Setting up the development environment

DeveloperSetup.md

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+# Developer Setup
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+The MediocreMapAssistant2 uses the Unreal Engine 4 for it's development.
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+## Windows Developer Setup Instructions
+### Visual Studio and Build Tools
+* Install Visual Studio Community Edition
+* Install Visual Studio component MSVC v140 - VS 2015 C++ build tools (v14.00)
+* Install Windows SDK v8.1
+
+### Install Unreal Engine 4
+* Download and install the Epic Games launcher
+* Install Unreal Engine from Epic Games Launcher, select the version which is indicated in "MediocreMapAssistant2.uproject" file
+* Install the required plugins "VaRest" and "LE Extended Standard Library" into the engine (if you skip this step the editor will guide you through this when opening the project)
+
+### Load and run the project
+* Clone the project from github into your local development folder (this step requires git)
+* Start the Unreal Enginge from the Epic Games Launcher
+* browse for the existing project and open "MediocreMapAssistant2.uproject" from the github project folder
+* upon the first start the editor likely wants to rebuild your project
+* for starting the application you can click "Play"
+
+### Errors
+* A first starting point for errors are the logs in "Saved\Logs"

README.md

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 * Timing Track
 * Lightmap Integration
 * Bookmarks for collaborations 
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+## Developer setup
+There is a [short tutorial](DeveloperSetup.md) for setting up your [development environment](DeveloperSetup.md) if you want to contribute to the mapping assistant.