What is this?

A template project for writing Arma 3 extensions in .NET Core, using ILCompiler provided by CoreRT

Author

CoreRT https://github.com/dotnet/corert Dardo https://github.com/DardoTheMaster

How to Setup

1. Install .NET Core SDK and dependencies from Microsoft website ( https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download )

2. Open a terminal in the project directory

3. Install the native compiler

dotnet add package Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler -v 1.0.0-alpha-* 

4. Compile using

> dotnet publish /p:NativeLib=Shared -r win-x64|linux-x64

5. Grab your native compiled library

/bin/Debug/netstandard2.0/linux-x64/native/dotnet_a3_x64.so
/bin/Debug/netstandard2.0/win-x64/native/dotnet_a3_x64.dll

Now the library is ready to be loaded from Arma servers / clients.

Why to use?

Obviously this won't never run faster than native c/c++ code. The only thing you'll really get, is that you'll be able to compile an extension for both windows and linux without touching in any ways your code.

Notes

• using '-c Release' flag while compiling will drastically reduce dll/so size
• sometimes compiling will take a lot of time