You might already know this, but this is for those of you that want to compile extra-fast on your multi-core beast.\u00a0 Bet you didn’t know that by default, most versions of Visual Studio do NOT use multi-core compiling.\u00a0 So, to turn it on, do this in visual studio:<\/p>\n
Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > Build and Run > maximum number of parallel project builds<\/p>\n
Set this to the number of cores you have (or the number of cores you have -1 if you want to do things on your desktop while compiling extra-big things).<\/p>\n
To see if it’s working, when you compile, in the compiler output window at the bottom you should see each line prefixed by a number like this:
\n1>blahblah
\n4>blahblah
\n3>blahblah<\/p>\n
Those prefix numbers tell you which ‘core’ the message is coming from.\u00a0 I find this speeds up your compile times dramatically – especially on large projects.\u00a0 Give it a try!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You might already know this, but this is for those of you that want to compile extra-fast on your multi-core beast.\u00a0 Bet you didn’t know that by default, most versions of Visual Studio do NOT use multi-core compiling.\u00a0 So, to turn it on, do this in visual studio: Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > Build and Run > maximum number of parallel project builds Set this to the number of cores you have (or the number of cores…<\/p>\n