]

Anyone know why my game would crash on startup when I run the exe after building in UE 5.4 with the below errror?

[2024.08.28-16.03.09:697][  0]LogWindows: Error: appError called: Assertion failed: ArrayNum >= 0 [File:D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Public\Containers\ArrayView.h] [Line: 251] 

It runs fine in editor? Are my build flags wrong?
Here is my build scripts and log files.

@echo off
SET UE5dir=C:\Program Files\Epic Games
SET SVNdir=D:\Svn\NonNobisGames
SET OUTdir=C:\temp
SET engineVersion=UE_5.4
SET branch=trunk
SET label=local
SET ClientConfig=Development

:: This will compile the game using the same build settings as if you were doing it from the editor
"%UE5dir%\%engineVersion%\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\RunUAT.bat" -ScriptsForProject="%SVNdir%\%branch%\Dirge\Dirge.uproject" BuildCookRun -project="%SVNdir%\%branch%\Dirge\Dirge.uproject" -noP4 -clientconfig=%ClientConfig% -serverconfig=%ClientConfig% -nocompile -nocompileeditor -installed -unrealexe="%UE5dir%\%engineVersion%\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UnrealEditor-Cmd.exe" -utf8output -platform=Win64 -build -cook -ddc=InstalledDerivedDataBackendGraph -pak -iostore -makebinaryconfig -distribution -compressed -stage -archive -archivedirectory="%OUTdir%\%label%"`

[hot oyster]

Hello all! I have a packaging issue:

- Unreal 5.4
- Meta Quest 3
- Android Shipping Build settings
- Vulkan

Intent:
- I have an image source .PNG sequence that plays via the media player after a button on-click event
- Images have an alpha channel, and material mode is set to masked
- Plays on a 3D Menu component via a widget BP through Open Source > Play
- .PNG sequence is NOT added as assets, but exists in my local content directory, and pathed correctly to the Img Source file
- It has no proxy
- It loads and plays correctly in the VR preview, through the headset

Issue:
- Packaging and deploying to MQ3
    - No errors or warnings 
    - Logs confirm packaging the sequence
- Result:
    - Upon testing the sequence in-game, the image appears completely black inside the image container
- Expectation:
    - Image shows and plays image sequence with alpha transparency```

Tried just about everything I could think of, but certainly open to ideas/suggestions.

Oh and this has worked in previous test builds, but has just recently stopped working.

[mystic atlas]

There's a way to add folders to the packaging process. You don't want the images imported and packaged, right? You want them to stay pngs?

Do they get transferred to the packaged build?

[hot oyster]

@mystic atlas Yeah in the packaging settings you can tell it what directories to cook directly.

I think the images need to be packaged for it to work, but am not 100% certain.

Yes they get transferred, confirmed in the cooking logs.

[mystic atlas]

But this isn't a cook thing if they are just pngs.

Did you import the images into the editor and use them from that?

Or did you use them directly as pngs?

[hot oyster]

Directly, as I can't use .MP4 with transparency, hence why I chose a .PNG sequence as an img source asset.

[mystic atlas]

Then it's not going to cook them because they aren't uassets.

[hot oyster]

Ah so I should import them as assets?

[mystic atlas]

I don't think you have to. There should be an option to package them. Like a "add extra directories to package" or something.

I don't know the specifics. I would try copying them over manually - or evne just checking if they are in your packaged build.

[hot oyster]

yeah here is what you're talking about

[mystic atlas]

That's the one. Already added, I see?

[hot oyster]

Yep, and they do get added to the project, but they don't display at runtime

Documentation says you don't need to have them directly as uasset files, but maybe that's outdated.

[mystic atlas]

If they work in the editor, it should work in a packaged build. Probably.

It might be that it's failing to load them because fo a path issue?

[hot oyster]

ahhh perhaps an absolute path?

[mystic atlas]

Have you debugged it to see the path it tries to resolve the pngs to?

[hot oyster]

For the project or at run-time in the headset?

[mystic atlas]

At run-time.

[hot oyster]

Nope, but will try that right now

It defaults to verbose and goes absolutely nuts lol

[mystic atlas]

Lol

[hot oyster]

Hmm looking at MQDH logs, I can't even see it mentioned

Might be looking at the wrong debug console though, this is the most in-depth I've gone with ADB debugging

[mystic atlas]

Can you run it without the quest?

[tawny palm]

im getting failed builds, what version of VS should I have for ue5.3.2 builds ?

[jagged jolt]

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/setting-up-visual-studio-development-environment-for-cplusplus-projects-in-unreal-engine?application_version=5.3

if the msvc version was wrong it would tell you with an error, but you have shared no errors so I will just paste this documentation and go away...

[hot oyster]

Sorry, had to make dinner.

You mean through the VR preview?

[hot oyster]

At least 2022, with no other info there's not much else to help with.

[tawny palm]

thx, i just needed to update VS and it packaged fine

[hot oyster]

Glad to hear, best of luck with your project!

[vague prairie]

No? what is it? where i can get him )

[vague prairie]

Like this? https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/sdk/installscripts

[mystic atlas]

I just mean on something you can run visual studio on and debug it properly. I'm not sure how to do that properly on a remote android os.

[winged moss]

Yes, if you want to install something prior to running the game then that's exactly what an install script is for. It'll run the installer when the user runs the game for the first time

[hot oyster]

Oh I can try Rider, but unsure if you can do it through the headset. MQDH has a debug, but it's not showing any relevant messages.

I even had another dev friend look at it with me, he's lost as well lol

[mystic atlas]

If you're waiting for "messages" then that's not the kind of debug I mean...

[hot oyster]

Perhaps I used the wrong term, but in the logs it doesn't show any relevant events(?)

[hot oyster]

Ah I think I have a new path forward. Apparently Electra does not support Image Sequences, and I recently turned that plugin on to use for other videos.

[hot oyster]

Found it! It's complaining about not being able to play on the available media players

[mystic atlas]

Checking logs is a form of debugging, but I meant actually attaching to the process and debugging the code directly. 🙂

If you turn electra off, does it work?

[hot oyster]

Ahh I gotcha, yeah I used Rider to find it

[hot oyster]

It does not, but I feel like this is where the solution lies

[mystic atlas]

Finding a player that supports image sequences is the way forward I think.

[hot oyster]

Yessir, though it's strange. This has worked with the AndroidMediaPlayer before, but even when I turn Electra off and specifically designate it in the imgsrc file, it doesn't work

[ancient finch]

I would like to have different engine settings by configuration. For example: 'vr.InstancedStereo=False' when in the editor, and true otherwise.

Note: In my case my custom configurations (via full source engine build) are: Client, Editor and Server

[summer dock]

The config.ini files should allow you to do things on a per platform/configuration basis. Have you tried adding that to Config/DefaultEditor.ini ?

[ancient finch]

'vr.InstancedStereo=False' in already set in Config/DefaultEngine.ini

If I also set it in Config/DefaultEditor.ini will that overwrite (or take precedence) when I'm in the editor? That's easy enough to test I suppose.

I have another setting that I want to turn off for just my server build. But the client and server builds share the same ini files.

[summer dock]

Pretty sure you should be able to separate things out as needed for most configurations. ConfigHierarchy.ini might give clues

[ancient finch]

Thanks for the tips, I'll dig around and report back

[sleek chasm]

When making a plugin, how do you exclude assets or folders from builds (I want certain assets/folders to be available in the editor only)?

All I can think of is this setting in project settings

But it would feel kinda hacky to make a script append folders to that on plugin activation lol

[mystic atlas]

It should only package things that are referenced.

Though I'm not sure if that applies to plugin content. But I think it does.

[winged moss]

It does

[haughty agate]

Hi guys, i am trying to package an app for Quest 3 on Unreal 5.4.2, and when start to cook the project the process fail, this is the log of the problem, the project settings are right, because work and package nicely on other PCs

[summer dock]

UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\Program Files\UE_5.4.2\Windows\Engine\Programs\AutomationTool\Saved\Cook-2024.08.30-10.42.25.txt' is denied.
I wonder what that is on about

[haughty agate]

But how i change this, because i uncheck the "read only" option an nothing change

[summer dock]

it's a pretty unusual error, I am afraid I have no clues. Perhaps try classic "delete Binaries + Intermediate, regenerate solution"?

[haughty agate]

We try here run the UnrealEditor as admin, and open the project through the Unreal Editor and aparently work, but if i try to run through the .uproject the problem return, so for a time i will open through the editor. so thnaks for the help!

[muted kestrel]

Hi guys, I have a question. I installed source version 5.3.0 and now I wanted to install 5.3.2 but I get these errors about a smart pointer. What could it be? Thanks

I have all the SDKs, and the memory does not fill up when compiling, I don't know what it could be.

I'm compiling it on another disk, not on the main one, just like version 5.3.0

[ebon oracle]

Im packaging and i am encountering a build error but i cant find where it is. or how to fix it

[stray current]

Shipping build?

Ah. Yes it is. Just saw that in the top. @ebon oracle Your issue is that you didn't wrap those editor only functions in a #if WITH_EDITOR preprocessor macro.

[ebon oracle]

damn i didnt think i had to but now its packaging, thanks

[hot oyster]

Back again! This time it's an error with 5.4.4 not able to read certain Java symbols when I am trying to deploy the APK for packaging, and here is what I have (see attached)

I can get this to work just fine on 5.4.3, but something in the new hotfix has changed. Any insight is appreciated!

[rancid ore]

Having the same sort of issue for andoid packaging, different failure spot

UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Fixing minSdkVersion; NDK level is 33 which is above minSdkVersion 26.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Fixing targetSdkVersion; minSdkVersion is 33 which is above targetSdkVersion 30.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Fixing minSdkVersion; NDK level is 33 which is above minSdkVersion 26.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Fixing targetSdkVersion; minSdkVersion is 33 which is above targetSdkVersion 30.

...

UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Z:\app\src\main\java\com\epicgames\unreal\GameActivity.java:731: error: cannot find symbol
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): > Task :app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)):             activityContext.runOnUiThread(new Runnable()
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)):                            ^
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)):   symbol:   method runOnUiThread(<anonymous Runnable>)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)):   location: variable activityContext of type ContextWrapper
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): 1 error
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): > Task :app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): * What went wrong:
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): > Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): * Try:
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): > Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): 54 actionable tasks: 54 executed
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): > Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): > Run with --scan to get full insights.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): BUILD FAILED in 29s

Seems like some in engine SDK java code is not updated?

[hot oyster]

Which JAVA_HOME environment are you using?

[rancid ore]

jbr from android studio? Unless your not referring to the env variable's path?

I am using Flamingo if that helps

[inland herald]

Greetings folks. I am using UE 5.3.2 and I get a packaging error "AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=25" followed by "Unknown Cook Failure". I attached my output log in this message in case someone wants to go over it, but other than 9 warnings from unused workshop content, I get an error that states:
LoadErrors: Error: /Game/Interactables/TestDoor/BP_TEST_DOOR : Failed import for Blueprint /Game/Interactables/BP_TEST_DOOR.BP_TEST_DOOR
I do not have such item in my /Game/Interactables folder, nor is it anywhere further down the path in /TestDoor. This item was deleted months ago and is not being referenced anywhere in the game. Any help?

[mystic atlas]

It's referenced by something.

[inland herald]

Other than manually going through every single blueprint by hand, is there a way for me to find it or not really?

[mystic atlas]

Go to your content browser, enable the redirector filter and see if anything pops up.

There's a reference viewer, though I'm not sure you can just put any old reference into it.

[inland herald]

Oh there is a redirector in /TestDoor to it. What do I do with that?

Can I just delete that or are there consequences?

[mystic atlas]

If you delete it, it will pop up a box listing the references.

[inland herald]

I can't even delete it, I can only "fix up" the thing. Or edit or rename.

[mystic atlas]

Fix up then!

That'll change references from it to something else.

[inland herald]

I fixed it. It's vanished. But hope that fixes the building error.

It's cooking...

[mystic atlas]

Good luck.

[inland herald]

I would like to thank you for your guidance, great sage of unreal ways.

[mystic atlas]

I'm a wizard, not a sage! 🙂

[inland herald]

My bad, o great wizard.

[mystic atlas]

😂

[minor flame]

this is strange, I have a server build both dev and shipping that I can run and connect to on a host. I wanted to do some testing locally but when I run the executable with -log it doesn't give any errors but doesn't start either. Anyway to debug this?

[mystic atlas]

You can add the exe to your solution as an external project and then start it with debugging (the one in teh binaries folder!)

[inland steeple]

heyo - having multiple disasters shipping for mac - running 5.3.2 off my macbook pro, but running into the same two issues each time I try to ship - first is a missing manifesto.xml - second issue is xcode not working? manually installed 14.1 - though would most recent version work too?

[mystic atlas]

You might get more response in #macos

[inland steeple]

thanks!

[wet pebble]

so guys I have a question, where can I find documentation for UnrealPak.exe and especially what compression formats it supports?

