Project Launcher build to Android: AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=1 (Error_Unknown)

TL;DR

TL;DR: Project Launcher build for VR fails with Error_Unknown during packaging, with no errors in the log. Log.txt mentions conflict with zenfs.manifest even if bUseIoStore and bUseZenStore are set to False. Enabling Io Store allows build to succeed, but the app won’t launch.


Hello!

I am trying to make a build to a PICO headset using the Project Launcher tool. However, I keep running into the following error:

AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=1 (Error_Unknown)
BUILD FAILED

My problem is a typical “it worked yesterday but not today and I don’t know what I did wrong”. and I don’t know what changed. I’ve already reverted all changes from last time it worked using version control, but it still doesn’t work.

I have made sure that everything needed to build is still installed and working. It is not something wrong with the game itself as it works to make a build trough Package Project. However, this is currently not an option for testing if something works in a build.

The build keeps failing at the Packaging Content step with no red errors. The thing the log file from …\Engine\Programs\AutomationTool\Saved\Logs\Log.txt “complains about” is:

A Zen file manifest must not exist when staging without IoStore. Did not expected to find A Zen file manifest must not exist when staging without IoStore. Did not expected to find C:…\zenfs.manifest. Ensure that legacy cooking with ZenStore disabled (bUseZenStore=false) was successful.

To be honest, I am not really sure what to do with this information.

* bUseIoStore=False and bUseZenStore=False are already set to False in the DefaultGame.ini file.

  • I even tried to delete the zenfs.manifest file, but it got generated when I tried to build again. (there was only this file with zen in the name in the whole save folder)
  • Setting the bUseIoStore=True makes the build successful but does not Launch it. Like why?

I appreciate any help (or insights or tips) I could get before the computer gets thrown out the window.