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* If you want to create json patches, you can use ModMaker 3000™, a command line tool that ships with the game, to build the patches for you | * If you want to create json patches, you can use ModMaker 3000™, a command line tool that ships with the game, to build the patches for you | ||
* If you are doing programming tasks | * If you are doing programming tasks | ||
** Use break points for debugging. | ** Use break points for debugging | ||
** Browse through the many utility classes provided by the VS API, you might be able to save a lot of coding efforts! (e.g. [https://github.com/anegostudios/vsapi/blob/master/Math/ColorUtil.cs ColorUtil], [https://github.com/anegostudios/vsapi/blob/master/Math/GameMath.cs GameMath], [https://github.com/anegostudios/vsapi/blob/master/Util/ArrayExtensions.cs ArrayExtensions], [https://github.com/anegostudios/vsapi/blob/master/Util/DictExtensions.cs DictExtensions], [https://github.com/anegostudios/vsapi/blob/master/Util/HashsetExtensions.cs HashsetExtensions], [https://github.com/anegostudios/vsapi/blob/master/Util/JsonUtil.cs JsonUtil], [https://github.com/anegostudios/vsapi/blob/master/Util/JsonUtil.cs ReaderWriterExtensions], [https://github.com/anegostudios/vsapi/blob/master/Util/SerializerUtil.cs SerializerUtil], [https://github.com/anegostudios/vsapi/blob/master/Util/WildcardUtil.cs WildcardUtil] | |||
** You can use edit&continue feature of Visual Studio to modify code while the game is running! | ** You can use edit&continue feature of Visual Studio to modify code while the game is running! | ||
** If you don't already use the [https://github.com/anegostudios/vsmodexamples/blob/master/RedirectLogs.cs RedirectLogs] mod during testing to see the log output live in the Visual Studio output window | ** If you don't already use the [https://github.com/anegostudios/vsmodexamples/blob/master/RedirectLogs.cs RedirectLogs] mod during testing to see the log output live in the Visual Studio output window | ||
** If you are working with shaders, you can reload them with <code>.reload shaders</code> | ** If you are working with shaders, you can reload them with <code>.reload shaders</code> | ||
** If you do not use Visual Studio, you may have limited success with the <code>/reloadmods</code> command to reload source code mods during runtime. | ** If you do not use Visual Studio, you may have limited success with the <code>/reloadmods</code> command to reload source code mods during runtime. | ||
