UEC++ From Basics to Advanced | M01-003: Installing Visual Studio 2022
This re-recorded lesson focuses specifically on installing Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition for Unreal Engine C++ development. The instructor demonstrates uninstalling any existing VS version, downloading the VS 2022 installer, and selecting the necessary workloads: Desktop development with C++ and Game development with C++.
A critical step is installing the MSVC v143 build tools (version 14.36) alongside the Windows 10 SDK (10.0.18362) — the specific toolchain required for UE 5.4.3 source code compilation. We also cover installing the English language pack and configuring VS settings.
Finally, we verify the installation by creating a C++ UE project and confirming the correct compiler version in the build configuration.