need text editor beside mono develop

hi everyone.

since few weeks ago when i installed new version of mono develop.(4.02 i think) there were been some problems when i work with it over time. first it was problems with settings keeps changing by themselves,some commands were not recognized and it also starting to not to show at all :smile: (gives an error even when it’s start)

this happens on all unity projects, and reinstalling the mono develop doesn’t help and so things are started to get annoying,does anyone here know a good script editor for unity??(also it does not really have to be free cuz let’s face it: i could use a script editor for things beside unity too)

also does anyone know how to download from asset store without using open in unity??? the administration compute blocks the editor access to web :smile: (one of the problems of using the government free internet(it’s legal but there are just too much firewalls…had the same problem with WOW :smile: ) )

The best script editor for Unity is Visual Studio. Although it’s expensive (starts at 500$ if I remember correctly), it’s worth it.

If you want a free one, go with Notepad++.
I don’t know how well it plays with Unityscript, but it works perfectly when using C#. It’s powerful and very flexible. It has two limitations though:

  1. No debugging, so you’ll need Monodevelop for this task (which shouldn’t be much of a problem, but still)
  2. No integration in Unity as far as I know. That means that you won’t be able to double click on a compiler error in the Unity console and end up at the correct line automatically.
    Those aren’t deal-breakers though. :slight_smile:

Visual Studio is still the best, although for C# and text files only. And expensive… If you are rich you could also add on top of that the ReSharper plugin or maybe even better UnityVS (I’ve never tried that though so I can’t really say).

Alternatively, you could use my Script Inspector :wink: which is a script/shader/text editor that runs right inside Unity as an Editor Extension. This is not the only extension of this kind, but certainly is the most acclaimed and the highest rated of it kind on the Asset Store. And it’s the only one which is still supported by the author! :slight_smile: I’m always proud when I read the reviews, just imagine, 25 five stars reviews so far and still counting! :sunglasses:

Script Inspector is an ultra-fast and reliable editor that opens scripts in no time and it’s ready for you to edit them. It highly integrated with the rest of Unity to ensure pleasant workflow and to finally allow programmers enjoy working with Unity like never before! It has already saved lots of hair on their bald heads, making them forget about MonoDevelop and letting them focus on fixing their bugs instead of getting frustrated with MonoDevelop’s bugs.

I’ve been working on Script Inspector for two years already, constantly improving it and ensuring each new feature is well tested and works smoothly. Script Inspector will be celebrating its second birthday at the end of this month, and hopefully before that get an advanced autocompletion engine, the feature I’ve been working on for the last year, built from scratch (i.e. not using NRefactory or any other external tools intended for building compilers) and it’s designed to work efficiently inside Unity.

But I don’t plan to stop improving it any time soon. Debugging will be the next step, and once that’s done you will be able to uninstall MonoDevelop and forget about nightmares with it :slight_smile: Now if you think that might be really cool I’ll need your support - head over to my threads and say hi to me… :wink:

you guys know that there is a free version of Visiual Studio ( VS Express )? That said, VS is the best IDE you can get in my opinion. For setting up VS I recommend to follow this guide http://www.pipefantasy.com/?p=1303