02 ‐ Create your plugin

Create repository

On this repository's home page, you can click on the Use this template button.

Settings

Important

We're using release-please to automatize the release of the project.

You must enable Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests in your new repository in Settings > Actions > General.

Create a Thunderstore team

Note

This step is only necessary if you want to publish your plugin.

If you don't have a Thunderstore team, you can create a new one that will be the owner of your plugin.

Your plugin code will use The team's name as namespace.

Change values

Because this is a template, this repository has a lot of example values that need to be replaced.

Thunderstore

• thunderstore.toml is used to publish your plugin, so you to change:

Category	Key	Description	Example
package	namespace	The name of the Thunderstore team	"MyTeam"
package	name	The name of your plugin. (Once published, this name will be used as the plugin name in Thunderstore)	"MyPlugin"
package	description	The description of your plugin	"My awesome plugin"
package	websiteUrl	If you have a dedicated website for the plugin, take his URL, otherwise, you can use the GitHub	"https://github.com/Distractic/LethalCompanyTemplate"
publish.categories	lethal-company	List of categories	["bepinex", "mods", "tools"]

• Replace the icon file to set the image of your plugin on Thunderstore. The image must have a size of 256x256px.

Project

• Replace all references of YourThunderstoreTeam and Template in the code:

File	Lines	Description	Value
Common.props	Find the <RootNamespace>YourThunderstoreTeam</RootNamespace> line	Namespace of the plugin	The name of the Thunderstore team
Template project	Find the namespace YourThunderstoreTeam... lines	Import of the project's files	The name of the namespace
Test project	Find the namespace YourThunderstoreTeam... lines	Import of the project's files	The name of the namespace
README.md	Find the # Template line	Presentation that will be visible on Thunderstore	The name of the plugin
LethalCompanyTemplate.sln	Find the word Template	Name of the plugin project folder	The name of the plugin
LethalCompanyTemplate.sln	Name of the file	Name of the C# solution	The name of your repository

Changelog

The CHANGELOG.md contains the log of changes for this template.

You need to remove its content without deleting the file.