Old Version Compatibility Issue

Development Programming & Scripting
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After updating to 4.3, I cannot properly open the 4.2.1 version of my projects (NOT the 4.3 version, of course) in an older version of the editor.

They launch properly and everything functions as expected, but trying to open windows (i.e. clicking on a blueprint to edit it) doesn’t actually CREATE those windows. It becomes impossible to edit BPs, materials, etc.

I assume this is because the 4.3.0 install overwrote some critical file related to the handling of windows, as I can open BPs and the like in 4.3 just fine.

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Hi RhythmScript,

Does this also happen if you create a new 4.2.1 project or just in old projects?

This seems to be a unique issue. If you run across anyone else with the same problem please post a link here.

As a possible solution, you could convert your project to 4.3 as a copy? Once converted, test it by trying to edit the blueprints again.

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Actually, the problem is solved. What had happened was, for some reason, the secondary window (that pops up for editing bps and the like) had been minimized and moved off-screen. Using right-click > move in Windows to grab it I was able to get it back to a usable location. No idea what caused this to happen, but there you go.