# Hey , I am working on a project in unreal 4 , when I zip up the project to send it over to a friend, he opens it and its an empty scene, I have set the default map modes but still doesnt work, please help!

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**Category:** Platform & Builds\
**Tags:** empty, share, unreal-engine, packaging-projects, question\
**Created:** [November 22, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/hey-i-am-working-on-a-project-in-unreal-4-when-i-zip-up-the-project-to-send-it-over-to-a-friend-he-opens-it-and-its-an-empty-scene-i-have-set-the-default-map-modes-but-still-doesnt-work-please-help/377160 "2016-11-22T23:03:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![papibeast](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@papibeast](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/papibeast)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/hey-i-am-working-on-a-project-in-unreal-4-when-i-zip-up-the-project-to-send-it-over-to-a-friend-he-opens-it-and-its-an-empty-scene-i-have-set-the-default-map-modes-but-still-doesnt-work-please-help/377160/1 "2016-11-22T23:03:26Z")

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Hey , I am working on a project in unreal 4 , when I zip up the project to send it over to a friend, he opens it and its an empty scene, I have set the default map modes but still doesnt work, please help!

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_a08c0bf2](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_a08c0bf2](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_a08c0bf2)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/hey-i-am-working-on-a-project-in-unreal-4-when-i-zip-up-the-project-to-send-it-over-to-a-friend-he-opens-it-and-its-an-empty-scene-i-have-set-the-default-map-modes-but-still-doesnt-work-please-help/377160/2 "2016-11-23T22:00:06Z")

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Papibeast,

Please make sure that you check in Project Settings \> Maps & Modes and put the proper map in place for when you launch the game in the actual packaged version. If you’re still having trouble, please reply back with screenshots of your project settings and additional information.

Thanks!