Accessing Old Versions of Unreal

At my University, they like to keep the version of Unreal Engine on the lab computers a few updates behind what is current so that they don’t have to constantly update the software on 100’s of lab computers every time there is is a patch. The problem is that the lab computers have 5.3.0, a version of the Unreal Engine I can’t seem to find anywhere, making it impossible for me to work on a project outside of lab as doing so would upgrade my UE project to 5.3.2 and make it impossible to open again on lab computers. Is there any way to get old versions of Unreal other than from the epic launcher, as 5.3.0 isn’t listed as a downloadable version.

Hey there @BenTheAlchemist! Welcome to the community! The way they are keeping specific versions is building the engine themselves! This is the only way to make sure you don’t get any hotfixes as well as full control over the installation. To get started, you need to link your Github account to get access to the source code:

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/ue-on-github

Then you can follow the instructions here. For specific versions select “Releases” on the right. (this link will 404 error until you are in the organization):

https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine

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