Building Unreal Projects from Command Line

Development Platform & Builds
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Hi,

I am trying to figure out how can I use Command Line to initiate a build. I am trying to have a Jenkins continuous integration server build the project every time a new change is pushed to remote repository, so I am guessing I would need some commands for the server to run Unreal Build Tool or Unreal Front End?

Thanks,

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You can do this using the RunUAT tool which is in the /Engine/Build/BatchFiles in your install. There’s a lot of information on how to do this on the wiki, but a simple example to build the client:

RunUAT BuildCookRun -project="full_project_path_and_project_name".uproject -noP4 -platform=Win64 -clientconfig=Development -serverconfig=Development -cook -maps=AllMaps -compile -stage -pak -archive -archivedirectory="Output Directory"

See the wiki post on How to package your game with commands for more information.

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Thanks a lot for the guidance! I will start with the wiki documentation.

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Shockingly, the link[s] have moved in the last 8 years. If you’re around and can update them, that’d be great.

I searched around a bit and couldn’t find it myself. I’m guessing things have changed enough to make “how to package your game with commands” outdated and it was pulled.

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Here is an archived version of the old wiki. And this one is the new docs page. It talks about the RunUAT tool under the “Command Line” section.