UE4 on Linux Must Be Improved

[Tomza]

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I just today compiled a version of my game, Riders of Asgard, for Linux and released it. I also do a Windows Cross-Compile build and it worked as well. As @Gwenn states, in order to get the editor working on Linux, you have to build it … Epic does not release a native binary on Linux for the editor.

It is quite simple to build it on Linux and I have done it several times.

The launcher doesn’t work on Linux and that is primarily what the problem is, I overcome this by adding the assets I need to my project on Windows and opening it in Linux … it is a workaround but one that works.

Personally I don’t actually develop in Linux, but that is mainly because most of my pipeline and workflow is based on Windows tools.

Please tell me - is UE4 on Linux on the same level like is on Windows? The same quality of graphics, the same tools available, etc. Compilation UE4 for Linux isn’t a problem for me. The problem is the cross-compilation. How can I build on Linux for other platforms than Linux itself? And having snap/flatpak the UE4 binary version on Linux can be easy done. One build for all distros? Is it really so difficult?