Throughout its long lifetime, Visual Assist (VA) has been a top-of-the-line productivity plugin with a performance advantage over Visual Studio and other plugins. Performance and speed has been a bread-and-butter factor for choosing VA—and we’ve doubled down with updates focused on cutting interruptions and load times.
VA had significant improvements in 2024, particularly in the initial…
Visual Assist 2024.4 release post - ARM Support
June 12, 2024
It’s our pleasure to announce a new Visual Assist release, headed by a major addition—supporting ARM!
We hope you find this release useful. Visit our website to download the release.
ARM support
Big news for Visual Assist’s device support! Windows ARM is now supported…
On the recent video game industry layoffs
May 15, 2024
Like many others, we have been shocked and increasingly concerned to hear of the recent gaming studio closures and layoffs. Cumulatively, this has impacted far more in this industry than any of us would have expected.
Many of our most ardent Visual Assist champions are game…
Visual Assist 2024.3 release post
May 2, 2024
Another Visual Assist update?! VA 2024.3 is headlined by a dramatic improvement to the performance of Find References. This release also features both a fix and an improvement related to Move Implementation. We also have some key features exiting their beta phase (try them out!). Lastly, performance for C# should be better than ever with key fixes rolling out in this release.
Download the release…
Visual Assist 2024.2 release post
March 28, 2024
It only has been a minute since the last performance-focused release but Visual Assist 2024.2 is here, squeezing even more performance to set it apart from other coding assistants! Continuing the theme of the last version, this release is focused on getting rid of…
Installing Unreal Engine 4/5 + Visual Studio: A complete step-by-step guide with pictures
March 7, 2024
Unreal Engine 5 has been out for a while now and along with it came exciting improvements and new features for users to enjoy. If you’re an aspiring game developer who is looking to dive into the world of Unreal Engine development without any background, chances are…
See you at San Francisco for GDC 2024!
March 7, 2024
Whole Tomato will be at the Game Developers Conference 2024!
The makers and developers of Visual Assist will make their return to Moscone Center in San Francisco from March 18-22 for GDC 2024! Whole Tomato will be at booth number P1769 sharing space with a sister company, Assembla! Two of the best tools for game development in one booth—efficient!
GDC has always been one of the most awaited…
What's New in Visual Assist 2024—Featuring lightning fast parser performance [Webinar]
February 21, 2024
Webinar overview: In this webinar, we discuss the latest developments in Visual Assist with a focus on the latest release. Get an inside look at what the developers added for VA 2024.1 and what you can expect to be added to the toolset in the upcoming months.
. The…
Visual Assist 2024.1 release post
January 31, 2024
The first release of the year is here with Visual Assist 2024.1. This update is headlined by the overhaul of our parser, which significantly reduces users’ initial startup times for projects. Also in this release: key behavioral fixes for a few or VA’s navigation…
Another reason to cheer: Visual Assist academic licenses!
December 22, 2023
Great news! The Whole Tomato experience just got even more complete and well-rounded!
The hobbies and recreational activities you do during your early days in school often become the gateway to the skills you’ll develop and use in the real world. It is no surprise, then, that the tools and machines you use when starting out as a complete novice influence how you grow from a curious enthusiast…
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