JetBrains / RiderSourceCodeAccess

Plugin for UE4 to user Rider for Unreal Engine as code editor
Apache License 2.0
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official JetBrains project

Description

RiderSourceCodeAccess is a plugin for Unreal Engine, available through Marketplace page that will add an option to select "Rider for Unreal Engine" as your source code editor in Unreal Editor.

Functionality

Example of dropdown box with Rider for Unreal Engine

How to add this plugin manually (not recommened)

How to add to Game project

  1. Get the source code of the main branch;
  2. Unzip RiderSourceCodeAccess.zip to RiderSourceCodeAccess folder;
  3. Copy RiderSourceCodeAccess folder to {GameProjectRoot}/Plugins/Developer; a. If {GameProjectRoot}/Plugins/Developer does not exist, create it;
  4. (For Windows and .sln project model only) Re-generate solution files - uproject file > context menu > Generate Visual Studio project files;
  5. Build UE project using Rider (or any other IDE that you've setup for your OS);
  6. Start Unreal Editor;
  7. Edit > Editor Preferences ... > General > Source Code > Source Code Editor;
  8. Select Rider from drop down list. NB: only Rider with C++ plugins will be available from drop down list.

How to add to Engine project

Unreal Engine is built from source code

  1. Get the source code of the main branch;
  2. Unzip RiderSourceCodeAccess.zip to RiderSourceCodeAccess folder;
  3. Copy RiderSourceCodeAccess folder to {UnrealEngineRoot}/Engine/Plugins/Developer; a. If {UnrealEngineRoot}/Engine/Plugins/Developer does not exist, create it;
  4. (For Windows and .sln project model only) Re-generate solution files - uproject file > context menu > Generate Visual Studio project files;
  5. Build UE project using Rider (or any other IDE that you've setup for your OS);
  6. Start Unreal Editor;
  7. Edit > Editor Preferences ... > General > Source Code > Source Code Editor;
  8. Select Rider from drop down list. NB: only Rider with C++ plugins will be available from drop down list.

Unreal Engine is downloaded from Epic Games Store

  1. Get the source code of the main branch;
  2. Unzip RiderSourceCodeAccess.zip to RiderSourceCodeAccess folder;
  3. Copy RiderSourceCodeAccess folder to {UnrealProjectRoot}/Plugins/Developer; a. If {UnrealProjectRoot}/Plugins/Developer does not exist, create it; 4.(For Windows and .sln project model only) Re-generate solution files - uproject file > context menu > Generate Visual Studio project files;
  4. Build UE project using Rider (or any other IDE that you've setup for your OS);
  5. Move RiderSourceCodeAccess folder from {UnrealProjectRoot}/Plugins/Developer to {UnrealEngineRoot}/Engine/Plugins/Developer;
  6. Start Unreal Editor;
  7. Edit > Editor Preferences ... > General > Source Code > Source Code Editor;
  8. Select Rider from drop down list. NB: only Rider with C++ plugins will be available from drop down list.