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# LifePlay Revival — Unreal Engine 5.5 port
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Community continuation of [LifePlay](https://github.com/vinfamy/LifePlay) by Vinfamy, a free, open-source and moddable
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life simulation RPG (**adult content**), ported from Unreal Engine 4.27 to **Unreal Engine 5.5**.
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## Download the full project
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This Git repository does not contain the heavy assets (see [Repository contents](#repository-contents)). To build or
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play, download the full source archive.
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**[LifePlay_Revival_V1.5_UE5.5_Full_Source_Code.7z](https://mega.nz/file/n0BCwQSI#BZxJphBJNEmsZ6_WrVEbYMbfgwiL1srVXQmhz-3_3es)** (Mega, 6.20 GB) — developer archive (full project)
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- SHA-256: `a71e77ca98c9a86399e4e8685f2b7ea74d6e9358694094968648f98acf7bc9d3`
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- Larger than V1.4 because it includes the reference version `Releases/2026.10.1.5` (1.25 GB, already compressed
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game packages), needed to cook asset mods.
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- Previous versions:
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- [LifePlay_Revival_V1.4_UE5.5_Full_Source_Code.7z](https://mega.nz/file/OooWxJSD#NXYzXcAUayOgQASAb-S-b2IWLd0nvGCT7ONsuJ1NOJM)
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(4.94 GB, SHA-256 `bda44e52e8f45775e09fdea51b613bb64fc5e0c7fd0ec76108804e0bb39b3426`);
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- [LifePlay_Revival_V1.3_UE5.5_Full_Source_Code.7z](https://mega.nz/file/etRHxBgL#HahjZwDV9SFlZ9sZvOc6hz_6JBgg-YjO14UUe0C73Fs)
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(4.95 GB, SHA-256 `24e7d58f759ca8998fe0d7ddc8c6a4c30262978806903e6d3deb68b37c46512a`);
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- the V1, V1.1 and V1.2 archives are no longer hosted; their Git state remains available with the `v1.0`, `v1.1`
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and `v1.2` tags.
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- Same layout as the original author's full source archives: the project folder at the archive root, 7z LZMA2.
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- Contains the complete `Content` folder (including `Content/Heavy` converted to UE5 format), the compiled editor
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modules in `Binaries` (the project opens without compiling), the `StreetMap` and `ModdingExtra` plugins, and a
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`.git` folder matching this repository. From V1.5: the mod sources (`ModSources/`, with their assets) and the
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reference version `Releases/<version>` needed to cook asset mods.
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- Not included: `Saved`, `Intermediate` (regenerated on first build), local development tools.
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Check the file after downloading (PowerShell):
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```powershell
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Get-FileHash .\LifePlay_Revival_V1.5_UE5.5_Full_Source_Code.7z -Algorithm SHA256
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```
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## Game content
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This repository contains the engine port: source code, Blueprints, configuration, tools and documentation. The
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game's text modules (`Content/Modules`, including `vin_Base`) and the heavy assets are not in the repository: they
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are part of the full source archive linked above. A clone of this repository compiles, but has no playable content
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until the modules from the archive are copied into `Content/Modules`.
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## Status: V1.5 (tag `v1.5`, 2026-10-03) — LifePlay 2026.10.1.5
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Mods can now bring their own 3D assets, and the Mod Manager is available from the title screen. Verified in game.
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- **Version number.** New format `year.month.major.minor`: V1.5 is `LifePlay 2026.10.1.5` (V1.4 stays `2026.10.4`).
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- **Asset mods.** A mod can ship cooked 3D assets (meshes, textures, materials) in `LifePlay/Mods/<mod>/` next to its
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text module in `LifePlay/Content/Modules/<mod>/`, without rebuilding the game. Mods are cooked against the
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**reference version** of the release (`Releases/2026.10.1.5`, included in the full source archive). Tools:
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`NewMod.ps1`, `EditMod.ps1`, `HairPipeline.ps1`, `BuildMod.ps1` and the modding guide, which now live in a separate
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mod workshop repository (not part of this repository; the game builds and runs without it).
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- **Mod Manager on the title screen.** Choose your mods before starting or loading a game; the choice is saved. A mod
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that the game does not know yet starts disabled (as in the original game), unless its `.lpmod` declares
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`MODULE_DEFAULT_ENABLED: true`.
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- **Mod metadata and version warning.** New optional `.lpmod` keys (version, dates, license, author link, price, game
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version), shown in the Mod Manager; the game warns when an enabled mod was built for another game version.
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- **Pocolov hairstyles as a mod.** The Pocolov hairstyles left the base game: they are now the asset mod
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`lpr_hair_pocolov` (12 hairstyles, CC BY 4.0; sources in the mod workshop repository, credits in its
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`CREDITS.txt`).
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- **Game build.** The packaged game only contains the base modules `vin_Base` and `vin_VanillaRealistic`. The source
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archive and this repository keep all modules.
