Setting up code

https://docs.spacestation14.io/getting-started/dev-setup

Dependencies

• dotnet@6.0.x
• python@>=3.5

Start up dev env

py .\RUN_THIS.py which installs all submodules and builds the client/server binaries via dotnet

IDEs

Visual Studio

Remember to set up to launch multiple targets

• See Solution Explorer
• See top solution parent. Right click it and see "Set Startup Projects"
• Select Start for both "Content.Client" and "Content.Server" as Startup Projects

Visual Studio Code

Launch configuration inside .vscode\launch.json. Just run and debug

Mapping

https://docs.spacestation14.io/en/content/mapping

• Map editor is baked into the client itself. Launch it and enter the station (NSSPillar).
• Use the tilde key (when opening the escape menu) to open the drawer console.
• loc will print the current map ID
• mapping <mapId> <mapFilename>. I have no idea what <mapId> is, but it is being created at runtime and it can't be used for maps that are currently running. So keep incrementing <mapId> until the console does not print a Map {$mapId} already exists log entry. The station that the player spawns in seems to be /Maps/nss_pillar.yml
• Once you hear the Minecraft / Software Inc style BGM play, this means mapping mode is activated
• F5 to open Entity Spawn Panel
• Mouse3 (Middle Mouse) to rotate the entity easily. To rotate entities already placed in the world, right click the placed entity, Debug > View Variables. Under Server Variables, find the localRotation (not the one with the leading underscore) property and set the angle in deg.
• savemap <mapId> <path> will save it in .bin/***. Overriding the map didn't work in my case so there is no easy way to edit the map. Just save it, then replace the map file (e.g. savemap 1 saltern.yml inside the SS14 client, then rm Resources/Maps/saltern.yml && mv bin/Content.Server/data/saltern.yml Resources/Maps/saltern.yml)
• rmmap <mapId> will remove the map it is being loaded on