UnrealEngineUWP/Engine/Build/HTML5

The files in this folder are all the files you need to upload to your web server.


The following will help explain what kinds of files these are.


Development Build
=================

Packaging "Dewelopment" builds:
	* Only uncompressed files are built
	* Jump down to "Local Testing" to test your project


Shipping Build
==============

Packaging "Shipping" builds:
	* Can be built with or without uncompressed files
	* Jump down to "Local Testing" to test your project

To package "Shipping" build with "compression" enabled, set the following option in UE4Editor:
		Project Settings ->
		Platforms ->
		HTML5 ->
		Packaging ->
		Compress files during shipping packaging



Non-Compressed Files
====================
Use this settings (available on Development or Shipping builds) for the best results on being able to server your project from most web host providers.

	Files Required for Non-Compressed Files Deployment
	--------------------------------------------------
	<project>.js         - main project Javascript code
	<project>.wasm       - main game code
	<project>.data       - game content
	<project>.data.js    - game content Javascript driver
	<project>.html       - landing page
	<project>.symbols    - symbols (optional: used with debugging)
	Utility.js           - utility Javascript code
	.htaccess            - "distributed configuration file"


Compressed Files (Advanced option)
================
Use this setting (only available on Shipping builds) if you need to help make your project downloads smaller.

	* NOTE: We recommend you smash your texture sizes for the best results -- this may be enough to NOT require using the compression option.
		+ For more information on how to do this, see:
			> https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Platforms/Mobile/Textures/
			> For HTML5, try setting Max LOD Size to 256 and go up from there to ensure quality and download size are acceptable.


If you are an advanced web server administrator:
	* Using compression helps improve download times.
	* Using pre-compressed files may help your web server from compressing the files dynamically everytime the time your project is loaded on to a browser.
	* NOTE: Being able to serve pre-compressed files will require configuring your web server to properly serve the UE4 compressed file extention type.
		+ These settings are placed in the .htaccess file
			> This file will work on most Apache web servers (that have the AllowOveride option set to (e.g.) All).
		+ AGAIN, if you are reading this section, we assume you have a deep understanding of web server technology.
			> This is not for beginners.

	Files Required for Compressed Files Deployment - in addition to the Non-Compressed Files (listed above)
	----------------------------------------------
	<project>.jsgz         - compressed main project Javascript code
	<project>.wasmgz       - compressed main game code
	<project>.datagz       - compressed game content
	<project>.data.jsgz    - compressed game content Javascript driver
	<project>.symbolsgz    - compressed symbols (optional: used with debugging)
	Utility.jsgz           - compressed utility Javascript code


Files not needed for Deployment - these are normally used during developement
===============================
	HTML5LaunchHelper.exe            - see Local Testing below
	RunMacHTML5LaunchHelper.command  - see Local Testing below
	Readme.txt                       - this Readme file




Local Testing
=============

	UE4's test web server
	---------------------
	Run HTML5Launcher.exe (on windows) or RunMacHTML5LaunchHelper.command (on Mac) to start a web sever which is configured to serve compressed files on localhost.
	* This is NOT a production quality server.
	* Add -ServerPort=XXXX to the command line if necessary to change the serving port.
		> Default port is 8000.
	

	Python web server
	-----------------
	You may use python's built in web server, e.g.:
	* (make sure you run the following command from the same path this Readme and <project>.html files are located)
		python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000


	Apache web server
	-----------------
	OSX and Linux normally have Apache installed.
	* You can use that for testing which has the closest behavior to most web host providers.