Editor Plugins Panel - Cannot create new plugin from Examples

[anonymous_user_ef23e124]

For some reason, I cannot seem to create a new plugin, from the plugins panel anymore. This may be my stupidity, but, I know at one time, using 4.9.2 I could do this. Using 4.10, 4.9.2, or 4.8.3.

I cannot click on the Blank plugin, under the Examples category, and be offered the option, of creating a new plugin, and naming it.

I remember doing this something like.

1. Edit menu then click on Plugins
2. Click on Examples category
3. Click on Blank/UObject Plugin, etc. The “bar” would highlight, and then a button would appear to create a new plugin, based off the selected plugin as a template.
4. Give a name for the plugin, etc.

It’s step 3 that no longer seems to work, in that there is no button to click on, to create a new plugin.

Any ideas what the cure for this might be?

[anonymous_user_ef23e124]

Ok, just uninstalled, and then reinstalled the launcher, and 4.10, and still nothing has changed.

[anonymous_user_ef23e124]

After the fresh install (not even going to think about the issues with the prior install and all the versions). The issue seems to have boiled down to the project not being C++ in any sense.

Created a C++ project, and the button labeled “New Plugin” showed up immediatly.

Created a Blueprint project, and the button for “New Plugin” did not show up. Added a Dummy C++ object to the project, restarted the project, and the plugin button showed up.

It would be nice if when the project is BP based, and there is no C++ of any form, that there was a message in the Plugins panel, saying that no plugin can be created using the “templates”.