|Unreal Engine 5.7 + Visual Studio 2026| Build Engine From Source

[HerculesIronworks (Unreal_MDS)]

Hi

I’m having a similar issue with Windows packaging requiring Visual Studio 2022, but I’m not trying to build the engine from source, I’m using the standard engine from the Epic Launcher.

I posted my question before finding your post. You can see that original post here (my apologies to the community for my messy posting).

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Hi all I’m just a novice hobbyist, please be gentle. Got new Windows 11 PC and want to try developing apps for PCVR using Meta Quest 3 headset. I’ve previously dabbled with developing stand-alone Quest apps (with mixed results) but I thought this time I would try dev for PC - thinking life might be easier with all the Android stuff out of the way (ha ha). Baby steps … I installed UE 5.7, created project with VR template as (what I hope will be) a simple test. I set up Meta Quest Link and I c…

I can find the VCEnvironment.cs file but I can find the exact section you refer to. I can see several places where there are references to VisualStudio2022, but I’m not confident about what I should do.

Helpful suggestions welcome (Might v2026 work without issues? Will I have to tinker with VCEnvironment.cs?)

I did think that I should backtrack from the very new UE5.7 and try UE5.6 instead. But I suspect I will have the same issue requiring Visual Studio 2022 and not be able to get it. Perhaps I need to wait for UE5.7.1 …

(For info: I will only ever be using Blueprints, not C++)