When I launch UE4, it's not using the same 'version' of my game as PIE =/

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Hey guys.
Sorry if this is in the wrong section.

I’ve been using UE4 for a few weeks now, and usually when I run into a problem, I can either work it out, or find the answer by googling around. But this particular issue has had me stumped for a few days. I’m using version 4.7.

So, I have a level, with a landscape, which works fine. But if I change anything in the level, and launch, I can’t see any changes. It works fine if I play in editor, no problems. I’m having trouble explaining what’s happening here, so I took some screenshots:

http://i.imgur.com/Zf6CtAT.jpg Here’s my editor, in which I’ve added a static mesh.
http://i.imgur.com/IYq7Mfn.jpg Here’s what it looks like when I play in editor. No problems, the mesh is right there.
http://i.imgur.com/MS2Nba0.jpg Here’s what it looks like when I “Launch” my game into a separate window. No mesh!

Things that I’ve tried:

  • Clicking “Play > Standalone Game” works fine.
  • Cooking the content makes no difference.
  • Saving everything.
  • Closing and reopening the engine.
  • Packaging the content and running the exe.
  • Changing the default level to something else, and then back.
  • Adding things to another level.
  • Creating a new level. - This works!

I’m totally out of ideas, and I’m really stuck. If anyone can give me any suggestions to try, or a solution, I’d be SO grateful! I can give any additional information or screenshots if required.

Thanks!

Update

I sorta fixed it. I deleted the StagedBuilds, Backup and Autosaves folders, and it worked fine. But now that I’ve made some more changes, it’s doing the same thing again. It’s launching the game from a previous ‘state’ again.

Update 2

Nope. Now deleting those folders doesn’t make it work again. So confused.

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Still having the same issue, does anyone know what this could be? It’s super frustrating!

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It looks like your lighting isn’t built

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Building my lighting and then exporting makes no difference :frowning:

Edit: It seems to be mostly ok now, the only thing I can notice different between the export and PIE, is a decal isn’t showing, and the capsule for an actor feels wrong.

Would there be any reason an actor’s internals would be behaving weird only in a packaged version of the game?

Here’s an album with some screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/eRbwC
Notice how the targeting decal shows up in PIE but not in the packaged version.

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Ok this is getting ridiculous.

I’ve cooked, compiled and build many times over in every order I can think of, and it’s still giving me some SUPER old version when I launch.

I’ve made heaps of progress today, and I want to be able to package it up and show someone, but I can’t!

I cooked, built and compiled, and clicked Play, and got this screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/g8GiSfF.jpg
Then I clicked launch, and got this: http://i.imgur.com/bjH66ME.jpg

This is so retarded. Why can’t anyone tell me what’s going on? It’s frustrating me beyond belief.

For some reason it’s also saying that there’s 3 unbuilt objects, and it doesn’t matter how many times I build, it still says it.

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This is probably the kind of thing you should file under bug on answerhub and get an epic person to look at it.

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Done.

But I’ve just exported it to a different location, and now it seems to be working, except there’s no models: http://i.imgur.com/enbm6El.jpg

WHY IS THERE NO MODELS? ARGH :cry: