Custom engine build + native extensions

Questions
1

Hello,

Is it possible to build a project using native extensions and a custom engine build without a local build server ?

2

No, that is not possible. What is this custom engine? Could you not have the custom parts also in a native extension?

3

Thanks, I was suspecting this but hoping maybe I missed something in the docs.

I’m experimenting with some changes to 3D Physics, I don’t think it’s possible to have this changes in a native extension.

4

I don’t think it’s possible to have this changes in a native extension.

It depends on what you’re doing.
In your case, you could use the extension manifest to remove the Bullet 3D, and your extension could then include a set of Bullet 3D libraries (renamed, so they aren’t also removed form the build)

That, said, I will get to your PR soon.

5

That’s great, good to know. Can I exclude also the physics wrapper ? If I uncheck Physics 3D in the app manifest, the list of excluded libraries becomes [physics, LinearMath, BulletDynamics, BulletCollision]. I don’t have a physics lib in my local build but I have libphysics, liphysics_3d etc.

6

Only if you want no physics at all. The physics wrapper is the api that the collision object compobnent uses to interact with the underlying physics engine.

7

Thanks.

8

The modified PR is merged into dev. and is available in the alpha build (we’re aiming for a beta build next week)

9

That’s super. Thanks.

I still need a custom build because I’m playing around with some other changes besides that PR. I decided to try the local build server and it works.

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