🚀 Space Engineers – Vanilla Research Tree (Reworked)

This repository contains the Vanilla Research Tree – Reworked mod for Space Engineers.
It includes a helper PowerShell build script that automates copying files, creating a .build folder, and linking it to your local Space Engineers Mods directory for testing.

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📦 Getting Started

1. Clone the Repository

Clone the repository into a local folder outside of your Space Engineers mods directory:

git clone git@github.com:MartinAndreev/Space-Engineers-Vanilla-Research-Tree.git

⚠️ Recommendation:
Avoid cloning directly into your Space Engineers mods folder. The build script will handle linking automatically.

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⚙️ Running the Helper Build Script

2. Install PowerShell

If you don’t already have PowerShell installed, follow the guide for your platform:

• 🪟 Windows: PowerShell 7+ is usually preinstalled. If not, download it here:
  👉 Install PowerShell on Windows
• 🍎 macOS:
  👉 Install PowerShell on macOS
• 🐧 Linux:
  👉 Install PowerShell on Linux

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3. Run the Build Script

Open PowerShell as Administrator

🧠 The script needs admin privileges to create a symbolic link inside your Space Engineers Mods directory.

Navigate to the folder where you cloned the repository and run:

.\build.ps1

This will:

• Copy all project files (respecting .gitignore) into a .build folder
• Create a symbolic link from your Space Engineers Mods folder to the build output

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🔁 Continuous Build Mode

If you want the script to automatically rebuild the mod every few minutes while you work, use the -IntervalMinutes parameter:

.\build.ps1 -IntervalMinutes 1

This will rebuild the mod every 1 minute.
You can adjust the interval as needed (e.g. -IntervalMinutes 5).

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🧩 Notes

• Make sure Git is installed and available in your system’s PATH.
  👉 Install Git
• Space Engineers Mods folder is typically located at:

  %AppData%\SpaceEngineers\Mods
  

• The script automatically excludes .git and build.ps1 files from the build output.

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✅ Example Output

🔨 Running build at 14:32
✅ Build folder created at C:\MyRepo\.build
✅ Symlink created at C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\SpaceEngineers\Mods\Vanilla Research Tree - Reworked
⏰ Waiting 1 minute(s) before next build...