"UE4 learning" 01--ue4 Download and install

Unreal Engine is installed in two, one is directly from the official Epic Games Launcher.exe for one-click installation, the other is to download the source code compiled UE4Editor.exe.

Both of these installation methods are described below.

Recommendation:

(1) SSD solid-state drive, 8G memory above;

(2) The installation path does not contain Chinese;

(3) UE4.10 start, use VS2015. (ue4.15 above can be used vs2017)

(4) if Microsoft Visual C + + 2010Redistributable is installed, uninstall (not verified)

(5) VS2015 default installation without C + +, please select the Custom check box when installing

(6) Vs2015 installation of the need to win8 the SDK also selected (the image is not shown), or packaging will occur when this error: Windows SDK v8.1 must be installed in order to build the this target.

Main installation Environment configuration:

(1) ssd128g;

(2) 6G memory;

(3) win8.1 Pro.

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"1" one-touch Installation

(1) Download the launcher installation file on Windows or Mac platform from Unreal Engine official website. See figure below

(2) After installation, launch Epic Games Launcher.exe, enter the login interface, register account entry, the process may take some time.

(3) After the completion of the landing, enter the main boundary, there is a module surface as shown in the figure below. Click "Unreal Engine" → "Library" → "Add version" and select the corresponding version in the lower triangle list to install it automatically. Install the direct start, you can start to build the project.

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"2" source code compilation installation

Since the source of the UE4 is on GitHub, compiling the source code requires a GitHub account, as well as epic accounts, which need to be linked. Also select the corresponding vitual studio version according to the readme on GitHub. Installation, you are prompted to install VS2015.

Original:

Install Visual Studio 2015. All desktop editions of Visual Studio, can build UE4, including Visual studio Community, which are free for small Teams and individual developers. Be sure to include C + + support as part of the install, which are disabled by default.

(1) associate a GitHub account.

(2.1) Direct download.

Go to GitHub and get unreal Engine-github source code. Need to fork a bit. Direct Download ZIP

(2.2) Download using GitHub client, click Clone and select Download path.

Find the download path, click on setup.bat(download required library, around 3.5GB), generateprojectfiles.bat (Generate UE4.sln), UE4.sln, and then use vs open UE4.sln, you can load the source code, to be loaded into the initialization after completion (the project needs to be initialized, a few minutes) by F5 compilation (40min-60min), and finally in the download path

\unrealengine\engine\binaries\win64\ue4editor.exe Find UE4 Editor

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By the way, reduce the load on the C drive:
1. If the latter is useful to vs2017, you can try to find the vs2017 offline installation method;
2. You can reset the path for the DDC for each project in Ue4, as shown below



If there is a mistake, please correct me, reprint pls indicate the source, thank you.