After packaging, why does the .exe get renamed?

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Just trying to get a Running Example on Windows of the Reflections project.

Selected Default Map… Reflections

Clicked Set as Default…

Packag Projects for Windows (Development)…

Packaging Complete…
Navigated to Unreal Projects\Reflections\WindowsNoEditor\Engine\Binaries\Win64
Executed UE4Game.exe

Message Box:

Game name case not detected for “UE4Game”. The engine ini should contain an entry [URL]GameName with the name of the game in the correct case.

I assume it means the DefaultEngine.ini which is present after packaging…

[URL]
GameName=Reflections

[SystemSettings]
; NOTE THAT ANY ITEMS IN THIS SECTION WILL AFFECT ALL PLATFORMS!!!
r.SSR=1

[/Script/Engine.Engine]
GameSingletonClassName=None
LightingOnlyBrightness=(R=0.300000,G=0.300000,B=0.300000,A=1.000000)
-LightComplexityColors=(R=0,G=0,B=0,A=1)
-LightComplexityColors=(R=0,G=255,B=0,A=1)

etc… etc…

Is this a bug or am I just missing something?

I have a Win7 x64 system.

Thanks.

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Hi Shywalker,

Have you tried just packaging it to the desktop to see if it could be a pathing issue? Try it like this:

  1. File>Package Product>Windows
  2. Choose Desktop as destination>click ok
  3. Wait for package to finish, open up this filepath:
    Desktop\WindowsNoEditor\Reflections\Binaries\Win64
  4. click Reflections.exe

Let me know if this works for you.

Thank you and have a great day!

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Thanks . If you had not said “click Reflectons.exe” I might not have ever figured it out.

I am not sure why but the EXE file is not named Reflections.exe.

It’s UE4Game.exe.

I renamed it to Reflections and Yahoo! it works.

Must I do this normally or should it be renamed when packaged?

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Hi Shywalker,

Try re-downloading the project. Unfortunately we couldn’t re-produce the naming error on this side as it should package as the project name.exe, not UE4Game.exe. Let me know if that works.

Thank you!

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Hi ,

To be honest with you…

I am an American currently working abroad in China and the subscription is not available for this country yet… so… I got the code second-handedly.

as soon as it is available I am purchasing a fresh package.

Thanks Again. I look forward to a clean UE4 when available.

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I’m also having the same issue, UE4Game.exe produced in C:\UnrealEngine\Samples\TappyChicken\WindowsNoEditor\Engine\Binaries\Win64\ folder, which is renamed to TappyChicken.exe gets executed properly.

ive been attached the build log in the hope it sheds some light on the renaming issue.

build log

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Hi sch5,

Please post your bug report in a new answerhub for tracking purposes. Thank you!

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link to the new bug report

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just rename UE4Game.exe to “yourProjectname”.exe and it should work
best way is copy and past the name of the project

best of luck :))