UnrealPak.exe is used when packaging stuff with UnrealEngine 5.3 right?

I did a sample project and thought I would be able to find more info on compression methods supported, I thought there would be like a dropdown menu somewhere, but apparently you can write in anything in the world

this is what it looks stock for me

and its so weird, cuz theres no dropdown menu, you can literally input anything you want

my compression method is officially Cheeseburger

okay you can hover your mouse over it but it still doesnt say what alternatives you can pick

[hot oyster]

Sorry, went to bed early lol

I am referring your EV path to choose the java directory.

As I am pretty sure you need to tell it the Java 17 path which is different from the AS default path

(Java 17.0.10)

[hot oyster]

@rancid ore I am just going back to 5.4.3 as I can't figure it out at this time. I think either Meta has to update their SDK to 34, or Epic needs to fix legacy deployment, as I think the new change for the google play store is causing issues.

[rancid ore]

That's the thing I thought the 5.4.4 update was supposed to be because of the mandatory Google Play store updates coming at the end of August

[hot oyster]

Sounds like they forgot to check against Android first

Went back to 5.4.3, working perfectly now

so definitely something they did

[stark current]

can someone help me?

[minor flame]

anyone encounter this when cross compiling a linux server? 'Microsoft/AllowMicrosoftPlatformTypesPrivate.h'

not found?

[winged moss]

well I wouldn't expect that to work on Linux either

but you're sharing basically no info

[minor flame]

I was including this in my main menu for display switching which obviously won't exist on linux let alone a dedi server.
#include "Windows/AllowWindowsPlatformTypes.h"

clang is really picky, lots of indentation issues it picks up as errors. I'm assuming widget and windowing stuff gets automatically stripped out on Win64 server builds

[elder shell]

how can i fix UMGEditor.lib error

he is not founds UMGEditor.lib file

what can i do

[winged moss]

Just because it doesn't get used doesn't mean it doesn't get compiled. If it's in the game module, it gets compiled

You should be at the very minimum using platform defs and stubbing things out on unsupported platforms

[minor flame]

fair enough, really I forgot I had the display stuff in there

[winged moss]

What relic of an engine version is this? You can't include editor libraries in a packaged build and more recent engine versions generate a more specific error in this case

[minor flame]

relic? 5.3.2 from source. oh nvm 😅

[winged moss]

4.16

Wow that is ancient

[elder shell]

yea lol

im using for fun

not a serious game too

[winged moss]

Even for fun why would you use an engine build several years old

[elder shell]

idk

[winged moss]

6 years old

[elder shell]

however how can i fix

[winged moss]

Don't include editor libraries in a packaged build?

[elder shell]

wdym by that

[winged moss]

Your game module probably adds UMGEditor as a dependency

Either a) don't do that, or b) make it do it if it's an editor build only

[elder shell]

in build cs?

[winged moss]

Yes

Not sure what the cross emoji is for because that's what it literally is

[elder shell]

let me send my build cs file

public class EscapeDonPollo : ModuleRules
{
    public EscapeDonPollo(ReadOnlyTargetRules Target) : base(Target)
    {
        PCHUsage = PCHUsageMode.UseExplicitOrSharedPCHs;

        PublicIncludePaths.AddRange(new string[] { });

        PrivateIncludePaths.AddRange(new string[] { });

        PublicDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[]
        {
            "Core",
            "CoreUObject",
            "Engine",
            "InputCore",
            "UMG",
            "MediaAssets",
            "AIModule",
            "CableComponent"
        });
        if (UEBuildConfiguration.bBuildEditor)
        {
            PublicDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "UMGEditor" });
        }
        if (Target.Type == TargetRules.TargetType.Editor)
        {
            PrivateDependencyModuleNames.Add("UnrealEd");
        }
        PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { });

        DynamicallyLoadedModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { });
    }
}```

[winged moss]

Hmm, if you actually used a contemporary version of the engine it'll tell you the dependency chain

It's probably through uproject instead

Such a weird handicap to use a version of the engine from May 2017

[elder shell]

tbh new c++ compiling system is heavy min he takes 10 min to compile

in this build i think it takes 5 min

[winged moss]

What?

That's on your code anyway

Through using non-unity builds, IWYU, etc

[elder shell]

bu in my first cpp project i created c++ character and he took 10 min to compile there is only a cpp thing is character player tooo

[minor flame]

yeah tht doesn't sound right

[elder shell]

    "FileVersion": 3,
    "EngineAssociation": "4.16",
    "Category": "",
    "Description": "",
    "Modules": [
        {
            "Name": "EscapeDonPollo",
            "Type": "Runtime",
            "LoadingPhase": "Default",
            "AdditionalDependencies": [
                "Engine",
                "UMGEditor",
                "UMG",
                "CoreUObject",
                "CableComponent"
            ]
        }
    ]
}```

this is the uproject

should i delete UMGEditor

[winged moss]

UMGEditor listed under AdditionalDependencies is the issue

Please use a more recent engine version

It actually detects this issue with more useful information

[elder shell]

i think its problem of i installed unreal engine in g: storage if i install the c:\ storage its gonna compile fast i think

ok i fixed problem

lol

just deleting by UMGEditoe

why adds that too

[elfin sphinx]

Getting this issue when making a Shipping build. I have verified that none of my plugins are including UnrealEdMessages as a build dependency. I do have one functional test, which I saw mentioned at least once from another person in here who had the same issue (but a different module)

How do I figure out what the source of this is?

I am using an installed build of the engine that I built from source

[elfin sphinx]

Update: definitely appears to be the functional tests. That error went away when I disabled them. Now getting a bunch of errors regarding some custom stats though. I thought these didn't need to be wrapped with any kind of #if !SHIPPING or something and that they would automatically just be compiled out of shipping builds

Update: it looks like that is the case, unless you are manually constructing stat names and then calling FDynamicStats::CreateStatId

[dull phoenix]

Any idea what causing this error during packaging?

[mystic atlas]

Probably because they're in Editor folders.

So you aren't allowed to cook them.

[true falcon]

are there any good articles/yt videos with tips and tricks and advises how to set up packaging for a project to make it fast and stable and nice looking? I mean currently my packaging knowledge is just "choose build configuration and OS and lesgo" but obviously there are dozens of parameters in packaging settings but I'd prefer a quick overview material rather that reading tons of epic's docs

[unique ridge]

https://youtu.be/eWIYbJz8ovU?si=KNAlOnqNOWTP7r2F

maybe this can help

[zenith oracle]

Hey guys, I am trying to setup Unreal for development, I have been following this guide: https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/y4vB/unreal-engine-5-4-x-for-meta-quest-vr, I have reached the "Build Quest APK" step, and I got some errors while packaging, the errors look like this one:

UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Z:\app\src\main\java\com\epicgames\unreal\BatteryReceiver.java:88: error: cannot find symbol
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)):         activity.registerReceiver(receiver, filter, Context.RECEIVER_EXPORTED);
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)):                                                            ^
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)):   symbol:   variable RECEIVER_EXPORTED
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)):   location: class Context

Does anyone know how to resolve this?
I have to say that I had to download additional Android binaries through the Epic Games launcher, before going over this Build Quest APK step.

[hot oyster]

@zenith oracle are you on 5.4.4?

[zenith oracle]

Yes

[hot oyster]

Something they updated in the latest broke how Java SDK is being read. Me and another person above ran into the same issue when deploying apps for android, and at this time I haven't found anything that can work. My best suggestion is either go back to 5.3.2 or 5.4.3, as then it should work no problem.

Until Epic or Meta resolves it

[zenith oracle]

Are you currently on 5.4.3 or 5.3.2?

[hot oyster]

5.4.3 source

All the same settings you see in that tutorial as well

[zenith oracle]

I will try 5.3.2 as I don't have the option to download 5.4.3 from the epic games launcher, I assume you can only build it from source?

[hot oyster]

Correct. It's a pain, but if you're dead set on using 5.4 (which has some patches for the MetaXR passthrough that are not resolved in 5.3) that's the only way I was able to do it.

[zenith oracle]

I am a beginner so I guess I don't need the patches 😆 , thanks for the information, I will try 5.3.2

[hot oyster]

We all start somewhere. Best of luck and hope it helps!

[faint pendant]

Hey all, currently having issues with Quest 3 packaging. We've setup the full experience in unreal 5.4 and it runs smooth on pc, below are the issues we're running with Android ASTC package

1. decals are fully emissive, slide on screen/geos
2. seeing patches of black pixels through out the experience
3. Lighting is quite different from what we see on pc

package settings
android 32
ndk 25

Meta XR project setup
all rules for quest 3 are greenlit

was wondering if anyone here has had successful quest 3 packaging experience?

[hot oyster]

Gonna need a lot more details than that.

First real question is the VR preview set to Vulkan or Windows?

[faint pendant]

vulkan

yea I figured was hoping I can fill someone in if could help

[hot oyster]

Okay, and are you using 5.4.4 or 5.4.3?

[faint pendant]

switched to 5.4.4

[hot oyster]

See the conversation I had directly above for that answer

[faint pendant]

also how do I make sure it's still vulkan and not windows?

[hot oyster]

But the other things like different lighting and stuff I can help with

[faint pendant]

was reading that right now actually

[hot oyster]

can DM me so we don't dominate the channel

[faint pendant]

yes ofcourse

[main glacier]

why does unreal only provide a MOV when you need MP4 for startup movies 😑
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/branding

[winged moss]

pretty trivial to convert, and there is bink as well

[hot oyster]

@zenith oracle @mystic atlas @rancid ore - Update! Thanks to some insight from @faint pendant , I figured out a fix for that java error:

1. Install Java 17.0.6 (uninstalling .0.10 if you have that)
2. In the Android SDK, set the SDK API level, set it to "latest"
3. Set the NDK to android-25 (if you haven't)
4. Do a build, and it should work!

[rancid ore]

Yeah Im still running into the issue

UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Z:\app\src\main\java\com\epicgames\unreal\GameActivity.java:729: error: cannot find symbol
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)):             activityContext.runOnUiThread(new Runnable()
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)):                            ^
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)):   symbol:   method runOnUiThread(<anonymous Runnable>)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)):   location: variable activityContext of type ContextWrapper
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): 1 error
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): > Task :app:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac FAILED
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): * What went wrong:
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): Execution failed for task ':app:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): > Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): * Try:
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): > Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): > Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): > Run with --scan to get full insights.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): 70 actionable tasks: 70 executed
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): BUILD FAILED in 30s

Confirmed its 17.0.6

[faint pendant]

not an expert but this setting works on my end both sdk and target need to be set to 32, as well. changing them to anyother number failed my packaging process

[vital osprey]

Hi there! This is a long time ago now for you! But I'm having the same issue at the moment, and having trouble finding any solutions online, how did you resolve this in the end?

[zenith oracle]

@hot oyster switching to 5.3.2 worked, basically same setup I tried on 5.4.4

[hot oyster]

Question:
Why are your Android SDK and NDK paths not set?

[hot oyster]

Awesome, glad it worked.

[rancid ore]

I had set them using the environment path. I tested with directly setting them and it still failed(same error)

Currently not home at computer so it may be a little bit before I can test any other suggestions though. Thanks for helping on this 🙂

[hot oyster]

Ideally it should be both, but I would double check that they both point to the same directories

[distant orbit]

Hi everyone! I have actually problems in packaging. I'll be really happy if I can get some help.

Problem: I upgraded my project 5.3 to 5.4 and I couldn't get any builds. I encountered a lot of problems, and I solved many of them, but I cannot determine what caused this situation and I cannot solve it. I am sharing the error I encountered in the attachment.

Also these are another error messages :
OodleDataCompression: Display: Oodle: OODLE ERROR : corruption : bad literals
** OodleDataCompression: Display: Oodle: OODLE ERROR : LZ corruption : DecodeOneQuantum fail! **
** OodleDataCompression: Display: Oodle: OODLE ERROR : LZ corruption : OodleLZ_Decompress failed (0 != 262144) **

AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=25 (Error_UnknownCookFailure)

UPDATE 1: With @mystic atlas and @winged moss help, I am currently debugging the process. I attached my ide with UnrealEditor-Cmd and I finally found out the map which causing that error. Now I am currently doing this process to find out what is the real issue "Project Settings -> Engine -> Cooker -> Cooker Progress Display Mode to Instigators and Names (and Count) to get a log"

UPDATE 2: I debugged the process and found out one of my assets corrupted in my map. So I exclude the map from packaging now it is packaging safely. Thanks for all help.

[mystic atlas]

The oodle error is related to texture compression. One of your texture assets may be corrupt.

And that looks suspiciously like a corruption. Or a random nullptr somewhere. It may even have caused the oodle error.

Though these are just guesses.

You'd know more if you attached a debugger and debugged it 🙂

[distant orbit]

Is this the same process like attach debugger to exe ? Or you mean open ide and leave debug mark on that line ? 🙂

[mystic atlas]

Start the editor with an IDE and put a breakpoint on that line, yes 🙂

Though maybe it's starting a separate process to package? Idk.

