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Clarify that MSVC build shell requirements (#4701)

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Co-authored-by: Hugo Locurcio <hugo.locurcio@hugo.pro>
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@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ Selecting a compiler
SCons will automatically find and use an existing Visual Studio installation.
If you do not have Visual Studio installed, it will attempt to use
MinGW instead. If you already have Visual Studio installed and want to
use MinGW, pass ``use_mingw=yes`` to the SCons command line.
use MinGW, pass ``use_mingw=yes`` to the SCons command line. Note that MSVC
builds cannot be performed from the MSYS2 or MinGW shells. Use either
``cmd.exe`` or PowerShell instead.
During development, using the Visual Studio compiler is usually a better idea,
as it links the Godot binary much faster than MinGW. However, MinGW can