CrimsonCommon · Lesson 2 of 4

Enable the Plugin

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  • Completed: Meet CrimsonCommon
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1. Enable the plugin

Open Edit → Plugins, type Crimson in the search box, tick CrimsonCommon's checkbox, and restart the editor when prompted. CrimsonCommon is the foundation plugin — it has no sibling Crimson dependency to enable alongside it. For a Blueprint project that's the entire install — you never hand-edit the .uproject or any .Build.cs.

Blueprint-only project?
Enabling the plugin in Edit → Plugins is the whole installation — there's no .uproject or .Build.cs to edit. The editor writes the plugin entry for you. The C++ step below is needed only when you reference CrimsonCommon types from your own C++ code.

C++ projects: after enabling the plugin above, add its module to your build file so your game code can use its types:

csharp
// YourGame.Build.cs
PublicDependencyModuleNames.Add("CrimsonCommon");
Logging macro dependency
The CRIMSON_LOG_* macros live in CrimsonCommon. Any Crimson plugin that uses them must list CrimsonCommon in PublicDependencyModuleNames — even if it uses none of the gameplay types.

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