PR Details

• Added a note that Visual Studio 2022 workloads can be installed via Visual Studio Build Tools.
• Updated C++ build tools section to clarify default enabled status.
• Emphasized that ARM64/ARM64EC build tools are not enabled by default and provided instructions for enabling them.
• Adjusted formatting for improved clarity.

I did 3 tests of building Stride from source in Windows 11, all in a clean Windows installations:

• Build Stride with Visaul Studio 2022 - Success
• Build Stride without Visual Studio - Success
• Build Stride without Visual Studio without installing ARM64/ARM64EC - Build Error (Expected) because of missing ARM64/ARM64EC

Based on the tests and following current instructions I propose minor adjusments in the instructions (this PR).

Other Issues

Also, in both successfull tests, the first run of Game Studio, when a small window shows up to accept T&C, crashed after clicking the button "I accept".

Any following Game Studio run was ok. It seems that the crash is related only when a button I accept is clicked.

Not that much information or errors. These are from the Event Viewer:

.NET Runtime
Application: Stride.GameStudio.dll
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: exception code e0434352, exception address 00007FF80B52933A
Stack:

Application Error
Faulting application name: Stride.GameStudio.dll, version: 4.2.0.1, time stamp: 0xa72ca3b6
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.26100.3775, time stamp: 0x6e2fc3bb
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x00000000000c933a
Faulting process id: 0x368
Faulting application start time: 0x1DBB2497194165E
Faulting application path: C:\Projects\GitHub\stride\sources\editor\Stride.GameStudio\bin\Debug\net8.0-windows\Stride.GameStudio.dll
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 659587d0-1259-436e-b352-5e7ffa3ee4ed
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Other

For a reference when ARM64/ARM64EC isn't installed, you might get this build error:

"C:\Projects\GitHub\stride\build\Stride.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"C:\Projects\GitHub\stride\sources\engine\Stride.Audio\Stride.Audio.csproj" (default target) (26:7) ->
"C:\Projects\GitHub\stride\sources\engine\Stride.Audio\Stride.Audio.csproj" (Build target) (26:8) ->
"C:\Projects\GitHub\stride\sources\native\WindowsProjects\WindowsDesktop\WindowsDesktop.vcxproj" (Build target) (111:3) ->
(PrepareForBuild target) ->
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(459,5): error MSB8020: The build tools for v143 (Platform Toolset = 'v143') cannot be found. To build using th
e v143 build tools, please install v143 build tools. Alternatively, you may upgrade to the current Visual Studio tools by selecting the Project menu or right-click the solution, and then selecting "Retarget solution". [C:\Proje
cts\GitHub\stride\sources\native\WindowsProjects\WindowsDesktop\WindowsDesktop.vcxproj]

Related Issue

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Types of changes

• Docs change / refactoring / dependency upgrade
• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)

Checklist

• My change requires a change to the documentation.
• I have added tests to cover my changes.
• All new and existing tests passed.
• I have built and run the editor to try this change out.