How to turn an existing C++ class into a plugin?

[Rawalanche]

@BrUnO_XaVIeR

That macro basically means “export this class so all modules using this module can see it and use it”.

If you want games to use a class from your plugin you have to export it, using PLUGINMODULENAME_API macro to export it;
Otherwise other modules and game code can’t use it, only your own plugin can use it.

This is why you add things inside a Build.cs file of a project, when you add to Build.cs a module name (like a plugin’s module name), then everything exported by that _API macro can now be used because Build.cs will import that class definitions for you before building the game.

Yes, I’ve just got stuck exactly on this. I tried to package the plugin from the plugins window, without much success. I get an error if I send the plugin to a friend. It’s something regarding the modules but I don’t remember exactly what. Anyway. where do I find the name of the plugin module I’ve created? I’ve simply tried to add name of my module all caps without any spaces suffixed by _API in front of the class name, but no luck. So far I have a class in my plugin’s folder source folder without that macro.