Generate your Visual Studio C++ solution

Understand the Visual Studio C++ solution that Unity automatically generates.

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When you build a project from Unity for Universal Windows Platform (UWP), Unity automatically generates a Visual Studio solution.

Create your Visual Studio C++ solution

Unity generates a Visual Studio solution containing the following projects:

Project	Description
projectName	Contains your main project code. Visual Studio builds this project into an application package, which you can deploy to a device or uploaded to the Microsoft Store. Note: Unity doesn’t overwrite this project when you build on top of it.
Unity Data	Contains all the Unity-specific files you need to build your project, such as assets.
Il2CppOutputProject	Contains the generated C++ code which Unity converts from managed assemblies. Note: This project is overwritten every time you build over it.

Configuration	Description
Debug	Use Debug to debug your code. This configuration: - Disables all optimization. - Preserves all debugging information in the code. - Results in code that runs slowly. - Results in the fastest build time.
Release	Use Release to profile your game. This configuration: - Enables code optimizations.
Master	Use Master for game submission and final testing. This configuration: - Disables the profiler. - Results in the same build time as the Release configuration. - Results in the same build time as the Release configuration.
MasterWithLTCG	Use MasterWithLTCG for game submission and final testing. This configuration: - Enables link time code generation for generated C++ code, IL2CPP runtime, and IL2CPP garbage collection. - Results in much longer build times compared to the Master configuration. - Results in an application that executes faster than the Master configuration.