VisualU

Plugin for Unreal Engine 5.7 that brings core functionality for a widget-based visual novel narrative.

Setup

Build the plugin for the Unreal Engine 5.7.x project

Build Plugin using Unreal Automation Tool (Windows)

1. Go to <engine_directory>\Engine\Build\BatchFiles.
2. Type powershell into File Explorer's address tab.
3. In the opened Powershell window, type the following command: ./RunUAT.bat BuildPlugin -plugin="<path_to_plugin>\VisualU.uplugin" -package="C:\Users\$Env:Username\Desktop\Package"
4. Packaged plugin can be saved to any other folder, Desktop is used for example purposes.

Install Plugin for the project

1. Open project's directory for which you want to install the plugin.
2. Create Plugins folder, than another folder named VisualU inside of it.
3. Go to Desktop\Package or the folder that was during step 3 of build phase.
4. Copy everything and paste it to the newly created Plugins\VisualU folder inside project's directory.

Usage

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