support: vscode + VINTAGESTORY_DATA env + optional ConfigLib with warning (#1)

Co-authored-by: HoutarouOreki <thezjarek@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: HoutarouOreki <thezjarek@gmail.com>

.timetracker

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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- "total": 51853,
+ "total": 56092,
  "sessions": [
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@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@
    "begin": "2026-03-12T17:18:14+01:00",
    "end": "2026-03-12T22:08:00+01:00",
    "duration": 17386
+  },
+  {
+   "begin": "2026-03-14T13:19:51+01:00",
+   "end": "2026-03-14T13:47:21+01:00",
+   "duration": 1650
+  },
+  {
+   "begin": "2026-03-14T16:53:26+01:00",
+   "end": "2026-03-14T17:36:35+01:00",
+   "duration": 2589
   }
  ]
 }

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Vintage Story Client",
+            "type": "coreclr",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "preLaunchTask": "build mod",
+            "program": "${env:VINTAGE_STORY}/Vintagestory.dll",
+            "args": [
+                "--tracelog",
+                "--dataPath",
+                "${env:VINTAGE_STORY_DATA}",
+                "--addModPath",
+                "${workspaceFolder}/ChestPreview/ChestPreview/bin/Debug/Mods",
+                "--addOrigin",
+                "${workspaceFolder}/ChestPreview/ChestPreview/assets"
+            ],
+            "cwd": "${env:VINTAGE_STORY}",
+            "console": "integratedTerminal",
+            "stopAtEntry": false
+        }
+    ]
+}

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "check env",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "[ -n \"$VINTAGE_STORY\" ] || { echo 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY is not set'; exit 1; }; [ -n \"$VINTAGE_STORY_DATA\" ] || { echo 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY_DATA is not set'; exit 1; }",
+            "windows": {
+                "command": "if (-not $env:VINTAGE_STORY) { Write-Host 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY is not set'; exit 1 }; if (-not $env:VINTAGE_STORY_DATA) { Write-Host 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY_DATA is not set'; exit 1 }"
+            },
+            "problemMatcher": []
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "build mod",
+            "command": "dotnet",
+            "type": "process",
+            "dependsOn": ["check env"],
+            "dependsOrder": "sequence",
+            "options": {
+                "env": {
+                    "VINTAGE_STORY": "${env:VINTAGE_STORY}"
+                }
+            },
+            "args": [
+                "build",
+                "${workspaceFolder}/ChestPreview/ChestPreview/ChestPreview.csproj",
+                "-c",
+                "Debug",
+                "/property:GenerateFullPaths=true",
+                "/consoleloggerparameters:NoSummary;ForceNoAlign"
+            ],
+            "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
+        }
+    ]
+}

ChestPreview/ChestPreview/ChestPreview.csproj

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <Configurations>Debug;Release;Version22</Configurations>
     <VintageStoryDataPathArgs></VintageStoryDataPathArgs>
+    <VS_CONFIGLIB Condition="'$(VS_CONFIGLIB)' == ''">$([System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('VS_CONFIGLIB'))</VS_CONFIGLIB>
+    <ConfigLibAvailable Condition="'$(VS_CONFIGLIB)' != '' and Exists('$(VS_CONFIGLIB)')">true</ConfigLibAvailable>
+    <DefineConstants Condition="'$(ConfigLibAvailable)' == 'true'">$(DefineConstants);CONFIGLIB</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Version22'">
@@ -59,12 +62,16 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="configlib">
+    <Reference Include="configlib" Condition="'$(ConfigLibAvailable)' == 'true'">
-      <HintPath>E:\Code\VintageStory\configlib_1.10.14\configlib.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(VS_CONFIGLIB)</HintPath>
       <Private>False</Private>
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <Target Name="WarnWithoutConfigLib" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile" Condition="'$(ConfigLibAvailable)' != 'true'">
+    <Warning Text="No VS_CONFIGLIB - will compile without supporting ConfigLib. Set VS_CONFIGLIB env var to a path that contains the configlib's dlls." />
+  </Target>
+
 <ItemGroup>
   <Content Include="modinfo.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>

ChestPreview/ChestPreview/Configs/ConfigLibBridge.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-using ChestPreview.Core;
-using ConfigLib;
 using System;
 using Vintagestory.API.Client;
 
+#if CONFIGLIB
+using ChestPreview.Core;
+using ConfigLib;
+#endif
+
 namespace ChestPreview.Configs;
 
+#if CONFIGLIB
 internal class ConfigLibBridge(Config config) : IDisposable
 {
     public const string CONFIGLIB_MODID = "configlib";
@@ -48,3 +52,13 @@ internal class ConfigLibBridge(Config config) : IDisposable
         settingObject.AssignSettingValue(config);
     }
 }
+#else
+internal class ConfigLibBridge : IDisposable
+{
+    public const string CONFIGLIB_MODID = "configlib";
+
+    public static ConfigLibBridge? TryCreate(ICoreClientAPI api, Config config) => null;
+
+    public void Dispose() { }
+}
+#endif