How to add Editor symbols for debugging on Github source engine.

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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Hello!

This may sound like a very trivial question, but I was curious on how to add ‘Editor symbols for debugging’ for Unreal Engine that’s NOT a binary download from the Epic Games Launcher, but downloading from Github’s engine source code (4.27+ to be specific)? Is this already included? If so, when packaging builds I never seem to get the debug symbols on packaging even when ‘Include Debug Files’ is checked in my project.

If it’s not included in the source engine from Github, where/how do I add them? I don’t see any resources to add them to my source engine.

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Hello, did you find an answer ? We have to use the git version for dedicated servers but when it crashes, not knowing what happened is tricky.

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It should already be included. If your source build isn’t generating debug symbols, that’s a different issue

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How I fixed it :

  1. Removed my sources entirely to make it a blueprint project.
  2. Opened the project
  3. Created a new class to make it C++ again, then closed the editor.
  4. Right-clicked the .project file and generated the visual project.

Now, I can add whatever I want back. If I build the project and use it, when it crashes, I have the history.