Exe. file is not created during build

[donbonbon]

I follow the Netcode HelloWorld tutorial.
During the initial build under the chapter ‘the command line helper’ (Your Netcode "Hello World" Project | Unity Multiplayer Networking)

I execute the build and a new window pops up, as expected but the build doesn’t create .exe file.
I.e. I cannot test my project from the command line.

I followed all steps. The only exception is the binary file.

• Select File > Build and Run.
• Create a new folder called Build inside your Hello World project folder.
• Save As the binary HelloWorld.

I didn’t find where/how to save as the binary HelloWorld.

Any return would be highly appreciated.

[Kurt-Dekker]

How to troubleshoot build failures:

First, make a blank project with a single blank scene and prove that it builds successfully.

If the blank project does NOT build, go fix your Unity installation or your other tools, such as Android SDK, NDK, JDK, etc. It may even be necessary to change to a different version of Unity3D. It is generally best to stay with LTS versions of Unity3D.

Until you can build a blank project to the target platform, don’t fiddle with anything else.

Once you can build a blank project, now bisect the problem by bringing over parts of your current project and building it one subsystem at a time, perhaps stubbing things out that might trigger compiler errors.

Most often things that prevent building are third-party libraries such as Firebase.

Once you identify the subsystem, go to the documentation for it and make sure you are doing it correctly.

It may also be helpful to work through a tutorial or two for whatever subsystem is making the build fail.

Android build not building:

Recently (circa July 2022) there have been reports of Unity’s installer failing to install the Android Tools.

Can't build for Android

Latest Hub 3.2.0 in combination with Unity 2021.3.6 can't build for Android because there is a missing Tools folder inside *Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer* so Unity can't find gradle. That folder is simply not created during the installation. The workaround is to copy the whole Tools folder from the previous Unity version or if you don't have the previous version then do what [mention|1j+oWeNEPCI6ejbN15sncw==] says in the post below .

Here was how I brought up Unity2020.3.41 and the Android SDK 31 on October 30, 2022:

.AAB Build Targeting API Level 33 on Unity 2021.3.8 with JDK 1.8.

Hey, coincidentally I just upgraded to Android SDK31 today… why not wait until nearly the last minute? It was a wild ride, took most of the day. Let me tell you what I did, what I found. First of all, I’m using Unity2020.3.41 (hereinafter referred to Unity*) because that’s all the further I need to go forward right now. I found that Unity* only accepts up to SDK30.0.3 tools, but will build using those tools and SDK31. Next I found that Android Studio will not install anything except Android …

Android Gradle errors and other related stuff:

Unity Gradle bug... please help

Fix:

[donbonbon]

Thanks the detailed reply. I tested with only Netcode installed and followed your reply on a blank project.
I verified they both run at LTD, in my case 2022.3.

The build in both cases was executed but it didn’t create an exe file. I added to the original question a snapshot of the files generated by the build. As you can note, the exe file is missing. This is actually my problem, how to generate exe file on the build. Sorry if that wasn’t clear in my initial question.

[MichaelMichaud]

You probably resolved this as it’s been a year but it looks like you are just hiding the file type extensions. Sandbox looks like your executable.