diff --git a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Build/NativeCpp/Builder.NativeCpp.cs b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Build/NativeCpp/Builder.NativeCpp.cs
index 225e46ba7..23d2be157 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Build/NativeCpp/Builder.NativeCpp.cs
+++ b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Build/NativeCpp/Builder.NativeCpp.cs
@@ -628,7 +628,10 @@ namespace Flax.Build
                         }
                     }
                     if (failed)
+                    {
+                        Globals.BuildErrors = true;
                         throw new Exception($"Failed to build target {target.Name}. See log.");
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -689,7 +692,10 @@ namespace Flax.Build
                         }
                     }
                     if (failed)
+                    {
+                        Globals.BuildErrors = true;
                         throw new Exception($"Failed to build target {target.Name}. See log.");
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Globals.cs b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Globals.cs
index b5f3088d6..994094124 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Globals.cs
+++ b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Globals.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ namespace Flax.Build
         /// </summary>
         public static ProjectInfo Project;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Set when any build related errors were raised.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static bool BuildErrors = false;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// All platforms array.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Program.cs b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Program.cs
index 5e7cf926c..bac1caaa8 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Program.cs
+++ b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Program.cs
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ namespace Flax.Build
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Log.Exception(ex);
+                // Ignore exception logging for build errors
+                if (!Globals.BuildErrors)
+                    Log.Exception(ex);
                 failed = true;
             }
             finally
diff --git a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Projects/VisualStudio/CSSDKProjectGenerator.cs b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Projects/VisualStudio/CSSDKProjectGenerator.cs
index 387a0dcff..77b7abf46 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Projects/VisualStudio/CSSDKProjectGenerator.cs
+++ b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Projects/VisualStudio/CSSDKProjectGenerator.cs
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ namespace Flax.Build.Projects.VisualStudio
             var baseConfiguration = project.Configurations.First();
             var baseOutputDir = Utilities.MakePathRelativeTo(project.CSharp.OutputPath ?? baseConfiguration.TargetBuildOptions.OutputFolder, projectDirectory);
             var baseIntermediateOutputPath = Utilities.MakePathRelativeTo(project.CSharp.IntermediateOutputPath ?? Path.Combine(baseConfiguration.TargetBuildOptions.IntermediateFolder, "CSharp"), projectDirectory);
+            
+            bool isMainProject = Globals.Project.ProjectFolderPath == project.WorkspaceRootPath && project.Name != "BuildScripts" && (Globals.Project.Name != "Flax" || project.Name != "FlaxEngine");
+            var flaxBuildTargetsFilename = isMainProject ? "Flax.Build.CSharp.targets" : "Flax.Build.CSharp.SkipBuild.targets";
+            var cacheProjectsPath = Utilities.MakePathRelativeTo(Path.Combine(Globals.Root, "Cache", "Projects"), projectDirectory);
+            var flaxBuildTargetsPath = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(cacheProjectsPath) ? Path.Combine(cacheProjectsPath, flaxBuildTargetsFilename) : flaxBuildTargetsFilename;
 
             csProjectFileContent.AppendLine("    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>");
             csProjectFileContent.AppendLine("    <ImplicitUsings>disable</ImplicitUsings>");
@@ -106,14 +111,14 @@ namespace Flax.Build.Projects.VisualStudio
             csProjectFileContent.AppendLine("    <LangVersion>11.0</LangVersion>");
             csProjectFileContent.AppendLine("    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>");
 
-            // Needed for Hostfxr
-            csProjectFileContent.AppendLine("    <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>");
-            csProjectFileContent.AppendLine("    <EnableDynamicLoading>true</EnableDynamicLoading>");
             //csProjectFileContent.AppendLine("    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>false</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>"); // TODO: use it to reduce burden of framework libs
 
-            // This needs to be set here to fix errors in VS
-            csProjectFileContent.AppendLine(string.Format("    <OutDir>{0}</OutDir>", baseOutputDir));
-            csProjectFileContent.AppendLine(string.Format("    <IntermediateOutputPath>{0}</IntermediateOutputPath>", baseIntermediateOutputPath));
+            // Custom .targets file for overriding MSBuild build tasks
+            csProjectFileContent.AppendLine(string.Format("    <CustomAfterMicrosoftCommonTargets>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory){0}</CustomAfterMicrosoftCommonTargets>", flaxBuildTargetsPath));
+
+            // Hide annoying warnings during build
+            csProjectFileContent.AppendLine("    <RestorePackages>false</RestorePackages>");
+            csProjectFileContent.AppendLine("    <DisableFastUpToDateCheck>True</DisableFastUpToDateCheck>");
 
