MelonLoader (DorkNet.ClientMod) is the sole client patcher now, so drop
the BepInEx plugin and its BepInEx-only installer:
- delete the DorkNet.ClientPatch project + tools/install-plugin.ps1
- drop the project from DorkNet.sln
- README / architecture / deploy docs: present DorkNet.ClientMod
(install-melon.ps1) as the patcher instead of the BepInEx plugin
- fix install-melon.ps1 fallback hint that pointed at the deleted
install-plugin.ps1
- tidy stray 'BepInEx port' comments in Mod.cs / PhotonCustomAuthController
Legacy-cleanup paths that REMOVE an old BepInEx install (install-legacy-client.ps1,
the old_plugin_paths entry in build-patcher-zip.ps1) are kept intentionally.
MelonLoader 0.6.x scans <install root>\Mods\ for plugin DLLs and
ignores MelonLoader\Mods\, so 'plugin_dest' = 'MelonLoader/Mods'
in the manifest meant DorkNet.ClientMod.dll was never loaded —
Player.log showed '0 Mods loaded.' and the watch booted unpatched.
Mirrors march-2020-03-10 bc8bcd9. Stripping SteamStub DRM with
Steamless is necessary but not sufficient — Rec Room's
Plugins/steam_api64.dll still talks to Steam at runtime and
bails when Steam isn't loaded. Bundles Goldberg Steam Emulator
(~11 MB) into the patcher zip, plus a 7-byte steam_appid.txt
pointing at Steam app 471710 (Rec Room). New steam_stub block
in manifest.json tells the launcher where to install them.
The mod resolves every game-side type at runtime via
AccessTools.TypeByName, so the IL2CPP interop assemblies
(Assembly-CSharp, Photon3Unity3D, UnityEngine.*) in the csproj were
dead references. Dropped them entirely — only MelonLoader's own
DLLs are actually needed at compile time.
tools/build-patcher-zip.ps1 now downloads MelonLoader BEFORE the
dotnet build and points MelonLoaderDir at the extracted contents,
so a fresh contributor checkout builds the patcher zip cold with
no Rec Room install required.
Mirrors the march-2020-03-10 1f407ef change.
Targets Rec Room 2020.12.18 client.
Re-import after adding:
- DorkNet.ClientMod/dorknet-clientmod.json.template — config schema
the launcher's manifest-driven patcher renders into UserData/.
- tools/build-patcher-zip.ps1 — produces the dorknet-clientpatch-{key}.zip
Release asset the launcher fetches.
- .github/workflows/release.yml — auto-publishes both Release assets
on v1-december-* tag push.
Scrubbed via maintainer-side scrub-for-public.ps1: same drop rules as
the prior import, plus build-patcher-zip.ps1 added to the tools/
allow-list so it survives the scrub.
Alexa