Packaging the project

Once you’ve finished the project, it’s good practice to package it so that you have a pure standalone version that doesn’t use the Unreal Engine editor. This will run faster and be more lightweight.

Follow these steps to create the packaged version of the file in Exercise 16.01 – Testing the Third Person template in multiplayer:

1. Go to Platforms (to the right of the Play button) | Windows | Package Project.
2. Pick a folder to place the packaged build and wait for it to finish.
3. Once it has finished, go to the selected folder and open the Windows folder inside it.
4. Right-click on TestMultiplayer.exe and pick Create Shortcut.
5. Rename the new shortcut Run Server.
6. Right-click on it and pick Properties.
7. On the target, append ThirdPersonMap?Listen -server, which will create a listen server using ThirdPersonMap. You should end up with this:

   "<Packaged Path>\Windows\TestMultiplayer.exe" 
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