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## Status: V1.4 (tag `v1.4`, 2026-10-02) — LifePlay 2026.10.4
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Moddable hairstyles, first new content, and a lighter game build. Verified in game.
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- **Version number.** The main menu shows `LifePlay 2026.10.4`: year, month, release number (V1.4 = 4), read from
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`ProjectVersion` in `Config/DefaultGame.ini`.
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- **Hairstyles open to mods.** The hairstyle, beard and body-hair lists are no longer locked inside the `GI`
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Blueprint: they are text files (`Content/Modules/**/*.lphair`). The base list is
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`Content/Modules/vin_Base/Hairstyles/vin_Base.lphair` (verified identical to the original Blueprint table); any
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module can add hairstyles with a three-line file, and disabling the module removes them.
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- **6 new hairstyles** (Pocolov Hair 03, 06, 11, 15, 16, 17 — CC BY 4.0, credits in
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`Licenses/Free_3D_Models_Credits.txt`), in the new `lp_Revival` module. They follow the head, neck and chest
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(weights transferred from the body) and do not cut through the skin.
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- **Hairstyle import pipeline** for developers (now in the separate mod workshop repository): `HairPipeline.ps1` converts a static FBX hairstyle (Fab or
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elsewhere) in two commands; protocol in
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[`Docs/Migration/13_Protocole_Coiffure.md`](Docs/Migration/13_Protocole_Coiffure.md) (French).
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- **Main menu.** Original author credited (Vinfamy); Donate links to the LifePlay Revival Patreon; new Discord link;
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the "Commission Game Content" button is hidden.
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- **Lighter game build.** The packaged game only contains the essential modules (`vin_Base`, `lp_Revival`,
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`vin_VanillaRealistic`); the game handles missing modules. The source archive and this repository keep all modules.
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- **Editor.** Thematic collections (`LifePlay_*`, regenerated by `Tools/BuildCollections.py`).
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## Status: V1.3 (tag `v1.3`, 2026-10-02)
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Data-loading release. Measured with Unreal Insights and verified in game.
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| | V1.2 | V1.3 |
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| Game data loading when starting or loading a game | ≈ 12.6 s | **≈ 1.3 s** |
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| Scene header parsing (`PopulateScenes`) | 3.6 s | 0.15 s |
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- **Data layer.** The ≈ 2,000 text files of `Content/Modules` are loaded once, in the background while the main menu
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is shown, into a compiled cache (one JSON file per data type, `Saved/LPDataCache`, in `%LOCALAPPDATA%\LifePlay\Saved`
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for the Shipping build). Only new or changed files are read again. The text files stay the source for the base game
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and for mods: modding is unchanged.
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- **Scene headers in C++.** The `WHAT:`/`WHERE:` expansion of scene headers, 94 % of scene loading, now runs in C++
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with exactly the same results (verified against the original Blueprint on every call: 0 difference).
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- **Fixes.** No more HairStrands errors at startup. ERR-038 (characters from the previous room briefly visible) is
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still open: an experimental fix was withdrawn after testing.
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## Status: V1.2 (tag `v1.2`, 2026-10-02)
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Optimisation release. Every change was measured with the engine profilers (CSV profiler, memory tracker, Unreal
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Insights) and validated in game. Details: [`Docs/Migration/11_Audit_Optimisation.md`](Docs/Migration/11_Audit_Optimisation.md).
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| Shipping build | V1.1 | V1.2 |
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| Size | 3,246 MB | **1,494 MB (−54 %)** |
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| Files | 24,249 | **2,084** |
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| Loading a saved game ("Continue") | ≈ 71 s | **≈ 15 s** |
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| Physics memory | 463 MB | **83 MB** |
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| Total memory | ≈ 3.5 GB | **≈ 3.1 GB** |
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- **Faster loading.** The city map gave a physics body to each of its ≈ 160,000 decorative trees, cars and building
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markers (the same in UE 4.27). Their collision is now disabled; clicks on map icons are unaffected.
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- **Compressed content.** Game content now ships in UE5 IoStore containers compressed with Oodle (the engine
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defaults). `Content/Modules` (all mods, text files) and the intro movie stay as plain files, so modding works as
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before. The `ModdingExtra` plugin finds cooked assets through the asset registry when they are not plain files
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(city list).
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- **Smaller build.** 20 engine plugins the game never uses (neural network denoiser, Interchange, Fab…) are limited to
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the editor, and debug symbols are no longer shipped.
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- **Textures.** 29 clothing, road and pavement textures now have mipmaps (less shimmering at a distance).
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- **Fixes and improvements carried over from the post-V1.1 work**: the phone call box now frames the contact's face
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(was empty in UE 4.27); characters' feet are no longer hidden in outdoor locations (a ceiling 18 cm above the floor,
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also in UE 4.27); explicit rendering settings and `SkyAtmosphere` instead of the deprecated `AtmosphericFog`.
