Unreal Engine Packaging Error (Missing Module.MetaHumanSpeech2Face.cpp.obj)

Development Pipeline & Plugins
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I’m encountering an error while trying to package a game built using Blueprints for Windows shipping.

Error Log

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): Missing object file C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.3\Engine\Plugins\Marketplace\MetaHuman\Intermediate\Build\Win64\x64\UnrealGame\Shipping\MetaHumanSpeech2Face\Module.MetaHumanSpeech2Face.cpp.obj listed in C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.3\Engine\Plugins\Marketplace\MetaHuman\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealGame\Shipping\MetaHumanSpeech2Face\MetaHumanSpeech2Face.precompiled

Environment

  • The game is created using Blueprints in Unreal Engine 5.3.
  • OS: Windows

Steps Taken

I found a suggestion online to disable the MetaHumanSpeech2Face plugin by modifying the .uproject file under the Plugins section, but I could only find an entry for MetaHuman, not MetaHumanSpeech2Face.

Questions

  1. Is there a way to specifically disable just the MetaHumanSpeech2Face plugin?
  2. Are there any other solutions to fix this issue?
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I ran into this issue now, and found a fix, discussed in the link below.

In Metahuman.uplugin change the slot of MetaHumanIdentity → “Type”: “Runtime”, to “Type”: “Editor”, like this:

{
“Name”: “MetaHumanIdentity”,
“Type”: “Editor”,
“LoadingPhase”: “Default”,
“PlatformAllowList”: [
“Win64”
]
},

Seems to Package both in Development and Shipping.

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TLDW for the solution shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TFTTgXSBRU

(which resolves some ambiguities in the posted solutions)

Open: C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.5\Engine\Plugins\Marketplace\MetaHuman_5.5\MetaHuman.uplugin

(Or the equivalent for your UE5.5 install)

Find:

{
“Name”: “MetaHumanIdentityEditor”,
“Type”: “Runtime”,
“LoadingPhase”: “Default”,
“PlatformAllowList”: [
“Win64”
]
}

Change “Runtime” to “Editor”

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If anyone comes here looking for a solution in 5.6, this is what worked for me:
Windows project won’t build since I added a MetaHuman

Similar to the above solutions, but more places needed to be changed.