Setting up environment

Choosing an IDE

IDE is an Integrated Development Environment. Usually it includes useful things like:

• Auto-completion
• Code analysis
• Syntax highlighting
• Git integration and support
• Showing errors and warnings

... and often many other features. You will be able to explore them all in the IDE once installed.

The two most common IDEs for C# are Microsoft Visual Studio or JetBrains Rider. You can compare them by reviewing this page.

• Visual Studio is usually better if you are just getting started, since there are a lot of guides on it and it is free.
• Rider is generally paid, but student or an open-source licenses may be available from JetBrains.

Setting up a project

1. Install a game server with uMod for testing and development use
2. Create a new solution using the corresponding button in Visual Studio and Rider and give it a name
3. Project type should be .NET 6.0 to support the latest C# and .NET versions
4. Add references to your project from your game server installation files (.dll files)