better dll refrence paths

Currently we need to copy reference paths to Dependencies/ folder in order to built this mod. This means that we have duplicated version of each library and sometimes both get loaded by de-cpompilers slowing them down. To add insult to injury the libraries are then copied into the bin folder creating triple version of each library.

One is good enough. It would be better to instruct .csproj to look into the application installation folder first (usingProgramFiles macro) -if that failed then we can look into Dependencies/. The copy local should also be set to false. Something like this:

    <Reference Include="Assembly-CSharp">
      <HintPath>$(ProgramFiles)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll</HintPath>
      <HintPath>~\Library\Application Support\Steam\SteamApps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll</HintPath>
      <HintPath>..\dependencies\Assembly-CSharp.dll</HintPath>
      <Private>False</Private>
    </Reference>

EDIT: this way it also makes the job of first time user developers easier.

[kianzarrin]

@aubergine10 something like this would be nice (i tested it and it works)

  <PropertyGroup>
    <SteamPath >~/Library/Application Support/Steam/</SteamPath>
    <SteamPath Condition="! Exists ('$(SteamPath)')">$(ProgramFiles)\Steam\</SteamPath> <!-- redundant? -->
    <SteamPath Condition="! Exists ('$(SteamPath)')">$(Registry:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Steam@SteamPath)</SteamPath>
    <CSDLLPath>$(SteamPath)\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities_Data\Managed</CSDLLPath>
    <CSDLLPath Condition="!  Exists ('$(CSDLLPath)')">..\dependencies</CSDLLPath>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="ICities">
      <HintPath>$(CSDLLPath)\ICities.dll</HintPath>
      <Private>False</Private>
    </Reference>

all other interested mod owners can simply copy paste the code 😃

[kvakvs]

On my screenshot you can see it was installed to F:/ (mechanical drive) and later moved to X:/ (nvme SSD drive)