Error: LINK1181 cannot open input file 'delayimp.lib'

Do I need to be worried about this? I don't see any mention of it in the documentation and I can't find it by searching through discord's search functions

TThomas Do I need to be worried about this? I don't see any mention of it in the documen...

FICSIT-Fred•11/23/25, 6:36 PM

Note: the "exit code 6" message which appears in build logs is very vague - it indicates that building C++ failed for some other reason. If you'd like help with this error, make sure that you also share the rest of the build output as described here (or from the Alpakit Log tab if you're getting this at mod package time)
https://docs.ficsit.app/satisfactory-modding/latest/Development/BeginnersGuide/project_setup.html#_the_command_exited_with_code_6

ThomasOP•11/23/25, 6:37 PM

there are other warnings but the only errors are with link1181

ThomasOP•11/23/25, 6:39 PM

btw this is on compiling FactoryGame for the first time

ThomasOP•11/23/25, 6:39 PM

not sure if that's important or not

DarthPorisius•11/23/25, 6:39 PM

Google-fu suggests you didn't add all of the VS Packages in. You might want to re-read through the inital setup and try again.

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fatal-error-lnk1181-cannot-open-input-file-delayimp-lib-in-association-with-attempting-to-create-a-new-plugin-from-a-ue5-provided-template/560614

ThomasOP•11/23/25, 6:40 PM

I did have active distractions at the time so I probably did miss things

DarthPorisius•11/23/25, 6:41 PM

Even seasoned veterans and masters overlook stuff once in a while, so don't feel bad.

ThomasOP•11/23/25, 6:41 PM

oh you know what it probably is

ThomasOP•11/23/25, 6:41 PM

I didn't uninstall and reinstall vs

ThomasOP•11/23/25, 6:41 PM

so stuff is likely out of date

DarthPorisius•11/23/25, 6:41 PM

Try it and see, and I wish the best of luck

ThomasOP•11/23/25, 6:41 PM

thank you

DarthPorisius•11/23/25, 6:42 PM

Anytime

Robb•11/23/25, 7:49 PM

You may also want to try the vsconfig from the docs-dev subdomain, it is newer

Error: LINK1181 cannot open input file 'delayimp.lib'

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