How to package on MacOS X?

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I’m using MacOS X, version 12.5.1 (I have no option of anything earlier) on an M1 Pro (I have no option of anything earlie.)
It recently updated to XCode version 14.0 (14A309) (I have no option of anything earlier.)
The “no updates” is for security/patch level reasons, as this is a corporate device.

When trying to “Package Project” on MacOS, I get the error:

the sdk for mac is not installed properly, which is needed to generate data. check the sdk section of the launch on menu in the main toolbar to update sdk

I have two questions about this.

The first is: What is it actually looking for? I have SDK version 12.3 installed/selected in XCode:

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xcode-select sees the command-line tools:

jwatte@Jons-MBP ~ % xcode-select --version
xcode-select version 2395.
jwatte@Jons-MBP ~ % xcode-select -p       
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

Second, the error message makes it seem as if there should be an SDK selector somewhere in the launcher menu in the Unreal Editor, but I can’t find anything like that:

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Am I looking in the wrong spot? If so, where should I be looking?

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The error log ends in:

UATHelper: Packaging (Mac): Using xbuild. Install Mono 5.0 or greater for faster builds!
UATHelper: Packaging (Mac): Log location: /Users/jwatte/Library/Logs/Unreal Engine/LocalBuildLogs/Log.txt
UATHelper: Packaging (Mac): Installed Sdk validity:
UATHelper: Packaging (Mac): Mac: (Status=Invalid, Installed=14.0, AutoSDK=, MinAllowed=11.0.0, MaxAllowed=13.9.9, Flags="InstalledSdk_InvalidVersionExists, Platform_ValidHostPrerequisites")
UATHelper: Packaging (Mac): ERROR: Mac: Unable to find any Sdks that could be installed
UATHelper: Packaging (Mac): Scanning for envvar changes...
UATHelper: Packaging (Mac): ... done! 
UATHelper: Packaging (Mac): Cleaning Temp Paths...
UATHelper: Packaging (Mac): AutomationTool executed for 0h 0m 1s
UATHelper: Packaging (Mac): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=10 (Error_SDKNotFound)
UATHelper: Packaging (Mac): RunUAT ERROR: AutomationTool was unable to run successfully. Exited with code: 10
PackagingResults: Error: Mac: Unable to find any Sdks that could be installed
PackagingResults: Error: AutomationTool was unable to run successfully. Exited with code: 10
PackagingResults: Error: SDK Not Found
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Also, somehow my Apple ID can no longer sign in to developer support, it just gives me a “contact information” form, so I can’t even try to download an older version to attempt to break the “latest only” rule …

Is this just Apple’s way of saying “developers should use Windows and Linux?”

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Is there some environment variable or other config I can change to make it try using SDK 14.0? How does UAT decide which versions are supported?

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The answers seem to be:

  • No, there’s no easy way to just override what SDKs the UAT accepts, without pulling the code and re-building the tool chain.
  • Working with Apple Developer Support to debug why the account was locked, lets me unlock “download older versions” of XCode.
  • Downloading and installing XCode 13.4.1, and then selecting SDK 13.4.1 in the Xcode version selector preferences, seems to have pointed the packager in the right direction.

At least, I have a working packaged project now!
It feels slower than packaging for Windows, though.

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we tried this, but we can’t access 13.4.1, just wanna ask how can we make it usable for UE? thanks