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jsbmg
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9 months ago

Is anyone using the Meta XR plugin in their C++ code?

In my project, I'd like to write some of the functionality in C++ vs. blueprints. However, I'm unable to get past linker errors when calling functions from the Meta XR plugin. Specifically, I'm tryi...
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jsbmg
Explorer
9 months ago
Ok. I figured this one out. In case anyone has the same issue, here's what's going on. For some reason, UOculusXRControllerComponent is not exported with the *_API macro, so it's not available. I'm not sure why, because UOculusXRHandComponent IS exported. I'm not an Unreal or C++ expert so I'm no sure why this is the way it is. But now I understand why I can't import UOculusXRControllerComponent, but I can use UOculusXRHandComponent.
 
Meta - Is there a reason why UOculusXRHandComponent is exported with the _API macro, but UOCulusXRControllerComponent is not?