How could I update project from 4.2.1 to 4.3.1?

How do i update my level, which i spent a lot of time on already to a later version of UE4. Specifically 4.2.1 to 4.3.1?

I set up my level in 4.2, but my programmer made his blueprints in 4.3. I beleive there used to be a button that you could press to update the your level to a later version of Unreal, but I can’t seem to find it for the life of me! Please help!

We only got messages when updating the ‘uproject’ file to a newer version. The Unreal Editor asks you if you want to convert it in place or take a backup. We did some updates and never were asked if a ‘umap’ shall be converted.

I assume that the conversion of ‘umap’ happens automatically using a policy like:

  • New Properties in this version are initalized with a default value
  • Deprecated Properties in this version are ignored.

Did you backup your file and tried to open with the unreal editor of a newer engine version? I think that shall work otherwise return here and I try to help.

okay, so i made a copy and tried to open it in 4.3 but it gave me this message:

The project failed to compile with this version of the engine. Would you like to open the project in Visual Studio?

what options does this leave me with?

Hey this sounds like you’re have a version mismatch of the game module DLL and the engine DLLs.

Did your programmer compile c++ code? If yes you have to ask him for a new version of the DLL that is linked against the engine version 4.3.