| Aspect | UE4 (4.27 & earlier) | UE5 (5.0+) | |--------|----------------------|------------| | VC++ Redist | 2015-2019 (14.2x) | 2015-2022 (14.3x+) | | DirectX | DirectX 11/12 Runtime | Same, plus optional DX12 Agility SDK | | .NET | 4.8 | 4.8 or 6.0 (for tools) | | Extra | PhysX, APEX | Chaos Physics (no extra redist) |
If you are shipping a commercial UE4 game, you must include and execute the prerequisite setup during your own game’s installation. Here’s the industry standard approach. Ue4 Prerequisites -x64- Setup
: SSD with at least 80GB–256GB of free space is recommended for performance. Epic Games Developers Manual Installation | Aspect | UE4 (4
– Do not commit the entire Redist\ folder to Perforce/Git. It adds ~50 MB per engine version. Instead, download prerequisites via a setup script. Epic Games Developers Manual Installation – Do not
Or from a packaged game’s Engine\Extras\Redist\en-us\ folder.
– Even on 64-bit Windows, ensure you are not accidentally running a 32-bit shell. Navigate to the x64 version explicitly.
This will give you the raw .exe and .msi files for VC++, DirectX, etc.