Installing Visual Studio 2015 (Community)

How does this change with the 2017 version? I loaded it up but i cannot find a WIN32 project.

For using the easymangos tool, you also need the command line c++ tools installed, or am I way out of touch now?

@reno - Yes you do

Thanks for the guide.  Currently removing the 2017 edition so I can install the 2015 edition and follow it properly.  Do note, if you do not have a subscription with Microsoft, the older versions are not available to download from them.  I just ran into that and had to find a copy elsewhere.

Edited May 27, 2018 by Mephisto_VI
update about specific VS version

Can anyone send me a link to download Version 14? I can't find one and the official download doesn't work if you don't have a subscription.

EDIT: I found one: https://download.microsoft.com/download/e/4/c/e4c393a9-8fff-441b-ad3a-3f4040317a1f/vs_community.exe

Edited May 31, 2019 by PortStone

2019 community is current now, but not supported mentioned by Ace; no details on that currently, something about the changed build process.  In the same online installer client I downloaded for 2019 it also offered 2017 community in the available list, which I hear should work fine.  I had already tried it and the 30 day trial ran out, but you can get past that activating it by signing in: https://stackoverflow.com/a/43390495/1091943

Still couldn't get VS2017 to work any better until I got some other issues figured out.  Now that it has built through easy build but there any no real special profiles to take advantage of, I may only build without VS and just use attach to process instead.

Since updates, my other comments here, and my own recent success, I should report that Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition, version 16.9.2, EasyBuild version 2.2.6, and CMake version 3.18, all on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, I was able to build a MaNGOS core successfully, thanks to the great work of others!

The VS minor and patch versions were both very important to keep updated throughout, but may hopefully be less important now.

On 3/27/2021 at 9:19 AM, Pysis said:

Since updates, my other comments here, and my own recent success, I should report that Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition, version 16.9.2, EasyBuild version 2.2.6, and CMake version 3.18, all on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, I was able to build a MaNGOS core successfully, thanks to the great work of others!

The VS minor and patch versions were both very important to keep updated throughout, but may hopefully be less important now.

Perhaps you could show some step-by-step images of the installaion process. They seem to have changed quite a lot since 2015

 

This thread could use an update if anybody with the know-how has time.  Microsoft seems to have completely removed the ability to download Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition.  The Professional and Enterprise editions are available in a trial version, but I can't find a download link for Communicity Edition 2015 everywhere, only 2019 and 2022.  

https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=visual studio 2015&wt.mc_id=o~msft~vscom~older-downloads