Client targets are not currently supported from this engine distribution.

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I am unable to package my game with UE 5.0.3.

I have tried all available binary configurations: shipping, debuggame, and development, all in vain.

However, UE built from source can package my game.
It’s very strange because I don’t see this issue being reported before.

What could I be doing wrong?

Log started at 11/3/2022 9:52:06 PM (2022-11-03T16:22:06Z)
No config file at C:\Users\[REDACTED]\Documents\Unreal Engine\UnrealBuildTool\BuildConfiguration.xml
Configuration will be read from:
  C:\Users\[REDACTED]\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\UnrealBuildTool\BuildConfiguration.xml
Log file: C:\Users\[REDACTED]\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\C+Program+Files+Epic+Games+UE_5.0\UBT-MyProject-Win64-Development.txt

Found Windows 10 SDK root at C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10 (1)
Found Windows 10 SDK root at C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10 (2)
Found Windows 10 SDK version 10.0.19041.0 at C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10
Found Universal CRT version 10.0.19041.0 at C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10
Found Windows 10 SDK version 10.0.22621.0 at C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10
Found Universal CRT version 10.0.22621.0 at C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10
Win64 using Manual SDK 10.0.22621.0
Command line: "C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.0\Engine\Binaries\DotNET\UnrealBuildTool\UnrealBuildTool.dll" MyProject Win64 Development -Project=D:\Projects\MyProject\UnrealProject\MyProject.uproject D:\Projects\MyProject\UnrealProject\MyProject.uproject -NoUBTMakefiles -remoteini=D:\Projects\MyProject\UnrealProject -skipdeploy -Manifest=D:\Projects\MyProject\UnrealProject\Intermediate\Build\Manifest.xml -NoHotReload "-log=C:\Users\[REDACTED]\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\C+Program+Files+Epic+Games+UE_5.0\UBT-MyProject-Win64-Development.txt"
Using 'git status' to determine working set for adaptive non-unity build (D:\Projects\MyProject).
Skipping C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.0\Engine\Intermediate\Build\BuildRules\UE5Rules.dll: File is installed
Skipping C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.0\Engine\Intermediate\Build\BuildRules\UE5ProgramRules.dll: File is installed
Found Visual Studio installation: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community (Product=Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community, Version=17.3.32929.385)
Found Visual Studio toolchain: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.33.31629 (Family=14.33.31629, FamilyRank=1, Version=14.33.31630, Is64Bit=True, Preview=False, Architecture=x64, Error=False, Redist=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Redist\MSVC\14.32.31326)
ERROR: Client targets are not currently supported from this engine distribution.
BuildException: Client targets are not currently supported from this engine distribution.
   at UnrealBuildTool.UEBuildTarget.Create(TargetDescriptor Descriptor, Boolean bSkipRulesCompile, Boolean bForceRulesCompile, Boolean bUsePrecompiled) in d:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealBuildTool\Configuration\UEBuildTarget.cs:line 735
   at UnrealBuildTool.BuildMode.CreateMakefile(BuildConfiguration BuildConfiguration, TargetDescriptor TargetDescriptor, ISourceFileWorkingSet WorkingSet) in d:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealBuildTool\Modes\BuildMode.cs:line 726
   at UnrealBuildTool.BuildMode.Build(List`1 TargetDescriptors, BuildConfiguration BuildConfiguration, ISourceFileWorkingSet WorkingSet, BuildOptions Options, FileReference WriteOutdatedActionsFile, Boolean bSkipPreBuildTargets) in d:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealBuildTool\Modes\BuildMode.cs:line 267
   at UnrealBuildTool.BuildMode.Execute(CommandLineArguments Arguments) in d:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealBuildTool\Modes\BuildMode.cs:line 237
   at UnrealBuildTool.UnrealBuildTool.Main(String[] ArgumentsArray) in d:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealBuildTool\UnrealBuildTool.cs:line 612
WriteFileIfChanged() wrote 0 changed files of 0 requested writes.
Timeline:

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Did you create a client build file target? Its a manual process just like server.

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I think now I understand what the problem is.
The client target is a networking target like a server target.
The epic launcher version of the engine doesn’t support building networking targets, unlike the source-built version.

As far as I know, only the editor and game targets are supported by the launcher version.
Only the source-built version is capable of building to server or client targets.

My packaging failed because my target file was configured to be a client target.
I changed that to ‘Game’ like so :

Type = TargetType.Game;

Now, my game packages successfully.

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