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- **Documentation** (French) for developers: architecture after the migration, developer guide, useful commands,
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operating protocol — start at [`Docs/Migration/README.md`](Docs/Migration/README.md).
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## Status: V1.1 (tag `v1.1`, 2026-10-01)
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Changes since V1, each validated in game against UE 4.27 on an identical play path:
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- **Text search fix (CX-B12).** In UE 5.5, searching for an *empty* substring reports a match at position 0, whereas
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UE 4.27 reported no match. Blueprint `Contains`, `Split` and `Find Substring` nodes therefore behaved differently
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(for example, face morph filtering let every morph through). 385 nodes in 28 Blueprints now call
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`LPStringCompat` functions that keep the UE 4.27 behaviour. Runtime errors per character went back to UE 4.27
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levels (session errors 30 → 7, out-of-bounds reads −22 %).
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- **Deprecated nodes replaced.** 56 `Get SkeletalMesh` and 6 `GetRandomPointInNavigableRadius` nodes (same
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behaviour, non-deprecated calls): Blueprint compilation and cooking now report **0 warnings**.
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- **StreetMap verified.** All 280 cities (roads, buildings, amenities) and their 280 static meshes are identical to
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UE 4.27; the smaller files come from the UE5 asset format, not from data loss.
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- **Shipping build.** The Shipping configuration builds and was played without issue, with the same layout as the
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original releases (loose files, no `.pak`, so the game stays moddable).
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- Issues found during testing that also exist in UE 4.27 are documented in the error register and left unchanged.
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## Status: V1 (tag `v1.0`, 2026-09-30)
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- The `LifePlayEditor` target compiles with no errors; every Blueprint loads and compiles.
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- All 8,563 project packages are saved in UE5 format.
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- A packaged Development build was played for about two hours with no crash: distinct, visible and dressed characters,
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scenes, saving and reloading.
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- Known issues and planned work: [`Docs/Migration/Registre_Erreurs.md`](Docs/Migration/Registre_Erreurs.md) (error
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register) and the L7 work packages in [`Docs/Migration/04_Cahier_Des_Charges.md`](Docs/Migration/04_Cahier_Des_Charges.md).
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## Branches and tags
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- `main`: **reference**, the latest validated UE 5.5 version, base for further development.
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- Tags `v1.0` to `v1.5`: each released version as validated.
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- The original project (UE 4.27) is Vinfamy's repository: [vinfamy/LifePlay](https://github.com/vinfamy/LifePlay).
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## Developer documentation (French)
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Start with [`Docs/Migration/README.md`](Docs/Migration/README.md). Main documents:
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[architecture after the migration](Docs/Migration/07_Architecture_5.5.md),
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[developer guide](Docs/Migration/08_Guide_Developpeur.md) (build, packaging, commandlets, writing a fix),
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[useful commands](Docs/Migration/09_Commandes_Utiles.md) (including in-game diagnostic options) and the
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[operating protocol](Docs/Migration/10_Protocole_Operations.md) followed for every change.
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The change log [`Docs/Migration/Journal_Modifications.md`](Docs/Migration/Journal_Modifications.md) records every
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change with its rollback procedure.
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## Repository contents
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Same rules as the original repository (see `.gitignore`): C++ code, configuration, the `ModdingExtra` and `StreetMap`
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plugins, gameplay content (`BPs`, `UI`, `Structs`, `Render`, `Scenes`), the text data in `Content/Modules`, and
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documentation.
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**Not in Git**: `Content/Heavy` (3D models, textures, animations: about 6 GB), `Content/Saves`, `*.png`, `*.7z` and
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`*.mp4` files, binaries and caches. **The repository alone is not enough to build or play**: use the archive above.
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## Requirements
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- Unreal Engine **5.5** (validated with 5.5.4), Windows 64-bit.
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- Visual Studio 2022 with the "Desktop development with C++" workload, to rebuild the C++ modules.
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- The `.uproject` references `McpAutomationBridge`, an optional AI editor-automation plugin used during the port
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([ChiR24/Unreal_mcp](https://github.com/ChiR24/Unreal_mcp), MIT). It is not distributed here: when the editor asks,
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let it disable the plugin.
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## Migration documentation
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The migration documentation is written in French. Entry point: [`Docs/Migration/README.md`](Docs/Migration/README.md)
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(LifePlay architecture, software audit, test plan, specifications, change log, error register). The checking scripts
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(`Tools/*.ps1`) and the diagnostic and fix commandlets (`Source/LifePlayEditorTools`) are described there.
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## Licenses
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Code and content are licensed under **AGPL-3.0** (`LICENSE`), like the original project. Third-party licenses and
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credits (StreetMap, OpenStreetMap, ManuelLab, MakeHuman, 3D models, modding): see [`Licenses/`](Licenses/).
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