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 ## Building the server
 #### Requirements
 - [.NET 5 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0)
+- [Visual Studio 2019/2022 (v16.10 or higher)](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community) or [Rider 2021.2 or higher](https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/download)
+  - Older versions will show code errors.
+  - Build the solution in the IDE to make errors go away.
+  - Visual Studio must be restarted once after the first build as well.
 
 #### Publishing Builds
 - Using terminal or powershell: `./publish.cmd [release|debug (default: release)] [os]`