[distant orbit]

Okay I will try it now 🙂 I hope I can find proper things to debug. I will update the info

[distant orbit]

I tried it and I found out that it is seperate process. So now I have to find it and attach.

[winged moss]

you attach to UnrealEditor-Cmd in that case

also did you clear out deriveddatacache and intermediate when you upgraded?

@distant orbit forgot to write it as a reply

[distant orbit]

Yeah I already did that and thank your for the reply. Now I will try again with editor-cmd. But I can delete again DDC and interm again if you want ?

[winged moss]

If you've already done it post-upgrade then you shouldn't need to do it again

however the most a breakpoint is gonna tell you is which texture it is

there is also:

Set Project Settings -> Engine -> Cooker -> Cooker Progress Display Mode to Instigators and Names (and Count) to get a log for when each package starts getting cooked, while also showing the Instigator, i.e. the reason why that asset is being included into the cook. Helps a lot when you get cook errors that don't show you which package they originate from.

from https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/dXl5/advanced-debugging-in-unreal-engine#logs-cooking

[distant orbit]

Thank you for your help, I also updated the post. Will update more when I have news.

[round lion]

Am I doing something wrong here? I am using StructUtils in my project for both Blueprint & C++, however whenever I package a build it gives me this warning:
PackagingResults: Warning: [AssetLog] D:\[path to a blueprint actor containing a GetInstancedStructValue node].uasset: VerifyImport: Failed to find script package for import object 'Package /Script/StructUtilsNodes'
then the reported actor does not work in the build and in editor the GetInstancedStructValue node is actually missing from my blueprints resulting in broken graphs.
I have the StructUtils plugin active and included in my build.cs so I am a bit lost at this stage.

PiE works normal, as expected, only problems are in the packaging process, hence why I am here.

I tried including StructUtilNodes in my Build.cs but it seems to be an Editor Only module and I don't have any editor modules.

[summer dock]

If you are trying to use something that is editor only in packaged build, it will indeed fail. Assuming this is indeed meant to be editor only stuff, you should put it in a EditorWidgetBlueprint, for example. If you want to be using the stuff in a packaged build, you may have to reconsider your approach

[round lion]

It was my understanding that Instanced Structs were not editor only, and nothing about the BP node itself says it is editor only. The only reason I tried to include the StructUtilNodes module was "random bullshit go" to see what worked.

if I can only use them in c++ it is not the end of the world, but a real pain that will see a lot of bits rejiggered T_T

[summer dock]

Not really familiar with the area. Took a quick peek at the source and couldn't really see it being editor only, hmm. Experimental plugin right?

[round lion]

classic 😅 🔫
I was originally in 5.2 but just moved up to 5.4 in case it was the immaturity of the plugin since it was only introduced in 5.2. Wheeeee

[round lion]

If I am not mistaken there are project settings for dedicated server override classes available in-editor. Assuming you are doing a dedicated server.
Also, do you still need a build from source to do dedicated servers? It has been a while for me sorry.

[summer dock]

( I've never had to do this, but it looks solid ) : https://unrealcommunity.wiki/debugging-a-packaged-build-o9c2ta8f
Launching From Visual Studio

[winged moss]

-waitfordebugger also works as a first step, -basedir is useful when the game crashes before that is reached

[winged moss]

then you'll have to use -basedir

[sly void]

Hi there, No issues at all with Window Platform, but having an issue with packaging UE5. 1 project for Android. I found Java folder Under Programme files, JDK... Copied Location and did paste but with no luck. Created JAVA_HOME variable in my environment... Still no luck...

Your help is much appreciated, thanks

[summer dock]

Definitely something wrong still with your sdk/ndk setups. That said, if you are planning on publishing on Google Play, you absolutely need to get on 5.4.4, as the sdk 34 requirements are all in there. ( or if you are on a source fork, get the needed changes )

Regardless, go through the setup docs very carefully step by step and you should be ok

[sly void]

Thanks, Karma... I am an absolute beginner for Android in terms of packaging... Can I have the setup docs link to follow along, please? Thanks

[summer dock]

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/getting-started-and-setup-for-android-projects-in-unreal-engine
https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/packaging-and-publishing-android-projects-in-unreal-engine

[sly void]

Thank you so much. I will certainly go with ver 5.4.4... and find out where went wrong. Thanks again for the link.

[small crypt]

hey everyone, Quick question: I have two Unreal projects, one in 5.2 and the other in 5.3. I was able to compile for Android in 5.2 just fine until I had to install 5.3 for another client project. In 5.3, I can compile for Android without issues, but not in 5.2 anymore.
Both projects have the same android sdk settings btw
Any idea what might be happening?Thanks!

[crude cedar]

Hi everyone. I am trying to do packaging now, but the widget slider connecting with PCG graph does not work. does someone know a solution?

[small crypt]

did you run SetupAndroid.bat located in your engine?
inside ngine\Extras\Android

Also there are a few extra steps for 5.1 and earlier inside docu in section 3a:

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/how-to-set-up-android-sdk-and-ndk-for-your-unreal-engine-development-environment?application_version=5.2

[summer dock]

If you need to support an earlier version of Unreal Engine, we recommend following the above steps to maintain compatibility with current and future versions of Unreal Engine. To preserve the paths for your previous versions of Unreal Engine, we recommend that you edit your Project Settings and manually target the SDK paths for their versions of Android SDK, NDK, and JDK. Refer to Manually Target SDK Paths below for more information.
https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/how-to-set-up-android-sdk-and-ndk-for-your-unreal-engine-development-environment?application_version=5.3

[sly void]

Thanks. I will have a look again...I was just trying to package the game made for Win for Android. Is it not possible??? please let me know. Thanks again for the links and help.

[small crypt]

feel free to DM me. I can be available in two hours and help you with that!

[sly void]

Thank you. Sorry I couldn't make myself available. I will if need be

[dusky kelp]

Hi! is anyone familiar with debug symbols from shipping builds, played through Steam?

I have a packaged game in shipping configuration with Include Debug Files In Shipping Builds set to true. And if I send that build to the team, they will get proper crash reports with debug symbols. However, if I upload that same build to steam, they only get the "Shipping" debug symbols. Any idea how I can get symbols through the Steam version?

[twilit pasture]

Hello guys, why the "Staging Directory" doesn't appear??

[winged moss]

what does this even mean? you're basically asking if they get the debug symbols... or the debug symbols

[dusky kelp]

Sorry if the wording was confusing.

In short, if a crash happens on the version that is not uploaded to steam, we get the full callstack where the functions and line of execution is included.

If that same version is uploaded to steam, and the same crash happens, the callstack now consists of "ProjectName_win64_Shipping" on every line, instead of the callstack.

I am wondering why that is happening, and if there is a way to get the same debug symbols when downloaded through Steam

[winged moss]

well you probably excluded the pdbs when uploading via steam

also distributing pdbs is fine internally, but don't ship them to customers

[dusky kelp]

Riight! I'll look into that, thank you.
It's just for QA

[carmine salmon]

Steam automatically strip's PDB's *By default well for me it does

[stone lance]

Is there an option to set "maximum texture size" at the time of packaging?

[dusky kelp]

Makes sense!
I'll look into setting up a PDB server instead, thanks.

[carmine salmon]

Have you looked into device profiles not sure what you mean at the time of packaging but have a look at device profs they allow you to configure max texture sizes for normal and VT textures

Per platform

[stone lance]

I'd like all textures being used to be set to "1024" maximum size at the time of packaging/publishing the game.

Device profile looks promising but also seems easy to F things up. Couldn't find much info. Any place you can point towards for more details please?

[winged moss]

It actually doesn't

We uploaded PDBs to Steam for internal builds all the time

the txt file script you give to steamcmd can have exclusions in it, and *.pdb is common

but you should ideally have both things

and something to collect crash dumps (bugsplat, sentry, or a custom backend)

[dusky kelp]

Ohh right, that's good to know. Thanks!
We are using bugsplat currently, I mostly want to distribute pdb's for a tiny bit more convenient internal testing.

[quick seal]

When trying to build a distributable engine from source with the RunUAT.bat BuildGraph
Engine\Build\BatchFiles\RunUAT.bat BuildGraph -target="Make Installed Build Win64" -script=Engine/Build/InstalledEngineBuild.xml -set:HostPlatformOnly=true -set:WithAndroid=false -set:GameConfigurations=Development;Shipping;Debug -set:BuiltDirectory="D:/UE5.4/"
It fails with a bunch of errors in various engine plugins, f.e.
'\Plugins\Experimental\Avalanche\Intermediate\Build\Win64\x64\UnrealEditor\Development\AvalancheEffectors\UnrealEditor-AvalancheEffectors.exp
Compile [x64] Module.PoseSearch.3.cpp: Exited with error code 2 . The build will fail.'
and
'Runtime\Private\PoseSearchLibrary.cpp(134) : error C4756: overflow in constant arithmetic'
Is anyone here experienced with something like this?
Using 5.4.4-release, clean repo.

Edit: Solved this according to this: https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/getting-error-c4756-overflow-in-constant-arithmetic-while-building-unreal-5-4-2-from-source-code/1897276

[carmine salmon]

sure what target are you shipping for windows, windows client?

[carmine salmon]

for anyone having this issue cherry pick this commit on ue 5 main https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/commit/2d8e9065fed12d2871e87eb03d1438a5e4b4ec95

[winged moss]

also sounds like you can install an earlier WinSDK too

[stone lance]

windows

[carmine salmon]

Open device profiles and edit windows profile and set the max lod size I think it's called to 1024 and same for the vt one do that for all the texture groups

[noble bolt]

i have an issue with packaging, and the UnrealClient-Win64-Shipping file dosnt exist

[azure flower]

I also have issue with packaging. This is what it says. I don't understand it, I tried looking it up, even tried fixing myself, I couldn't fix it.

[summer dock]

1. Look at the whole log.
2. Search for occurences of the word "Error" to pinpoint issues.
3. If you can't spot the Error, post the whole log .txt file

[round lion]

I have a weird issue with a packaged build:
I have Metasounds which work in PiE but not in the packaged build. No errors or warnings during the cooking/packaging process, but they straight up do not work during play in a packaged build on Windows (UE5.4), these warnings are logged on launch:

LogMetaSound: Warning: Could not check for interface updates. Target interface is not registered [InterfaceVersion:UE.OutputFormat.Stereo v1.0] when attempting to update root graph of asset ([Path to MetaSound Source Blueprint]). Ensure that the module which registers the interface has been loaded before the asset is loaded.
LogMetaSound: Warning: Could not check for interface updates. Target interface is not registered [InterfaceVersion:UE.Source v1.1] when attempting to update root graph of asset ([Path to MetaSound Source Blueprint]). Ensure that the module which registers the interface has been loaded before the asset is loaded.
LogMetaSound: Warning: Could not check for interface updates. Target interface is not registered [InterfaceVersion:UE.Source.OneShot v1.0] when attempting to update root graph of asset ([Path to MetaSound Source Blueprint]). Ensure that the module which registers the interface has been loaded before the asset is loaded.
LogMetaSound: Warning: Could not check for interface updates. Target interface is not registered [InterfaceVersion:MetaSound v1.0] when attempting to update root graph of asset ([Path to MetaSound Patch Blueprint]). Ensure that the module which registers the interface has been loaded before the asset is loaded.
LogMetaSound: Warning: Could not check for interface updates. Target interface is not registered [InterfaceVersion:UE.OutputFormat.Mono v1.0] when attempting to update root graph of asset ([Path to MetaSound Source Blueprint]). Ensure that the module which registers the interface has been loaded before the asset is loaded.

Metasounds are only referenced/dealt with at the BP level so I'm not sure how the module's could be loaded in a funky order

[round lion]

would have posted to #audio but this feels more packaging than metasounds specific

[mystic atlas]

I would do what it suggests - try to load whatever module it is that registers the interface.

If you have a c++ module, you can load the module on your module's startup.

Is the blueprint in a plugin or something?

[round lion]

No, and that is what is confusing to me. To get into the weeds a smidge, I have

• ModuleA which as a base C++ actor ClassA which has nothing to do with metasounds
• ModuleB which is the main game module which also has a child of ClassA (ClassB) which also has nothing to do with metasounds
• Then finally in blueprint in the core Game directory there is a blueprint child of ClassB which has an audio component that uses a Metasound, the metasound itself is also in the Game directory.

[mystic atlas]

It's not complaining about your modules, it's complaining about an audio module not being loaded. I think.

[round lion]

I would have thought enabling the Metasound plugin would also include any dependencies it has 🤔

[mystic atlas]

I'd have thought so too, but shrug.

See my rant in #linux just now 😄

And that's directly including the module as a compilation dependency!

[round lion]

jeez what fun

I will have to see if it reproduces in a blank project methinks

[mystic atlas]

A good shout.

[azure flower]

This is the only error I can find

I've tried reseting my computer still couldn't get it fixed

[summer dock]

post the whole log as .txt file

[azure flower]

hold on

The last three are the errors

[winged moss]

a space in your project name is probably not helping

and since you're a BP-only project, you can't really control the Target.cs it generates

[mystic atlas]

Even the space in "Unreal Projects" can cause issues.

[azure flower]

What space in the project name?

[mystic atlas]

Your project name is, apparently, "WEST Remastered" ?

[azure flower]

Yes

[winged moss]

yeah, so don't have a space

[azure flower]

I changed

[winged moss]

after renaming the project, you'll have to delete intermediate

[azure flower]

How to delete intermediate?

[winged moss]

it's a directory

the same way you delete a directory on mac in finder

[azure flower]

Is it within the project folder?

[winged moss]

yes?

[azure flower]

I found the folder, is this what I'm supposed to delete? or is there in?

[summer dock]

For reference : my process looking for errors in a log is like this.

• Open the log file in Notepad++ ( or other good text editor )
• Search for All Occurence of "error"
• look at the results.
  In the case of your log file, we see relevant looking bit like:

Line 22: UATHelper: Packaging (Mac): Errors generated while parsing '/Users/danasaf/Documents/Unreal Projects/ProjectWest1.1/Intermediate/Source/WEST Remastered.Target.cs'

Line 36: PackagingResults: Error: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path '/var/folders/1m/myzndk8178g46l0ws6y6ks0c0000gn/T/UAT/+Users+Shared+Epic+Games+UE_5.2/Rules/UATRules-1e4f6d40178119e615fcd0db5e4ed5a2Manifest.json'.

So as sswires pointed out, it looks like your path is a mess. "1.1" also is going to mess things up

Because dot characters are usually parsed as file type separators

Pretty sure you will be able to build once you just clean up things a bit

[azure flower]

Got it. I'm doing that right now.

It's working! Thank you so much guys! Really appreciate it.

I wanna get real good some day so I could help others too.

[summer dock]

That's the spirit! Cheerio!

[round lion]

Small sad update on this issue, I could not reproduce in a new project so it is definitely something wrong with my project. I will try making the slightly more complex inheritance tree to see if that makes it happen which at least will illuminate further in either direction. If anyone has seen this before though please let me know, this is pretty gnarly an issue.

[crude cedar]

Should I change some settings?

[round lion]

What errors are you getting in the packaging log?

[quick seal]

Hope everyone is having a wonderful monday and the coffee hits good!
I have built an 'installed engine' version from my source, but it cannot build Server or Client targets and fails just like the Launcher engine version.
It was my understanding that part of the point of creating an 'installed engine' was exactly that. Was I mistaken?
Is the only point of creating the 'installed engine' build just the ability to redistribute it to your team?

[winged moss]

Install builds are cursed, but it sounds like you need to compile with client target when you make the installed build (like you do for server), client is different from game

[crude cedar]

Nothing, I can do packaging but when I open exefile. Widget slider doesn’t work

[quick seal]

I agree.. but do not entirely understand.
Do you mean the engine build command has to include the targets that I aim to build my project to somehow?
'Engine\Build\BatchFiles\RunUAT.bat BuildGraph -target="Make Installed Build Win64" -script=Engine/Build/InstalledEngineBuild.xml -set:HostPlatformOnly=true -set:WithAndroid=false -set:GameConfigurations=Development;Shipping;Debug -set:BuiltDirectory="C:/UE5.4/"'

Cause if you mean project build targets - that is what I am already doing. I have separate Client and Server targets.

[winged moss]

with installed builds, you have to opt into server

you also have to opt into client

"game" is the default target type for packaged

the difference between game and client is that client has listen server hosting capabilities stripped out

[quick seal]

Yeah, that is why I'm attempting to do this. Just figuring out how to configure the RunUAT.bat BuildGraph command.

[round lion]

I am not familiar with PCG, but can it even be edited during runtime? Also, check the play log for any messages/warnings.

[quick seal]

Solved by this resource: https://kevinporetti.com/making-an-installed-build-of-unreal-engine-5/
Also thanks, @winged moss !

[random moat]

Hello,
I am trying to upgrade our engine version to 5.4 (non-source, Epic Launcher version)
And getting these cook errors when packaging.

Looked everywhere for a solution, but not sure how to fix this. Any thoughts?

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Error: Content is missing from cook. Source package referenced an object in target package but the target package was marked NeverCook or is not cookable for the target platform. UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Source package: <mapname> UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Target package: /Engine/EditorLandscapeResources/DataLayer UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Referenced object: /Engine/EditorLandscapeResources/DataLayer.DataLayer

[quick seal]

Is your packaging stripping the engine content?

[lyric orchid]

any thoughts on 5.4 packaging

from project launcher

[winged moss]

well you don't have symbols and the rest of the log is not visible, so I don't have that many

[lyric orchid]

i have log and symbol is not installed

[random moat]

Yes, we have the "exclude editor content" option enabled in our project settings. I know if i disable it, it might fix the issue, but that will allow other things in the project to use editor content that we don't want to allow.

[winged moss]

I don't know why you would want to exclude engine content, or need to have mechanisms against it, but if you want to prevent this then you can have validators that you'd run against each commit

[winged moss]

Not particularly anything useful here, having symbols is going to help at least narrow the issue down

[lyric orchid]

yes installing symbols right now

[woeful peak]

In my shipping build, I am getting Microsoft.MakeFile.targets(44, 5): [MSB3073] The command "C:\Users\Seth\Desktop\UE_5.4\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat BossHUDProject Win64 Shipping -Project="D:\UE5\BossHUDProject\BossHUDProject.uproject" -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild -architecture=x64" exited with code 8.

What could be causing this?

only in shipping build, not development build

[lyric orchid]

with symbol activated

[winged moss]

Looks like a circular dependency

[lyric orchid]

how we can fix or handle ?

[winged moss]

https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/dXl5/advanced-debugging-in-unreal-engine#logs-cooking will tell you which packaged is being cooked

once you can identify which asset, remove the circular dependency

[lyric orchid]

so need to do this first

then packaging again ?

[winged moss]

?

[lyric orchid]

how i can enable this mean which packaged is being cooked

[winged moss]

Logs - Cooking
Set Project Settings -> Engine -> Cooker -> Cooker Progress Display Mode to Instigators and Names (and Count) to get a log for when each package starts getting cooked, while also showing the Instigator, i.e. the reason why that asset is being included into the cook. Helps a lot when you get cook errors that don't show you which package they originate from.

that is what I was linking to

[lyric orchid]

thank you very much now i am trying

[lyric orchid]

now mean last log looks like problem ?

[winged moss]

well it'll have something to do with that BP yeah, did you make any recent changes to it?

[lyric orchid]

no just upgraded to 5.4

was good on 5.3 package

[winged moss]

well if it's indeed a circular dependency that means Weather_Mask_Projection_Box_Compoenent depends on something that also depends on it

you might be able to tell if that's the case through the reference viewer

other than that, maybe attach a debugger to UnrealEditor-Cmd

[lyric orchid]

yes

[quick seal]

Yes, well it seems like there is a reference to an asset from the engine content. There are indeed better ways of solving that than enabling packaging the engine. My first attempt would be duplicating the referenced asset to your project content and using that instead.

[random moat]

Yea, we tried that. Unfortunately, if we want to use the "LandscapeVisibilityMask" material expression in our materials, it expects the Engine/EditorLandscapeResources/DataLayer for it to work.
Also, when using "Landscaping mode" to edit holes/visibility of our landscape, re-adds the editor one.

[random moat]

Well its not simply engine content.. its under a editor content folder. Editor folders typically have content/files that are supposed to be used only by the editor or editor-only actors/components, but not your packaged game.

The project settings option excludes the editor folder assets/content, but includes the other engine content.

The issue is reproducable with a blank project, with a landsape that has visibility holes.

[cedar crag]

Hi, is there a way to localize the FKey names in Unreal Engine 5.4? I found the InputCoreTypes.cpp that contains all the names of the Keys but if I select it from the Localization Dashboard and Gather Text, nothing comes out of it!

[potent cliff]

Im trying to do first game package, but not sure why got some errors.
I got this automation plugin enabled.

STARTED **********
Project="G:\Unreal Projects\CityDefense\CityDefense.uproject" -Manifest="G:\Unreal Projects\CityDefense\Intermediate\Build\Manifest.xml"  -remoteini="G:\Unreal Projects\CityDefense"  -skipdeploy  -log="C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\G+Unreal+Engines+UE_5.3\UBT-CityDefense-Win64-Shipping.txt"
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Log file: C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\G+Unreal+Engines+UE_5.3\UBT-CityDefense-Win64-Shipping.txt
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Using 'git status' to determine working set for adaptive non-unity build (G:\Unreal Projects\CityDefense).
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Creating makefile for CityDefense (no existing makefile)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Total execution time: 1.30 seconds
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Missing precompiled manifest for 'MessageLog', 'G:\Unreal Engines\UE_5.3\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealGame\Shipping\MessageLog\MessageLog.precompiled'. This module was most likely not flagged for being included in a precompiled build - set 'PrecompileForTargets = PrecompileTargetsType.Any;' in MessageLog.build.cs to override. If part of a plugin, also check if its 'Type' is correct.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Took 1,41s to run dotnet.exe, ExitCode=6
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): UnrealBuildTool failed. See log for more details. (C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\G+Unreal+Engines+UE_5.3\UBT-CityDefense-Win64-Shipping.txt)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): AutomationTool executed for 0h 0m 3s
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=6 (6)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error

do I copy plugin files to game folderS?

or disable plugin

[winged moss]

well that plugin or your game module depends on MessageLog

and in the binary build, I guess they don't precompile it for game targets for you, so you can't use it

[potent cliff]

oh hi. I could not solve it. I even disabled plugin (I think) but it did not help. I am building now "developmnet" but "Shiping" had error wchich is kinda weird

well I don't want to use that plugin, i would just cook game for testing

nvm it fails too

plugin is also sill 🤔

[potent cliff]

oh

I know maybe

I can't have blueprints with errors i guess?

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogInit: Display: Failure - 15 error(s), 21 warning(s)

[granite bridge]

is there an C++ way to add extra files which should get packaged?
to be specific, i want to force package media files which are part of a GameFeaturePlugin

[potent cliff]

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-package-random-files/303248/2

maybe that

[granite bridge]

thanks, now to find a way to add them through code

but also that's project specific 😕

i would like to include them in the GFP pak

[potent cliff]

I maybe need to to opposite, to exclude cpp Test files from build, maybe they import that test pluing im having problems 🤔

[abstract breach]

Hi everyone,

I have a question regarding packaging in Unreal Engine 5.4. I'm unable to export my project, and I believe the issue stems from a file I imigrated from another project. Does anyone know how I can resolve this problem?

[winged moss]

I'm not sure what gives the impression it's a migrated asset, but you ran out of memory during the cook

[potent cliff]

Is there some common issue why audio is not working in packed game?

I even tried adding asset folder with audio

. 🤔

[potent cliff]

ok

im back on track

Audio is packed and plays in game , but Cues do not work 🤔

im gonna try in #audio

[quick seal]

For some reason this just does not work. @winged moss I've backtracked some other articles and docs and I build my engine with the -set:WithClient=true -set:WithServer=true arguments, but the produced engine fails to package for client and server targets just like the default launcher version. One thing that I do though is I build it on my CI/CD machine and archive and upload it for distribution. And then when I download it myself to test, it fails. Wonder if that matters, but at this point I don't know what to look for anymore.
Edit: I even tried creating another target.cs file with the name Client, so that the name is exactly the same as in the argument, but no, that does not seem to matter.

[sick pasture]

i am building in 4.27.2 using VS 2022 (couldn't get 2019 anymore).
all good for a long time, but suddenly i am getting this new error building (both windows and android).

i have tried installing teh engine again from source and it didn't fix it which is extremely weird to me. also tried reinstalling a lot of the vs components and switching between Windows 10 and windows 11 sdk.

everything was working 2 days ago, came in and just couldn't build.

[summer dock]

You probably want to look at getting back on 2019, I'm sure you can get legacy VS versions if you dig a bit

Sanity check : "everything was working 2 days ago, came in and just couldn't build." - but you did change vs version?

or you did get a build with 2022

[winged moss]

You don't need the old IDE, just the toolchain

[lyric orchid]

any thoghts why getting when packaging

[summer dock]

I just started getting this : (
Tricky one. Did you get any clues?

[summer dock]

Best to post full log .txt files or
code snippets
because:
) reading from images is a pain
) can't copy paste relevant bits to show what the problem is

[marble fern]

Hey guys!

I am running into an issue i don't really understand when trying to package my plugin.

I have a reference to Wwise in the .uplugin's Plugins section.
Everything works just right, until i try to package.
UAT throws the following error:
Unable to find plugin 'Wwise' (referenced via command line -> MyPlugin.uplugin). Install it and try again, or remove it from the required plugin list.
Could anybody help me understand why?

