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Unity4.5 with Visual Studio Express 2012?

Discussion in 'Scripting' started by pretender, Aug 26, 2014.

  1. pretender

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    Hi! I am trying to make this happen, but no luck. I returned to windows after awhile working on mac and I want to take advantage of it and use VS.

    I tried to setup it up using Windows 7, Unity4.5 and VS Express 2012. I use 2012 because of Windows 7
    Sync project gives me sln file which VS says its incompatible, and can't be used. I also downloaded VSTools unity package and that generates sln file but also can't be opened.

    What is the proper setup for this, all I could find seems straightforward but in my case it isn't!

    Thanks!
     
    pretender, Aug 26, 2014
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  2. Polymorphik

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    Did you change the External Scripting Editor to VS?
     
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  3. pretender

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    Yes, it can open individual files, but project file no
     
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  4. Tautvydas-Zilys

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    You probably downloaded the wrong VS version. You need Visual Studio 2012 Express for Desktop.
     
    Tautvydas-Zilys, Aug 27, 2014
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  5. pretender

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    That is exactly what I have...that is why i am frustrated because it seems that it is fairly easy to setup, but i tried everything i could find on the internet and it doesn't work!
     
    pretender, Aug 27, 2014
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  6. Tautvydas-Zilys

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    Could you press Help -> About in Visual Studio and post the screenshot of it here?
     
    Tautvydas-Zilys, Aug 27, 2014
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  7. pretender

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    Ok, here it is! Thanks for looking into this! (also it says that it expires, i thought express version is free?)

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    pretender, Aug 27, 2014
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  8. Tautvydas-Zilys

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    Alright, the VS version seems to be good indeed.

    What could you paste the contents of Visual Studio output window after it fails to open the project?
     
    Tautvydas-Zilys, Aug 27, 2014
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  9. pretender

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    Ok, here it is!

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  10. Tautvydas-Zilys

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    Looks like it's trying to open them as UnityVS projects, but that requires Visual Studio Professional or higher. Could you uninstall UnityVS, reboot your PC, then go to Edit -> Preferences -> External Tools -> External Script Editor and select Visual Studio 2012 there and try to double click the script again?
     
    Tautvydas-Zilys, Aug 27, 2014
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  11. pretender

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    Ok!

    I did what you said and this happens:
    - on double click script opens, but not solution (intellisense doesnt work)
    - again on double click script opens but on other instance of VS (intellisense doenst work)
    - if i sync monodevelop project it opens again in new instance with three solutions loaded properly and two incompatible (check out the image), i am not sure what solution to use, to open scripts from? Assembly-CSharp,Assembly-CSharp-editor or Assembly-CSharp-firstpass (There are inconsistences in what all of those contain...)
    - if I open Assembly-CSharp (which seems to have all files) intellisense works but double clicking script opens new instance...

    is this setup how it should be? thanks again!

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  12. Tautvydas-Zilys

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    Assembly-CSharp and Assembly-CSharp-firstpass contain the scripts for the game, while Assembly-CSharp-Editor contains the scripts that will only be used in the editor. You shouldn't modify these projects - though, intellisense should work fine for modifying the scripts.

    I'm not sure what are the "FlipIt" projects - did you add them yourself or were they generated?
     
    Tautvydas-Zilys, Aug 27, 2014
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  13. pretender

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    I think flipit projects are solutions generated with unityvs that doesn't work.

    So double clicking script in unity is the way to go? Is there a solution to prevent multiple instances of vs? Or to make it work like in monodevelop?

    Thanks
     
    pretender, Aug 27, 2014
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  14. Tautvydas-Zilys

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    Which exact Unity version are you on? I'm pretty sure this was looked at in a recent patch release. If you're below 4.5.3, it might be worth updating.
     
    Tautvydas-Zilys, Aug 27, 2014
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  15. pretender

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    Ok, i updated Unity to latest 4.5.3p2

    when i double click the script it opens in VS but intelisense isnt working, and double clicking again opens new instance :(
    syncing project gives me intellisense but double clicking opens new instance :(

    so only way i see it is to sync project and open script from VS...damn! i wish these basic things are working just like with monodevelop
     
    pretender, Aug 28, 2014
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  16. pretender

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    also, is it possible to get inline help for unity from VS?
     
    pretender, Aug 28, 2014
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