Unreal Engine Issues
Unreal Engine Issues
Packaging plugin doesn't create UE4Editor.modules file
UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - UnrealBuildTool - Nov 17, 2016Seems like packaging plugins doesn't generate UE4Editor.modules files. This file is used to point to the plugin binaries to use, and so can cause issues. The simple workaround for this is just copy ...
Plugins do not work on Mac if they are added to a project via a symlink
UE - Platform - Apple - Apr 5, 2017The Editor on Mac does not recognize plugins that are added to a code project via symlink (the plugin code is located somewhere other than in the project's Plugins folder). Xcode properly recognizes ...
Bug: Relative File Paths for Asset Source Files are Incorrectly Generated for Engine and Engine Plugin Assets
UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Nov 21, 2024When importing an asset like a Texture asset using the steps mentioned in the Repro steps, the imported asset does not have the correct relative path listed under the newly-created asset's "Source F ...
Packaging with plugins GearVR and GoogleVR together cause build failed with multiple definitions of GetHMD()
UE - Platform - XR - Sep 7, 2016Packaging with plugins GearVR and GoogleVR together cause build failed with multiple definitions of GetHMD(). Log attached for build error and error portion plugged into the callstack box. ...
Unable to compile Runtime plugins
UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - Plugin System - Jun 27, 2018Attempting to package a runtime plugin in 4.20 results in the following error: ERROR: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'D:\Unreal Projects\4.20\PluginTest\Test ...
Plugin code for plugins located in an AdditionalPluginDirectories directory is not being included in the project's solution
UE - Foundation - Core - Nov 3, 2017In the 4.17 release notes, there is a note that mentions that plugins added to a directory in the AdditionalPluginDirectories list in the .uproject file would automatically get included in the gener ...
Unable to package project that includes a custom precompiled plugin
UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - Oct 9, 2018Packaging a project that includes a precompiled plugin fails with an error that an object reference is not set to an instance of an object. This only happens in the Binary Engine. If the Engine is ...
Inaccurate dialog box displayed when trying to open a project that contains a plugin with missing binaries
UE - Foundation - Core - Aug 29, 2017In 4.17, attempting to open a project that contains a plugin with a missing .dll file results in a dialog box appearing that says that the plugin is not compatible with the current Engine version, a ...
Regression: Several project settings, especially from built-in Plugins, are being silently erased when previously they were not, which is perceived as a bug
UE - Foundation - Feb 28, 2025In UE's Project Settings, some pages are saved automatically to the project's "Config/Default<CATEGORY>.ini" file (meant to be version-controlled) on every change. Other pages have buttons "Set as D ...
ModularGameplay and other runtime plugins have wrong LoadingPhase
UE - Gameplay - Jun 30, 2022Plugins that provide blueprint-accessible libraries generally need to be set the PreDefault LoadingPhase so they can be properly loaded before game-specific data that loads early in the Default load ...