Where is UE4Game.pdb?

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I’m a newbie, modified FPS template a bit in Editor (no C++), can test game in editor but when I try to launch to my Windows 64-bit PC, build fails - can’t find UE4Game.pdb.

Project packaging settings:

  • Build configuration:Development
  • Include debug files:off
  • Use Pak file:on
  • Include prerequisites:on

I have installed VS2015 through the UE installer, fiddled a bit with it (I am a C++ programmer), but haven’t done anything with it in my test project (I guess?).

This part of the log mostly repeats itself:

[…] LogPlayLevel:
InternalUtils.SafeCopyFile: WARNING:
SafeCopyFile Exception was Exception
in mscorlib: Could not find file
‘C:\Dev\Epic
Games\4.12\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UE4Game.pdb’.
LogPlayLevel:
InternalUtils.SafeCopyFile: WARNING:
Failed to copy C:\Dev\Epic
Games\4.12\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UE4Game.pdb to
C:\Dev\Unreal\Xox\Saved\StagedBuilds\WindowsNoEditor\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UE4Game.pdb,
deleting, waiting 10s and retrying.
[…]

Davor Slamnig

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Hello dslamnig,

This error is due to attempting to package for development while including debug files without having said debug files installed. Please refer to this post for more information:

If this isn’t able to help you however, please let me know and I’ll attempt to assist you further.

Have a nice day!

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Thanks! Yes, I eventually downloaded symbols for debugging, which is the legal fix and weighs 8GB. However, before that I tried a kwik fix which consists of putting a dummy UE4Game.pdb file in 4.12/Engine/Binaries/Win64 - this also works :wink: