Before going further, we are going to install a development IDE with basic features to be able to write Python.
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VS Code is an open source and free source code editor.
It’s entirely modular, so you will find many plugins and extensions to match your needs.
We’ll start with a very simple installation.
Simply download and install Visual Studio Code.
Open VS Code
Open the extension panel CTRL+SHIFT+X
Type Python in the search bar and install the one named Python
The Python VS Code extension does not contain Python Interpreter itself (python.exe
) but some other useful features:
Let’s make sure VS Code is used for editing Python scripts.
From Windows File Explorer, create a Python folder in the Content folder of your UE project and create a new file test.py
. Open it with visual studio code and make sure it’s the default option.