Unity Mod Studio

Allows creating mods for Unity games using Visual Studio 2022+.

Implemented features

• Creating a new project.
• Selecting a game to be modded using a project wizard.
• Determining proper target framework.
• Referencing game assemblies.
• Deploying the mod into the game.
  • Deploying and configuring the Unity Doorstop mod loader.
  • Deploying mod content files along compiled binaries.
• Resolving the game path from built-in game registry.
• Importing games from the list of installed programs or Steam.
• Debugging the mod.
• Building mods supporting multiple game versions.
• Game-specific templates and features (in separate extensions).
  • BepInEx 5/6 project templates.
  • RimWorld project template.

Planned features

Core

• Installing multiple versions of games in parallel from Steam.

RimWorld

• XML files validation and IntelliSense.

Visual Studio support

Release 1.1 is the last release which supports Visual Studio 2019. New development will be focused on Visual Studio 2022+.

Visual Studio 17.10 or newer is required.

Required workloads:

• .NET desktop development
• Game development with Unity

Additionally you may need to install targeting packs for .NET versions your games use.

Contents

• A Visual Studio 2022+ extension containing the project template and its wizard, options page for managing the game registry, and the debugger.
• The UnityModStudio.Build NuGet package which resolves game assembly references and helps building and debugging the mod.