<cat>Code.Intro</cat> <title>Setting up Visual Studio</title> # Downloading and installing Visual Studio 2022 [Download Visual Studio 2022 Community](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) and install with the workload .NET desktop development, as well as ASP.NET workload for razor support. If you need additional guidance refer to the [official guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/install-visual-studio?view=vs-2022). <warning>Visual Studio 2019 and below no longer support the .NET 9 SDK, Visual Studio 2022 + is required to run .NET 9 SDK Projects. </warning> ⤶ <warning>S&box using .NET 7. Any other version will not work.</warning> # Opening your projects The best way to get started is to press Open Solution from the editor or ( <key>CTRL</key> + <key>P</key> ). <upload src="2a1e9/8dd035baee938b7.png" size="5582" name="image.png" /> <upload src="2a1e9/8dd035bdb596d3e.png" size="7212" name="image.png" /> Your solution contains all the code from your game, tools, editor etc. # Troubleshooting * If you get a lot of errors from dependencies not being able to load, make sure you have the latest version of Visual Studio 2022 installed with .NET 9. * If you get a lot of errors from dependencies not being able to load, make sure you have the latest version of Visual Studio 2022 installed with .NET 7. # Debugging For info on debugging check out the <page>Debugging</page> page.