does needle engine not work on nodejs version 25 ? it asks me to download 24 or lower but installer refuses to install because i have higher version already installed.

To override the Needle Engine version in a Unity/Blender-managed web project, add the npm: prefix in your package.json: { "dependencies": { "@needle-tools/engine": "npm:@needle-tools/engine@^4.16.0" } } Then run npm install and restart your dev server. This tells the integration not to rev…

Needle Engine works fine on Node.js 25. The official docs say you need 18.x or newer ([1]), so v25 is supported. The message asking you to download v24 or lower is from a specific script or installer (likely an older CLI tool or a project’s package.json engines check) that hasn’t been updated for v…

[image] im using needle engine with unity. this is what is i see. i have needle engine 5 installed. how do i fix this?

Needle Engine does work on Node.js 25. The official requirements say Node.js 18.x or newer ([2]), so v25 is fine. The message asking you to download v24 or lower is from an older script (likely a project’s package.json engines field or an old CLI tool) that hasn’t been updated for v25. To bypass it…

@Marcel_Wiessler1 hey no specific reason. i uninstalled it and it got fixed on 22LTS

Nodejs version 25

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Marcel_Wiessler1 (marwi) May 7, 2026, 5:56am 7

Hi, do you have a specific reason to use Node 25?

Node 25 is not LTS (Long term support) which is why it’s rejected by the Unity package. Unless you have a specific reason please install Node 24 or 22 instead.

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Nodejs version 25

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