Setting up MonoDevelop

MonoDevelop is an IDE primarily designed for C# and other .NET languages. It is also cross compatible, as in; it will run under windows as well as Mac OSX and Linux.

Prerequisites

• Microsoft Windows XP or above, Mac OS X, or any Linux distribution which supports Mono.
• .NET Framework 4.0
• GTK# for .NET 2.12.10
• Kerbal Space Program 0.14 X1 or above.

Setting Up

1. Start a new solution either by selection "Start new solution" on the welcome screen or File > New > Solution...
2. Select "Library" in the C# tree (Visible by default). Name it whatever you like. (We're using MyKSPProject for this tutorial. Click forward. Then Ok.
   

   Creating a new solution
3. Click Project > Edit References and follow the steps below:
   • Click the .NET Assembly tab and use the navigation menu on the left to browse to your KSP installation folder.
   • On Windows navigate to (<KSP_win>\KSP_Data\Managed) or on mac navigate to (/Applications/KSP_osx/KSP.app/Contents/Data/Managed)
   • Select both Assembly-CSharp.dll and UnityEngine.dll.
     

     Adding References
   • Press Add then Ok, they should now be visible under the "References" directory of your solution.

Great, you're all set! Now continue to creating your first module!