Hi there,
ISSUE
Currently struggling to modify the code within a built-in engine plugin to meet the needs of my project. The plugin in questions is “Wave Function Collapse” within the experimental folder:
WHAT I HAVE TRIED
I originally followed the UE4 guide on overriding a built-in plugin. Copying the engine version of my plugin folder to my local project files at the base of my project and then changing the file names respectively:
Old UE4 Method for Modifying Built-in Plugins
For my example I simply modified the files with the updated plugin name “WaveFunctionCollapseX”. There are a few notable differences between the example plugin shown in the UE4 tutorial and “Wave Function Collapse”. That being the lack of a plugin specific header file and no PrivateIncludePaths method within the plugin’s build.cs file.
A Visual representation of this is found through this Youtube video (Doesn’t include the file changes):
I follow the tutorial as closely as possible copying the files over and modifying them, but when it comes to compiling Rider I get the following error:
Expecting to find a type to be declared in a module rules named 'WaveFunctionCollapseX' in 'TestProjectModuleRules, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'. This type must derive from the 'ModuleRules' type defined by UnrealBuildTool.
I would note that I have the original Wave Function Collapse plugin enabled and that works on my current unreal version (5.4). I’m not sure why my local one won’t, can anyone help me?
I’ve looked at other posts with issues like this and they all suggest a similar solution of creating a local version of the plugin folder:
Modifying Plugin Code Manually
Copying Plugin Folders Over Locally (Unfortunately the OP’s read link has changed)