How to compile plugins on a Mac

[dodrian]

Make sure you have Mono. I also have the Apple developer tools, but I don\'t think those are essential.

I took the source Cephei\'s Solar Panels and put them in the main KSP folder in three files, SolarPanels.cs Battery.cs and IonEngine.cs.

Open the Terminal, navigate to the KSP folder, and use this command:

gmcs -r:KSP.app/Contents/Data/Managed/Assembly-CSharp.dll,KSP.app/Contents/Data/Managed/UnityEngine.dll -t:library SolarPanel.cs IonEngine.cs Battery.cs -out:Plugins/MyPlugin.dll

You should now have MyPlugin.dll in the plugins folder!

Hopefully anyone with even a little background in developing on a Mac (like myself) should be able to figure out stuff from there :-)

*Disclaimer*: I\'ve never worked with Mono before, I just mucked around until something worked. I\'m sure there are lots of ways to make this more streamlined/easier to develop with, Mac developers please add tips and tricks!

[dodrian]

Here\'s the Makefile I\'m using, because I couldn\'t get things to compile with MonoDevelop :\'(

If you know how to use a makefile it should be fairly obvious how to edit it to change the name of your plugin, and what to do if your KSP isn\'t in the Applications folder.

PLUGINNAME = MyPlugin.dll

KSP = /Applications/KSP/
DLL = $(KSP)KSP.app/Contents/Data/Managed/
REFS = $(DLL)Assembly-CSharp.dll,$(DLL)UnityEngine.dll
OUTPUT = $(KSP)Plugins/$(PLUGINNAME)
SOURCE = $(wildcard *.cs)


all:
    gmcs -t:library -r:$(REFS) $(SOURCE) -out:$(OUTPUT)

[Emilio]

Hey, i tried to do that but it didn\'t worked. I have my two .cs files in the main directory, i naviagate to the folder, i type in :

gmcs -r:KSP.app/Contents/Data/Managed/Assembly-CSharp.dll,KSP.app/Contents/Data/Managed/UnityEngine.dll -t:library NuclearEngine.cs ReactorCore.cs -out:Plugins/Nuclear.dll

But it says me :

ordinateur-de-barabara-bouley:~ barabarabouley$ /Users/barabarabouley/Downloads/KSP_osx-3
-bash: /Users/barabarabouley/Downloads/KSP_osx-3: is a directory
ordinateur-de-barabara-bouley:~ barabarabouley$ gmcs -r:KSP.app/Contents/Data/Managed/Assembly-CSharp.dll,KSP.app/Contents/Data/Managed/UnityEngine.dll -t:library NuclearEngine.cs ReactorCore.cs -out:Plugins/Nuclear.dll
error CS2001: Source file `NuclearEngine.cs\' could not be found
error CS2001: Source file `ReactorCore.cs\' could not be found
Compilation failed: 2 error(s), 0 warnings
ordinateur-de-barabara-bouley:~ barabarabouley$ 

I have MONO installed, what\'s happening ?

[dodrian]

ordinateur-de-barabara-bouley:~ barabarabouley$ /Users/barabarabouley/Downloads/KSP_osx-3

You need to put [tt]cd[/tt] in your first line (change directory).

cd /Users/barabarabouley/Downloads/KSP_osx-3