Building Plugins

If you want to build a plugin so that you can test it locally as if it was a Marketplace plugin (before you package it), the ue-build-plugin.ps1 script can help make it easier.

The plugin will be built for the current platform only, using the engine version specified in the .uplugin file.

Usage:
  ue-build-plugin.ps1 [[-src:]sourcefolder] [Options]

  -src         : Source folder (current folder if omitted)
               : (should be root of project)
  -dryrun      : Don't perform any actual actions, just report on what you would do
  -help        : Print this help

Environment Variables:
  UEINSTALL   : Use a specific Unreal install.
              : Default is to find one based on project version, under UEROOT
  UEROOT      : Parent folder of all binary Unreal installs (detects version).
              : Default C:\Program Files\Epic Games

This script operates based on a pluginconfig.json file which must be present in the root of your plugin, next to the .uplugin file. The options are:

{
    "PackageDir": "C:\\Users\\Steve\\Marketplace",
    "BuildDir": "C:\\Users\\Steve\\Builds\\MyPlugin",
    "PluginFile": "OptionalPluginFilenameWillDetectInDirOtherwise.uplugin",
}

Only BuildDir is required.

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