RimWorld quick start

Installing the extension

1. Go to Tools → Get Tools and Features and ensure that the following workloads are installed:
   1. .NET desktop development
   2. Game development with Unity
2. Go to Extensions → Manage Extensions and search for Unity Mod Studio. Install the following extensions:
   1. Unity Mod Studio 2022
   2. Unity Mod Studio for RimWorld
3. Restart Visual Studio.

Creating the solution

1. Go to Create a new project and select the RimWorld mod (C#) template. Click Next.
2. Enter desired project name. You may leave location at its default value, the extension will deploy required mod files to proper location for you. Click Create.
3. Choose the game versions you want to support. Initially this list will be empty, do the following to fill it:
   1. Click Configure
   2. If you have Steam version of the game, click Import from Steam and select RimWorld when the scan completes. Click OK.
   3. If you have non-Steam version of the game, click Add, then in the Game properties window click the browse button at the right of the Game path field and browse to the game install location. If everything is correct, you will see the game information. Finally, click OK.
   4. Repeat the step above if you have multiple RimWorld versions installed to add them all.
   5. Click OK in the Games window to save your changes.
4. Fill the mod metadata and click OK.
5. Wait until the project is created and the NuGet packages are installed.
6. Now you may click on the RimWorld play button to have your mod deployed and launch the game in debug mode.