#IDE Configuration
bitter citrus
go through every step in this guide. Do not skip any steps. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/gamedev/unity/get-started/getting-started-with-visual-studio-tools-for-unity?pivots=windows#install-unity-support-for-visual-studio
if it still doesn't work, then prove to me that you've completed the steps by screenshotting each thing you were supposed to do
bitter citrus
see step 1
high zodiac
visual studio is already installed
bitter citrus
great! then open the installer like step 1 says
high zodiac
the setup of video studio or the visual studio itself?
bitter citrus
the visual studio installer
bitter citrus
you don't need to redownload it, just open the installer
it's literally already installed
bitter citrus
yes
or you can press the windows key and type "visual studio installer" and it will show up as an installed app that you can run
bitter citrus
do this: #984547613686779974 message
high zodiac
or you can press the windows key and type "visual studio installer" and it will ...
okay this worked
bitter citrus
obviously it worked. you needed to open the installed app called Visual Studio Installer
high zodiac
bitter citrus
the file you downloaded was just an installer for that
great! install that game development workload. then complete the rest of the steps
high zodiac
it doesnt start downloading though
the only button i can press is Close
should i close it?
bitter citrus
you have to choose one of the two dropdown options then click that button instead of the down arrow
dire terrace
Then there is nothing to install
high zodiac
dire terrace
ie. the workload was already installed
high zodiac
if i uncheck Unity Hub
then i can modify
maybe i just need to uncheck it because i already have Unity Hub?
bitter citrus
you don't have to uncheck that, it will uninstall the unity hub if you do
(at least that's what it looks like it is going to do)
high zodiac
okay so its already installed then
bitter citrus
yes, so complete the rest of the steps
and regenerate project files when you see that option while completing the next steps
after doing all of that restart visual studio
dire terrace
You already have a Unity version, skip
bitter citrus
regenerate project files
high zodiac
where, what does that mean
bitter citrus
here
dire terrace
Use your eyes
bitter citrus
now restart visual studio
high zodiac
oh i cant do that
bitter citrus
why not?
high zodiac
unity crashes
whenever i open a script
from asset folder
it says Waiting for unity's something to be executed
yup it crashed
bitter citrus
so does it crash or does it just bring up that waiting window?
high zodiac
both
bitter citrus
so just to confirm, unity is fully closing itself?
dire terrace
You'll have to pinpoint why it does this, by looking at the Editor Log
dire terrace
Scroll to the bottom and look for anything abnormal
bitter citrus
i wonder if it has anything to do with the project being in OneDrive
high zodiac
dire terrace
Oh surely, it interferes with it
high zodiac
this is the bottom
high zodiac
i wonder if it has anything to do with the project being in OneDrive
how do i change the location then?
can i just drag drop it somewhere else?
bitter citrus
move the project to a different folder that isn't part of OneDrive
dire terrace
OneDrive will catch directory & file changes to sync them, effectively locking them for a bit of time to read them, causing issues
dire terrace
If you need to sync your project to the cloud, use a version control software like Git and its remote server like GitHub instead
high zodiac
...
i dont think it will uncrash
well anyhow, if i create a new project in a different location and open a new script inside that project to open visual studio
IDE should be configured, right?
bitter citrus
should be, yeah
high zodiac
alright, all ill need to do is redo 7 hours of work and come back here to ask for help for the same problem ill probably have
bitter citrus
since you had your project hosted on onedrive, you may be able to sign into the website and download it from there
high zodiac
alright ill try, thanks for the help! i honestly appreciate it with all my heart
i was going insane
by the way, you said i have to restart visual studio
is it alright if visual studio wasnt open in the first place?
bitter citrus
you only had to restart it to ensure that it loaded the newly generated project files since it was already open
high zodiac
okay it didnt work
i opened a script in a new project which is located in Drive C
and unity still crashed
do i have to open visual studio via unity?
bitter citrus
if explorer crashes just from moving files and unity is crashing from opening visual studio you may have deeper issues with your PC
high zodiac
but if i open visual studio first, and then open a script from there
everything is fine
dire terrace
It should be fine to run VS from Windows as long as the project files were generated
You can check that by navigating to where your project is, and looking for a .sln and a .csproj file
dire terrace
And the csproj right above it
high zodiac
alright, so is my IDE configured?
dire terrace
Can't tell
bitter citrus
you have to actually open the project to find out
high zodiac
i wrote nonsense in the script and i didnt get any error
dire terrace
Open the project an post a screenshot
high zodiac
dire terrace
It looks configured, at least the project is listed top-left
If you hover the MonoBehaviour with the mouse, what does it say
high zodiac
dire terrace
It looks like it's recognizing it, but not fully. There should be another line in that popup
Do you have the Solution Explorer window on the right of VS?
dire terrace
It's in folder view, can you switch that back to normal?
dire terrace
The button on the right of the house icon
high zodiac
dire terrace
Ah, it seems to have loaded more of it