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=== Assistant: Yep — no Managed/ folder + GameAssembly.dll is basically the IL2CPP signature. ===
Yep — no <code>Managed/</code> folder + <code>GameAssembly.dll</code> is basically the IL2CPP signature. That means you’re not “editing C# assemblies,” you’re injecting a plugin at runtime and interacting with IL2CPP types through an interop layer.

Here’s the clean foothold plan (IL2CPP edition), plus how to use AI without faceplanting.

==== For IL2CPP Unity games, the usual setup is: ====
* BepInEx (IL2CPP build) as the loader
* Il2CppInterop (often bundled in that ecosystem) so your C# plugin can talk to IL2CPP types
* Optional but common later: Harmony-style patching (method hooks)

Your first milestone: launch the game and see a console/log that proves BepInEx loaded.

AI use: tell the AI your BepInEx version + folder layout and ask it to generate a “hello world” plugin that logs on startup and on key press.

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==== Your biggest early problem is: “Where is the player? What class controls movement? Where is health stored?” ====

So your first real mod goal should be finding objects and reading state, like:
* current scene name
* player GameObject and its Transform
* player position/rotation
* list of components on the player object

AI use: once you have logs (component names, scene names, object names), paste them in and ask:
* “Which of these components is likely movement/health/inventory?”
* “What’s the safest place to hook for this?”

==== With IL2CPP, you usually create a “map” of the game’s types/methods/fields via a dumper workflow (people use tools like Il2CppDumper or similar metadata dump approaches). ====

This is not about doing anything shady — it’s about turning “opaque native blob” into “I can see class names.”

AI use (super effective):
* Feed the AI the dumped type list (or just the relevant parts)
* Ask it to: - rank likely Player / Controller / Inventory classes - suggest which methods look like update loops / damage handlers - generate a shortlist of hooks to try first

==== Pick one of these (in order of sanity): ====
# Keybind + log (press F1 → log player position)
# Movement multiplier (speed/jump tweak)
# Simple “god mode” for local testing (e.g., clamp health) — only if it’s a single-player/coop context

Avoid as a first mod:
* save file editing
* spawning networked entities
* anything that touches world streaming systems

AI use: have it write small, testable functions and a safety toggle (config + hotkey) so you can disable changes instantly.

==== You want: ====
* a clean install backup
* a modded install
* one plugin project
* logs saved to a predictable location
* a “does it load?” checklist

AI use: ask it to generate a troubleshooting checklist based on your exact folder structure and log output.

==== If this game has anti-cheat or is competitive online, runtime injection mods can get accounts banned (yours and anyone who installs it). If your goal is coop for friends / offline / private server, you’re in a much safer lane. ====

==== 1. Install BepInEx IL2CPP and confirm it logs on launch. ====
# Create a plugin that logs: - “Loaded” - current scene name - tries to find an object that looks like player (by tag/name) and prints its position
# Start building a “type map” (dump types), then use AI to identify the likely player/controller classes.

If you paste the top-level game folder listing (just filenames/folders) and tell me whether the game is offline/coop/online with anti-cheat, I can point you to the most likely correct toolchain and what your first mod should target.

TL;DR: IL2CPP means you’ll mod via a loader (BepInEx IL2CPP) + interop, then build visibility (logs, object finding), then dump types so you can locate player/controller systems. Start with a tiny mod (read position / tweak speed) before even thinking about multiplayer.