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Codespace Setup

Visual Studio Code​

Install the Unity Extension,

  • I would also recommend a snippets extension. Finally in Unity on the top bar, do Edit -> Preferences -> External Script Editor then set External Script Editor to Visual Studio Code,

  • Now by double clicking a file in the project view it will open Visual Studio Code with full syntax highlighting and auto complete

Visual Studio 2022​

Open the installer and add the Game Dev with Unity workload.

Finally in Unity on the top bar, do Edit -> Preferences -> External Script Editor then set External Script Editor to Visual Studio 2022,

Now by double clicking a file in the project view it will open Visual Studio with full syntax highlighting and auto complete

Rider​

Rider has a free non-commercial and Student license. The team Highly recommends this for the best experience. Simply go to Unity on the top bar, then Edit -> Preferences -> External Script Editor then set External Script Editor to Rider,

If you chose the non-Commercial license the ai logging is OPT OUT and we highly recommend going to the app settings and disabling it.

Now by double clicking a file in the project view it will open Rider with full syntax highlighting and auto complete