Are you getting the « Failed to initialize Swarm » error when building lighting or levels in Unreal Engine 5.6? In this quick tutorial, I’ll show you how to fix this UE5.6 build tool error in under 1 minute — no reinstall or complex setup needed.
This issue usually breaks Swarm Agent when trying to build lighting, and it’s caused by missing or outdated DotNET folders in the Binaries directory. We’ll fix it by simply copying one folder from UE5.5 to UE5.6. Super easy and it actually works!
📁 Download DotNET Folder (if you don’t have UE5.5):
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📌 What This Fix Solves:
• “Failed to initialize Swarm” error
• Swarm Agent not launching
• Lighting and level build issues in UE5.6
• Build tool errors in Unreal Engine 5.6
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