<aside> ⚠️ Important: Please make sure Unreal Engine is closed on your machine before proceeding with livelink installation.
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Depending on your OS, download the plugin from the following page:
Extract the zip file to a folder.
Copy the MegascansPlugin from the folder to where your engine's plugins are installed, like this for instance: C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.25\Engine\Plugins. The path should basically be where your engine's plugins are installed.
<aside> ⚠️ Important: If you're trying to install the plugin on a custom Unreal Engine build, then copy the MegascansPlugin to the code's /Engine/Plugins folder and compile using the steps specified in Unreal Engine's documentation on Github.
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<aside> ⚠️ Important: If you had previously installed the old version of the plugin you will have an UnrealEnginePython folder in your Engine/Plugins folder. Make sure to delete this folder or the new plugin will not work.
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Start up Unreal Engine.
On Windows, you should see a green Megascans button inside Unreal which means the plugin got installed successfully.
<aside> ⚠️ Important: On Windows, the plugin will run automatically whenever you start Unreal Engine. If it doesn't, go to the Plugins menu and enable is manually.
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On Mac OS, you will first have to enable the following pre-req plugins and then enable the plugin from the Plugins menu to see the green Megascans button:
Open Bridge, and in the Downloaded section click on the asset you want to export. You should see the Export Settings side panel below:
Set the "Export To" drop-down to "Custom Socket Export".
Set the "Socket Port" field to 13429.
<aside> ⚠️ Important: The plugin currently relies on a hard-coded port to receive data from Quixel Bridge : 13429. It can only work with one engine open on your system at a time.
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