Let's get Visual Studio set up!

  1. Download Visual Studio 2022 Community Version

  2. Click on Download Visual Studio

  3. Save the VisualStudioSetup.exe file to Downloads

  4. In Downloads, double-click the .exe file to open it.

  5. In the User Account Control pop-up, click Yes.

  6. In the Installer window that pops up, click Continue

    • This will download the Visual Studio Installer, from which you can install Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition

  7. In the window that pops upon a finished installation, where you are asked to select workloads for Visual Studio, choose:

    • Game Development with Unity

  8. In the bottom right of the window, click the Install button (should have a purple outline around it)

    • Now, Visual Studio will install.
    • This might take a while. So, relax and take a breather!

  9. Once installed, it'll launch automatically.

  10. The next window will ask you to sign into either a Windows account or a Github account.

    • Log into whichever you want. Or don't log in. It's up to you.

  11. In the next window, keep Development Settings to General and pick whatever theme you want.

  12. Click Start Visual Studio

  13. If a window pops up asking you to open a folder or create a folder, click the Continue without Code option (in small print, at the bottom)

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

    • 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 Visual Studio 2022 (the app itself)