They also change the directory layout of their tools all the time, which is why we actually need the 2017 tools here, theĢ019 ones are not compatible (although it will probably not be a problem if you have them installed as well).You may have to google around for this as Microsoft tends to change their site and url schemas all the bloody time.You can disable samples and documentation if you want make sure to have it added to PATH, otherwise defaults are fine.If in doubt, please check the compatibility table of node-gyp Newer versions may be supported with a delay, This has been tested with python 3.8 but any version since 2.7 should work.download installer (64-bit) from and run.install through npm 'npm install -global yarn'.version doesn't matter much, latest lts should be fine.If any of the download links is no longer valid, try google or a search engine of your choice. Before you can build vortex you need to download and install a couple of dependencies.the dependencies are not installed headless so you have to click through the dialogs but it's only guaranteed to work if you keep the defaults.this script will try to download and install all dependencies, then check out and build vortex.in the dialog that shows up, select a build directory (should be a clean/new one).download bootstrap.ps1 and run as a powershell script.To build from source you have two choices.