From c0056f3d9d6696d6e06133aba1a0a4ca347e76ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wojtek Figat <wojtek@figat.pl>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 11:11:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix running Editor or Game target with console on Windows

---
 Source/Engine/Main/Main.Build.cs    | 3 ++-
 Source/Engine/Main/Windows/main.cpp | 4 ++--
 Source/FlaxEditor.Build.cs          | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Source/Engine/Main/Main.Build.cs b/Source/Engine/Main/Main.Build.cs
index 20a4dad75..73f39657e 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Main/Main.Build.cs
+++ b/Source/Engine/Main/Main.Build.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ public class Main : EngineModule
             /*{
                 options.PrivateDefinitions.Add("USE_VS_MEM_LEAKS_CHECK");
             }*/
-
+            if (options.LinkEnv.LinkAsConsoleProgram)
+                options.CompileEnv.PreprocessorDefinitions.Add("PLAIN_MAIN");
             break;
         case TargetPlatform.UWP:
             options.SourcePaths.Add(Path.Combine(FolderPath, "UWP"));
diff --git a/Source/Engine/Main/Windows/main.cpp b/Source/Engine/Main/Windows/main.cpp
index 6d888b8b1..1bb360cb8 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Main/Windows/main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Engine/Main/Windows/main.cpp
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ extern "C" {
 __declspec(dllexport) int32 AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance = 1;
 }
 
-#if FLAX_TESTS
+#if PLAIN_MAIN
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 #else
 int APIENTRY wWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPTSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
 #endif
 {
-#if FLAX_TESTS
+#if PLAIN_MAIN
     HINSTANCE hInstance = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
     LPTSTR lpCmdLine = GetCommandLineW();
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/FlaxEditor.Build.cs b/Source/FlaxEditor.Build.cs
index 4b0b561ff..500a211dc 100644
--- a/Source/FlaxEditor.Build.cs
+++ b/Source/FlaxEditor.Build.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ public class FlaxEditor : EngineTarget
     {
         base.SetupTargetEnvironment(options);
 
+        // Uncomment to get console
+        //options.LinkEnv.LinkAsConsoleProgram = true;
+
         // Setup output folder for Editor binaries
         switch (options.Platform.Target)
         {