Game Target not found!

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After I’ve renamed my project I can’t package anymore. I’ve tried everything I found online. I’ve tried deleting Intermediate and Binaries and Config folders, adding (GameName)GameTarget.cs, rebuilding everything, but I keep getting this stupid error, and it has no context what is it looking for!

I have both new "Game"Target.cs and "Game"EditorTarget.cs in Source. UE starts up and runs fine, there are no errors that I see. But when I package it I get his error.

Callstack:

AutomationException: Game target not found. Game target is required with -cook or -cookonthefly
   at AutomationTool.ProjectParams.AutodetectSettings(Boolean bReset) in D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Saved\CsTools\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\AutomationUtils\ProjectParams.cs:line 2520
   at AutomationTool.ProjectParams..ctor(FileReference RawProjectPath, BuildCommand Command, String Device, String MapToRun, String AdditionalServerMapParams, ParamList`1 Port, String RunCommandline, String StageCommandline, String BundleName, String StageDirectoryParam, String UnrealExe, String UE4Exe, String SignPak, List`1 ClientConfigsToBuild, List`1 ServerConfigsToBuild, ParamList`1 MapsToCook, ParamList`1 MapIniSectionsToCook, ParamList`1 DirectoriesToCook, String DDCGraph, String InternationalizationPreset, ParamList`1 CulturesToCook, ParamList`1 ClientCookedTargets, ParamList`1 EditorTargets, ParamList`1 ServerCookedTargets, List`1 ClientTargetPlatforms, Dictionary`2 ClientDependentPlatformMap, List`1 ServerTargetPlatforms, Dictionary`2 ServerDependentPlatformMap, Nullable`1 Build, Nullable`1 SkipBuildClient, Nullable`1 SkipBuildEditor, Nullable`1 Cook, Nullable`1 Run, Nullable`1 SkipServer, Nullable`1 Clean, Nullable`1 Compressed, Nullable`1 ForceUncompressed, String AdditionalPakOptions, String AdditionalIoStoreOptions, Nullable`1 IterativeCooking, String IterateSharedCookedBuild, Nullable`1 IterateSharedBuildUsePrecompiledExe, Nullable`1 CookAll, Nullable`1 CookPartialGC, Nullable`1 CookInEditor, String CookOutputDir, Nullable`1 CookMapsOnly, Nullable`1 CookOnTheFly, Nullable`1 CookOnTheFlyStreaming, Nullable`1 UnversionedCookedContent, Nullable`1 OptionalContent, Nullable`1 EncryptIniFiles, Nullable`1 EncryptPakIndex, Nullable`1 EncryptEverything, Nullable`1 SkipCookingEditorContent, String AdditionalCookerOptions, String OriginalReleaseVersion, String BasedOnReleaseVersion, String CreateReleaseVersion, String CreateReleaseVersionBasePath, String BasedOnReleaseVersionBasePath, String ReferenceContainerGlobalFileName, String ReferenceContainerCryptoKeys, Nullable`1 GeneratePatch, Nullable`1 AddPatchLevel, Nullable`1 StageBaseReleasePaks, String DiscVersion, String DLCName, String DLCOverrideCookedSubDir, String DLCOverrideStagedSubDir, String DiffCookedContentPath, Nullable`1 DLCIncludeEngineContent, Nullable`1 DLCPakPluginFile, Nullable`1 DLCActLikePatch, Nullable`1 CrashReporter, Nullable`1 DedicatedServer, Nullable`1 Client, Nullable`1 Deploy, String DeployFolder, String GetFile, Nullable`1 FileServer, Nullable`1 Foreign, Nullable`1 ForeignCode, Nullable`1 LogWindow, Nullable`1 NoCleanStage, Nullable`1 NoClient, Nullable`1 NoDebugInfo, Nullable`1 SeparateDebugInfo, Nullable`1 MapFile, Nullable`1 NoXGE, Nullable`1 SkipPackage, Nullable`1 NeverPackage, Nullable`1 Package, Nullable`1 Pak, Nullable`1 IgnorePaksFromDifferentCookSource, Nullable`1 IoStore, Nullable`1 Cook4IoStore, Nullable`1 ZenStore, String NoZenAutoLaunch, Nullable`1 SkipIoStore, Nullable`1 GenerateOptimizationData, Nullable`1 Prereqs, String AppLocalDirectory, Nullable`1 NoBootstrapExe, Nullable`1 SignedPak, Nullable`1 