0.3.0

- Allows mods to set a `Preload` method in their `mod_meta` file which will run immediately when the mod assembly is loaded, before the game itself loads.

Winch/Core/Initializer.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using CommandTerminal;
+using System;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using UnityEngine;
@@ -15,12 +16,19 @@ internal static void Initialize()
         {
             WinchCore.Log.Debug("Initializer started.");
 
-            InitializeAssetLoader();
+			try
+			{
+				InitializeAssetLoader();
 
-            if(WinchConfig.GetProperty("EnableDeveloperConsole", false))
-                InitializeDevConsole();
+				if (WinchConfig.GetProperty("EnableDeveloperConsole", false))
+					InitializeDevConsole();
 
-            DredgeEvent.TriggerManagersLoaded();
+				DredgeEvent.TriggerManagersLoaded();
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				WinchCore.Log.Error($"Failed to initialize mods {e}");
+			}
         }
 
         internal static void InitializePostUnityLoad()

Winch/Core/ModAssembly.cs

@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ internal void LoadAssembly()
             LoadedAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(assemblyPath);
 
             WinchCore.Log.Debug($"Loaded Assembly '{LoadedAssembly.GetName().Name}'.");
+
+			if (Metadata.ContainsKey("Preload"))
+			{
+				ProcessPreload();
+			}
         }
 
         internal void ExecuteAssembly()
@@ -130,5 +135,23 @@ private void ProcessEntrypoint()
             WinchCore.Log.Debug($"Invoking entrypoint {entrypointType}.{entrypointMethodName}...");
             entrypoint.Invoke(null, new object[0]);
         }
+
+		private void ProcessPreload()
+		{
+			string preloadSetting = Metadata["Preload"].ToString();
+			if (!preloadSetting.Contains("/"))
+				throw new ArgumentException("Malformed Preload in mod_meta.json");
+
+			string preloadTypeName = preloadSetting.Split('/')[0];
+			string preloadMethodName = preloadSetting.Split('/')[1];
+
+			Type entrypointType = LoadedAssembly?.GetType(preloadTypeName) ??
+								  throw new EntryPointNotFoundException($"Could not find type {preloadTypeName} in Mod Assembly");
+			MethodInfo preloader = entrypointType.GetMethod(preloadMethodName) ??
+									throw new EntryPointNotFoundException($"Could not find method {preloadTypeName} in type {preloadTypeName} in Mod Assembly");
+
+			WinchCore.Log.Debug($"Invoking preloader {entrypointType}.{preloadMethodName}...");
+			preloader.Invoke(null, new object[0]);
+		}
     }
 }

Winch/Patches/GameLoadPatcher.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,27 @@
 using HarmonyLib;
+using System.CodeDom.Compiler;
+using System.Threading;
+using UnityEngine.Localization.Settings;
 using Winch.Core;
 
 namespace Winch.Patches
 {
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Was on Wait for game managers or whatever before but that gives this error:
+	/// 
+	/*
+	Failed to initialize mods UnityEngine.UnityException: Internal_CreateGameObject can only be called from the main thread.
+	Constructors and field initializers will be executed from the loading thread when loading a scene.
+	Don't use this function in the constructor or field initializers, instead move initialization code to the Awake or Start function.
+	at(wrapper managed-to-native) UnityEngine.GameObject.Internal_CreateGameObject(UnityEngine.GameObject, string)
+	at UnityEngine.GameObject..ctor()[0x00008] in <fbf5779b092846b08cf20985bc90dcd0>:0 
+	at Winch.Core.Initializer.InitializeAssetLoader() [0x00000] in C:\GitHub\Winch\Winch\Core\Initializer.cs:41 
+	at Winch.Core.Initializer.Initialize() [0x0000f] in C:\GitHub\Winch\Winch\Core\Initializer.cs:21 
+	*/
+	/// </summary>
     [HarmonyPatch(typeof(GameManager))]
-    [HarmonyPatch(nameof(GameManager.WaitForAllAsyncManagers))]
+    [HarmonyPatch(nameof(GameManager.Start))]
     class GameLoadPatcher
     {
         static void Postfix()

Winch/mod_meta.json

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 	"Name": "Winch",
 	"Author": "Hacktix",
 	"ModGUID": "hacktix.winch",
-	"Version": "0.2.4"
+	"Version": "0.3.0"
 }