What is this for?

Whenever an Rpc is invoked, you won't know who invoked the Rpc unless it contains an info parameter. This preloader patcher inserts the info parameter into every Rpc in the base game, for other modders to utilize.

Notice for Modders

While this is installed, you cannot (and shouldn't) invoke Rpcs directly. For example, instead of using character.RPCA_Die() you should use character.view.RPC(nameof(Character.RPCA_Die), PhotonNetwork.LocalPlayer).

Reason being, you'll be invoking the Rpc methods improperly, missing the info parameter, leading to exceptions.

You can get around these exceptions with things like reflection, or depending on a modified Assembly-CSharp, but it's easier (and better practice) to not directly invoke Rpc methods.

Potential issues for Transpilers

Due to the base game directly invoking some Rpc methods, this patcher has to modify the IL of some methods to account for the extra parameter.

These changes in IL, and some changes caused by simplifying and re-optimizing maros (IL) with Mono.Cecil.Rocks may cause some issues for transpilers.

• The patcher logs all modified methods on the Debug channel, if you're encountering strange issues, I recommend checking these logs to see which methods are being modified.
• To go a step further, you can enable Preloader.DumpAssemblies in your BepInEx.cfg, and check the modified IL for any changes that may be breaking your transpilers.

Installation (Manual)

1. Download BepInEx if you don't already have it installed. If you do, skip to step 4.
2. Extract the contents of BepInEx_win_x64_5.4.23.3.zip into your game's root directory.
   • You may navigate there directly by: opening your Steam library, right clicking them game, selecting Manage, and then Browse local files.
3. Run the game once, wait for the game's window to appear, then you may close the game.
4. Download the latest release of this mod, or whichever one you'd prefer.
5. Move the PEAKERRpcInfo.dll contained within the .zip to your BepInEx/patchers folder.
6. Enjoy!

1.1.0

• The patcher will now go through every dll in your BepInEx/plugins folder and patch any direct calls to Photon Rpc methods to include the patched in info parameter, preventing InvalidIL exceptions.
  • Patched dll's (that were actually modified) will be renamed to "FILENAME.dll-unrpcpatched.old", and the patched version will take its place.

1.0.0

• Initial release, yippee!