When compiling UE4.11, GenerateProjectFiles ERROR

anonymous_user_5bd77415 · April 26, 2016, 1:39pm

When I compiling UE4.11 souce code, double click GenerateProjectFiles.bat, it says:

*Setting up Unreal Engine 4 project files...

UnrealBuildTool Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not s
et to an instance of an object.
   at UnrealBuildTool.ProjectFileGenerator.ConfigureProjectFileGeneration(String
[] Arguments, Boolean& IncludeAllPlatforms) in D:\Unreal Engine 4.11\Engine\Sour
ce\Programs\UnrealBuildTool\System\ProjectFileGenerator.cs:line 805
   at UnrealBuildTool.VCProjectFileGenerator.ConfigureProjectFileGeneration(Stri
ng[] Arguments, Boolean& IncludeAllPlatforms) in D:\Unreal Engine 4.11\Engine\So
urce\Programs\UnrealBuildTool\System\VCProjectFileGenerator.cs:line 202
   at UnrealBuildTool.ProjectFileGenerator.GenerateProjectFiles(String[] Argumen
ts, Boolean& bSuccess) in D:\Unreal Engine 4.11\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealBui
ldTool\System\ProjectFileGenerator.cs:line 309
   at UnrealBuildTool.UnrealBuildTool.GenerateProjectFiles(ProjectFileGenerator
Generator, String[] Arguments) in D:\Unreal Engine 4.11\Engine\Source\Programs\U
nrealBuildTool\System\UnrealBuildTool.cs:line 1468
   at UnrealBuildTool.UnrealBuildTool.DoPostStartupStuffThatCanAccessConfigs(Str
ing[] Arguments) in D:\Unreal Engine 4.11\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealBuildTool
\System\UnrealBuildTool.cs:line 1266

GenerateProjectFiles ERROR: UnrealBuildTool was unable to generate project files
.

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here are my computer information

OS: /64bit
Visual Studio community 2015

i don’t know ! what i do??

teak421 · April 27, 2016, 6:11am

Did you run setup.exe before you generated files?

anonymous_user_5bd77415 · April 28, 2016, 5:46am

yes. i complete all dependencies…

anonymous_user_277c86b9 · April 28, 2016, 10:31am

look at this

anonymous_user_b666e59e · May 3, 2016, 5:49pm

Hi appy001,

I downloaded a fresh copy of the 4.11.2 source code and was able to run GenerateProjectFiles.bat without any problems. Are you still having trouble with this issue?

anonymous_user_b666e59e · May 9, 2016, 7:06pm

Hi appy001,

We have not heard back from you for a while. Do you still need any help with this issue? I will be marking this post as resolved for internal tracking purposes, but if you need any additional help, please feel free to add a comment and re-open this post.

anonymous_user_69478d991 · March 2, 2017, 1:21am

I have the same problem,how do you resolve it?

anonymous_user_5bd77415 · March 3, 2017, 9:31am

thank you sir but i resolve it, actually problem was Microsoft Visual c++15 (vcredist_x64 x86). when m installed it, problem solved…

anonymous_user_5bd77415 · March 3, 2017, 9:36am

install Microsoft Visual c++15 (vc_redist_x64 x86)
both file size= 27.0 mb