Let's get Visual Studio Code set up!

  1. Download Visual Studio Code.

  2. In VSCode, navigate to the extensions page on the sidebar and download the following extensions:

    • C# Dev Kit (by Microsoft)
    • Unity (by Microsoft)

  3. Next, open your Unity Project and do the following:

    • For Mac
      • Go to Unity and then click Settings
      • In the left sidebar, find and click External Tools
      • In the External Script Editor sidebar, find Visual Studio Code.
        • If not there, click Browse...
        • Go to Applications and find Visual Studio Code then click Choose
      • Close out of Settings
    • For Windows
      • Go to Edit (up top), click it, and then find and click Preferences
      • On the left sidebar, find and click External Tools.
      • In the External Script Editor, find Visual Studio Code.
        • If not there, click Browse...
        • In File Explorer, on the top right, search for the Visual Studio code .exe file (the actual application itself)
        • Double click it.

  4. Upon returning to the Unity Editor, inside the dropdown bar, you should see something like this: Unity Editor Home Page