'variable FString is not a type name' in HiddenWordList.h (VS2019)

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FYI I used a seperate word list text file to reduce compile times thanks to this post:

Slow compile times after adding word list on BullCowGame

Hey everyone, Is it normal to have the compile times skyrocket once the word list gets added to the game? I’m talking about 3 seconds to compile if the list is 10 words long, vs 51 seconds with all 1000 words. CPU utilization (AMD Ryzen 3600X) spikes up to 50% for a second and then lowers to 12% for the rest of the the compile… Unreal seems to be trying to use all available threads, but I guess there isn’t much multi-threading to do on going through a list of words Cheers!

If nothing else works (or if you want a more efficient method), just place a text file of the words each on their own line and add this to the start function of the BullCowGameCartridge.cpp file (note: you’ll also need a member variable of type TArray<FString> in the header file (not the word list one, you can delete that if you use this method) called WordList.

const FString WordListPath = FPaths::ProjectContentDir() / TEXT("WordLists/HiddenWords.txt");
FFileHelper::LoadFileToStringArray(WordList, *WordListPath);

You can change the path to anything you want just make sure it’s inside the project’s content folder (the path in the text macro is relative so for example if your content folder was C:\PathToProject\BullCowGame\Content, then Test inside the text macro would resolve to C:\PathToProject\BullCowGame\Content\Test).