Modding Tools (old but detailed) - brandonandzeus/Trainworks2 GitHub Wiki

Documentation

• Harmony
• BepInEx
• MonsterTrainModdingAPI

IDEs

• Visual Studio
• Rider
• Resharper

Used for writing, creating and debugging your own plugins. Unless you have a JetBrains license or a lot of money, Visual Studio is recommended. If you have a JetBrains license, Rider is recommended over Resharper. Resharper requires an installation of Visual Studio to run.

Modloader

• BepInEx

Used to sideload plugins, API's, patchers and other custom code alongside Monster Train. Needs to be installed to play or write mods. Comes pre-packaged with Harmony, which is used for runtime patching.

Decompilers

• dotPeek
• dnSpy
• ILSpy

Allows you to decompile Monster Train's source code into C#. dotPeek is recommended, as dnSpy and ILSpy can have some issues decompiling certain classes that contain a lot of lambdas and/or circular references.

Libraries

• MonsterTrainModdingAPI

An in-development API that will simplify the environment for modding monster train by providing hooks into base game behavior.

Asset Tools

• AssetStudio
• uTinyRipper

Used to extract, browse and export Unity assets from Monster Train.

Debugging

• RuntimeUnityEditor

Useful for debugging Monster Train and custom BepInEx plugins while the game is actually running.