Unable to build new empty C++ project 5.4.2

[mutedhue]

When trying to create a new empty C++ project, I get the following message.

“The project could not be compiled, would you like to open in Visual Studio?”

Running C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_5.4/Engine/Build/BatchFiles/Build.bat Development Win64 -Project="D:/User/Game Design/Unreal/Projects/MyProject/MyProject.uproject" -TargetType=Editor -Progress -NoEngineChanges -NoHotReloadFromIDE
Using bundled DotNet SDK version: 6.0.302
Running UnrealBuildTool: dotnet "..\..\Engine\Binaries\DotNET\UnrealBuildTool\UnrealBuildTool.dll" Development Win64 -Project="D:/User/Game Design/Unreal/Projects/MyProject/MyProject.uproject" -TargetType=Editor -Progress -NoEngineChanges -NoHotReloadFromIDE
Log file: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\UnrealBuildTool\Log.txt
Creating makefile for MyProjectEditor (no existing makefile)
Total execution time: 0.83 secondsype or paste code here

If I try opening the project in UE again, I get the message:
“The following modules are missing or built with a different engine version: MyProject
Would you like to rebuild them now?”

If I select yes, I get the message “MyProject could not be compiled. Try rebuilding from source manually.”

I’ve tried rebuilding the project from VS code and get the error message MSB3073

The command ""C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.4\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat" MyProjectEditor Win64 Development -Project="D:\User\Game Design\Unreal\Projects\MyProject\MyProject.uproject" -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild -architecture=x64" exited with code 6.	MyProject	C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets	Line 44 

Line 44 is

<Exec Command="$(NMakeBuildCommandLine)" Condition="'$(NMakeUseOemCodePage)' == 'true' and '$(NMakeBuildCommandLine)'!=''"/>

[3dRaven]

Make sure your game is set as the default project in the solution explorer (game name should be in bold)

Check the output log after the failed compile.

[mutedhue]

I have set game as default ‘Set As Startup Project’ and the game name is in bold. I still receive the same error after compile: MSB3073 (see code in original post).

For further context, I had initially received an error when creating a new C++ project regarding the MSVC v143 build tools version, by default I had (latest) installed and it was asking for v14.38 (an older version). So I installed that component which got rid of that message but left me with the message in my original post.

I have tried uninstalling build tools (latest) and only having the older version installed which didn’t change anything. I also tried reverting back to VS 17.9 (from 17.10) which didn’t help. Plus I also tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling VS, again to no avail.

I wondered if it’s still a compiler version issue - I’ve looked online on how to change the default compiler by right-clicking the game in solution > properties to open up property pages. However I don’t see any options for C++ compiler in my configuration properties.

[3dRaven]

This might work

[mutedhue]

That seems to have done the trick! Thank you for the help, it’s much appreciated.

For anyone with the same issue in future, I used version 14.38.33130 as that’s what Unreal was asking for.