"The project could not be compiled. Would you like to open it in Visual Studio?"

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I get this error message below when I create a new C++ project:

The project could not be compiled. Would you like to open it in Visual Studio?

Running C:/Program Files (x86)/Epic Games/4.12/Engine/Binaries/DotNET/UnrealBuildTool.exe gjmgfj Development Win64 -project=“C:/3D_Project/Unreal/gjmgfj/gjmgfj.uproject” -editorrecompile -progress -noubtmakefiles -NoHotReloadFromIDE
@progress push 5%
Parsing headers for gjmgfjEditor
Running UnrealHeaderTool “C:\3D_Project\Unreal\gjmgfj\gjmgfj.uproject” “C:\3D_Project\Unreal\gjmgfj\Intermediate\Build\Win64\gjmgfjEditor\Development\gjmgfjEditor.uhtmanifest” -LogCmds=“loginit warning, logexit warning, logdatabase error” -Unattended -WarningsAsErrors -installed
Reflection code generated for gjmgfjEditor in 3.9119281 seconds
@progress pop
Distributing 10 actions to XGE
--------------------Build System Warning---------------------------------------
License is invalid:
License information is invalid. Please try reloading your license file using the Coordinator Monitor application on the Coordinator machine, or reinstall IncrediBuild.
This build will run in standalone mode.

Initializing…
--------------------Project: Default-------------------------------------------
[0:15.57 at +0:00]
PCH.gjmgfj.h.cpp
[0:01.21 at +0:15]
gjmgfjHUD.cpp
[0:01.56 at +0:16]
gjmgfjCharacter.cpp
[0:00.45 at +0:18]
gjmgfj.generated.cpp
[0:00.45 at +0:18]
gjmgfjGameMode.cpp
[0:00.34 at +0:19]
gjmgfjProjectile.cpp
[0:00.23 at +0:19]
gjmgfj.cpp
PCLaunch.rc [0:00.20 at +0:19]
ModuleVersionResource.rc.inl [0:00.20 at +0:20]
UE4Editor-gjmgfj.dll [0:00.21 at +0:20]

Creating library C:\3D_Project\Unreal\gjmgfj\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UE4Editor\Development\UE4Editor-gjmgfj.lib and object C:\3D_Project\Unreal\gjmgfj\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UE4Editor\Development\UE4Editor-gjmgfj.exp
gjmgfj.cpp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol “__declspec(dllimport) public: static class TBaseDelegate & __cdecl FCoreDelegates::GetObjectArrayForDebugVisualizersDelegate(void)” (_imp?GetObjectArrayForDebugVisualizersDelegate@FCoreDelegates@@SAAEAV?$TBaseDelegate@PEAVFFixedUObjectArray@■■■$V@@anonymous_user_9674a66c) referenced in function “void __cdecl `dynamic initializer for ‘GObjectArrayForDebugVisualizers’'(void)” (??__EGObjectArrayForDebugVisualizers@@YAXXZ)
gjmgfjGameMode.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol “public: virtual bool __cdecl AGameMode::SetPause(class APlayerController *,class TBaseDelegate)” (?SetPause@AGameMode@@UEAA_NPEAVAPlayerController@@anonymous_user_e71e0d8a1?$TBaseDelegate@_N$$$V@@@Z)
gjmgfj.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol “public: virtual bool __cdecl AGameMode::SetPause(class APlayerController *,class TBaseDelegate)” (?SetPause@AGameMode@@UEAA_NPEAVAPlayerController@@anonymous_user_e71e0d8a1?$TBaseDelegate@_N$$$V@@@Z)
C:\3D_Project\Unreal\gjmgfj\Binaries\Win64\UE4Editor-gjmgfj.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals

Error executing C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin\amd64\link.exe (tool returned code: 1120)

1 build system warning(s):

  • License is invalid

---------------------- Done ----------------------

Rebuild All: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped

ERROR: UBT ERROR: Failed to produce item: C:\3D_Project\Unreal\gjmgfj\Binaries\Win64\UE4Editor-gjmgfj.dll
XGE execution time: 27.82 seconds

Then, I press “Open with Visual Studio”. Just can open with VS, can’t open with UE4.
Would anyone help me plz. Thz

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Hello ,

From looking at the log, there seem to be a couple problems. First, it seems that your Incredibuild license is out of date yet you still have it active. I’ve never tried building in this situation and it shouldn’t stop you from compiling, but it may be best to deactivate it until your license is renewed.

Secondly, it seems that you’re trying to build with Visual Studio 12.0, also known as 2013. With the release of 4.10, we stopped supporting Visual Studio 2013 in favor of 2015. Can you try installing and compiling with Visual Studio 2015?

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Hi ,

Thanks for your help. After install Visual Studio 2015, I can open the project correctly. However, I found an other problem that if install Visual Studio 2015 with update 3, the project also can’t open correctly so when setup Visual Studio 2015, do not select update 3.

Lastly, thanks for your help.