A time saving console app to help manage and your Unreal Engine Projects by merging plugins and checking for plugin packaging errors early on before submission.
The Plugin Merger mode helps merge multiple plugins into 1. As an example, Plugin A depends on Plugin B, and B depends on Plugin C. The plugin merger will create a single merged plugin where Plugin A is the root and B and C are included in the resulting plugin. The merger will then add redirects for the content so that your uassets still why.
You want to use the Plugin Merger if you’re trying to package your plugin for fab.com and your plugin depends on other local project plugins.
NB: for best results organize your plugin modules under the “Runtime” “Editor” and “ThirdParty” as you develop, i.e prior to merging.
More often than not, as a plugin developer, you’ll forget one or two things when you submit your plugin for approval on the fab marketplace. A simple thing like missing copyright notices at the top of every file will result in rejection a day or two. There’s other things too like forgetting to add “PlatformAllowList” entries in your uplugin and more.
The Compliance checker will go through your .uplugin and source files and check for such mistakes and notify you about the files you should fix. For example, you can have update the copyright notice for all 100 of your source files in one go.
Whether you have 10 sources files or 1000 sources, you can quickly update the copyright notice on top of them in 2 to 3 clicks using the Unreal Projects Manager. No need to go file by file updating notices.
The app will skip all ThirdParty files and only focus on your personal plugin files.
Place the UnrealProjectsManager.exe in the root folder of the project you want to modify.
UnrealProjectsManager will create the “UPM Output” folder when you wish to merge plugins. It will not modify your plugins but copy them in order to create a merged version that will be stored in “UPM Output”. So its non destructive, but keep a backup just in case.
