Known Limitation: UE 5.8 only — older/newer engine version support

[ThePecerowski]

Current Limitation

UEBPCracker is pinned to Unreal Engine 5.8.x. The plugin uses engine APIs that may not exist or may have different signatures in UE 5.7 or UE 5.9+.

Specific UE 5.8 API Dependencies

The following APIs are verified for UE 5.8.2 (CL 56702186) but may differ in other versions:

• UBlueprintEditorLibrary::CreateBlueprintAssetWithParent(const FString&, UClass*)
• UBlueprintEditorLibrary::CompileBlueprint(UBlueprint*)
• UEditorAssetSubsystem::SaveLoadedAsset(UObject*, bool)
• FKismetEditorUtilities::CompileBlueprint(UBlueprint*, EBlueprintCompileOptions, FCompilerResultsLog*)
• FJsonObject::TryGetField returning TSharedPtr (value, not pointer)
• UEnum::GetIndexByNameString (replaces removed FindEnumIndex)
• TFieldIterator iteration behavior (default IS IncludeSuper in 5.8)

Proposed Solution

1. Create an engine version abstraction layer / compatibility shim
2. Add compile-time version guards (#if ENGINE_MAJOR_VERSION == 5 && ENGINE_MINOR_VERSION == 8)
3. Evaluate and test on UE 5.9 when available

Workaround

Stick to UE 5.8.x. See memory-bank/gotchas_export.md for the full list of confirmed API behaviors.