Re: Visual Studio 2026

Ah okay, now I understand :)

Am Do., 25. Juni 2026 um 16:38 Uhr schrieb Sean McLeod <[email protected]
>:

> Hi Frederic
>
>
>
> I’d imagine 99% of people compiling FG on Windows using Microsoft’s C/C++
> compiler (MSVC) do it via the IDE Visual Studio, as opposed to using a
> separately installed stand-alone version of MSVC. So, the communication is
> easier to mention Visual Studio 2026 as opposed to MSVC v145, which is the
> latest MSVC version and which ships with and is updated by Visual Studio
> 2026 via it’s update mechanism.
>
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>
> Visual Studio 2022 shipped with MSVC v143.
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>
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> *From:* Josh Davidson <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2026 3:23 PM
> *To:* FlightGear developers discussions <
> [email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [Flightgear-devel] Visual Studio 2026
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> You could use visual studio to build it or use a script directly
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> Whenever VS gets a version bump they also bump MSVC.
>
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> KR,
>
>
>
> --
>
> Josh Davidson
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Frederic T. <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 25 June 2026 04:17:14
> *To:* FlightGear developers discussions <
> [email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [Flightgear-devel] Visual Studio 2026
>
>
>
> I thought MSVC is the compiler and Visual Studio is an IDE ? Then why do
> we check if FG builds in VS, not just MSVC ?
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> Am Do., 25. Juni 2026 um 11:13 Uhr schrieb Josh Davidson <
> [email protected]>:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just migrated to Visual Studio 2026 Community.
>
>
>
> Just reporting that FlightGear (2024.1) builds in VS2026 and latest MSVC
> as with VS2022 no problem. The NEW -> OLD workaround is still needed
> obviously, as that's a CMake thing. But it was a transparent move for me,
> with VS2022 and previous MSVC no longer installed.
>
>
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> Qt still only has options for VS2022 but with latest MSVC in VS2026
> everything builds fine so far. I've updated the wiki with the relevant info.
>
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> Best,
>
>
>
> --
>
> Josh Davidson
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