Unity4.5 with Visual Studio Express 2012?

Unity Engine
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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!

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Did you change the External Scripting Editor to VS?

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Yes, it can open individual files, but project file no

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You probably downloaded the wrong VS version. You need Visual Studio 2012 Express for Desktop.

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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!

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Could you press Help → About in Visual Studio and post the screenshot of it here?

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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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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?

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Ok, here it is!

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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?

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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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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?

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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

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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.

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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 :frowning:
syncing project gives me intellisense but double clicking opens new instance :frowning:

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

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also, is it possible to get inline help for unity from VS?