UnityExplorer/README.md

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  An in-game explorer and a suite of debugging tools for <a href="https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/IL2CPP.html">IL2CPP</a> and <b>Mono</b> Unity games, to aid with modding development.

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- [Releases](#releases)
- [Features](#features)
- [How to install](#how-to-install)
- [Mod Config](#mod-config)
- [Mouse Control](#mouse-control)
- [Building](#building)
- [Credits](#credits)

## Releases

| Mod Loader  | IL2CPP | Mono |
| ----------- | ------ | ---- |
| [MelonLoader](https://github.com/HerpDerpinstine/MelonLoader) | ✔️ [link](https://github.com/sinai-dev/Explorer/releases/latest/download/Explorer.MelonLoader.Il2Cpp.zip) | ✔️ [link](https://github.com/sinai-dev/Explorer/releases/latest/download/Explorer.MelonLoader.Mono.zip) | 
| [BepInEx](https://github.com/BepInEx/BepInEx) | ❔ [link](https://github.com/sinai-dev/Explorer/releases/latest/download/Explorer.BepInEx.Il2Cpp.zip) | ✔️ [link](https://github.com/sinai-dev/Explorer/releases/latest/download/Explorer.BepInEx.Mono.zip) |

<b>IL2CPP Issues:</b>
* Some methods may still fail with a `MissingMethodException`, please let me know if you experience this (with full debug log please).
* Reflection may fail with certain types, see [here](https://github.com/knah/IL2CPPAssemblyUnhollower#known-issues) for more details.

## Features

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* <b>Scene Explorer</b>: Simple menu to traverse the Transform heirarchy of the scene. 
* <b>GameObject Inspector</b>: Various helpful tools to see and manipulate the GameObject, similar to what you can do in the Editor.
* <b>Reflection Inspector</b>: Inspect Properties and Fields. Can also set primitive values and evaluate primitive methods.
* <b>Search</b>: Search for UnityEngine.Objects with various filters, or use the helpers for static Instances and Classes.
* <b>C# Console</b>: Interactive console for evaluating C# methods on the fly, with some basic helpers.
* <b>Inspect-under-mouse</b>: Hover over an object with a collider and inspect it by clicking on it.

## How to install

### BepInEx

0. Install [BepInEx](https://github.com/BepInEx/BepInEx) for your game.
1. Download the UnityExplorer release for BepInEx IL2CPP or Mono above.
2. Take the `UnityExplorer.dll` file and put it in `[GameFolder]\BepInEx\plugins\`
3. Take the `UnityExplorer\` folder (with `explorerui.bundle`) and put it in `[GameFolder]\Mods\`, so it looks like `[GameFolder]\Mods\UnityExplorer\explorerui.bundle`.
4. In IL2CPP, it is highly recommended to get the base Unity libs for the game's Unity version and put them in the `BepInEx\unhollowed\base\` folder.

### MelonLoader

0. Install [MelonLoader](https://github.com/HerpDerpinstine/MelonLoader) for your game.
1. Download the UnityExplorer release for MelonLoader IL2CPP or Mono above.
2. Take the contents of the release and put it in the `[GameFolder]\Mods\` folder. It should look like `[GameFolder]\Mods\UnityExplorer.dll` and `[GameFolder]\Mods\UnityExplorer\explorerui.bundle`.

## Mod Config

You can access the settings via the "Options" page of the main menu, or directly from the config at `Mods\UnityExplorer\config.xml` (generated after first launch).

`Main Menu Toggle` (KeyCode)
* Default: `F7`
* See [this article](https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/KeyCode.html) for a full list of all accepted KeyCodes.

`Force_Unlock_Mouse` (bool)
* Default: `true`
* Forces the cursor to be unlocked and visible while the UnityExplorer menu is open, and prevents anything else taking control.

`Default Page Limit` (int)
* Default: `25`
* Sets the default items per page when viewing lists or search results.
* <b>Requires a restart to take effect</b>, apart from Reflection Inspector tabs.

`Default Output Path` (string)
* Default: `Mods\Explorer`
* Where output is generated to, by default (for Texture PNG saving, etc).

`Log Unity Debug` (bool)
* Default: `false`
* Listens for Unity `Debug.Log` messages and prints them to UnityExplorer's log.

## Building

If you'd like to build this yourself, you will need to have installed BepInEx and/or MelonLoader for at least one Unity game. If you want to build all 4 versions, you will need at least one IL2CPP and one Mono game, with BepInEx and MelonLoader installed for both.

1. Install MelonLoader or BepInEx for your game.
2. Open the `src\Explorer.csproj` file in a text editor.
3. Set the relevant `GameFolder` values for the versions you want to build, eg. set `MLCppGameFolder` if you want to build for a MelonLoader IL2CPP game.
4. Open the `src\Explorer.sln` project.
5. Select `Solution 'Explorer' (1 of 1 project)` in the Solution Explorer panel, and set the <b>Active config</b> property to the version you want to build, then build it.
5. The DLLs are built to the `Release\` folder in the root of the repository.
6. If ILRepack fails or is missing, use the NuGet package manager to re-install `ILRepack.Lib.MSBuild.Task`, then re-build.

## Credits

Written by Sinai.

Thanks to:
* [ManlyMarco](https://github.com/ManlyMarco) for their [Runtime Unity Editor](https://github.com/ManlyMarco/RuntimeUnityEditor), which I used for some aspects of the C# Console and Auto-Complete features.
* [denikson](https://github.com/denikson) (aka Horse) for [mcs-unity](https://github.com/denikson/mcs-unity). I commented out the `SkipVisibilityExt` constructor since it was causing an exception with the Hook it attempted in IL2CPP.