Why doesn't my plugin get compiled?

I’m trying to get started with plugin development but seem to be fundamentally misunderstanding something. I setup a new code project and copy the BlankPlugin to a Plugins folder in the project - I rename it to TestPlugin. When I generate the visual studio project it includes the plugin, and it’s included in the plugins window in the editor, but when I compile the project it doesn’t seem to do anything with the plugin- it doesn’t generate a dll. (And so when I try to enable it in the editor I get an error about it being missing).

What am I missing? Every reference I can find online seems to suggest just dropping plugins in the project’s Plugins folder should work. I’m using 4.2.1.

Hi skitten,

Try adding:

[Plugins]
+EnabledPlugins="YourPluginName"

To DefaultEngine.ini of your project.