Support hot reload please

[Lixeer]

As a mod developer, when I create and build my mod, I use dotnet build and dotnet run. However, even after making a small change to the code, I have to shut down the game, run dotnet build or dotnet run again. This process is very time-consuming.

Hot reload functionality is essential in many game modloader (such as Forge or tModLoader). I would like to suggest adding this feature to your development roadmap. If you are already planning to support it, I would be happy to contribute via a pull request.

[spacechase0]

I use hot reload all the time, but I normally use windows - not sure what you’re using. I als tend to use visual studio.

When using my Mac laptop and Rider, I’ve noticed in the past that I usually can only get the debugger or hot reload working, not both. But usually I used hot reload via dotnet run I think, so I wonder why it isn’t working for you at all.

[Lixeer]

I use vscode to develop my mod, I usually input dotnet run to console,then the SMAPI will runing. For this way, I can not hot reload my code.

[Pathoschild]

Hot reload is already fully supported with Visual Studio. If VS Code needs special changes to support it, pull requests are welcome!

[Lixeer]

In theory, we can use dotnet watch to develop a csharp program with hot reload support. But when I developed the mod by SMAPI, it look like unwork.