classicvalues / unreal-binary-builder

An application designed to create installed Unreal Engine builds (aka Rocket builds) from Unreal Engine GitHub source.

Unreal Engine Binary Builder

This is a small app designed to create binary build of Unreal Engine from GitHub source.

Watch the below video to get an idea.

How to use (Compiling Engine)

Step I

• Download the latest release of Unreal Binary Builder.

Step II

• Clone or Download UE4 source from github.

Step III

• Open Unreal Binary Builder.
• Click Browse and select root folder of your downloaded Engine (where Setup.bat and GenerateProjectFiles.bat exists).

• Once the root folder is selected, click Start.
• If Continue to Engine Build is enabled, then Unreal Binary Builder will automatically continue to compile the Engine with given options under Compile tab.

Step IV

• Click Compile tab and set options for the Engine.

Troubleshoot

Bug with 4.25.4
There is a known issue with 4.25.4 where it fails to build with an error message: AutomationException: Attempt to add file to temp storage manifest that does not exist (<Path To Engine>\cpp.hint) This issue has been fixed in 4.26 but if you need to use 4.25.4 see this workaround by Bernard Rouhi: ryanjon2040#26 (comment)

Access Denied on some files?
On Windows, just change the ownership to Users then try again. To change ownership on Windows, follow these steps

• Right click on the UE4 folder, choose Properties
• Switch to Security tab
• Click on Advanced
• Near the top, click on Change User
• A new dialog will open, in the text box at bottom, type in "Users", then click Check Names
• OK till the end.

Dependencies

HandyControl by HandyOrg

DotNetZip by Henrik/Dino Chiesa

GameAnalytics by Game Analytics

Json.NET by Newtonsoft

Sentry.NET by Sentry

AutoGrid by SpicyTaco

LogViewer by Federico Berasategui

NetSparkle by NetSparkleUpdater

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