Visual studio 2015 community

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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Hi

Can I use visual studio 2015 community for C++ in UE4 or must it be enterprise or pro.

thanks

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Yes, you can use community… You should actually be able to use any IDE as long as you compile it inside the UE4 Editor?

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Hi

Thanx for the quick reply, why i ask is with 2013 installed when “add C++ class” I get “no compiler was found. in order to use C++ code, you must first install visual studio 2015”.

I’m an old C programmer and I’m new to object programming so please forgive me when i ask please explain what you mean by “as long as you compile it inside the UE4 editor”

Thanks

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The compile button I mentioned is above the viewport in the UE4 Toolbar. One of its buttons says Compile. The icon looks like an uncolored rubik cube. That is where you can hit compile.

But from what you told me in your comment the problem lies in your setup. UE4 is compiled with/for visual studio 2015. If you want to use the 2013 compiler you have to recompile the UE4 source code with visual studio 2013. I accidently read about it in the forum:

The whole thread is about the change from 2013 to 2015 (and also mentions how to keep using 2013). I think it will answer all your questions better than I can. But since the support for Visual Studio 2013 is going to be dropped, you are probably better of with switching to 2015.

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Hi

Thanks for the help, your right it’s gonna be best to get 2015 working.

p.s. I only got compile buttons above the BP’s but not to worry I’ll figure it out once I got 2015 installed.

Thanks again for the help!

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Hi FallenHere,

You need to have Visual Studio installed on your system so that the UE4 Editor can find msbuild/cl/link, which are packaged with it and required for your UE4 C++ based project to build. The compile button in your editor basically just calls MSBuild with some parameters.

Yes, you can use any IDE you want on your system, as long as you also have Visual Studio installed as well.

The free community edition works great.

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Maybe the button does not appear when UE4 cant find a proper compiler? Good luck anyhow and dont refrain from asking more questions if you run into trouble!

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Maybe mark this resolved, got it all figured out!

THANKS