Setting up MonoDevelop

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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.

PCL assemblies for Linux systems

Linux systems may be missing the PCL assembly libraries, which will cause compilation to fail.

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!