Project generator options
Command params are parsed in:
protected virtual void ConfigureProjectFileGeneration( String[] Arguments, ref bool IncludeAllPlatforms )
abstract class ProjectFileGenerator
C++
{
/// Global static that enables generation of project files. Doesn't actually compile anything.
/// This is enabled only via UnrealBuildTool command-line.
public static bool bGenerateProjectFiles = false;
/// True if we're generating lightweight project files for a single game only, excluding most engine code, documentation, etc.
public bool bGeneratingGameProjectFiles = false;
/// Optional list of platforms to generate projects for
readonly List<UnrealTargetPlatform> ProjectPlatforms = new List<UnrealTargetPlatform>();
/// When bGeneratingGameProjectFiles=true, this is the game name we're generating projects for
protected string GameProjectName = null;
/// Global static that only adds platforms that are supported when generating a given target.
/// This was the old behavior, and it resulted in scenarios where having an unsupported platform selected
/// in the platform drop-down would silently 'switch' to building Win32.
/// The new behavior is to add all platforms when generating a target, and then check if it is supported
/// at build time. If it is not, then a BuildException is thrown informing the user of an unsupported platform.
/// NOTE: This only matters when using "-AllProjects". It can increase the project file load times though, because of all
/// of the extra project configuration combinations we need to store
public static bool bCreateDummyConfigsForUnsupportedPlatforms = true;
/// Whether we should include configurations for "Test" and "Shipping" in generated projects (pass "-NoShippingConfigs" to disable this)
public static bool bIncludeTestAndShippingConfigs = true;
/// True if intellisense data should be generated (takes a while longer)
bool bGenerateIntelliSenseData = true;
/// True if we should include documentation in the generated projects
\[XmlConfigFile\]
protected bool bIncludeDocumentation = false;
/// True if all documentation languages should be included in generated projects, otherwise only "INT" will be included
bool bAllDocumentationLanguages = false;
/// True if build targets should pass the -useprecompiled argument
public static bool bUsePrecompiled = false;
/// True if we should include engine source in the generated solution
protected bool bIncludeEngineSource = true;
/// True if shader source files should be included in the generated projects
protected bool bIncludeShaderSource = true;
/// True if build system files should be included
bool bIncludeBuildSystemFiles = true;
/// True if we should include config files (.ini files) in the generated project
protected bool bIncludeConfigFiles = true;
/// True if we should include localization files (.int/.kor/etc files) in the generated project
bool bIncludeLocalizationFiles = false;
/// True if we should include template files (.template files) in the generated project
protected bool bIncludeTemplateFiles = true;
/// True if we should include program projects in the generated solution
protected bool IncludeEnginePrograms = true;
/// True if we should include .NET Core projects in the generated solution
bool bIncludeDotNETCoreProjects = false;
/// True if we should reflect "Source" sub-directories on disk in the master project as master project directories.
/// This arguably adds some visual clutter to the master project, but is truer to the on-disk file organization.
bool bKeepSourceSubDirectories = true;
/// Relative path to the directory where the master project file will be saved to
public static DirectoryReference MasterProjectPath = UnrealBuildTool.RootDirectory; // We'll save the master project to our "root" folder
/// Name of the UE4 engine project that contains all of the engine code, config files and other files
public static readonly string EngineProjectFileNameBase = "UE4";
/// Name of the UE4 enterprise project that contains all of the enterprise code, config files and other files
public static readonly string EnterpriseProjectFileNameBase = "Studio";
/// When ProjectsAreIntermediate is true, this is the directory to store generated project files
// @todo projectfiles: Ideally, projects for game modules/targets would be created in the game's Intermediate folder!
public static DirectoryReference IntermediateProjectFilesPath = DirectoryReference.Combine( UnrealBuildTool.EngineDirectory, "Intermediate", "ProjectFiles" );
/// Path to timestamp file, recording when was the last time projects were created.
public static string ProjectTimestampFile = Path.Combine(IntermediateProjectFilesPath.FullName, "Timestamp");
/// Global static new line string used by ProjectFileGenerator to generate project files.
public static readonly string NewLine = Environment.NewLine;
/// If true, we'll parse subdirectories of third-party projects to locate source and header files to include in the
/// generated projects. This can make the generated projects quite a bit bigger, but makes it easier to open files
/// directly from the IDE.
bool bGatherThirdPartySource = false;
/// Indicates whether we should process dot net core based C\# projects
bool AllowDotNetCoreProjects = false;
/// Name of the master project file (e.g. base file name for the solution file for Visual Studio, or the Xcode project file on Mac)
protected string MasterProjectName = "UE4";
}