4. Visual Studio Installation

About the Visual Studio Version

The visual studio version of the code is for the people interested in reverse engineering the game and testing out new variants. It is not for the average end-user just wanting to play some custom variants, for that check out the precompiled version guide. The visual studio version of the code lets you use example snippets to test custom variants and other snippets like the thread-trap and still have the ability to load predefined variants and change settings like the standalone version. Basically, you have a lot more freedom in what you can do.

Installation

To install the visual studio version of the code first go to the main page of the GitHub repo and click on the download code button on the right side of the screen. Then, copy the link that is shown in the pop-up window. After that, open Visual Studio and click on clone a repository on the right side of the screen. Keep in mind that you need the .NET framework to run the code. After that, paste the link you copied earlier into the text box and click clone.

When you cloned the repository, you will be able to double-click the solution file on the solution explorer to load all the nodes in the solution. Then, you need to right-click on DataInterfaceConsole.proj or DataInterfaceConsoleTest.proj and click on Set as Startup Project in the pop-up menu. The regular DataInterfaceConsole does the same thing as the standalone version, while the console test has the example snippets and other functions. After this step, you should have successfully installed the Visual Studio version of the Data Interface.