UE 4.10.4 Compiling Error

So I’m running VS2015 Update 3.

I ran both Setup and GenerateProjectFiles file, no issues.

When I press F5 in Visual studio I get presented with about 23-25 errors (Listed at the bottom).

How do I fix this as it won’t compile due to these errors.

Thanks

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Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State

Error C4599 ‘/IM:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE’: command line argument number 46 does not match precompiled headerU:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Core\Module.Core.2_of_7.cpp:

error C4599: ‘/IM:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE’: command line argument number 46 does not match precompiled headerU:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Core\Module.Core.6_of_7.cpp:

error C4599: ‘/IM:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE’: command line argument number 46 does not match precompiled headerU:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Core\Module.Core.4_of_7.cpp:

error C4599: ‘/IM:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE’: command line argument number 46 does not match precompiled headerU:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Core\Module.Core.3_of_7.cpp:

error C4599: ‘/IM:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE’: command line argument number 46 does not match precompiled header UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Core\Module.Core.5_of_7.cpp 1

Error C4599 ‘/IM:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE’: command line argument number 46 does not match precompiled headerU:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Core\Module.Core.1_of_7.cpp:

error C4599: ‘/IM:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE’: command line argument number 46 does not match precompiled header UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Core\Module.Core.7_of_7.cpp 1

Error C4605 ‘/DORIGINAL_FILE_NAME=“UnrealHeaderTool-Json.dll”’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was builtU:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Projects\Module.Projects.cpp:

error C4605: ‘/DORIGINAL_FILE_NAME=“UnrealHeaderTool-Projects.dll”’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was built UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Json\Module.Json.cpp 1

Error C4605 ‘/DJSON_API=DLLEXPORT’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was builtU:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Projects\Module.Projects.cpp:

error C4605: ‘/DPROJECTS_API=DLLEXPORT’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was built UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Json\Module.Json.cpp 1

Error C4605 ‘/DJSON_API=DLLIMPORT’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was built UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Projects\Module.Projects.cpp 1

Error C4599 ‘/IU:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Source\Runtime\Json\Private’: command line argument number 2 does not match precompiled headerU:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Projects\Module.Projects.cpp:

error C4599: ‘/IU:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Source\Runtime\Projects\Private’: command line argument number 2 does not match precompiled header UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\Json\Module.Json.cpp 1

Error C4605 ‘/D_WINDLL’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was built UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Plugins\ScriptGeneratorPlugin\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\ScriptGeneratorPlugin\Module.ScriptGeneratorPlugin.cpp 1

Error C4605 ‘/DORIGINAL_FILE_NAME=“UnrealHeaderTool-ScriptGeneratorPlugin.dll”’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was built UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Plugins\ScriptGeneratorPlugin\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\ScriptGeneratorPlugin\Module.ScriptGeneratorPlugin.cpp 1

Error C4605 ‘/DSCRIPTGENERATORPLUGIN_API=DLLEXPORT’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was built UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Plugins\ScriptGeneratorPlugin\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\ScriptGeneratorPlugin\Module.ScriptGeneratorPlugin.cpp 1

Error C4605 ‘/DPROJECTS_API=DLLIMPORT’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was built UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Plugins\ScriptGeneratorPlugin\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\ScriptGeneratorPlugin\Module.ScriptGeneratorPlugin.cpp 1

Error C4605 ‘/DJSON_API=DLLIMPORT’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was built UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Plugins\ScriptGeneratorPlugin\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\ScriptGeneratorPlugin\Module.ScriptGeneratorPlugin.cpp 1

Error C4599 ‘/IU:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Source\Programs\UnrealHeaderTool\Public’: command line argument number 2 does not match precompiled header UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Plugins\ScriptGeneratorPlugin\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\ScriptGeneratorPlugin\Module.ScriptGeneratorPlugin.cpp 1

Error C4605 ‘/DORIGINAL_FILE_NAME=“UnrealHeaderTool.exe”’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was built UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\UnrealHeaderTool\Module.UnrealHeaderTool.cpp 1

Error C4605 ‘/DUNREALHEADERTOOL_API=’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was built UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\UnrealHeaderTool\Module.UnrealHeaderTool.cpp 1

Error C4605 ‘/DJSON_API=DLLIMPORT’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was built UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\UnrealHeaderTool\Module.UnrealHeaderTool.cpp 1

Error C4605 ‘/DPROJECTS_API=DLLIMPORT’ specified on current command line, but was not specified when precompiled header was built UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\UnrealHeaderTool\Module.UnrealHeaderTool.cpp 1

Error C4599 ‘/IU:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private’: command line argument number 2 does not match precompiled header UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool\Development\UnrealHeaderTool\Module.UnrealHeaderTool.cpp 1

Error Failed to produce item: U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UnrealHeaderTool-Core.dll UE4 U:\Epic Games\UnrealEngine-4.10.4-release\Engine\Intermediate\ProjectFiles\ERROR 1

Error MSB3073 The command “…\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat UE4Editor Win64 Development -waitmutex” exited with code -1. UE4 C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets 41

Hello Kuuwahi,

This could be related to having Update 3. Update 3 was released during 4.12’s release cycle and, as such, we can’t guarantee that older versions of the engine will be able to support it. Unfortunately, as far as I know, there isn’t a way to revert from Update 3. I would suggest upgrading to at least 4.11.2 with this QFE or to 4.12.5 or 4.13 which both have native support for Update 3.

Ello Matthew,

Yeah, I thought as much. I have raised the notion for upgrading from 4.10 to the latest versions with the project lead.

Thank you for the confirmation on this issue.