Building with Visual Studio.

.gitattributes

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+# Auto detect text files and perform CRLF normalization
+*   text=auto eol=crlf 
+
+# Custom for Visual Studio
+*.cs     eol=crlf
+*.cs     diff=csharp
+

.gitignore

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+# no need for jupyter checkpoints
+**/.ipynb_checkpoints/
+
+## Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and
+## files generated by popular Visual Studio add-ons.
+
+# User-specific files
+*.suo
+*.user
+*.userosscache
+*.sln.docstates
+
+# Build results
+[Dd]ebug/
+[Rr]elease/
+[Rr]eleases/
+[Xx]64/
+[Xx]86/
+[Bb]uild/
+[Bb]in/
+[Oo]bj/
+
+/[Pp]ackage/
+/*.zip
+
+# Visual Studio 2015 cache/options directory
+.vs/
+
+# Visual Studio profiler
+*.psess
+*.vsp
+*.vspx
+*.sap
+
+# ReSharper is a .NET coding add-in
+_ReSharper*/
+*.[Rr]e[Ss]harper
+*.DotSettings.user
+
+# Visual Studio cache files
+# files ending in .cache can be ignored
+*.[Cc]ache
+
+# Microsoft Fakes
+FakesAssemblies/
+
+# Windows shortcuts
+*.lnk
+desktop.ini

README.md

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 I certainly accept pull requests. Please target all such thing to the `dev` branch though!
 
+To make your life a little easier, the Visual Studio Project respects an environment variable called `KSPDEVDIR`.
+If you set its value to the path of your KSP install, the reference and build paths inside the project should be set automatically.
+If it is not set, your reference paths and the build paths have to be set manually.
+
+To set the variable, follow the instructions in this link, before starting a Visual Studio instance:
+
+https://superuser.com/a/949577
+
 ## Config Documentation
 
 ### Basic

Source/SimpleBoiloff.csproj

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 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" DefaultTargets="Build">
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <ProjectGuid>{51875AAC-3DEF-483D-B041-97CC34DAB982}</ProjectGuid>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
-    <ProductVersion>8.0.30703</ProductVersion>
-    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
-    <ProjectGuid>{51875AAC-3DEF-483D-B041-97CC34DAB982}</ProjectGuid>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>SimpleBoiloff</RootNamespace>
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     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>..\GameData\CryoTanks\Plugins\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(KSPDEVDIR)\GameData\CryoTanks\Plugins\</OutputPath>
     <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-    <GenerateSerializationAssemblies>Off</GenerateSerializationAssemblies>
+    <GenerateSerializationAssemblies>Auto</GenerateSerializationAssemblies>
+    <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <DebugType>none</DebugType>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>..\GameData\NearFutureElectrical\Plugins\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(KSPDEVDIR)\GameData\CryoTanks\Plugins\</OutputPath>
     <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-    <GenerateSerializationAssemblies>Off</GenerateSerializationAssemblies>
+    <GenerateSerializationAssemblies>Auto</GenerateSerializationAssemblies>
+    <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
+    <DebugSymbols>false</DebugSymbols>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Assembly-CSharp">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\..\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Kerbal Space Program\KSP_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(KSPDEVDIR)\KSP_x64_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>False</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
     <Reference Include="UnityEngine">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\..\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Kerbal Space Program\KSP_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(KSPDEVDIR)\KSP_x64_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>False</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="UnityEngine.UI">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Kerbal Space Program\KSP_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UI.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(KSPDEVDIR)\KSP_x64_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UI.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>False</Private>
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="ModuleSimpleBoiloff.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <PostBuildEvent>xcopy "$(TargetPath)" "$(SolutionDir)\..\GameData\CryoTanks\Plugins" /y
+</PostBuildEvent>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">