I get this error when package the plugin. But I don’t get an error when I package new official example project. I use visual studio 2019 and use official options for a visual studio installation.
UATHelper: Package Plugin Task (Windows): [7/7] UE4Editor.target
UATHelper: Package Plugin Task (Windows): Total time in Parallel executor: 24.70 seconds
UATHelper: Package Plugin Task (Windows): Total execution time: 74.17 seconds
UATHelper: Package Plugin Task (Windows): Took 74.4048102s to run UnrealBuildTool.exe, ExitCode=0
UATHelper: Package Plugin Task (Windows): Building plugin for target platforms: Android, IOS, Linux, LinuxAArch64, Win64, Win32
UATHelper: Package Plugin Task (Windows): Running: D:\Engine\Unreal\UE_4.26\Engine\Binaries\DotNET\UnrealBuildTool.exe UE4Game Win64 Development -Project=C:\Users\3B-008\Desktop\YMPlugin\HostProject\HostProject.uproject -plugin=C:\Users\3B-008\Desktop\YMPlugin\HostProject\Plugins\YMPlugin\YMPlugin.uplugin -iwyu -noubtmakefiles -manifest=C:\Users\3B-008\Deskt
op\YMPlugin\HostProject\Saved\Manifest-UE4Game-Win64-Development.xml -nohotreload -2017 -log=“C:\Users\3B-008\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\D+Engine+Unreal+UE_4.26\UBT-UE4Game-Win64-Development.txt”
UATHelper: Package Plugin Task (Windows): ERROR: Visual Studio 2017 must be installed in order to build this target.
UATHelper: Package Plugin Task (Windows): Took 0.4844038s to run UnrealBuildTool.exe, ExitCode=6
UATHelper: Package Plugin Task (Windows): UnrealBuildTool failed. See log for more details. (C:\Users\3B-008\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\D+Engine+Unreal+UE_4.26\UBT-UE4Game-Win64-Development.txt)
UATHelper: Package Plugin Task (Windows): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=6 (6)
UATHelper: Package Plugin Task (Windows): BUILD FAILED