PakAlignForMemoryMapping, Nullable`1 RehydrateAssets, Nullable`1 NullRHI, Nullable`1 FakeClient, Nullable`1 EditorTest, Nullable`1 RunAutomationTests, String RunAutomationTest, Nullable`1 CrashIndex, Nullable`1 SkipCook, Nullable`1 SkipCookOnTheFly, Nullable`1 SkipPak, Nullable`1 PrePak, Nullable`1 SkipStage, Nullable`1 Stage, Nullable`1 Manifests, Nullable`1 CreateChunkInstall, Nullable`1 SkipEncryption, Nullable`1 Unattended, Nullable`1 NumClients, Nullable`1 Archive, String ArchiveDirectoryParam, Nullable`1 ArchiveMetaData, Nullable`1 CreateAppBundle, String SpecifiedClientTarget, String SpecifiedServerTarget, ParamList`1 ProgramTargets, Nullable`1 Distribution, String PackageEncryptionKeyFile, Nullable`1 Prebuilt, Nullable`1 RunTimeoutSeconds, String SpecifiedArchitecture, String UbtArgs, String AdditionalPackageOptions, Nullable`1 IterativeDeploy, Nullable`1 FastCook, Nullable`1 IgnoreCookErrors, Nullable`1 CodeSign, Nullable`1 TreatNonShippingBinariesAsDebugFiles, Nullable`1 UseExtraFlavor, String Provision, String Certificate, String Team, Boolean AutomaticSigning, String Trace, String TraceHost, String TraceFile, String SessionLabel, ParamList`1 InMapsToRebuildLightMaps, ParamList`1 InMapsToRebuildHLOD, ParamList`1 TitleID) in D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Saved\CsTools\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\AutomationUtils\ProjectParams.cs:line 1223
   at BuildCookRun.SetupParams() in D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Saved\CsTools\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\Scripts\BuildCookRun.Automation.cs:line 49
   at BuildCookRun.ExecuteBuild() in D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Saved\CsTools\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\Scripts\BuildCookRun.Automation.cs:line 40
   at AutomationTool.BuildCommand.Execute() in D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Saved\CsTools\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\AutomationUtils\BuildCommand.cs:line 344
   at AutomationTool.BuildCommand.ExecuteAsync() in D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Saved\CsTools\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\AutomationUtils\BuildCommand.cs:line 353
   at AutomationTool.Automation.ExecuteAsync(List`1 CommandsToExecute, Dictionary`2 Commands) in D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Saved\CsTools\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\AutomationUtils\Automation.cs:line 257
   at AutomationTool.Automation.ProcessAsync(ParsedCommandLine AutomationToolCommandLine, StartupTraceListener StartupListener, HashSet`1 ScriptModuleAssemblies) in D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Saved\CsTools\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\AutomationUtils\Automation.cs:line 156

Any idea what I am supposed to do? This message is completely unclear.

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Have you also tried deleting the saved folder, I had a similar issue with “Two game targets found” unable to build, after renaming a project. Deleting Intermediate and Saved folders corrected that for me. Additionally look under your project settings to maps and modes to make sure you have a default startup map. Another suggestion is after you’ve deleted those folders. Under Project Settings - Packaging, make sure you’ve checked Full Rebuild. Close the project and reopen. Also make sure in your Targeted Hardware you don’t have options selected for platforms you aren’t using… i.e. you don’t both Windows, IOS and Android selected if you’re only building for Windows.

Sorry I can’t give you a very specific fix, but those are all items that could cause that issue.