New to Unreal, like really new to Unreal never used it before (have used Unity b4 though) and I am having trouble getting Visual Studio Code working as per the video in the course files.
The vid said to install the C/C++ extension and after duly doing so I got the following error log in the program:
[2021-09-11 09:10:06.966] [renderer1] [error] [“EPERM: EPERM: operation not
permitted, rename ‘c:\Users\Vaughan\.vscode\extensions\.9e4f576c-160f-
4dd3-b38f-59e735cdfecd’ → ‘c:\Users\Vaughan\.vscode\extensions\ms-
vscode.cpptools-1.6.0’”," at f.rename (vscode-file://vscode-
app/c:/Users/Vaughan/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS
%20Code/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-
browser/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.js:58:185809)"," at async
f.extractUserExtension (vscode-file://vscode-
app/c:/Users/Vaughan/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS
%20Code/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-
browser/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.js:58:182651)"," at async F.extract
(vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/Vaughan/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft
%20VS%20Code/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-
browser/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.js:58:194886)"," at async F.doRun
(vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/Vaughan/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft
%20VS%20Code/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-
browser/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.js:58:195589)"]
And that’s basically gobbledygook to me. I then tried other extensions as well and got the same error. There was some link to download the file manually using a .vsix and after downloading I tried running the file and had this turn up on a separate dialog box:
Install Failed
The install of "C/C++’ was not successful for all the selected products. For
more information, click on the install log link at the bottom of the dialog.
C/C++
One or more of the extensions are for Visual Studio Code. try installing them in Visual Studio Code.
So, I have no idea what to do now. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I like your absolute certainty . I did try turning off the virus protection software to see if it made a difference, but, no joy!
I will try installing everything again and see if it makes a difference! I couldn’t get to install the engine first time around.
I suppose what I need to know is, if I can’t get this Visual Studio Code working at all, it is possible to do this course at all? I would like to know if the money used to buy this course is a complete write-off, I mean I got a super discount, it’s just that I would like to know. Or are their alternative(s) that I could use??
I tried everything I could possibly do to get Visual Studio Code working. From deleting everything and re-installing everything. From downloading and installing the “vsix” file manually and nothing worked, in fact, none of the extensions worked. So Visual Studio Code is NOT going to work for me, I googled everything I could think of to get it working and nothing. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep since buying this product first from not being able to use this site, losing access to my old account, saying I didn’t have an account, when I had a previous Unity course - that has just disappeared - and all the problems with Visual Studio Code and getting the Unreal Engine to just appear.
So, I need to know what are the alternatives I can use, or is this course basically a write-off?
After some trial and error I managed to get a quick Hello World program running in Visual Studio (not code) and running it by going out to Command Prompt.
I was surprised to see a number of changes in C++ since I last used it. But I think I should at least be able to make some headway with the course now!
. I did try turning off the virus protection software to see if it made a difference, but, no joy!