Install Source version Unreal Engine to Epic Games Launcher in windows 10

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Install Source version Unreal Engine to Epic Games Launcher in windows 10

  1. How Launcher verify engine installation?
    The answer is one folder and one file, the folder is” .egstore” folder, the one file is UE4Editor.exe.

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  1. The way to install custom build unreal engine to launcher.
    a. Install the engine from launcher.
    b. Replace Engine folder by the one from source in github.com
  2. Do not verify any more. If you do, once again the process.
  3. Show you the result in the picture below.

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Another way, the recommend way:

  1. Install engine from launcher.
  2. Just keep three folder and one file. You can delete all the other directories and files under installed engine directory if you want, make sure you just use engine build from source only.
    a. .egstore ------ The directory for verifying.
    b. Engine\Binaries\Win64 ------ The directory to keep UnrealEditor.exe
    c. Engine\Plugins\Marketplace ----- The plugins directory for saving plugins from Marketplace
    d. UnrealEditor.exe ------ The file for verifying
  3. Build engine from source in another directory.
  4. This way, you can save the space. You are not risky losing your work of modifying engine source code by accident click the button for verifying or update in launcher.
  5. You can install plugins to the directory Engine\Plugins\Marketplace of engine build from source by copying it from installed engine’s marketplace plugins directory the Engine\Plugins\Marketplace.
  6. You can also use software to synchronize the both plugins directory of directly.