If you are installing UE4 in an academic environment, this document describes how deployment automation can be used to distibute academic installations of UE4. This improves the speed of the editor and allows you to have all the features and files installed in case you begin to develop for separate platforms or need to use the standard assets.As universities, colleges, and trade schools continue to offer Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) to students and faculty, one of the most frequently asked questions we get from these users is how to distribute UE4 on school computers without exposing the academic account being used to access the engine. Newer versions of the editor are considerably larger than older Unreal Engine 4 installs and this most likely will continue to grow as more features are added.įor the best development experience, we recommend installing Unreal Engine to a separate 512GB SSD. Your Unreal Engine 5 editor install size is now reduced! The easiest to remove are TVOS and HoloLens2 as most users do not build for these platforms. Next click the “Options” button in the drop down menu underneath the editor version you are editing.įinally scroll through the list of options and remove the ones you want to remove in your current install then click “Apply”. It is still possible to reduce the install size even if you have already installed a version of Unreal Engine.įirst find the version you would like to reduce in size then click the arrow next to “Launch”. We recommend keeping the templates and editor symbols to aid in development and debugging. In the popup box, choose the directory to install the engine to then click “Options”.įinally scroll through the list of options and remove the ones you do not need in your install then click “Apply” and “Install”.

This is found in the Unreal Engine / Library tab of the Epic Games Launcher.įrom there select the engine version you would like to download and click the “Install” button. To reduce the install size of a new install of Unreal Engine, firstly click the plus button next to “Engine Versions”.

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