Windows Phone 8.1 build fails on Unity 5.2.3f1

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I am trying to publish our games on the Windows 8.1 store but I keep getting this error:

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UnityException: Platform assembly not found. Make sure Visual Studio 2013 and Windows Phone SDK 8.1 is installed. PostProcessWinRT.CheckSDK () (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/WinRT/SharedSources/CSharp/PostProcessWinRT.cs:164) PostProcessWinRT.Process () (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/WinRT/SharedSources/CSharp/PostProcessWinRT.cs:103) UnityEditor.Metro.BuildPostprocessor.PostProcess (BuildPostProcessArgs args) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/MetroPlayer/Extensions/Managed/ExtensionModule.cs:99) UnityEditor.PostprocessBuildPlayer.Postprocess (BuildTarget target, System.String installPath, System.String companyName, System.String productName, Int32 width, Int32 height, System.String downloadWebplayerUrl, System.String manualDownloadWebplayerUrl, BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/PostprocessBuildPlayer.cs:316) UnityEditor.HostView:OnGUI()

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I have a fresh install of Windows 8.1 Enterprise. Fresh download of Unity 5.2.3f1 with the standard installer of visual studio community 2015. All windows updates applied and no other software installed on the machine. I am trying this with a fresh project.

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unity3d
You have to install WP 8.1 SDK. – Paweł Marecki
Checked from within Visual Studio and the SDK wasn't there. Will update if unity succeeds in making the build after the sdk update. – Syed Imran
Notice that you need VS 2013 to install WP 8.1 SDK. I think you should fallow Tiziano Coroneo's answer. He described the whole process. – Paweł Marecki

2 Answers

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First you have to download Visual Studio 2013:

https://www.visualstudio.com/it-it/products/visual-studio-express-vs

The Express version is free. Second, to install the Windows Phone Sdk 8.1

https://developer.microsoft.com/it-it/windows/downloads/windows-8-1-sdk

Then, you've got to link the path of where you've installed the sdk in the Unity Preferences.

Here you can find a full guide from the Unity guys:

http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/windowsstore-gettingstarted.html

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According to Unity, when building for Windows Phone 8.1, Unity looks for the SDK at H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\WindowsPhoneApp\v8.1\InstallationFolder. The usual value in this place is C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Phone Kits\8.1\. If it is empty or the key does not exist, try to re-install Windows Phone 8.1 SDK and make sure that the values exist in that location. The file Unity is looking for in that folder is References\CommonConfiguration\Neutral\Windows.winmd. So make sure it exist.

Run cmd, regedit and search for H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\WindowsPhoneApp\v8.1\InstallationFolder location.