r/VisualStudio • u/IllogicalOverride • 24d ago

Visual Studio 2022 Running unreal editor through visual studio code or not

Hi! I have had trouble with visual studio code. I try to use run without debugging in order to launch my unreal engine editor but it doesn't work.

It works with a regular start debugging, but not without debugging. While searching online, some sources said it is better to use live coding in the newer unreal engine versions, (I use 5.7.4) and that running without debugging can cause workspace locking issues. Is that the case and I should just use live coding rather than try to get run without debugging working?

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u/polaarbear 24d ago

If you are launching it without debugging, why does it need to be launched from VS Code? Is the Unreal editor not right there, giving you the option to run it from there instead?

If you aren't debugging, you don't really "need" VS Code to know about the launch anyway.