
The very important thing to know is that Visual Studio is saving the “Incompatible” state in project settings and will not try to reload a project until you explicitly use Reload Project. This means Unity can't interrupt that thread for the debugger (or domain reload) and stop responding.įor FMOD, there is a workaround, you can pass FMOD_STUDIO_INIT_SYNCHRONOUS_UPDATE initialization flag to disable asynchronous processing and perform all processing on the main thread. It’s an issue when a plugin ends up attaching a native thread to the runtime, which then does blocking calls to the OS. Several Unity plugins like Parse, FMOD, UMP (Universal Media Player), ZFBrowser, or Embedded Browser are using native threads. Try removing the following folder to reset the MEF cache (close Visual Studio before doing this):ĭevenv /setup Visual Studio stops responding This issue can be due to the Visual Studio MEF cache being corrupted.

Do not rename the main Unity executable, as VSTU is only monitoring "Unity.exe" processes.
VISUAL STUDIO TOOLS FOR UNITY NOT WORKING SOFTWARE
You can try to temporarily stop any extra software to see if it changes something. Some programs, like Team Viewer, can interfere with process detection.Try to temporarily disable your firewall or create rules for allowing TCP/UDP networking between VS and Unity.Try to temporarily disable your antivirus or create exclusion rules for both VS and Unity.Confirm that the Editor Attaching checkbox is enabled.įor more information, see the Unity Preferences documentation. Confirm that Code Optimization On Startup is set to Debug.In the Unity Menu, select Edit / Preferences. Troubleshooting the connection between Unity and Visual Studio Confirm Editor Attaching is enabled or Code Optimization On Startup is set to Debug

In this section, you'll find solutions to common issues with Visual Studio Tools for Unity, descriptions of known issues, and learn how you can help improve Visual Studio Tools for Unity by reporting errors. Troubleshooting and known issues (Visual Studio Tools for Unity)