[winged moss]

and where is the Wwise plugin installed to?

[marble fern]

i have Wwise plugin sitting in the Plugins subfolder of my test project next to MyPlugin

now as i am typing it i realize it is probably trying to locate it in the Engine's plugins right?

[winged moss]

Nope, but if you install plugins to your project, your project must also be a C++ project, which is a trivial conversion

I would also request to actually see the contents of where you extracted the plugin

[lyric orchid]

strangely when creating 5.4 project with 1 template no this error but when chAnging adding new variable to Struct and save all references

going package game

this error appear

doing same on 5.3 no error on packaging

so anyone get this problem too ?

[blazing sonnet]

Sorry for the bother, I was wondering if anyone found any difficulties or issues attempting to package the Game Animation sample project? Im talking about using the project as is, without any modification, straight from the Samples page.

I thought it might be something 5.4 specific but I'm not having any issues packaging other projects running 5.4.

The error in the log:
LogTurnkeySupport: Warning: Turnkey failed to run properly, full Turnkey output:LogTurnkeySupport: Warning: Turnkey failed to run properly, full Turnkey output: Running AutomationTool... Using bundled DotNet SDK version: 6.0.302 Starting AutomationTool... Parsing command line: -ScriptsForProject="C:/Users/me/Documents/Unreal Projects/GAS/GAS.uproject" Turnkey -utf8output -WaitForUATMutex -command=VerifySdk -ReportFilename="C:/Users/me/Documents/Unreal Projects/GAS/Intermediate/TurnkeyReport_1.log" -log="C:/Users/me/Documents/Unreal Projects/GAS/Intermediate/TurnkeyLog_1.log" -project="C:/Users/me/Documents/Unreal Projects/GAS/GAS.uproject" -Device=Win64@COMPUTER Initializing script modules... Total script module initialization time: 0.31 s. Using E:\UE_5.4\Engine\Binaries\ThirdParty\DotNet\6.0.302\windows\dotnet.exe Executing commands... System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\Users\me\Documents\Unreal Projects\GAS\Intermediate\TurnkeyReport_1.log'. File name: 'C:\Users\me\Documents\Unreal Projects\GAS\Intermediate\TurnkeyReport_1.log'

[sick pasture]

no, was on 2022 when it was working.
The issue was a real annoying one, i need to rebuild Programs>Automation in VS. for some reason even using 3 dif engine versions i still had to do this in VS, didn't happen automatically on a new install. I did try to find 2019 pretty hard even looked on piratebay, just figured i'd be fighting microsoft rather than UE 4.27/VS2022... anyway, working now heh

[undone turret]

I'm seeing a lot of struct errors have you changed or updated any structs?

[quick seal]

Does anyone know what causes this and how to control what config files get included/excluded in a build?
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Including config file H:\WL\open\Config\DefaultRuntimeOptions.ini
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Including config file H:\WL\open\Config\DefaultScalability.ini
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Excluding config file H:\WL\open\Config\Custom\EOS\DefaultEngine.ini
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Excluding config file H:\WL\open\Config\Custom\EOS\DefaultGame.ini

[winged moss]

causes what? custom configs only get included when CustomConfig is set to "EOS" in the target

[sick pasture]

i dont think so, but usually havent had issues with that. as mentioned before tho, rebuilding programs->automation in VS did the trick, was a new one so maybe thats helpful if it ever happens to you!

[quick seal]

Causes the exclusion of the EOS config while we build for EOS target.

So, what exactly controls it?

[winged moss]

and are you using a native source engine build

because that's required for CustomConfig to work

[quick seal]

Vanilla launcher engine.

Hm

I guess that reveals the why in part

I was wondering where the schism of the mechanism is between building from a source engine or vanilla. Because we don't have the EOS target set as Unique in the target file.

[winged moss]

well you can't have a unique build environment in a launcher engine

and with a native build engine, it's game/client/server targets are unique by default

CustomConfig requires a unique build environment

[quick seal]

Thank you. I was lost in the sauce, so to say.

[tired nimbus]

Hi, is there anything I'm missing to get crash logs in my packaged build? I have a development build with an included crash reporter. I'm getting a fatal error crash occasionally but no logs show up in the Steam /AppData/ folder.

[velvet kraken]

Hi, need some help with packaging, I am having this C++ compiler issue, I am not a programmer, I am a designer trying to package a project for client to experience

[mystic atlas]

Did you open the specified log file?

[umbral fjord]

Couldn't find a specific channel for building missing modules, so I'll post it here. How do I compile missing modules of an EpicGames plugin?

[velvet kraken]

Yeah

Do you want me to share it

[mystic atlas]

No. I just thought I'd ask.

[velvet kraken]

So any idea how I can get it to work

The packaging

[mystic atlas]

Look for errors in that log file?

[velvet kraken]

It's the compiler version

Ue is looking for 14.38 while Vs has 14.41

[mystic atlas]

So install 14.38?

[velvet kraken]

C++ compiler

[velvet kraken]

Yeah, I need help with that, how do I install and remove the new one completely

14.41 needs to be gone

[mystic atlas]

Open teh visual studio installer, go to "individual components".

[velvet kraken]

I did that but this issue sustained

I'll try again

And share it

[velvet kraken]

which ones should I get

and which should I remove

[velvet kraken]

heya man, can you help me with my issue as well, if you dont mind

[velvet kraken]

ok

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Available x64 toolchains (1):
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): * C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.41.34120
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): (Family=14.41.34120, FamilyRank=5, Version=14.41.34120, Is64Bit=True, ReleaseChannel=Latest, Architecture=x64)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Visual Studio 2022 compiler version 14.41.34120 is not a preferred version. Please use the latest preferred version 14.38.33130
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Total execution time: 3.23 seconds
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Expecting to find a type to be declared in a module rules named 'DLSSMoviePipelineSupport' in 'UE5Rules, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'. This type must derive from the 'ModuleRules' type defined by UnrealBuildTool.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Took 4.34s to run dotnet.exe, ExitCode=8
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): UnrealBuildTool failed. See log for more details. (C:\Users\Dipto_BhattacharyaPC\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\E+UE+5+UE_5.4\UBA-MyProject-Win64-Shipping.txt)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): AutomationTool executed for 0h 0m 9s
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=8 (8)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error

Visual Studio 2022 compiler version 14.41.34120 is not a preferred version. Please use the latest preferred version 14.38.33130

I am looking at this one to be the issue

[velvet kraken]

@raven vine

[ember maple]

: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Display: See log for memory use information for UObject classes and LLM tags.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Display: Garbage collection triggers ignored: Out of memory condition has been detected, but is only 0s after the last GC. It will be prevented until 60 seconds have passed and we may run out of memory.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Garbage collection triggered by conditions:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): CookSettings.MemoryMinFreePhysical: Available physical memory 1504MiB is less than 2048MiB.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Display: Cooked packages 1465 Packages Remain 1 Total 1466
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Display: Cooked packages 1465 Packages Remain 1 Total 1466
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Display: Cooked packages 1465 Packages Remain 1
what to do
ndows): LogCook: Display: Cook Diagnostics: OpenFileHandles=295, VirtualMemory=2616MiB, VirtualMemoryAvailable=10983MiB
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Display: Cooked packages 1465 Packages Remain 1 Total 1466
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Display: Cooked packages 1465 Packages Remain 1 Total 1466
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Display: Cooked packages 1465 Packages Remain 1 Total 1466
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Display: Cooked packages 1465 Packages Remain 1 Total 1466
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Display: Cooked packages 1465 Packages Remain 1 Total 1466
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogCook: Display: Cooked packages 1465 Packages Remain 1 Total 1466
??
why is it stuck

thats all

🥲

know hoew to fix it

[velvet kraken]

any idea about this

[winged moss]

A couple of things, you did not install 14.38 build tools. C++/CLI is not the same thing

Secondly, if you install code plugins to project, your project must also be a C++ one, and it's trivial to convert it if it isn't

[velvet kraken]

yeah, could you mark with one to install

is this the one

its for x86

not arm so out of the atl and the MFC, which one should I do

[velvet kraken]

this I dont understand tho, once again not a programer

[winged moss]

Well you installed the DLSS plugin from Nvidia

Which is a code plugin

[velvet kraken]

yeah

needed it for performance buff

[winged moss]

Yes and you must have a C++ project (as opposed to BP only) to support code plugins installed to project

[velvet kraken]

so how do I solve it?

[winged moss]

Also none of the build tools in that screenshot are the correct one either

Adding a C++ class to a project from the editor will generate the minimum required to be a C++ project

[velvet kraken]

would I need to get it redone? All of the blueprints in C++, I dont know C++ tho

[velvet kraken]

also, what should I search to get the correct build tool

[winged moss]

No?

[winged moss]

The one that doesn't meant ATL or MFC

[velvet kraken]

Just one C++ class would do?

[velvet kraken]

ok

[winged moss]

Yes and you don't even need to keep it, just as long as the Build.cs and the NameOfProject.cpp/.h files are there

[velvet kraken]

ok, so I just add a C++ class to a level, save and delete it?

[winged moss]

To a level? Huh

[velvet kraken]

Could you link me a video to what you are suggesting?

I wouldnt really know what to look for

[winged moss]

I've never had to use a video to do this

[hollow fulcrum]

Im new to unreal engine and c++. (UE 5.3)
I made a fresh project with a multiplayer lobby where two players can join to a dedicated server.
Works like a charm in the UE editor.

When packaging the client target, I initially got a few errors. Syntax errors from within some built-in plugins, like chaos.
I dont need chaos and disabled all plugins related to it. While I was at it, I disabled some more. (Chaos, iOS, Android, etc..)
The client package now works successfully (for windows, didnt try others).
The server however still has errors. Which come from Niagara:

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): F:\repos\UnrealEngine\Engine\Plugins\FX\Niagara\Source\Niagara\Private\NiagaraDataInterfaceVectorField.cpp(597): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
PackagingResults: Error: ')'

My TargetRules (abbreviated):

// Client
Type = TargetType.Client;
DefaultBuildSettings = BuildSettingsVersion.V4;
IncludeOrderVersion = EngineIncludeOrderVersion.Unreal5_3;
ExtraModuleNames.Add("INeedHealing");

// same for server (with TargetType.Server ofc), but additionally with this Attribute
[SupportedPlatforms(UnrealPlatformClass.Server)]

1. Why is it compiling chaos.module even tho I disabled all chaos related plugins? UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): [41/83] Compile [x64] Module.Chaos.1.cpp
2. I think I could disable Niagara, but I dont want to. If I do want to use it, I will be stuck with the same problem again. Does a dedicated server even need Niagara? If not, how can I disable plugins purely for the server but keep them enabled for the client?
3. Why are there syntax errors in the built-in plugins? (seems unprofessional to me. But I imagine other people dont have this issue.. But I also imagine many others before me ran into this issue)
4. How do I know when I should rebuild the DevelopmentEditor? I did not do it after disabling the plugins. Could this be my cause of issue? I would like to avoid this, since it takes alot of time to built from source <.<

[hollow fulcrum]

looked into the file btw, and I cant see any syntax error. So I would assume the cause is somehwere else. Like code generation, or include order what ever else it could :c

[winged moss]

A couple of things here, this is an old toolchain (14.36)

Secondly, this is your server target and it does not appear you modified IncludeOrderVersion there

oh I suppose 14.36 is actually okay for 5.3

the release notes mention 14.34

[hollow fulcrum]

some guide said to just copy the client target, and change it to server. I didnt modify anything except for the added attribute which I copied from the lyra example. Which I thought wont hurt :)
5.4 wasnt released when I went onto 5.3 and I didnt bother upgrading yet.

Any other thoughts, ideas what the problem could be?

[winged moss]

can you actually copy and paste the contents of the server.target.cs?

[hollow fulcrum]

using UnrealBuildTool;
using System.Collections.Generic;

[SupportedPlatforms(UnrealPlatformClass.Server)]
public class INeedHealingServerTarget : TargetRules
{
    public INeedHealingServerTarget(TargetInfo Target) : base(Target)
    {
        Type = TargetType.Server;
        DefaultBuildSettings = BuildSettingsVersion.V4;
        IncludeOrderVersion = EngineIncludeOrderVersion.Unreal5_3;
        ExtraModuleNames.Add("INeedHealing");
    }
}

[winged moss]

well your log indicates that IncludeOrderVersion = EngineIncludeOrderVersion.Unreal5_0

also as a bit of an aside, using "Latest" is just easier

[hollow fulcrum]

yeah I saw that too, with the 5_0 but I dont know why it would do that

[winged moss]

oh that's for BootstrapPackagedGame

rather than the actual server target

so that's not really anything to go on

did you try clearing intermediate btw? it's even failing on some generated code

[hollow fulcrum]

nah I didnt. scared that the build will take 8h+ on my potato pc

should I do it, regardless? Ill try that tomorrow than

[winged moss]

well for some reason you didn't set this up as a native build, so yeah you kinda signed yourself up to that

[hollow fulcrum]

thats the first time im hearing this. Doesnt sound well either, native for what platform? Like the engine itself native for my windows working station?

