Slim down engine source build?

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I’m currently compiling the engine from source that I forked on GitHub.

I would like to slim down the engine compile time and size by removing platforms I’m not interested in.
So far I’ve done the following:

  • When using Setup.bat: added -exclude=“…” for all the platforms I don’t want.
  • In TargetPlatform.Build.cs: commented out all ‘DynamicallyLoadedModuleNames.Add(“…”);’ that deal with platforms I don’t want, like “AndroidTargetPlatform”.
  • In UnrealBuildTool.cs: changed the ‘static public UnrealTargetPlatform[] AllPlatforms’ array to contain only the platforms I want.
  • In the AllDesktop.Automation.cs: commented out the Mac and Linux enum’s from the “GetStagePlatforms()” ovveride function.
  • In the UE4.sln, unloaded the unwanted projects under Programs/Automation like “Android.Autiomation”.

Beyond that I’m abit clueless, or not even sure if what I just described will have the correct effect. Does anyone have experience with this?

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Were you able to figure this out?