for those who are still struggling with web-app remote control for packaged games

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you need to copy Engine\Plugins\VirtualProduction\RemoteControlWebInterface\WebApp folder from ue5 to your packaged game under the same folder. you need to create all those sub-folders as well. Then you need to drag your preset into you world. Finally add two command to your exe and the web-app should work

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Would you kindly give a few more details, please?

I’ve tried this but still no scuccess.
How is you ‘Remote ConterollWeb Intrerface bind Address’ configured?
Is Force WebApp turned on?

Are the command lines ‘-RCWebControlEnable’ and ‘-RCWebInterfaceEnable’?
If so, how to replicate the same thing for android builds?

Thanks!

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Wow Thank you so much, been looking for this fix for years.

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Thanks for the hint! I was going crazy!

In my case, I heavily edited the RemoteControlWebInterface plugin, so, instead of copying the folder manually in the build folder, I have also edited the build.cs file of the plugin to make that automatic during the packaging (with logs to identify if it’s working or not):

using UnrealBuildTool;
using System.IO; // New include, necessary to check if the directory exists


public class RemoteControlWebInterface: ModuleRules {
	public RemoteControlWebInterface(ReadOnlyTargetRules Target): base(Target) {
		ShortName = "RCWebIntf";

        /// START OF ADDED CODE ///

		string WebAppPath = Path.Combine(PluginDirectory, "WebApp");

		if (Directory.Exists(WebAppPath)) {
			RuntimeDependencies.Add(Path.Combine(WebAppPath, "..."));

			System.Console.WriteLine("RemoteControlWebInterface: Staging WebApp folder contents for packaging from: " + WebAppPath);
		} else {
			System.Console.WriteLine("RemoteControlWebInterface: WARNING - WebApp folder not found at: " + WebAppPath);
		}

        /// END OF ADDED CODE ///

		PublicDependencyModuleNames.AddRange();

		PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange();

		if (Target.Type == TargetType.Editor) {
			PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange();
		}
	}
}
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