MDK2 Packager Out Of Alpha, and MDK2 Templates Available

[malware-dev]

The MDK2 packager is finally gone gold! Having not received any issues for some time, I have decided to take the current version out of alpha. True, it doesn't have all the bells and whistles I want quite yet, but it does - if I'm not mistaken - have all the features of MDK1. Other stuff will be added over time, including - I hope - modding support.

MDK2 project templates

The new MDK2 project templates are finally ready! You can now create new, modern MDK2 projects, leaving MDK1 behind.

Soon there will be an installer for this, but you can already install the template manually:

1. Open a terminal or console
   press the Windows Start button, type cmd, press enter (starts Command Prompt
2. In the console, type dotnet new install Mal.Mdk2.ScriptTemplates, press enter
3. You should now find the templates in Visual Studio, and can create fully modern MDK2 projects.
   3a. Jetbrains Rider should also have this template available now, you no longer need to use Visual Studio!
   3b. VSCode too! I'm not too familiar with how VSCode does things, but I believe you'll have to use the dotnet new command directly
   with the new templates to create new projects.
   - dotnet new mdk2pbscript creates a new script project in the current folder.
   - dotnet new mdk2pbmixin creates a new mixin project in the current folder.

[malware-dev]

... Aaaaaand I promptly found an error in the templates (it makes an extra folder that shouldn't be there...)

If you've already installed the templates, open the console again and type dotnet new update.