Setup IDE: PyCharm

August 30, 2025 · View on GitHub

Code Completion (PyCharm)

Note: For PyCharm users, change the value idea.max.intellisense.filesize in idea.properties file to more than 6000 because some modules have the issue of being too big for intelliSense to work.

1. Check the generated modules location

Check the location of the generated modules.

2. Include the modules as the external library

Launch PyCharm and do all below procedures.

  1. Show Settings (Windows) or Preferences (macOS) window.
    • (Windows) Click File > Settings
    • (macOS) Click Pycharm Menu > Preferences
  2. Select Project: > Project Interpreter.
  3. Click Gear icon on the right next to Project Interpreter:, and a popup menu is shown.
  4. Click More... on the popped up menu.
  5. In Project Interpreters window, click the bottom icon Show paths for the selected Interpreter to show Interpreter Paths window.
  6. Click + icon, and a file browser is launched.
  7. Select the path where generated modules are located, and click OK.
  8. Click OK repeatedly until Settings (Windows) or Preferences (macOS) window is closed.
  9. Now, you can complete the code related to the Blender/UPBGE Python API.

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