Modern open-source C# .NET 10 Asheron's Call client. Faithful port of retail client behaviour to Silk.NET with a plugin API.
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Phase 1 MVP end-to-end. Program.cs initializes Serilog, builds an
AppPluginHost that hands plugins a SerilogAdapter (IPluginLogger),
discovers plugins from the App's output plugins/ dir, loads each via
PluginLoader, calls Enable on all of them before opening the GameWindow,
and calls Disable in a finally block on shutdown.

AcDream.Plugins.Smoke is a new first-party plugin that logs through
the host during Initialize / Enable / Disable. Its csproj references
the abstractions with Private=false + ExcludeAssets=runtime to avoid
shipping a second copy of AcDream.Plugin.Abstractions.dll (which would
break ALC type identity). An MSBuild Target on the App project copies
the plugin DLL into plugins/AcDream.Plugins.Smoke/ and writes the
plugin.json manifest next to it.

Smoke verified against real dats. Console output observed:
  [INF] scanning plugins in ...\plugins
  [INF] smoke plugin initialized
  [INF] loaded plugin acdream.smoke (Smoke Plugin)
  [INF] smoke plugin enabled
  loaded landblock 0xA9B4FFFF
  <window renders terrain>
  [INF] smoke plugin disabled  (on shutdown)

Phase 1 done.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-10 16:46:25 +02:00
docs/plans docs: phase 1 implementation plan 2026-04-10 09:17:49 +02:00
src feat(app): wire plugin host, ship smoke plugin, log lifecycle 2026-04-10 16:46:25 +02:00
tests feat(core): add LandblockMesh flat-terrain generator 2026-04-10 16:37:52 +02:00
.gitignore chore: phase 0 — skeleton + dat asset inventory 2026-04-10 09:02:56 +02:00
AcDream.slnx feat(app): wire plugin host, ship smoke plugin, log lifecycle 2026-04-10 16:46:25 +02:00
README.md chore: phase 0 — skeleton + dat asset inventory 2026-04-10 09:02:56 +02:00

acdream

Experimental modern open-source Asheron's Call client in C# / .NET 10.

Status: pre-alpha, not playable. Phase 0 only — dat file asset inventory.

Stack: .NET 10, Chorizite.DatReaderWriter for dat parsing. Silk.NET + Avalonia planned for rendering/UI (not yet wired up).

Requires: A retail Asheron's Call install (Turbine/Microsoft property — supply your own). Set ACDREAM_DAT_DIR environment variable to the directory containing client_portal.dat, client_cell_1.dat, client_highres.dat, and client_local_English.dat, or pass it as the first CLI argument.

Layout

  • src/AcDream.Cli/ — console app that dumps asset counts from a dat directory
  • references/ — local read-only reference material (ACE, ACViewer, WorldBuilder, DatReaderWriter, holtburger, retail AC install). Gitignored.

Run

dotnet run --project src/AcDream.Cli -- "C:\path\to\Asheron's Call"

Or set ACDREAM_DAT_DIR and run without args.