Hi
I had this problem in the past where UE4 is not making the project c++ files. Then it did for a couple of test projects, now I want to make another project and it is not creating the .kdev and cmake files.
How can I get this to work consistently?
I know there is a bug on Windows where if you try to go to File->Create Visual Studio Project, it can fail if the source directory doesn’t exist yet. Which is rather circular. I assume this happens when the project is created from a BP template and not a C++ template. Using the class wizard to add a C++ class, any class, I just call it dummy, will properly initialize everything though.
Anyway that happens on Windows, but it might explain the “sometimes works sometimes doesn’t” that you are seeing?
I was looking at this page in the documentation.
So I am guessing there is a problem with the GenerateProjectFiles.sh on linux. Does anyone know how this should work, can I just re-run it and get the files (I am at work so can’t test it until later tonight)
Ok, I am 99% sure I have solved this problem.
UE4 will only build the c++ project files (CmakeList.txt and the .kev4 files) if the project is created in the users “~/Documents/Unreal Projects/” directory. If I create in another location it fails. So a simple work around is create the projects in “~/Documents/Unreal Projects/” and then move it to my prefered location.
Maybe this will help some one else someday 