Creating Game Builds
You can create a variety of game builds, including a release build. See the following definitions for the different build mode types:
Profile mode builds for game developers, designers, and artists
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Provides an optimized build meant for game development.
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Contains performance instrumentation and debugging output.
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Compiles shaders at run time, which may require the remote shader compiler.
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Communicates with Asset Processor and compiles as needed.
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Has logging, crash reporting, metrics, and other troubleshooting features.
Debug mode builds for programmers
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Provides a non-optimized version of the game engine that provides the same features as the profile version.
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Has additional memory checks and tests.
Release mode builds for customer previews, demos, and launches
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Loads assets and data only from
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Loads shaders from
.pakfiles for better performance but may compile shaders for DirectX at run time if a shader is not found in the.pakfiles. -
Can't use virtual file system (VFS) or remote asset access.
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Doesn't communicate with Asset Processor because Asset Processor doesn't ship with the game.
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Removes most logging, instrumentation, profiling, and other measurement metrics.
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Removes all game developer and programmer features such as console usage, cheat commands, command line parsing, and batch mode processing.
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Combines everything into a single executable file instead of DLLs.
For more information about creating release builds for Android and iOS, see Creating Android and iOS Games.
