Unreal Engine
BugSplat’s Unreal Engine integration supports most Unreal platforms including desktop computers, the Steam platform, and Linux servers. Support for additional platforms will be provided in the future.
BugSplat is developing an Unreal Engine plugin to simplify various configuration steps. This plugin is in beta and can be installed by copying files into your game's Plugins folder. To try our BugSplat's Unreal Engine plugin see the Plugin section below.
Package your game, check that the Include Crash Reporter and Include Debug Files options are selected in your build configuration:
Integrating Unreal with BugSplat
UE4_PackagingSetttings
Sending crash reports to BugSplat can be done via a simple configuration change to Unreal Engine's CrashReportClient. To configure crash upload to your BugSplat database, create a file named DefaultEngine.ini with the following contents:
[CrashReportClient]
CrashReportClientVersion=1.0
DataRouterUrl="https://{database}.bugsplat.com/post/ue4/{appName}/{appVersion}"
Replace {database}, {appName}, and {appVersion} with the names of your BugSplat database, application name, and version.
Remember the values you use for {database}, {appName}, and {appVersion}. You will need to use the same values when uploading Symbols in order to get crash reports with function names and line numbers in the call stack.
For capturing crashes in packaged games in Unreal Engine 4.25 and earlier, copy
DefaultEngine.ini to {{output directory}}\Engine\Programs\CrashReportClient\Config\NoRedist making sure to create folders that don't exist (where{{output directory}} is the location of your packaged build).For capturing crashes in packaged games in Unreal Engine 4.26 and newer, copy
DefaultEngine.ini to {{output directory}}\Engine\Restricted\NoRedist\Programs\CrashReportClient\Config making sure to create folders that don't exist (where{{output directory}} is the location of your packaged build).If DefaultEngine.ini already exists, add the snippet above anywhere in the file. There are multiple DefaultEngine.ini files in your tree, make sure you edit the right one otherwise crash reports will not be sent to BugSplat.
To create symbolic call stacks on Windows platforms you will need to upload symbol and executable files. The easiest way to upload files is to use our
SendPdbs command line utility. SendPdbs can be downloaded either by clicking here or via the SendPDBs doc. Run it from your build folder using the following commands.cd {your build folder}
SendPdbs.exe /u {username} /p {password} /b {database} /a {appName} /v {appVersion} /s /f "*.pdb;*.dll;*.exe"
Run your game. For testing, a crash can be forced from the console using the command "debug crash". After posting the crash report, log in to BugSplat to view the report.
Eventually, you will want to rebuild CrashReportClient so that its user interface describes the crash reporting changes above. However, this isn't required to successfully post crash reports.
Special instructions for Linux servers:
- Package the crash reporter with your Linux server build by adding the
-CrashReporterflag toPackageBuildLinuxServer.bat - Force a test crash by running your server executable with the option
-ExecCmds="debug crash"
We extract metadata from
CrashContext.runtime-xml file attached to Unreal Engine crash reports. In addition to the values that are provided by prebuilt versions of Unreal Engine, we support a few values our customers have added to their customized engine builds. You can add the following XML fields as child properties of RuntimeProperties:Name | Description |
|---|---|
BugSplatNotes | A value persisted to the Notes column |
BugSplatApplicationKey | A value persisted to the Key column |
If you'd like to forward crashes to the original
DataRouterUrl specified in DefaultEngine.ini you can enable the Forward Crashes option under the Privacy tab on the Settings page. Forwarding crash reports to Epic is useful when a crash in your game is caused by the underlying engine and you are working with Epic Games to resolve the issue. If the Forward to Epic option is enabled, an Epic Correlation-ID will be added to the description of all Unreal Engine crashes that were successfully forwarded to Epic.BugSplat is developing an Unreal Engine plugin that simplifies the configuration of crash reporting in Unreal Engine games.
BugSplat's Unreal plugin currently supports adding crash reporting to Windows, macOS, Linux, and iOS games. With a few clicks, the BugSplat plugin can be configured to automatically upload symbol files so crash report stack traces display function names and line numbers. Support for Android is coming soon!
- 1.Navigate to your project folder, which contains your
[ProjectName].uprojectfile. - 2.If it does not already exist, create a
Pluginsfolder. - 3.Create a
BugSplatfolder in thePluginsfolder and copy the contents of the bugsplat-unreal repo into theBugSplatfolder. - 4.In the Unreal Editor, ensure you can access the BugSplat plugin via
Edit > Project Settingsand scrolling to theBugSplatsection underPlugins.
BugSplat's Unreal plugin currently supports adding crash reporting to Windows, macOS, Linux, and iOS games. With a few clicks, the BugSplat plugin can be configured to automatically upload symbol files so crash report stack traces display function names and line numbers. Support for Android is coming soon!
To get started, access the BugSplat plugin menu in the Unreal Editor via
Edit > Project Settings. Scroll to the BugSplat section of Project Settings and add values for Database, Application, Version, User, and Password:
For Desktop, the BugSplat plugin has the ability to modify the DefaultEngine.ini file for both a packaged build or the global engine so that crashes are posted to BugSplat. Additionally, the BugSplat plugin can add a PostBuildStep that will upload Windows symbol files to BugSplat after each build.
BugSplat recommends configuring the crash reporting independently for each packaged build. To configure crash reporting in a packaged build select
Update Game INI. When prompted, navigate to the root directory of your packaged build that contains the folder Windows or WindowsNoEditor. Note that you will need to repeat this step and update the version information every time you create a packaged version of your game. For production scenarios consider automating this step with a script on your build machine.
Alternatively, BugSplat can be configured to collect crash reports in the editor and all games built with the current engine. To configure BugSplat for the current engine, select
Update Global INI. Note that updating the global DefaultEngine.ini file will affect all projects using the same engine build.In order to get function names and line numbers in crash reports you'll need to upload your game's
.exe, .dll, and .pdb files. To upload symbol files to BugSplat, select the Add Symbol Uploads button. The Add Symbol Uploads button will generate a bash script which uploads your project's symbol files to BugSplat. A script to execute SendPdbs.exe will be added to the PostBuildSteps field in BugSplat.uplugin and will run automatically when your game is built.Installing the BugSplat plugin will configure crash reporting and symbol uploads automatically on mobile platforms.
In order to get function names and line numbers in your iOS crash reports, please make the following changes in the
iOS section of Project SettingsOption | Value |
|---|---|
Generate dSYMs for code debugging and profiling | true |
Generate dSYMs as a bundle for third party crash tools | true |
Support bitcode in shipping | false |
Note that sometimes iOS applications won't crash while the USB cable is connected. If this happens, disconnect the USB cable and re-run the application to trigger a crash.
Once you've installed the plugin, add the following C++ snippet to your game to generate a sample crash.
UE_LOG(LogTemp, Fatal, TEXT("BugSplat!"));
Run your application and submit a crash report.
On Desktops, submit a crash report via the Unreal CrashReportClient dialog that appears at crash time. We have developed a handy guide on how you can customize the Unreal CrashReportClient dialog that is available here.
On iOS, after a crash occurs, restart the game and tap the
Send Report option when prompted.Once you've submitted a crash report navigate to the Crashes page. On the Crashes page, click the link in the ID column.
If everything is configured correctly, you should see something that resembles the following:
BugSplat ❤️s open source! If you feel that this package can be improved, please open an Issue. If you have an awesome new feature you'd like to implement, we'd love to merge your Pull Request. You can also send us an email, join us on Discord, or message us via the in-app chat on bugsplat.com.
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