UE5 Build C++ Project | Compile Manually | Compile Project via Visual Studio

Learn how to compile a project using Visual Studio. It is very useful when you get an error message that tells you to compile manually when opening a project. I will teach you the really easy method.

Install Visual Studio 2022 (or 2019)

Download Visual Studio from the official website: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/whatsnew/

Compilation Steps

1. 1Right Click '.uproject' file, then select 'Generate Visual Studio project files'
2. 2Wait until the generation process finishes
3. 3Double click the generated '.sln' file, choose Visual Studio 2022 to open it
4. 4In the right panel of Visual Studio, you should see 'Solution Explorer'
5. 5Under the 'Games' folder in Solution Explorer, you should see your Project Name
6. 6Right Click your Project Name and select 'Set as Startup Project'
7. 7Right Click it again, and choose 'Build' (Or use shortcut key Ctrl + B)
8. 8It will start to Build (Compile) in Visual Studio
9. 9Wait for the build to complete successfully

Done! 🥂