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Setting Up the Unofficial SDK

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This is an advanced section and requires Visual Studio and compiling of the project. Read the instructions carefully.

Installing Prerequisites​

Download and install:

Follow the installation instructions, in the Workloads section, make sure to tick the following:

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It is recommended to use the Epic Games Launcher, follow the instructions and install Unreal Engine 4.27.2 from the Unreal Engine section in the Library tab.

Generating Project Files​

  1. Download or clone the SCP5K SDK, cloning is recommended for future updates.
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You must switch to the 0.16 branch to use for the latest update!

  1. After downloading/cloning, right-click the .uproject and Generate Visual Studio project files.

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If the project generated successfully, a few new folders/files will show up. (e.g. the Intermediate folder and .sln file)

Compiling the Project in Visual Studio​

  1. Make sure the solution configuration is set to Development Editor Win64.
  2. Right-click the Pandemic solution (Pandemic.sln) and open with Visual Studio or Rider.
  3. After Visual Studio opens, find the Pandemic project, right-click and Set as Startup Project.

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  1. Open the context menu again and Build the solution.
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Building projects can take a while, ignore the warnings and watch for any errors.

Opening the Project​

  1. Extract the zipped UE4Editor-PlanarCut.
  2. Move the extracted file to Binaries\Win64.
  3. Open Pandemic.uproject, the editor should startup and start compiling shaders.
  4. Upon opening the project for the first time, you may see a few FMOD related warnings, you can safely dismiss those.
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It's required to move the UE4Editor-PlanarCut.dll each time the project compiles, the editor will not start otherwise.

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