This tutorial walks you through how to package your Unreal Engine project for the MozXR environment, focusing on creating a clean executable build for testing and deployment. You’ll learn how to use the Project Launcher to configure a custom launch profile, select maps to cook, and properly archive your build to the required directory structure. The video also highlights why early packaging is important to catch build issues and demonstrates how to verify your build, including testing tracking simulations within the packaged application.

Topics covered

• Why you should package your project early (catching build errors)
• Opening and using the Project Launcher in Unreal Engine
• Creating a custom launch profile for MozXR
• Setting the content scheme to .pak file packaging
• Selecting which maps to cook (e.g., startup or specific maps)
• Build configuration settings (build, archive, no deploy yet)
• Setting the correct archive/build output directory (deploy/build folder)
• Packaging the project into a Windows executable
• Verifying the build by running the executable
• Testing tracking simulation (floor and wall) inside the packaged build

Links

• Ars Electronica > MozXR > Github Repo
• Ars Electronica > MozXR > Github Repo > Pharus Tracking Plugin
• Deploy to Environment
• Unreal Engine > Packaging
• Discord