Sarah Smith sarah-j-smith

Rider Start Script

Bash script for Mac to start rider from command line and open the current Unreal Project.

Why

Like Android Studio with it's studio and Visual Studio Code with code we want to be able to just type rider in a folder and have it do the right thing.

If you run this command from a directory with at least one MyUnrealProject.uproject file it will open the first one it finds using the version of Rider installed in your Mac /Applications folder.

To Use This

Install Visual Studio Code (not Visual Studio)
Make sure Xcode / clang is installed per instructions
Ensure the VS Code extension called "C/C++ for Visual Studio Code" from Microsoft
Press ++p and type "C/C++: Select IntelliSense Configuration..." - press enter
Select "Use clang++ found at /usr/bin/"
Should see a file as above, mostly filled out - add the "includePath" section
Ensure "autosave" is turned on
Install Unreal Engine 5.x

	Name	Development Language
	React Native	Javascript
	Flutter	Dart
	Xamarin	C#
	Ionic	Javascript (webviews)

	Log file open, 05/20/25 16:51:17
	LogConfig: No local boot hotfix file found at: [../../../../../../sez/depot/UnrealEngine2D/CrustyPirateGame/Saved/PersistentDownloadDir/HotfixForNextBoot.txt]
	LogPluginManager: Looking for build plugins target receipt
	LogPluginManager: Found matching target receipt: ../../../../../../sez/depot/UnrealEngine2D/CrustyPirateGame/Binaries/Mac/CrustyPirateEditor.target
	LogPluginManager: Looking for enabled plugins target receipt
	LogPluginManager: Found matching target receipt: ../../../../../../sez/depot/UnrealEngine2D/CrustyPirateGame/Binaries/Mac/CrustyPirateEditor.target
	LogAssetRegistry: Display: Asset registry cache read as 35.8 MiB from ../../../../../../sez/depot/UnrealEngine2D/CrustyPirateGame/Intermediate/CachedAssetRegistry_0.bin
	LogPluginManager: Mounting Engine plugin EnhancedInput
	LogPluginManager: Mounting Engine plugin ChaosCloth
	LogPluginManager: Mounting Engine plugin CmdLinkServer

	PROJ=$(find . -name "*.uproject")
	if [ -z "$PROJ" ]; then
	echo "Run this from inside the folder containing your Unreal project file - eg \"MyGame.uproject\"."
	exit 1;
	fi

	# Only major version as per pathname
	UNREAL_VERSION=5.5
	PROJ_NAME=$(basename $PROJ .uproject)
	CUR_DIR=$(pwd)

	PROJ=$(find . -name "*.uproject")
	if [ -z "$PROJ" ]; then
	echo "Run this from inside the folder containing your Unreal project - eg \"MyGame.uproject\"."
	exit 1;
	fi

	PROJ_NAME=$(basename $PROJ .uproject)
	CUR_DIR=$(pwd)

	echo "Regenerating project files for ${PROJ_NAME}..."

	# Get the SSH clone link from your repo and check it out with a distinctive name
	mkdir -p ~/src && cd ~/src
	git clone [email protected]:my-git-name/RepoWithExposedSecrets.git\
	freshRepoWithExposedSecrets

	/// The file is stored in an encrypted format on disk and
	/// cannot be read from or written to while the device is locked or booting.

	Complete Protection (NSFileProtectionComplete)

	cd ~/src
	git clone --mirror [email protected]:my-git-name/RepoWithExposedSecrets.git
	java -jar ~/bin/bfg-1.14.0.jar --delete-files Credentials.json RepoWithExposedSecrets.git

	cd ~/src/RepoWithExposedSecrets.git
	git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive