4.4 - What happened to EngineGlobals.h???

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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Just upgraded to 4.4 from 4.3.1, but the compiler throws errors when I try to use GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage():
error C2065: ‘GEngine’ : undeclared identifier

GEngine was a global engine pointer, of UEngine pointer type. This object used to be defined in EngineGlobals.h, which appears to be missing from 4.4 project solutions. How do I use AddOnScreenDebugMessage() now??

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Looking at the documentation, is this what you are looking for? UEngine | Unreal Engine Documentation

It appears UEngine has a method AddOnScreenDebugMessage.

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GEngine was a global engine pointer, of UEngine pointer type. It was defined in EngineGlobals.h, and no longer exists.

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Sorry, I am new to UE. EngineGlobals.h seems to still contain GEngine. But testing it out, it looks like having these two headers:

#include “EngineGlobals.h”
#include “Engine.h”

Allowed me to use GEngine. Is it not allowing you to use it?

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Hmm… It does allow me when I include both of the files you mentioned. In 4.3.1, I did not have to make this explicit inclusion. Weird.

Thanks for checking this out.

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[FONT=Comic Sans MS]Solution

Actually the only difference is this:

New projects have this in their MyProject.h


#include "EngineMinimal.h"

Replace the above with this


#include "Engine.h"

and you will have GEngine back again :slight_smile:

Rama