             csProjectFileContent.AppendLine("  </PropertyGroup>");
             csProjectFileContent.AppendLine("");
diff --git a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Projects/VisualStudio/VisualStudioProjectGenerator.cs b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Projects/VisualStudio/VisualStudioProjectGenerator.cs
index 1ba8e6709..48ecb6425 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Projects/VisualStudio/VisualStudioProjectGenerator.cs
+++ b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Projects/VisualStudio/VisualStudioProjectGenerator.cs
@@ -518,7 +518,15 @@ namespace Flax.Build.Projects.VisualStudio
                             else if (firstFullMatch != -1)
                             {
                                 projectConfiguration = configuration;
-                                build = solution.MainProject == project || (solution.MainProject == null && project.Name == solution.Name);
+
+                                // Always build the main project
+                                build = solution.MainProject == project;
+
+                                // Build C# projects (needed for Rider solution wide analysis)
+                                build |= project.Type == TargetType.DotNetCore;
+
+                                // 
+                                build |= solution.MainProject == null && project.Name == solution.Name;
                             }
                             else if (firstPlatformMatch != -1 && !configuration.Name.StartsWith("Editor."))
                             {
@@ -679,6 +687,57 @@ namespace Flax.Build.Projects.VisualStudio
 
                 Utilities.WriteFileIfChanged(dotSettingsUserFilePath, dotSettingsFileContent.ToString());
             }
+
+            // Custom MSBuild .targets file to prevent building Flax C#-projects directly with MSBuild
+            {
+                var targetsFileContent = new StringBuilder();
+                targetsFileContent.AppendLine("<Project>");
+                targetsFileContent.AppendLine("  <!-- Prevent building projects with MSBuild, let Flax.Build handle the building process -->");
+                targetsFileContent.AppendLine("  <Target Name=\"Build\" Condition=\"'false' == 'true'\" />");
+                targetsFileContent.AppendLine("</Project>");
+
+                Utilities.WriteFileIfChanged(Path.Combine(Globals.Root, "Cache", "Projects", "Flax.Build.CSharp.SkipBuild.targets"), targetsFileContent.ToString());
+            }
+
+            // Override MSBuild build tasks to run Flax.Build in C#-only projects
+            {
+                // Build command for the build tool
+                var buildToolPath = Path.ChangeExtension(Utilities.MakePathRelativeTo(typeof(Builder).Assembly.Location, Path.GetDirectoryName(solution.MainProject.Path)), null);
+                
+                var targetsFileContent = new StringBuilder();
+                targetsFileContent.AppendLine("<Project>");
+                targetsFileContent.AppendLine("  <!-- Custom Flax.Build scripts for C# projects. -->");
+                targetsFileContent.AppendLine("  <Target Name=\"Build\">");
+                AppendBuildToolCommands(targetsFileContent, "-build");
+                targetsFileContent.AppendLine("  </Target>");
+                targetsFileContent.AppendLine("  <Target Name=\"Rebuild\">");
+                AppendBuildToolCommands(targetsFileContent, "-rebuild");
+                targetsFileContent.AppendLine("  </Target>");
+                targetsFileContent.AppendLine("  <Target Name=\"Clean\">");
+                AppendBuildToolCommands(targetsFileContent, "-clean");
+                targetsFileContent.AppendLine("  </Target>");
+                targetsFileContent.AppendLine("</Project>");
+
+                Utilities.WriteFileIfChanged(Path.Combine(Globals.Root, "Cache", "Projects", "Flax.Build.CSharp.targets"), targetsFileContent.ToString());
+
+                void AppendBuildToolCommands(StringBuilder str, string extraArgs)
+                {
+                    foreach (var configuration in solution.MainProject.Configurations)
+                    {
+                        var cmdLine = string.Format("{0} -log -mutex -workspace={1} -arch={2} -configuration={3} -platform={4} -buildTargets={5}",
+                                                FixPath(buildToolPath),
+                                                FixPath(solution.MainProject.WorkspaceRootPath),
+                                                configuration.Architecture,
+                                                configuration.Configuration,
+                                                configuration.Platform,
+                                                configuration.Target);
+                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Configuration.Compiler))
+                            cmdLine += " -compiler=" + Configuration.Compiler;
+
+                        str.AppendLine(string.Format("    <Exec Command=\"{0} {1}\" Condition=\"'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='{2}'\"/>", cmdLine, extraArgs, configuration.Name));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -716,5 +775,14 @@ namespace Flax.Build.Projects.VisualStudio
                 projects.Add(project);
             }
         }
+
+        private static string FixPath(string path)
+        {
+            if (path.Contains(' '))
+            {
+                path = "\"" + path + "\"";
+            }
+            return path;
+        }
     }
 }