'UnityEngine' could not be found - help?

[Zarine]

I want to start a mod with the available API, however, I'm facing a big issue with the initial "using" declarations.
The Debug Journal inform me with the following error :
"Error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'UnityEngine' could not be found. Are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?"

Here is the current source :

using ICities;
using UnityEngine;
 
namespace MyMod
{
  public class MyMod: IUserMod
  {
    public string Name { get { return "My Mod"; } }
    public string Description { get { return "This is my mod"; } }
  }
 

}

I'm taking the using directly from the wiki modding API page, so what am I doing wrong?

 

[Zarine]

Somehow I was able to pass it now without any real change...

And I'm unable to add "using ColossalFramework.UI;" with the same error while I see other using it without any problems.

 

[Forser]

Are you using Visual Studio for developing the mod?

If so, have you added references to UnityEngine.dll, ICities.dll, Assembly-CSharp.dll, ColossalManged.dll in your Solution Explorer? (Right click References then Add References, Select Browse and go to the \Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed folder and select those files and click Add) .. Now you shouldn't get anymore errors.

 

[Zarine]

I'm trying to use the CSL built in compiler. Maybe that's the issue ?

 

[Forser]

I don't know how that works, i am using Visual Studio 2013 Community, which is free.
Once you have Visual Studio 2013 Community, you can follow this guide on how to setup VS to make mods.

http://www.skylinesmodding.com/t/setting-up-and-using-visual-studio-for-modding/48

 

[Zarine]

I have it installed already for work related stuff and indeed that solved my issue and I have my little test working.

However it's a bit sad that the ingame built in one is not working because it seems way nicer for debugging (changing something in the source makes it recompile and launch it immediatly with the change).
Maybe I should open a bug report so that they improve it.

 

[Forser]

Could always use this for Debugging,

http://www.skylinesmodding.com/t/debugging/50

 

[Zarine]

Thank you very much.

Do you know if there is something more efficient than compiling, launching game, testing, closing game, compiling, launching...
Like possibility to skip the launching/closing part?

 

[Forser]

If you read the post about setting up VS that i linked earlier, it says at the end of that post on how to make it pretty much reload the mod without closing the game.