Visual Studio Code

You can download Visual Studio Code here.

1. Install extensions

Programming gameplay for Flax game in VS Code requries a set of extensions:

• C# - ms-dotnettools.csharp
• C/C++ - ms-vscode.cpptools (optional - useful if you code in C++)

2. Change source code editor

Open Flax Editor, go to Edit -> Editor Options in main menu to open editor options windows. Then select Source Code tab and set Source Code Editor to Visual Studio Code. If this option is missing, then ensure you have VSCode installed. Confirm with the Save button to apply changes.

3. Attach script to actor

To debug script code it has to be attached to the actor in the scene. Simply drag and drop it into the selected actor properties area.

4. Open script in Visual Studio Code

Double-click on a script item and wait for the IDE to show up.

5. Add a breakpoint

Click on a left side of the code editor to assign a breakpoint to the line. Red dot should be added as shown in the picture below.

6. Attach to Flax

Now, attach with .NET Core debugger to Flax Editor (or cooked Flax Game). You can also select other configurations (eg. MyProject|Editor.Windows.Development|x64 (C#)) to run editor with C# debugger from the very beginning.

7. Start a game

Go back to the Flax Editor and press the Play button to start a game. Then script OnUpdate() function will be called and assigned breakpoint hit.

8. Debug your code

Now you can use all Visual Studio Code debugging features to verify state of the variables and test your code.

For more information about C# in Visual Studio Code, see the VS Code documentation.