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Featureful Sons Of The Forest Modloader

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# RedLoader
**... is a mod loader and sdk for the game "Sons of the Forest". With In-Game configurations, UI frameworks and many APIs for the different systems in the game
it's main purpose is to make mod development for Sons Of The Forest more streamlined and making it a user friendly experience for players.**

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:orange_book: **[Documentation and Wiki](https://tonimacaroni.github.io/RedLoader/)** :orange_book:

:star: **Star the repo at the top if you like this project** :star:

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## FEATURES:
- Automatic asset bundle loading and mapping to class
- Automatic addressables catalog loading
- A powerful UI framework
- Status screen
- Toggle console at runtime
- Save and set console position
- Directly load into test scene
- Define mod using manifest.json
- Load sounds at runtime
- Quickly setup debug GUIs using attributes
- Bunch of helpers for game features

## INSTALLATION:
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**Automatic**  
Download the **[RedManager](https://github.com/ToniMacaroni/RedManager)**.  
The RedManager is a single file (no installation needed) application that can detect your game installation
and install/update/remove RedLoader as well as other extras for you.
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**Manual**
1. Download the latest release from [here](https://github.com/ToniMacaroni/RedLoader/releases/latest) (RedLoader.zip)
2. Unpack the zip directly into your game directory (the _Redloader folder should end up in the same directory as SonsOfTheForest.exe)
3. Make sure you have installed all requirements (listed below)
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## Dedicated server installation
For docker images see https://github.com/ToniMacaroni/docker-redloader-sotf-server

**Windows:**  
Dedicated servers on windows should work out of the box. Just extract the RedLoader.zip into the server directory.

**Linux (Wine):**
1. Extract the RedLoader.zip into the server directory.
2. set the `WINEDLLOVERRIDES` environment to `"version=n,b"` (`export WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version=n,b"`)
3. Run the server as you would normally (`wine64 /sons/SonsOfTheForestDS.exe`).

## Configuration
### Command Line
*These can be added through the steam launch options or through a shortcut*

### Config
*These can be changed in the `UserData/_Redloader.cfg` file*

### In-Game Debug Console
*These can be invoked through the in-game debug console (open with `F1` key)*

### Compiling from source
1. Install .NET 6.0 SDK
2. Install Nuke globally with `dotnet tool install Nuke.GlobalTool --global`
3. Install Rust (tripple:`x86_64-pc-windows-msvc` nightly)
4. Clone the repository
5. Adjust the game path in `.nuke/parameters.json` and `Directory.Build.props`
6. Run `nuke pack --configuration Release --restore-packages` in the repo directory

## REQUIREMENTS:

- [.NET 6.0 Desktop Runtime](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0#runtime-6.0.15)
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Re-distributable [[x64](https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe)]

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