[winged moss]

it means this

[hollow fulcrum]

The Projects are independend of each other? like different games?

[winged moss]

well there would just be one project in this case, but that's what native build entails, it's a subdirectory of the engine root

do your client and/or game targets work correctly?

[hollow fulcrum]

I mean I do have the engine cloned elsewhere on my drive. They are decoupled

the client build runs yeah, starts up without error

[winged moss]

well this makes no sense, though all of it is to do with ISPC

what does your Build.cs look like?

[hollow fulcrum]

almost the same

using UnrealBuildTool;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class INeedHealingTarget : TargetRules
{
    public INeedHealingTarget(TargetInfo Target) : base(Target)
    {
        Type = TargetType.Game;
        DefaultBuildSettings = BuildSettingsVersion.V4;
        IncludeOrderVersion = EngineIncludeOrderVersion.Unreal5_3;
        ExtraModuleNames.Add("INeedHealing");
    }
}

[winged moss]

Build.cs

[hollow fulcrum]

where is that located?

[winged moss]

Source/INeedHealing/INeedHealing.Build.cs

[hollow fulcrum]

ah that one, my bad

using UnrealBuildTool;

public class INeedHealing : ModuleRules
{
    public INeedHealing(ReadOnlyTargetRules Target) : base(Target)
    {
        PCHUsage = PCHUsageMode.UseExplicitOrSharedPCHs;
    
        PublicDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "Core", "CoreUObject", "Engine", "InputCore", "EnhancedInput" });

        PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] {  });
    }
}

[winged moss]

A bit empty, but nothing stands out. how about the uproject?

[winged moss]

nothing weird there, you might need to clear intermediate and try a clean build

because everything else kinda checks out

[hollow fulcrum]

alright, thank you very much Ill try that

[placid fossil]

Should I be packaging via the editor? Or is there a different way to do it ?

[winged moss]

No

Use UnrealFrontend or the command line

BuildCookRun should show plenty of results for the command line way

[placid fossil]

Command line would be like the terminal? (I’m on Mac)

[undone turret]

Yes

[hollow fulcrum]

Worked out, thank you

[rare gazelle]

Hello, is it possible to have some automatic incremental version naming anytime I package the game using Project Launcher?

I heard that there's something like, but I can't find anything

[serene osprey]

i have created an new fresh project and then did the package for windows and it still giving me the error

can someone pls help me

this is the log

[main patrol]

hi guys ❤️ I'm packaging a game for VR on Meta devices and for some reason when packaging from the Editor everything is fine but when done from the command line (using the same command from the editor), the players doesn't have any joystick inputs (button inputs are fine). Do you know what could be causing this? thanks ❤️

[dim zenith]

Hi Rezonant, 👋

I’m experiencing the same error when building my project for Windows.

I doubled-checked and found all my paths were already relative. I don’t suppose you had any other discoveries while you were solving this in your project?

Any advice would be appreciated. 🙂

Cheers.

[craggy cobalt]

could be an actual invalid bnk i guess

otherwise no, it was just that pathing issue afaik, after ensuring it was path relative everything worked fine

[dim zenith]

🤔 It’s so odd that it packages for iOS, and Mac but complains on Windows. And in the editor it plays all the Bink videos.

Thanks for responding.

[sonic vale]

Is there a way to get crash logs from a shipping build?

I’ve got a prod crash that only happens every few days, would be helpful to get crash logs.

Otherwise, is it possible to disable print strings and debug traces on a dev build? And is there any significant security risk in sharing a dev build with users?

Assuming my log files are clean of critical data / keys.

[winged moss]

of course there is, you get minidumps and the log, if logging in shipping is enabled

it's a bit clunky to manually collect them from users though

that's why many use services like bugsplat

you should absolutely keep the PDB for each build (do not upload to public) and ideally store it on a symbol server

[mellow sand]

Hi, im getting a load of these errors when i try to package: PackagingResults: Error: AddRedirect(AddKnownMissing) failed to add redirect from /Game/Rickstones(SORTTHENDELME)/Assets/Doors/Outside_Plastic_Door/Outside_Door_Red/Cabin_Door_Mat_Dry to /Game/Rickstones(SORTTHENDELME)/Assets/Doors/Outside_Plastic_Door/Outside_Door_Red/Cabin_Door_Mat_Dry with invalid characters! i've used the fix up redirects thing on the whole content folder but that hasn't sorted it, although those file paths dont exist anymore we deleted them ages ago, any ideas??

[mellow sand]

Im getting the errors because those folders have () or other weird characters, but the assets they're pointing too don't exist anymore, the whole file path doesn't exist, any ideas how i can fix it?

[mellow sand]

I used the reference viewer and searched for those file paths which showed me i had empties inside maps we weren't using, removing the maps/empties from the maps fix it

[oblique crystal]

Hi Guys I have a problem with the build of my project that even if I set the command as here I still see the build grainy how can I solve it? I put this command in the Open Level Blueprint of my Map

[sturdy sorrel]

hey, so im doing a test build, also im using level streaming, and it seems like the built lighting is not getting loaded along with the level. when I use console command to open that level, the baked lighting is there. does anyone have any idea why that might not work? btw in engine to all works fine

[vivid dragon]

Hello hello 🙂
I am packaging a dedicated server and I got some crashes but no report or dump is generated...Is there some configuration that I am missing? I searched online for 2 days and nothing worked...

(thanks for the help in advance)

[bleak rock]

Try to run it with -crashreporter flag

[rancid frigate]

Heya guys, I'm trying to load a new map during a standalone build. It's been working just fine for a while but now it always immediately loads back into my menu

I'm in the Menumap trying to load into Main, any idea what all that is about?

Lol alright, I realized that my map is called "Main" and unreal also has a map called "Main" deep in it's engine/VR stuff.

Just renamed it and all good

[lyric orchid]

i need to rename s_struct to fix depency package error but when try to rename getting crash on 5.4 how i can fix this any thoughts ?

but fresh project can i think has lots of reference thats why i cant rename but need to rename it

[proven stone]

Depends on what kind of crash… but usually when renaming you’ll want to use core redirectors (or class, enum, package etc… depending on what you’re renaming)

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/core-redirects-in-unreal-engine here’s the appropriate documentation link

[vivid dragon]

Still no dump...I have an "error" on the winapi getLastError "The system could not find the environment option that was entered (203)" but i can't see any solution....

[vivid dragon]

I am packaging my server like this
./RunUAT.bat BuildCookRun -project="Project/Project.uproject" -nop4 -noturnkeyvariables -build -cook -compressed -stage -CrashReporter -noclient -server -serverplatform=Win64 -serverconfig="Test" -pak -archive -archivedirectory="C:\Users\User\Desktop\BuildOutput4" -utf8outputclear
And running the server with
.\ProjectServer.exe -log -unattended -crashreporter
No dump generated, no crash report....the client built in the same way sends a crash report in case of a crash

[carmine salmon]

r.screenpercentage 100?

[oblique crystal]

I saw Unreal command and it tells me yes I have 100

[carmine salmon]

Oh right what do you mean by grainy could you send a screenshot

[oblique crystal]

As if I see the game image in squares as if that is not its quality even if I put this in the open level of my level

[broken galleon]

Hello everyone!
Does anyone know how I can debug the shipping project?

I encounter a problem that drives me crazy, so I package (shipping) if I go to a certain area of ​​the map the game freezes and does not give an error or crash, if I package (development) this does not happen anymore

[turbid fulcrum]

Hello,

I am trying to make a build in UE5.4.4 but I am getting this error and the build fails.

can someone suggest what might be happening and where to look to correct this? We are complete stuck

[summer dock]

Please do post as
code
or full log .txt file.
Easier to read, easier to copy-paste relevant bits

[summer dock]

Jaa-a, I'm afraid I am not familiar with Nanite issues. Does it always fail for the same asset, "SM_BLDG_CHC_L01_A_Wall_02_N1" ?

Maybe try removing it temporarily to sanity check, if possible

[turbid fulcrum]

we have tried that but then it gets stuck with some other asset. We are using City Sample projects assets, so it just feels like it gets stuck on any asset once you remove the asset that it got stuck on earlier!

[summer dock]

Hmm hmm

[summer dock]

A bit earlier, I am seeing these lines

OodleDataCompression: Display: Oodle: OODLE ERROR : LZ corruption : DecodeOneQuantum fail!

OodleDataCompression: Display: Oodle: OODLE ERROR : LZ corruption : OodleLZ_Decompress failed (0 != 262144)```

That looks very sus

I guess I would do more sanity checks, maybe something like

• clean project with some of the assets, package ( assuming you have a big project with lots of stuff )
• clean project with earlier engine, some of the assets

That corruption error looks pretty scary in any case

[turbid fulcrum]

yup.. okay will try this

[broken galleon]

Hello everyone!
AI controller makes the shipping project freeze without crashing or any error. From what I have noticed, if I disable auto possess, this does not happen anymore. I use Unreal 5.4.4 with World Partition and the animals (AI) have is spatially loaded activated (if I disable the map it doesn't load anymore because I have a lot of animals)

I manually placed the animals on the map and do not use a spawn system

[serene osprey]

how do i see the fps after packaging the game

[broken galleon]

Hello!

If you are packing (development) you can press the "`" key for the console and then write FPS status if you are packing (shippment) you must use another program to be able to see the FPS (if you have an nvidia card you can enable it to show you FPS in games , xbox in windows also has a setting for FPS)

[hardy yarrow]

I am trying to package my game. Big errors popped up:

Can I get little help? Tried to verify the installer, to delete all cloner stuff in my scene, deinstalled cloner plugin but I still get these errors

[spice canopy]

Just a general question. Has anyone ever had a system that plays imported videos (MP4) in a widget, and also packaged that project and had it working? I'm having an issue when I package my project, as soon as this ingame tutorial video is to play the packaged game crashes. In the editor and in Standalone it all works like it should. But as soon as it is to show in the packaged game, it instantly freezes and crashes.

[serene osprey]

It says u have a failed import of Niagara data asset

Try to reimport it

[red heron]

any suggestion for packaging/building the game for different platforms? currently we have a game on steam which we want to publish on Epic store and also other consoles

[summer dock]

Optimally you would probably want to be setting up a Jenkins / Team City build pipeline at this stage, so you don't have to do everything by hand on commandline.
You will probably need to be passing in some build parameters to switch providers ( Steam/Epic ), for example.
Also if your project is reaching the stage you are publishing to consoles, I would highly recommend setting up nightly builds for QA so any changes are tested on a 24 hour cycle, and any compilation errors are caught quickly. #automation channel covers this sort of thing

[red heron]

thanks

[pastel finch]

I'm trying to make a build but it never goes beyond 10 packages:

LogCook: Warning: Cooker has been blocked from saving the current packages for 120 seconds.
LogCook: Display: 10 packages in the savequeue:
LogCook: Display: Cooked packages 4253 Packages Remain 10 Total 4263
LogCook: Display: 10 objects that have not yet returned true from IsCachedCookedPlatformDataLoaded:

can someone help me ?

[modest badger]

what that can mean

[south jacinth]

Hello! I'm trying to package a game, using UE5.4, but getting an error at packaging stage:

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Command failed (Result:-1073741792): D:\Software\UE\UE_5.4_Git\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UnrealPak.exe "D:\Projects\UE\BloodShooter\BloodShooter.uproject"  -cryptokeys="D:\Projects\UE\BloodShooter\Saved\Cooked\Windows\BloodShooter\Metadata\Crypto.json" -secondaryOrder="D:\Projects\UE\BloodShooter\Build\Windows\FileOpenOrder\CookerOpenOrder.log" -patchpaddingalign=2048 -compressionformats=Oodle -compresslevel=4 -compressmethod=Kraken  -platform=Windows  -CreateMultiple="D:\Software\UE\UE_5.4_Git\Engine\Programs\AutomationTool\Saved\Logs\PakCommands.txt". See logfile 
for details: '[None!, no output produced]'

Does anybody know why it might produce no output and fail?

[winged moss]

And the preceding lines of the log?

[old bolt]

Hi I sometimes get these vague errors when I try to cook my project, any pointers how to debug?

I'm not sure how to tell what asset it actually got that error on.. is it possible to attach a debugger when packaging?

[wise echo]

Hi, when I package my project I get some errors in the materials as those.

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogShaderCompilers: Error: PipelineJob 0 Failed: M_OWTAutoMaterial_b370c2bc776aedb4/Low/VelocityPipeline/FLandscapeVertexFactory/FVelocityPS/0:/Engine/Private/VelocityShader.usf|MainPixelShader VF 'FLandscapeVertexFactory' Type 'FVelocityPS' '/Engine/Private/VelocityShader.usf' Entry 'MainPixelShader' Permutation 0

When I open M_OWTAutoMaterial it looks fine and gives no error. Tried deleting DDC, made a cleanbuild, nothing weird. What can I do to find out where it comes from? Thanks a lot for every idea!

