Ue4 source code failed to compile in visual studio 2015 update 3

anonymous_user_aee8f914 · October 1, 2016, 6:47pm

I would like to get help on this issue, ue4 12 source code failed to compile in visual studio 2015 update 3. Pic of the error is attached to this message

anonymous_user_aee8f914 · October 1, 2016, 7:19pm

i believe i have found the problem. visual studio is claiming that editor_development X64 and shadercompiler are out of date. How do i update without having any installation of ue4 yet, thxs

anonymous_user_aee8f914 · October 3, 2016, 10:30am

Hello readers, if you encounter same problem, it is due to visual studio update 3. The update 3 from visual studio is the problem. You can use either update 1 or 2 of visual studio 2015 to compile ue4.

Kuafu · October 9, 2016, 8:33am

Hope this can help you.

Here is a bug report:

Here is a patch to fix it:
http://www.cppblog.com/Files/flyindark/VS2015%20Update%203%20fix%20for%20UE4.11.diff.7z

or you can modify this file and disable the warning code:
/Engine/Source/Runtime/Core/Public/Windows/WindowsPlatformCompilerSetup.h

OptimisticMonkey · October 9, 2016, 2:00pm

FYI 4.13 does NOT have this issue with Update 3.