Building VS Project Freezes PC

Development Pipeline & Plugins
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Heya,

I have an issue ever since 4.5 (still there in 4.6) where, halfway through my VS build, with the Editor open (not sure if closing it makes a difference), my PC would just completely freeze, I’m not even able to move my mouse.

I’ve seen people have this issue in relation with building lighting etc.and updating graphic drivers seems to have solved it for them, but I am having the issue with just building code, so I’m not sure what to do.

Best regards,
Damir H.

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Hi DamirH,

Could you provide some additional information to help clarify the issue you are experiencing?

  • What version of Visual Studio are you using?
  • Are you initiating the build in Visual Studio, or are you clicking the Compile button in the Editor?
  • Have you tried building with the Editor closed to see if that has the same result?
  • This was not an issue prior to version 4.5?
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Hey ,

I have since resolved the issue and it seemed to be stemming from the fact I was using a source build. Whenever I hit compile it would build some engine stuff and hang at that point. I believe my avast antivirus might have something to do with it as it never liked some of files that I build from source.

For completion’s sake, I am using VS 2013, building from VS, not the engine, I might have but I sometimes it would work with the editor open and I never did extensive testing to see if it always works with the editor off. Lastly, no it wasn’t but then again 4.5 and 4.6 are the only engion versions I was building from source.

Best regards,
Damir H.