⚒️Download the Editor

Download our editor to start building MSquared experiences

System Requirements

Currently, the MSquared editor only supports Windows 10 and 11.

Hardware requirements

The editor is built on Unreal Editor, and has the same general hardware requirements and performance recommendations:

Hardware and Software Specifications for Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.3 Documentation | Epic Developer CommunityEpic Games Developer

The exact hardware necessary will depend on the scale of your project.

Prerequisites

• If you haven't installed Unreal before, you might need Microsoft's Visual C++ Redistributable.

• You need to have been given Developer access to your metaverse - see Access Control.

Steps

From your metaverse dashboard, click the ⬇ Download the editor button.

In the modal dialog that appears, first click the ⬇ Install the Launcher button.

Note: Your project probably won't be called Staging. If you're not sure which project's editor to download, speak to your colleagues.

M² Launcher is our thin desktop app for Unreal editor & client downloading. It caches downloads so that subsequent launches happen fast.

i.e. The second time you click ⬇ Download for the same editor or client version, it should run immediately.

To change the editor download location (e.g. drive) - see the M2 Launcher page.

After installing the launcher, click the bigger ⬇ Download button to get the editor.

The launcher should automatically appear and start the editor download.

Downloading an editor

Once the download finishes, it should automatically open the Unreal Engine project modal.

If it doesn't, you can click the ⬇ Download editor button in the dashboard again, and now the launcher will immediately open Unreal.

To create a new project:

• Click the MSquared tab

• Configure the Project Location and Project Name as you like

• Click the Create button

For further details on how to use the template project, see M² Base Project

Creating a project

Alternatively, you may want to open an existing project with this editor.

In future, you can open your project just by clicking the uproject file in your project folder. You should only need to use the download path when if you need to update the editor version you're using. More on that later.

Wait for the editor to open

Lastly, wait for the Unreal Editor to open your project.

The editor opening a project

Your first MSquared project

Known issues

Editor downloads but errors when trying to open

You may need to install the Unreal Engine prerequisites. You can do this by:

1. Navigating to%LocalAppdata%/M2Launcher/Editors

2. Sort this directory by Date modified and open the most recently modified directory (this is the Editor that you most recently downloaded).

3. From here, navigate toWindows/Engine/Extras/Redist/en-us

4. and run the UEPrereqSetup_x64.exe file.