Tips and Tricks

How to Set Up a Fully Local AI in Visual Studio

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May 19, 2026
VA Intelligence is Visual Assist’s local AI feature. It runs Gemma3 on your GPU through Ollama, both bundled and managed by Visual Assist itself. No API keys, no cloud round-trip, no telemetry pipeline waiting to be audited by your security team. By the end of this guide you’ll have two features wired up inside Visual Studio: Explain with AI and Change Code with AI. If you’ve…
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Blueprints Aren’t Always A Choice: How Your IDE Shapes The Way You Learn Unreal Engine Development

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March 11, 2026
Ever feel like you’re fixing and configuring your tools rather than designing game logic? For a lot of people, that’s the start of Unreal Engine C++ development. Visual Studio is a great option, but when you’re starting, it introduces some minor inconveniences that feels like a necessary buy-in fee before you can actually develop games. For instance, IntelliSense throws a sea of red…
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Build Announcements

Visual Assist 2023.2 released

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May 17, 2023
The second update to Visual Assist in 2023 is here. This update features an extensive series of upgrades to code inspections, shader extension support, and a number of quality fixes to the IDE. Download the latest version of Visual Assist now. Greatly expanded code inspections with over 100 new Clang Tidy checks The biggest item in this release is the added support for all code checks available…
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Build Announcements

Visual Assist 2023.1 released

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February 15, 2023
The first update to Visual Assist for 2023 is here. This update features an extensive list of improvements and bug fixes for a variety of users. And if you haven’t, download the latest release here. We hope you find them useful!  Improved parser auto type deduction…
Tips and Tricks

Make your developers happy with Visual Assist

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November 22, 2022
In our last post, we estimated how much time and money an extension like Visual Assist save. This time, however, we’re keeping it basic and focusing on one of the most obvious productivity signals: a happy developer.  This blog is intended for lead developers, team managers, and procurement decision makers. Why leaders need to keep their developers happy A satisfied developer is a reliable…
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