Visual Studio 2013 error

[Dang065]

i'm trying to build my server on a laptop running windows 8.1 using the new git for the server code and i have done this before with win 7 when the server files used SVN and VS 2012 and now with 2013 i get an "incompatible" error when i open the sln files to build the server programs. Should i try to use an older version of Visual Studio or is everyone having this problem?

[whasf]

2013 should be fine, that is what it is targeted for

[Dang065]

2013 should be fine, that is what it is targeted for

this didn't answer my question, if 2013 is what the server was written in, I shouldn't be getting a "incompatible with this version" error when i try to open the solution files. That is my question, is it me or is there an issue with the file. Maybe if I redownload the code files ill figure it out.

[kjLotus]

make sure it's visual studio 2013 for c++

[atom0s]

You are free to use older versions of Visual Studio, or even other compilers if you want. You just have to recreate the solution file yourself for the project.
Keep in mind though, the project in whole uses 2013 so if you use other things, we will not be able to give you full support.

[MageBoySA]

2013 should be fine, that is what it is targeted for

this didn't answer my question, if 2013 is what the server was written in, I shouldn't be getting a "incompatible with this version" error when i try to open the solution files. That is my question, is it me or is there an issue with the file. Maybe if I redownload the code files ill figure it out.

Make sure you are using the VS2013 for Desktops, otherwise you are trying to build windows store apps.