Unreal Skill (WIP)

Automate Unreal Engine 5.x with PlayUnreal style external control.

Status: WIP. PlayUnreal repo: https://github.com/Randroids-Dojo/PlayUnreal

Quick Reference

# Launch editor with Remote Control enabled
UnrealEditor "/path/MyGame.uproject" -ExecCmds="WebControl.StartServer"

# Packaged build (enable Remote Control)
MyGame.exe -RCWebControlEnable -RCWebInterfaceEnable -ExecCmds="WebControl.StartServer"

# Wait for Remote Control and ping a PlayUnreal automation actor
python plugins/unreal/scripts/rc_wait_ready.py \
  --host 127.0.0.1 --port 30010 \
  --object-path "/Game/Maps/Main.Main:PersistentLevel.PlayUnrealDriver_1"

Setup Checklist

• Enable Remote Control and Automation Driver plugins.
• Add the PlayUnrealAutomation plugin to the project.
• Place the PlayUnreal driver actor or subsystem in the map.
• Tag key UMG widgets with automation IDs for stable selectors.
• Keep Remote Control on LAN/VPN only.

Selector Strategy

• id=StartButton maps to Automation Driver By::Id.
• path=#Menu//Start/<SButton> maps to By::Path.
• text="Start" can be implemented via custom traversal if needed.

PlayUnreal Python (target API)

from playunreal import Unreal

async with Unreal.launch(
    uproject="MyGame.uproject",
    map="/Game/Maps/MainMenu",
    remote_control=True,
) as ue:
    page = ue.page()
    await page.locator("id=StartButton").click()
    await page.locator("id=HUDRoot").wait_for_visible()
    await page.screenshot("artifacts/started.png")

Packaged Builds

• Use -RCWebControlEnable -RCWebInterfaceEnable.
• Ensure presets and assets are staged if using Remote Control presets.

References

• references/remote-control.md
• references/automation-driver.md
• references/umg-automation.md
• references/playunreal.md