If you are seeing any of the following dialogs when attempting to open the project, then it means you have not generated the Visual Studio files. The following dialogs will show when attempting to open the project via .uproject.
To verify if your dev environment is properly setup, right-click on CavrnusCollabViewer.uproject
Now attempt to Generate Visual Studio project files
Now wait for the process to complete. If successful, the CavrnusCollabViewer.sln will be created.
If this process failed, continue through this guide
Visual Studio Requirements
Download Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition Here (Latest)
Current known version to work is 17.12.4 - this should not matter though.
Visual Studio Community works for BOTH Twinmotion and CSC.
Required Workloads
.NET Desktop Development
Desktop Development with C++
Game Development with C++
Individual Components
Required compiler tools
Required Targeting Packs
Verify Installation
Navigate to → C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC
Build Tool 14.38.33130 MUST be present. It’s fine if others exist. The UnrealBuildTool is simply looking for the target build tool.
VS Setup Complete!
Running into issues? See below.