Packaging stadalone U4 game for shipping for Windows 64 bit from 4.56 GB down to 628 MB ...

[EtienneAndlau]

HI everyone,

I dont know much about coding and just checking something …
I just did a packaging of my game test with 5 levels completed in block form.
For Windows 64 bit.
Standalone for shipping.
Complete rebuild.
Everything works great.
It didn’t take longer than about 20 minutes either.
I do notice the project file comes way down from 4.56 GB to 628 MB, which I think is pretty significant.
I just want to make sure nothing is wrong here and it sounds about right
I assume its because the C++ code and compiled into machine language it becomes a lot lighter.
Is that correct?
Thank you.
Game plays fine.

[Jambax]

Yeah that’s fine, it’s because the editor stores all of the source data with your assets (as part of the uasset file I believe). When you build/package the game, that data isn’t needed anymore so it’s all ditched.

[EtienneAndlau]

@TheJamsh;463664

Yeah that’s fine, it’s because the editor stores all of the source data with your assets (as part of the uasset file I believe). When you build/package the game, that data isn’t needed anymore so it’s all ditched.

I see great thank you. I also noticed it loads the levels much faster than inside the editor, when you transition from one level to another. Interesting.