Wondering if I can even do this

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Hello what i mean is that if you only install the engine, and do not download the full source code.
You stile have access to the full API of the engine,“What do this mean?”

When Epic ship a version it has new DLL files and .lib files and the header files (.h).
This way code is pre-compiled for you when you start a code project,
it will use .lib files and/or link DLLs and use the headers for knowing about the compiled code. (Any project you create use these.)
This is how your project should look in Visual Studio.
If you have a UE 4 Solution there as well you are using the full source code.

Some reson you may have to use the full source code is to change engine code, make plugins, fix bugs or contribute.
Hope this helps, let me know if somthing is not clear.

Also take a look at Programming Guide > Development Setup > Setting Up Visual Studio for UE4

And yes HEX core also helps hehe

So if we use the version with the source code, then we will have slower compile times? Is there a way to avoid compiling the Engine every time?