Works on VS 2015, not on VS 2012 (C2864)

[joshinils]

I’m sure this is a problem with my compiler on VS 2012.
I get a lot of C2864, https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/acxkb76w.aspx .

How can i make VS 2012 behave?
What other options do i have beside using a newer version with another (newer) compiler?

[OneLoneCoder]

Unfortunately I use C++14 conventions, which would not exist in VS2012. Primarily, its because I initialise variables at declaration, instead of definition - something the newer standards allow you to do. If you could post your build output, it may only be a handful of variables which are causing you problems (often the error messages make the problem look worse than it is), I could analyse it and perhaps advise/implement workarounds.

[joshinils]

here you go, sorry that it's in German. I can't find an English language pack anymore. i should really switch to a free and newer version anyway.

[OneLoneCoder]

Hi Josh, it does seem like its just an old compiler that's the problem. VS17 is free to download, and VS15 should be ok too.

[joshinils]

yes, VS 2017 community is free, easy to get and works, I'll start using that from now on