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Discussion in 'Code Editors & IDEs' started by haliodoha7, Oct 10, 2020.

  1. haliodoha7

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    Hi i use unity 2019.4
    and Well, Visual studio and Studio code Both sucks and heavy + Ugly UI
    Is there any lightweight alternatives? and If there's how Do I set it up to unity because locating the editor in the prefences will not allow the autocomplete and snippets
     
    haliodoha7, Oct 10, 2020
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  2. Gold_Rush

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  3. ryanmillerca

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    Jetbrains Rider is a lovely alternative that I use every day, but I wouldn't call it lightweight. There's a trial if you want to give it a shot. It has excellent integration with the Unity environment - as good or better than VS.

    You can try Sublime Text (guide here: https://forum.unity.com/threads/sub...ake-it-the-best-ide-on-mac-os-windows.441625/) which is ultra lightweight and (imo) extremely well designed. It's not going to have the kind of Unity-specific support you'd get from VS or Rider, though.
     
    ryanmillerca, Dec 4, 2020
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  4. John_MSFT

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    Yikes! I'm going to reach out @haliodoha7 in a message. I'd love to learn more about what's going wrong with VS and VS Code so we can improve it.
     
    John_MSFT, Dec 4, 2020
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  5. ryanmillerca

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    Hi John! I’ve had issues with VS Code and unity3d csproj linking in the past couple years. I really like the program very much but I was constantly troubleshooting it. Eventually gave up and switched to rider.
     
    ryanmillerca, Dec 5, 2020
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  6. Gold_Rush

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    It would be strange considering that you work for microsoft. So that you advertise something else.
     
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    Gold_Rush, Dec 9, 2020
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  7. John_MSFT

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    Not sure what you mean. :)
     
    John_MSFT, Dec 9, 2020
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  8. Gold_Rush

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    Never mind :)
     
    Gold_Rush, Dec 9, 2020
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  9. Kustuk

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    Rider (by JetBrains) - best C# ide imo.
    but its' not free unfortunately (130-150 $)
    it has 30 day trial
     
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    Kustuk, Dec 9, 2020
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  10. Gold_Rush

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    I am using MonoDevelop absolutely free )))
     
    Gold_Rush, Dec 9, 2020
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  11. drpelz

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    Give Sublime Text 3 a chance!:) Best text-editor out there...
     
    drpelz, Dec 10, 2020
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