Trying to install 5-0EA source, unable to to generate project files

RianeN · December 28, 2021, 5:17am

I have UE4 source build 4.26, and since I couldn’t get UE5 EA source to fork (kept telling me I already had a fork, which was just the UE4 version) I downloaded the zip of the source instead from github. When I tried to install it, I got this. I haven’t installed like this before but I did follow the ReadMe. I have Visual Studio 2019. Also have the binary of UE5.

Steps followed:

Downloaded UE5 zip from here: https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/tree/ue5-early-access
Unzipped into a new, empty folder.
Ran Setup.bat - No issues.
Ran GenerateProjectFiles.bat - error as seen in image.

I’m trying to learn how to package a simple dedicated server, and need to migrate my project to a source build in order to do so.

Would appreciate some help. I’m not terribly savvy with this stuff.

EliasMiettinen · December 28, 2021, 7:08am

You should try UE5 main or UE4, example 4.26 (That worked on me with following commands).

I use linux.

Try this:

Clone it (or download zip)
Get into cloned/extracted folder
Run: ./Setup.sh – This command is about 3 - 4 hours
Run: ./GenerateProjectFiles.sh – This command is about 15 - 60 mins
Run: make – This command is about 2 - 3 hours

Start it from UnrealEngine/Engine/Binaries/Linux/UnrealEditor – For UE5
Start it from UnrealEngine/Engine/Binaries/Linux/UE4Editor – For UE4