Unreal Prerequisites#

To work on Unreal Engine projects for the ACE pipeline, follow these setup steps:

1. Install Unreal Engine#

The template and plugins are built for Unreal Engine 5.3.2 and won’t work with a newer/older version. Download it from here and follow the installation process. Make sure to open the “Options” and enable Linux as a target platform:

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2. Install Visual Studio#

Download the Visual Studio Community installer. Do not run the executable directly! It defaults to the latest version, but according to Epic Games’ recommendation a previous version is required for UE5.3.

Run the downloaded installer via command line interface to get the correct version:

visualstudiosetup.exe --channelUri https://aka.ms/vs/17/release.LTSC.17.6/channel

4. Install NGC#

Get the latest NGC CLI and make sure you have a Personal NGC API Key.

3. Install ACE Plugin#

Download the NVIDIA ACE Unreal Engine Plugin from the NVIDIA developer website.

Unzip the downloaded plugin and place it in a folder named “Marketplace” in the Plugin folder of the Unreal Engine (e.g. C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.3\Engine\Plugins\Marketplace). Create this folder, if it doesn’t exist.