Unreal Engine Program Arguments and Environment Variables
tip
When you work with
.slnfiles, the Program argument field is set to $(LocalDebuggerCommandArguments) by default and uses theLocalDebuggerCommandArgumentsproperty from the {GameName}.vcxproj.user file.
Go to . Alternatively, press CtrlAltShift0R, then 00.
In the Run/Debug Configurations dialog that opens, select a configuration where you want to pass the arguments and add the environment variables.
Type the arguments in the Optional arguments field. The arguments should be separated with spaces or new lines.
Click
to expand the text field, so you can view and edit the arguments as a list.In the Environment variables field, type the variable name and value:
<name>=<value>. If you add several variables, they should be separated with semicolons.Alternatively, click
and add the variable name and value to the User environment variables list.
In the dialog that opens, you can also see the list of available system environment variables. Clear the Include system environment variables checkbox if you don't want to use the system environment variables for the selected configuration.
You can reference existing variables, including the parent environment variables, using the
$VAR$syntax. Note that such references are case-sensitive: for example,PATH=xxx:$PATH$for Linux/macOS andPath=xxx;$Path$for Windows.
Download the plugin archive (ZIP or JAR).
Press CtrlAlt0S to open settings and then select .
On the Plugins page, click
and then click Install Plugin from Disk….
Select the plugin archive file and click OK.
Click OK to apply the changes and restart the IDE if prompted.