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Visual Studio Tools: Visual Studio 2013 not found

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by delzhand, Jul 30, 2014.

  1. delzhand

    delzhand

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    I've just installed the new VST plugin from here and I'm following the directions to install it here. When I select Open in Visual Studio from the Unity menu, I get this error:

    Visual Studio Tools: Visual Studio 2013 not found

    UnityEngine.Debug:LogWarning(Object)
    SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Bridge.Project:LogWarning(String, Object[])
    SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Bridge.ProjectFilesGenerator:OpenInVisualStudio()
    SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Bridge.UnityMenu:OpenInVisualStudio()

    I haven't done any serious debugging yet, but since this plugin is only a few hours old I thought I'd post my findings for anyone else who is encountering the same issue.
     
    delzhand, Jul 30, 2014
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  2. Giometric

    Giometric

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    Do you have at least the Pro edition of Visual Studio? The Visual Studio Tools plugin doesn't work with the free Express editions, unfortunately.
     
    Giometric, Jul 30, 2014
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  3. delzhand

    delzhand

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    No I do not, and yes, that does seem to be the issue. I can't justify $500, so looks like I'm stuck with Mono's broken debugger.
     
    delzhand, Jul 30, 2014
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  4. Dave_Voyles

    Dave_Voyles

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    If you are looking for Visual Studio, shoot me an email.

    I'm an evangelist at Microsoft, working with startups and indie developers, so I can likely set you up with a copy of Visual Studio through our BizSpark program. We've also got tons of tutorials and content for Unity devs too. Here's one I did on using Prime[31]'s Azure Leaderboards.

    Here's some info on BizSpark.

    Perks of the program:

    • http://wootstudio.ca/startups/bizspark.aspx
    • Windows 8 / Windows Phone developer accounts
    • Visual Studio Ultimate 2013
    • Windows 8
    • Office 365
    • $150 / month Azure credits
    • Website hosting, virtual machines, databases, and mobile services
    • 90 Days of pluralsight + DigitalTutors training (Awesome for Unity)
    • Free marketing support with Microsoft
    • UnityVS, for debugging Unity games within Visual Studio
     
    Dave_Voyles, Nov 9, 2014
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  5. Thompsan

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    Thought I might pop by and inform that you now can install the also free Community version of Visual Studio 2013 instead of the Express version. The Community version works fine with extensions and thus with Visual Studio Tools for Unity.

    Go to http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs and download Visual Studio Community 2013.
     
    Thompsan, Jan 26, 2015
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  6. cybie

    cybie

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    Thompsan, great info! Thanks!
     
    cybie, Jul 1, 2015
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