I got access to UE4 yesterday and it says that I need Visual Studio 2013 but the installer keeps crashing whenever I try to install it. I’ve even gone so far as to download the iso but that too crashes. Is there some way to hook up an alternative C++ compiler to work with UE4 until I such time as I get VS2013 working?
i think this link may still be relevant im not sure
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Using_QtCreator_With_UnrealEngine4
also which visual studio are you trying to use express or community?, if your trying for express i highly recommend using community:
http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx
Community although as a student I got access to professional and that won’t install either. Thanks for the link I’ll take a look at it when I get home.
So Im reviving this thread at some length. By the looks of the linked tutorial I require Visual Studio 2013 installed and working to get QTCreator (and only QTCreator) working with UE. Does anyone know of any ways to get around this?
I think you’re easier off trying to figure out why your VS installer keeps crashing than trying to shoehorn another tool in its place for UE4.
While you don’t necessarily need the VS2013 IDE to compile; you do need its compiler. I don’t think other compilers (aside from the Clang cross-compile tool chain) are 100% supported.
You’re probably correct; however, I got “help” from Microsoft’s forum but their solution (which was really a link to a link to a solution) has so far failed to resolve the issue. It appears that the problem is an error initializing the System.Windows.Media.FontFamily but replacing all of my fonts with working default fonts and all of the associated registry keys with working default registry keys (as was suggested) did not fix the problem, so Im stuck with not being able to install VS2013. Technically no WPF is likely to work but so far I’ve been unable to rectify the issue. I have VS2010 installed but apparently that’s not enough.
If your OS is so damaged Id go the hard route and reinstall it.
Idk. So far VS2013 is the only application I’ve had any trouble with
Since they no longer support express i was going to have you download the express cd, but try downloading the community 4 cd here.
I would try running the installer as admin, making sure you have the latest .NET runtimes installed, and deleting any custom fonts you may have installed.
You should try to fix the corrupted WPF font cache issue first. Google says delete the font cache and reinstall video card drivers, should recreate clean ones for you.
Epic Unreal Build Tools now add the ton of engine source and header directories to your project solution for easy jump to definition,… out of the box. At least while you’re trying out UE, using what everyone else uses will probably move you along fastest.
I use VsVim extension to stay with VS.
The express doesn’t work? I have vs2012 express installed but it doesn’t find it.- Even bothered to install vs13 express, the same and now removing that. On Linux it took qtcreator that I had installed, will qtcreator also work on Win8? What about the community edition of VS?
I had similar issue, and the only solution for me was to create a partitioned space and install a second operation system along with visual studio and other microsofts products, especially those dependent of .net were crashing the most. Since i had a lot of products with expensive serial numbers, formating was not an option and also tryed every option to fix this problem, which came from a microsoft update.
VS 2013 Community is the best option. Its basically VS 2013 Pro for free.