A Unity Package to help you build asset bundles for mods for The Colonists (https://store.steampowered.com/app/677340/The_Colonists/)
- Unity 2019.4 (https://unity.com/releases/2019-lts)
- Create a new project in Unity
- Open the Package Manager (Window -> Package Manager)
- Add a package from git URL with
https://github.com/codebyfire/mod-content-creator.git(Plus icon in the top left) - Create a prefab for your in-game asset, naming it following the mod naming conventions (e.g. building_200). Currently supported are buildings, animals and resources. (Full docs in the wiki: https://github.com/codebyfire/mod-content-creator/wiki) How to create a prefab in Unity: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/CreatingPrefabs.html
- Assign the prefab to an asset bundle name (bottom of Inspector panel when prefab is selected - any name is fine, the game will read in all assetbundles)
- Open the Asset Bundle Builder panel (Tools -> Asset Bundle Builder)
- Enter the full path of your mod in the output directory
- Click Build to build all asset bundles in the project and copy them to the specify mod folder
- Run your mod!