Can I downgrade any plugin in UE?

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Hi. I am new to Unreal Engine and would like to use a plugin for my project.
However it is build for version 5.0, and the version I am using is 4.26.2, also due to some issue I cannot switch to UE5 on my device. Is there any workaround to make the plug-in work in 4.26.2?

From a webinar that the speaker has mentioned downgrading it with Visual Studio is possible but no further explanation is provided. I wonder if anyone has experienced similar problem?

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Hi LucyMaaaa,

Yes, you can downgrade some plugins, not all. And yes, you’ll need Visual Studio installed.

Once VS is installed, copy the plugin into your project folder (‘YourProjectFolder/Plugins/’) and then editor the plugins .uplugin file - there will be a line called “EngineVersion” - change that to “4.26”.
Then open your project, it should prompt that the plugin needs building, click yes. That’s about the time you’ll find if it is able to be compiled. You’ll see no errors if it works.

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Thank you! :grin:

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