[wise echo]

Packaging works for another person with same project. What could be the reason?!

[winged moss]

Well what is the error for the person it doesn't work for?

[wise echo]

Well that one:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogShaderCompilers: Error: PipelineJob 0 Failed: M_OWTAutoMaterial_b370c2bc776aedb4/Low/VelocityPipeline/FLandscapeVertexFactory/FVelocityPS/0:/Engine/Private/VelocityShader.usf|MainPixelShader VF 'FLandscapeVertexFactory' Type 'FVelocityPS' '/Engine/Private/VelocityShader.usf' Entry 'MainPixelShader' Permutation 0

I was referring to myself for adding more context.

[winged moss]

Oh I thought it was a separate issue. It's not an issue I'm familiar with. If this is the launcher engine, possibly verify the files? Clear intermediate/DDC, that kinda stuff?

Even try a fresh checkout from source control in a separate location and see there

[wise echo]

Tried all without success, only remaining option is fresh clone. Interestingly enough, after updating UE fomr 5.4.3 to 5.4.4 now, other shaders fail. It seems the whole shader compiler crashes since under the failing pipeline stuff I read:
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: Fatal error: [File:D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\ShaderCompiler\ShaderCompiler.cpp] [Line: 2055] UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): LogWindows: Error: ShaderCompileWorker failed

[bold monolith]

Guys just tell me is it possible to package on 5.4.4 for Meta Quest 3 ?

[summer dock]

I guess #virtual-reality people would know best

[umbral urchin]

Hello. I am attempting to package an inherited project and I'm getting the error "UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: There can be only one Editor target per project." The existing google search only works for Game target. I have two workspaces of the project on my machine, if that matters, but they are in different folders.

[winged moss]

And what targets are in Source?

[umbral urchin]

Not sure what you mean.

[winged moss]

Open the Source directory

You will see Target.cs files

What do you have?

[umbral urchin]

ProjectName.Target.CS, ProjectNameEditor.Target.CS, and ProjectNameServer.Target.CS

[winged moss]

and do they all set the Type explicitly?

[umbral urchin]

Hang on, I'm reverting my project to an older version because I can no longer run the damn editor.

[vapid depot]

What are the pros and cons of CookMultiprocess over CookSingleprocess?

[dull yarrow]

Hi, I have a packaged build, I would like to replace the exe with some built locally to test some cpp fixed. I did a local development exe and replaced the build one (still built as development) but the game keeps crashing with this fatal error:

Missing global shader FTSRRejectShadingCS's permutation 2, Please make sure cooking was successful.```

What I'm missing? I remember that I always did something similar in previous engine versions and it always worked. (Now I'm on 5.4 and I'm building at the same commit)

[umbral urchin]

I've got my project restored, and all 3 do set the Type value explicitly

Looks like commenting out one that said Editor gets packaging working.

[winged moss]

So it was set to Editor when it wasn't supposed to be?

[proven stone]

Multiprocess cooking is new … so might be potentially unstable… which is the negative… the positive is that if you have beefy computer, you can speed cooking a lot.

Meanwhile single process cooking is… just what it is. Older and more mature process which is slower

[umbral urchin]

There were two target files set to editor, since the engine is nested inside the project directory for some reason

Meanwhile, I've successfully packaged now but trying to run the EXE gets the error "failed to open descriptor file ../../ProjectName.uproject"

[flat forge]

I sure this is a repeat question, but where do I even begin looking to figure out why I can't launch a successfully built project?

Missing global shader FHardwareVideoDecodingYCoCgAlphaPS's permutation 0, Please make sure cooking was successful.```


Project I'm making is dead simple with like 2 Blueprints trying to save data with UE's save game system.

[flat forge]

Found the issue:
Had the Media Compositing plugin disabled. Re-enabling it fixed my problem.

[south elm]

I have a few phantom files that the cooker continues to search for even though they've erased from the project for years. I did a text search both in the editor and from my IDE and can't find any of these strings in use.. Any idea which file I can edit to make it stop searching for these?

[tidal sundial]

Hi! Does anyone know why UE is failing with a "FATAL ERROR" whenever I try to build my game for Windows?

[tidal sundial]

nevermind, deleted old make files and now it works

[umbral urchin]

Hello. I am trying to build a server package for my game but it says Server Targets Are Not Currently Supported. I'm already building editor from source so I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

[mystic atlas]

Are you actually running the editor from source?

[umbral urchin]

I think so. I've set the project's editor version to be the version of the engine I have saved.

How can I tell?

[mystic atlas]

You used the version selector?

[umbral urchin]

yes

[mystic atlas]

Did you start the editor using your IDE?

Do you actually have a server target.cs file?

[umbral urchin]

Yes.

[mystic atlas]

You're probably good then!

[umbral urchin]

Yes

But still getting the error Server Targets Are Not Currently Supported.

Googling just says "Get source build"

[mystic atlas]

Is out of ideas

😦

[umbral urchin]

Presumably there's some flag.

[umbral urchin]

I've found that BaseEngine.ini has a list of Installed Platforms. However none of them are set to a Server configuration and I don't know how to get that kind of data,

[winged moss]

Native builds are so much easier

[vapid depot]

Can I exclude the .pdb file in development build when sending the game to someone else for testing?

[dusky notch]

i have it enabled and even so im gettings errors >c

[winged moss]

but did you also enable long path support in Windows?

[bleak cloak]

when packaging different data per platform whats the "proper" way to handle something like UI icons? back being esc on pc, b on xbox, circle on ps etc

id ideally like to not leave any trace of any other platforms data in the final package, currently the only things that look like they might work is either a data table and conditionally packaged folders or some horrible hacks with redirectors

[spark sorrel]

Does anyone know why im getting a cook error when I try to package my project?

[vital palm]

Hey Guys please help me fix this issue For UE4.27.2 plus

i was able to make build with shipping

after enabling google pad plugin and package for distribution and max. api to 34 It starts showing this error

[vital palm]

your issues are related to anim. bp , bp , sounds etc.
in the attached log file check from 1320 to 1375

[vital palm]

Error showing that com.google.android.play.core.gms package no longer exists
But this is removed from source

Anyone please help me fix this issue

[winged moss]

CommonUI has stuff for setting button glyphs per platform. Another protip is you can name a folder after a specific platform

Though I doubt someone from Sony is looking through your pak files in umodel

[bleak cloak]

perfect, thank you

[bleak cloak]

its more that i dont want to make the packaged project any bigger than it is already

[winged moss]

Helps to show the full output since the error is likely above anything in this screenshot

[spark sorrel]

is there a way to get the whole thing without snipping tool?

[winged moss]

Yeah there's this thing called copy and paste. Discord converts it to an attachment if it's too long

It also gives you the path to log file you can attach

[winged moss]

Ctrl+F Warning/Error Summary (Unique only)

It looks like you have an asset referencing something in MegascansPlugin

But it's disabled

Standard_MasterSwirl to be precise

[spark sorrel]

ah ok ill look into this real quick appreciate it

[umbral urchin]

Hello! I am getting a crash on launch because my game is being packaged with steamworks version 147 but the game is trying to access version 146.

[golden patio]

Is there a way to open the project launcher without opening the full engine so I could configure and cook/build a project?

[winged moss]

Never upgrade the Steamworks SDK unless a) you're on a source build b) know what you're doing

[umbral urchin]

I'm on a source build. Not sure about B

[winged moss]

UnrealFrontend.exe

[winged moss]

Is it a native source build? If it's installed then it needs to match when you make the installed build.

Also the docs are wrong. The Steamworks SDK has been bundled with the engine for years

[umbral urchin]

Seems like it's a problem with a plugin, UWorks, that is still expecting the old version.

[winged moss]

Ugh that plugin, well hopefully you need to be multiplatform then

[amber anchor]

beep

we were using the visual novel framework for unreal 4. however my other teammates at the time had to use unreal 5 and could not have both versions installed at the same time.

seeing that the visual novel framework gave no errors while running in unreal 5 the choice was made to make our game in Unreal 5.4.

flash forward to now where we are two weeks away from attending a showcase event run by our college.

I'm trying to package our project but the package fails

the creators of the framework cannot be contacted anymore. the documentation is old.
seemingly nobody else is trying to use this framework for unreal 5 to say post about it in the unreal forums.
apologies if this isnt the appropriate place for this i could never seem to find the build issues chat here.

[winged moss]

Looks extremely cursed

But I suppose that's par for the course for a BP only framework

Does the BP struct it's complaining about actually exist?

[undone turret]

there's hope if its saying unknown struct sometimes that can be fixed by going to the BP where these structs exist and refresh all nodes it doesn't always fix it but it did for me when I was updating structs

[amber anchor]

Noted, i should try this.

[amber anchor]

For the most part yes, which makes it more confusing. The array of nodes error had a real structure.

[winged moss]

Then yeah the refresh nodes might help

[gilded adder]

Hello everyone, are there any resources on how to package game for PS5?

[winged moss]

Not publicly, no

If you're a registered PlayStation developer, you can verify your status with Epic

[gilded adder]

Oh, so if you just want to test your game on PS5 you need to do that?

[winged moss]

well which part? in either case, yes

you get granted access to the PS5 parts of the engine

[gilded adder]

Are they sending you a developer kit to be used with UE5?

[winged moss]

?

you need to apply through Sony. Epic has no bearing on this and they ain't gonna send you devkits

[gilded adder]

Do you have any idea about the costs of registering?

[winged moss]

nope, never been a part of the actual registration process

[gilded adder]

Cool, thanks for answering to my questions. Cheers!

[amber anchor]

you may haved saved my entire project.
thank you!

[hexed bronze]

can someone help me with core redirects?
i've moved part of my game to a plugin, the module name is the same. but still one class that i use on widget blueprints is missing. im not sure how to do it.
i tried this and it didnt work
+ClassRedirects=(OldName="BaseBtn",NewName="/Script/project.BaseBtn" )

[undone turret]

no worries it happened to me lol

[winged moss]

i've moved part of my game to a plugin, the module name is the same.
Elaborate? How would the plugin have an identically named module?

[hexed bronze]

i've created a new project.
took the old project's source and made a plugin out of it.
kept the same module name.
cpp code works, but bp is a bit messed up.

[winged moss]

then I'm not sure why'd there'd be a redirector to begin with then since the module name is the same

bit of an unconventional approach

[hexed bronze]

yeah me neither. but in bp i use a widget defined in cpp. and it just cant find it. even though it's exactly the same.

i know, im quite unconventional myself.

[winged moss]

so what happens in the editor? the asset refuses to open because of an invalid parent class?

[hexed bronze]

nopes, im instancing the cpp class on the outline tree. and it just dissapeared.

which in turn makes the bp code fails since "the variable is not defined"

for example, there should be two buttons here

i do have a bp that inherits that class, and that one works fine.

it's ok, i think ill just re-add them manually, since i already had to resave some of the files.

[bronze yacht]

Question:

Compared to the amazing working being done with lumen, nanite and shadows with UE5. It's sad to see the packaging, cooking process feels like it's 1990s still.
Why are thre errors like please resave asset and recook, why the hell isn't it doing all that for me and making this easy. Could we get the same attention to detail we're seeing in shadows in 5.5 but put in to packaging, cooking, errors and project management of assets.

[umbral urchin]

Can anyone tell me why my build configurations are empty?

[umbral urchin]

This is really causing me grief.

[winged moss]

And if you package from UFE or the command line instead?

[umbral urchin]

What's UFE?

And how would I package via command line?

I'm just confused why the option would vanish

[winged moss]

UnrealFrontend, the editor calls it project launcher iirc, but it's completely standalone. Packaging from the editor is pretty wasteful

[elder moss]

Hello - trying to package my game and I am getting a ton of red warnings, many of them are 'unknown structure' errors. Question - is any red warning causing my packaging to fail and they all need addressing before I can package? Any tips on the best way to fix this. I am up against a deadline and could really use some help

[elder moss]

I dont really understand why I have so many Unknown Structures - how do that many get corrupted?

[undone turret]

usually it happens when you change the struct after using it somewhere just go to the indiciated BPs and refresh all nodes and that should fix it

[visual plover]

Hello! Is it possible to execute RunUAT in a Windows machine to build a plugin for both Windows and Linux, using the cross-platform toolchain? Or is that only viable using RunUBT/in-editor? Yes it is, I just had the wrong value set for the LINUX_MULTIARCH_ROOT.

[cursive ingot]

Hello, does anyone know if it's possible to run visual logger in packaged game?

[buoyant plover]

has anyone run into this when packaging a build and trying to play it on windows 11? There seems to be no info related to this at all on the internet... Other than trying to run in compatibility mode, but the only options there are for fucking windows 8,7,vista - surely this is not the way.

What's strange is a build from a month ago works fine, is there any way to find out what change is causing this build issue?

[buoyant plover]

restarting the pc fixed the issue ._.

