(And for my own reference when I inevitably hit this again after a gap in new projects. The fix that I've found is slightly different from anything I'm seeing above, so I thought I'd share it in case it helps anyone else still struggling with this. I use Visual Studio Code and Intellisense is non-functional every time I create a new Unity project lately. In my case, I just installed Unity and Visual Studio Code for the first time a few days ago and I just didn't know about the extra Unity extensions that I REALLY needed. I installed all of the above, and I'm happy now!
Two additional optional Unity tools to consider installing: I would've provided links but the Unity Forum marks it as spam.įor me, the Unity Debugger finally fixed it! In addition to the steps listed above in this thread, there is also a Visual Studio marketplace addon that I had to install! Install the following free addon extensions from Visual Studio Marketplace. Unity recognizes that Visual Studio Code is my External Script Editor, but intellisense in Vis Studio Code still does not recognize or provide autocomplete for Unity namespace items.Įdit: After a bit of searching I found the solution! I added the checkboxes to all of them, but it had no impact when I reopened a script through Unity. I didn't have any checkboxes selected under 'Generate. I already had Visual Studio Code selected as script editor.
