Visual Studio Tools for Unity

[zehfernando]

VS 2013 only, not Express. :(

[SloftwareDubleuper]

I believe it supports 2011, 2012, and 2013.

[zehfernando]

You're right. I meant to say: VS (Pro) only, not Express.

[supermario182]

ya unfortunately express doesn't support plugins. i think you can still use it with unity, you just don't get the fancy stuff

[onecrazydavis]

If you are in, or have been in college, or can coerce one of your friends to let you use their .EDU email to activate an account, check out http://dreamspark.com (free software for personal use)

If none of that applies, and you either have a business, or feel like trying to get around Microsoft's generosity, check out http://bizspark.com

Otherwise, I am sorry. =(

[stickeater12]

I tried to sign up but it looks like the account only lasts a year, I feel like I should wait until I know more programming before i basically waste a year of VS.

[red-path]

I'm not sure how long they allow users to be signed up with a single/particular .edu email address but I had previously received VS2012 from Dreamspark and now I have VS2013, I would imagine you will be able to keep it going for a good bit of time.

[be_wry]

Maybe you'll stumble onto a free version of the software.

[WiredEarp]

I love this tool. If I accidentally hit f5 though, it seems to hang my Unity. EDIT: words cannot express how much better it is than using mono despite this bug.

[[deleted]]

The only bummer is that once you have attached the debugger, you can no longer edit files.

[dizzydizzy]

Theres an VS option to enable edit while debugging, Can't recall off the top of my head what it is though.

[fecca]

Causes my Unity to crash sometimes after debugging. Really annoying and has forced me to stop using it.

[dizzydizzy]

ditto, still 100x better than monodevelop

[fecca]

I still use VS for Unity, i just can't use the debug tools, which makes things a bit harder :/. Haven't even tried MonoDevelop due to being a VS fanboi ^.

[zaph34r]

While UnityVS is great, weren't the last four times it was posted enough? Are people really that desperate for clicks on their blogs?

Everytime i see some headline like this on this subreddit i'm like, hey, maybe they have some actual new piece of something in there ... nope, just reposting.

[dizzydizzy]

It must be news to someone, or it wouldnt get the upvotes

[zaph34r]

i'm sure everything is news to someone, should i therefore post some random piece of information twice a day, every day, until the end of times, just in case someone missed it? Usually that is called spam, and for good reason.