Failed building wheel for neural-renderer

[Slithersy]

Hello! I was getting this error when trying to install the software - https://pastebin.com/rpQJftPJ After a while, I came upon some things to try:

• Running x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019
• Installing ninja through pip
• Changing ['ninja', '-v'] to ['ninja', '--version'] in : /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/torch/utils/cpp_extension.py
• Setting DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1

After doing all these things, I managed to squeeze down the error into this - https://pastebin.com/4dvDJW5C I've noticed while wheeling neural-renderer, a new file would be created in AppData\Local\Temp\, and it was trying to reach build\temp.win-amd64-3.6\Release\neural_renderer\cuda\load_textures_cuda.obj in this file (I assume), I managed to copy it quickly enough and noticed "build" isn't even a folder in it, but "neural_renderer\cuda\load_textures_cuda.obj" does exist.

That's about as far as I got after 15+ hours of trying to fix this error, any ideas? I've noticed other people had this issue too, I've tried their fixes yet none of what I tried worked. I use Windows 10, with a Nvidia 1060 3GB GPU.

[Slithersy]

Okay, so I figured out what the problem is. Apparently, this software does NOT like the newest version of Visual Studio 2019, so I had to download an older version (16.8.4). If you want to fix this, remove your current Visual Studio 2019, and install BuildTools (16.8.4) here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/history

Though, later on I had more issues, so I found a solution: Do NOT try and install this software... it's such a hassle, really... just open google collab and run the things there step by step... trust me it'll save you a lot of hassle!