Playing with msbuild scripts for a faster build - so far down from 14 to 6 minutes.

Scripts/build_editor_win_x64_fast.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Builds and packages the editor. Make sure you have MSBuild
+# installed and the path is valid.
+
+# Usage: "build_editor_win_x64 $Configuration"
+# Where: $Configuration - e.g. OptimizedDebug, Release
+
+import os
+import multiprocessing
+
+msbuildPath = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MSBuild\\14.0\\Bin\\amd64"
+buildPath = "..\\Build\\VS2015\\"
+
+def buildCSWorker(args):
+    projectPath = buildPath + "\\" + args[0] + "\\" + args[0] + ".csproj"
+    os.system("msbuild {0} /t:ClCompile /p:Configuration={1};Platform=x64 /m".format(projectPath, args[1]))
+    return
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if not os.path.exists(msbuildPath):
+        print("MSBuild path is not valid. Used path {0}: ".format(msbuildPath))
+        exit;
+
+    os.environ["PATH"] += os.pathsep + msbuildPath
+
+    # Build native projects
+    os.system("fast_build.py OptimizedDebug x64")
+    os.system("fast_build.py Release x64")
+
+    # Build managed projects
+    csProjectArgs = [("MBansheeEngine", "Debug"), ("MBansheeEngine", "Release"),
+                     ("MBansheeEditor", "Debug"), ("MBansheeEditor", "Release")]
+
+    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(multiprocessing.cpu_count())
+    pool.map(buildCSWorker, csProjectArgs)
+        
+    os.system("package_editor.py " + configuration)

Scripts/fast_build.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Builds and packages the editor. Make sure you have MSBuild
+# installed and the path is valid.
+
+# Usage: "fastBuild $Configuration $Platform"
+# Where: $Configuration - e.g. Debug, OptimizedDebug, Release
+# Where: $Platform - x86, x64
+
+import sys
+import os
+import multiprocessing
+
+msbuildPath = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MSBuild\\14.0\\Bin\\amd64"
+buildPath = "..\\Build\\VS2015\\"
+configuration = sys.argv[1]
+platform = sys.argv[2]
+
+def compileWorker(project):
+    projectPath = buildPath + "\\" + project + "\\" + project + ".vcxproj"
+    os.system("msbuild {0} /t:ClCompile /p:Configuration={1};Platform={2}".format(projectPath, configuration, platform))
+    return
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    solutionPath = buildPath + "Banshee.sln"
+    projects = ["BansheeUtility", "BansheeCore", "BansheeEngine", "BansheeMono",
+                "BansheeEditor", "SBansheeEngine", "BansheeFBXImporter", "BansheeFontImporter",
+                "BansheeFreeImgImporter", "BansheeD3D11RenderAPI", "BansheeOISInput", "BansheeOpenAudio",
+                "BansheePhysX", "BansheeSL", "RenderBeast", "SBansheeEditor", "BansheeGLRenderAPI",
+                "BansheeVulkanRenderAPI", "BansheeEditorExec", "Game"]
+
+    if not os.path.exists(msbuildPath):
+        print("MSBuild path is not valid. Used path {0}: ".format(msbuildPath))
+        exit;
+
+    os.environ["PATH"] += os.pathsep + msbuildPath
+
+    # Clean entire solution
+    os.system("msbuild {0} /t:Clean /p:Configuration={1};Platform={2} /m".format(solutionPath, configuration, platform))
+
+    # Launch a compile thread for every project
+    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(multiprocessing.cpu_count())
+    pool.map(compileWorker, projects)
+
+    # Link all projects
+    os.system("msbuild {0} /p:Configuration={1};Platform={2} /m".format(solutionPath, configuration, platform))
+
+    #for project in projects:
+    #    projectPath = buildPath + "\\" + project + "\\" + project + ".vcxproj"
+    #    os.system("msbuild {0} /t:Link /p:Configuration={1};Platform={2} /m".format(projectPath, configuration, platform))