[hexed bronze]

might want to try checking the security features on windows, i've heard they have some that are a bit too intrusive. some of which are re-enabled without consent after an auto-update.
like core isolation and DEP.
also maybe your antivirus. there's one that runs a sandbox on processes, and the 1st time you try it it doesn't work.
i have that issue with network. first time i open my project, the firewall denies it, and wont work.

[solar shard]

Hey, folks. First time trying to package a game for distribution on Steam here. I've learned that I need to add the steam_appid.txt file together with the game executable. My question is if there is a way to automate this step so I don't have to manually copy this file every time. I'm looking into setting up a custom profile on project launcher for this "shipping build for Steam" but I don't see if there is an option to add automated steps post build.

[summer dock]

I recommend using python scripts and/or Jenkins/TeamCity/Horde to automate any nasty business

see #automation channel for more shenanigans on that front

[solar shard]

Thanks, @summer dock !

[summer dock]

Theoretically packaging should only include stuff referenced in the Levels you choose to include in packaging

[halcyon light]

Would anyone here know why my packaging gets stuck at the following stage of cooking? UATHelper: Packaging (IOS): LogOnline: Display: OSS: FOnlineSubsystemAppleModule::ShutdownModule()****

[loud remnant]

Hi guys, I've been having issues trying to pack for Android on 5.4

Any ideas on what the best way to do it?

[summer dock]

it's fine to stick to #mobile channel on this front I reckon, all the mob devs are there

[broken forge]

When you package your game and forget for example to connect a blueprint so you have to save and repackage the game all over again, is there a way to do this without repackaging everything?

[summer dock]

best practice is to have a separate build machine so you don't waste your dev time waiting for packaging

i.e. no

[broken forge]

No I mean: you package your game ready to be released, then you try it and you notice for example a mesh is out of position so now you have reopen unreal, change it and repackage all over again

[summer dock]

yeah, you just have to fix and repackage

[broken forge]

😭

[summer dock]

And this is why having some form of CI ( continuous integration ) system like Jenkins / or at the very least a separate build machine is a Very Good Idea

[broken forge]

I see. Thank you

[pallid lintel]

I get that the error is saying something is wrong with the datalayer, but I dont understand where to find that file:

"UATHelper: Cooking (Windows): LogCook: Error: Content is missing from cook. Source package referenced an object in target package but the target package was marked NeverCook or is not cookable for the target platform.
UATHelper: Cooking (Windows): Source package: /Game/Levels/LVL_neoRome/LVL_neoRome_01/Generated/07PQ2UCPWB9PBJ8ZPW06NZ6DR
UATHelper: Cooking (Windows): Target package: /Engine/EditorLandscapeResources/DataLayer
UATHelper: Cooking (Windows): Referenced object: /Engine/EditorLandscapeResources/DataLayer"

I deleted the generated folder, yet still getting these errors. So, it is odd

oh... well, I turned off the option for "cook" editor conent, but because it was used in the game (somewhere) it was erroring. Makes sense

[halcyon light]

Has anyone here ever had this issue when cooking on Mac with xCode 16?

UATHelper: Packaging (IOS): LogInit: Display: NOTE: Only first 50 warnings displayed.
UATHelper: Packaging (IOS): LogInit: Display:
UATHelper: Packaging (IOS): LogInit: Display: Success - 0 error(s), 58 warning(s)
UATHelper: Packaging (IOS): LogInit: Display:
UATHelper: Packaging (IOS): Execution of commandlet took: 2m 10s (130.44 seconds)

My project cooks correctly but then hangs after this point and never shows "SUCCESS"

[strange solstice]

Hey everyone! I'm having trouble unpacking the content of my game. I'm working with mods, so I need to package the mod file and upload it to the mod.io platform so that when someone subscribes to the mod, it gets uploaded and unpacked to access the files like blueprints and textures. The issue I'm having is with unpacking. I'm using UnrealPak.exe to unpack, but when I try to unpack the .pak file from the chunk that contains the mods, I get a message saying that UnrealPak ran, but nothing happens. I'll attach some screenshots to show you what I mean.

Then, just to test, I tried unpacking the entire game to see if it would work, and I noticed something that I'm not sure is supposed to happen. The content folder doesn't get unpacked when I unpack the whole game, only the plugins and config folders.

[winged moss]

Why would you need to unpack it

You can just mount the pak file

[strange solstice]

So, I upload the mod file as a .pak to the mod.io platform because it's one of their requirements. Then, when someone downloads it, the unpacking is done, and it's possible to manipulate the files, like blueprints and textures, which will be mapped, for example. This file manipulation is done within the blueprints. I didn't understand what you meant by "mounting the pak."

As I mentioned before, I did a test trying to unpack the entire game, not just a chunk, and nothing related to the content came, only config and plugins. I don’t know if this indicates that I need to do some extra configuration to make it possible to unpack the content. I really need to solve this, as I’m the one responsible for this implementation on the team. I’m not understanding how to do this unpacking in Unreal 5.
@winged moss

These are the screenshots from the attempt to unpack the entire game, which came without the content.

[winged moss]

well it isn't one of their requirements because I uploaded a zip file to mod.io

and unpacked the zip

and when the unzipping was complete, I'd mount the pak files it found in the output directory

so again, I'm not sure why any of this is necessary

[strange solstice]

So, I'm trying to do it this way because the current mod.io documentation indicates that it should be done like this. I'll try doing it the way you suggested, using a zip file. Thank you so much!

[winged moss]

I always found their Unreal plugin to be a little meh, I rolled a custom one

[strange solstice]

It falls short in some aspects, but I think it's improving over time

It's acting as a stopgap for me because I don't have time to implement so many things on my own

[strange solstice]

And what did you use, PlayFab?

[winged moss]

I wrote a custom mod.io plugin following the API documentation

[strange solstice]

hmmmm interesting

[winged moss]

It only supported what it needed to

I think here they're trying to be a bit too "batteries included" since I last looked at this

[strange solstice]

To be honest, ideally, I would like to build my mod system with PlayFab, but I hate Microsoft's documentation

I'm really hoping that Mod.io improves a few things, like its error handling

For example, many things that could return a message specifying what went wrong just don't work, and you have to figure out what it is

[bold tapir]

does anyone knows what is wrong? I am using unreal 5.0

[summer dock]

looks very much like a problem with your toolchain, best mosey on over to #mobile channel

[bold tapir]

okay

[fluid jungle]

Hi! I get this crash as soon as I start my compiled project, but it only happens if I compile it in Shipping mode, in development mode everything works correctly, this is the complete error, let's see if someone can give me a hand:

LowLevelFatalError [File:D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Private\Serialization\Archive.cpp] [Line: 762]
BulkData compressed header read error. This package may be corrupt!

0x00007ff6d2a229c5 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d2a21557 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d2928549 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d5c2548e InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d5c1d8f2 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d5c228dd InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d5c37053 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d2c2239c InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d2c1d9c8 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d2c1d8d1 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d2b108f9 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d2c1d77f InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d510a3da InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d50ff2a6 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d5109ae6 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d4f89e1c InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d570c7a4 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d5713d6c InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d5713dea InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d5714c10 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d571cef4 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ff6d7673d92 InteractFramework-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ffdce6d257d KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction []

To clarify, the project compiled correctly, it's when you open the executable of the project compiled in shipping mode.

[short flint]

hey guys, not sure if it's the correct channel to post this on but yeah the problem I have is related to PSO bundles. So I'm able to supposedly record PSOs during gameplay and there is a ".rec.upipelinecache" available after exiting and so on so I assume all is good. When i re-cook with the .spc file and re-run the game using -clearPSODriverCache, there is always a bunch of PSOs (specifically Minimal PSOs) that are always missed, even though their materials are actually viewed during the playthrough.

what i see in the log is a bunch of "Found PSO With same shaders & different state:" when the PSO cache result is "Missed"

has anybody seen this problem before or knows what might be causing it?

[acoustic cosmos]

Hello Everyone,

Is it possible to ship a package with a different DefaultEngine.ini file? My use case is: I would like to activate different EOS configurations for the "Linux Server" package compared to the "Windows Client" package.

[inland latch]

Hey Guys,
Niot sure if this belongs here, but if I package my Game for Windows with both SM6 DirectX and SM6 for Vulkan, how do I determine which one I want to use?
I assum,e it's a flag you set when launching the game, startup parameter or soemthing?

I've seen it done on Steam where at Launch you can choose between DirectX or Vulkan?

[dim trout]

Good morning guys,
I have a small error on steam. I uploaded my game and setup everything, but I got the error that I dont have an excutable file. And that is because I have a subfolder "windows" in my project. The "dumb" issue is, I dont find a documentation how steam is requiring to setup the path and I already tried a lot and its a mess. Can some give me a hint? 😄

[proud geyser]

What defines what shows up on the supported/unsupported Platforms list?
I'm working with a sample project and it says a platform isn't supported (but it builds fine and is my target platform)
Is it just in a .uplugin or .uproject file somewhere that I could modify?

[minor flame]

I'm packaging with a 5.3 source build. The server builds fine but for either dev or shipping client I get..
Expecting to find a type to be declared in a module rules named 'HttpServer' in UE5Rules, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null. This type must derive from the 'ModuleRules' type defined by Unreal Build Tool
I have the HttpServer in my build.cs, it's not a plugin but part of the engine so I'm not sure what do with this.

[minor flame]

Ok, I had HttpServer in the build.cs but it was supposed to be HTTPServer. I noticed a small message came up during the build but it didn't error

[old condor]

Hey!
I am desperately calling for help
The package game started to crash
It did not happen before. This does on one map only
Unfortunately I have pitch session incoming and I have some meetings set up, where I am expected to show all 3 maps working
😦
Publishers expect me to show all 3 maps
Fatal error appears just several seconds before loading a level
I have attached the error decoding into a package game, so that's the stuff I get
"<CallStack> (mygamename)_Win64_Shipping!FLandscapeComponentSceneProxy::GetStaticMeshElement<TArray<FLandscapeBatchElementParams,TSizedDefaultAllocator&lt"
Dunno if it's trying to find some static mesh element, that doesn't exist anymore ? The whole project is at stake if I don't figure it out before the friday

[old condor]

Full error: Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x0000000000000008

TURBOBullets_Win64_Shipping!FLandscapeComponentSceneProxy::GetStaticMeshElement<TArray<FLandscapeBatchElementParams,TSizedDefaultAllocator<32> > >()
TURBOBullets_Win64_Shipping!FLandscapeComponentSceneProxy::DrawStaticElements()
TURBOBullets_Win64_Shipping!FRayTracingDeferredReflectionsRGS::FParameters::operator=()
TURBOBullets_Win64_Shipping!FDeferredShadingSceneRenderer::PrepareSingleLayerWaterRayTracingReflections()
TURBOBullets_Win64_Shipping!TRDGLambdaPass<FVisualizeShadingModelPS::FParameters,<lambda_72265747c8d69c710a699e31e0be7953> >::ExecuteImpl()
TURBOBullets_Win64_Shipping!FTaskThreadAnyThread::ProcessTasksUntilQuit()
TURBOBullets_Win64_Shipping!FTaskThreadBase::Run()
TURBOBullets_Win64_Shipping!FRunnableThreadWin::Run()

[heavy tapir]

Hello, I'm packaging my game in shipping configuration but the ini files are not being created on AppData/Local. The only file being created is the GameUserSettings. Does anyone know why this may be happening?
I'm trying to add the option for the player to change the RHI but it's not working, it should change the Engine.ini file

[last minnow]

I've the same issue, and idk what to do

I want to change de RHI runtime, but I can as the Engine.ini is not generating

[serene jolt]

is it not possible to use configuration overrides for packaged builds?

specifically https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/configuration-files-in-unreal-engine#overrideconfigurationfromthecommand-line

eh, now that i think of it i guess it makes sense

[winged moss]

CustomConfig in target is used for this, but requires a source build

[serene jolt]

i have a source build, thanks for this. super helpful

[tender orbit]

Are you trying to inject config values INTO the build itself? Such as a build ID as a config value? If so... https://medium.com/disruptivegames/config-injection-during-unreal-engine-4-builds-87e02b7ecc09 It's a big aged now and the changes in engine are deep in ProjectParams hell but we use this endlessly and one of the best investments we did on the packaging pipeline. Basically runs a commandlet to update values from commandline ones build has been staged and updates the ini files.

[serene jolt]

in particular a secret key for the server for communication with a master server

[strange solstice]

Hey everyone, I’m trying to mount a .pak file that I generated with ChunkLoader, but I’m having trouble. When it tries to mount, my game crashes. I know the path is correct because if I use the wrong path, it logs that the file wasn’t found. Does anyone know what might be happening? My brain is melting already

[winged moss]

This is a bit old hat with CustomConfig

[winged moss]

Oh then you don't actually need CustomConfig at all

You can make a DedicatedServerEngine/Game/etc.ini

[serene jolt]

oh that's super cool. would i access that from code?

[winged moss]

No you make a file in the Config directory and that gets packaged with your server build