MonoGame.Reload

MonoGame.Reload is an hot-reloader for your MonoGame application.
No more thousands of restarts of your game to try out a new version of your assets.
Set up the hot-reloader in a flash and simply enjoy the magic.

Installation

MonoGame.Reload is available as a NuGeT package here.

.NET CLI

dotnet add package MonoGame.Reload --version 0.1.0

Package Manager

NuGet\Install-Package MonoGame.Reload -Version 0.1.0

PackageReference

<PackageReference Include="MonoGame.Reload" Version="0.1.0" />

Getting started

On your Game class add an instance of FileWatcher:

private FileWatcher _watcher;

Then, instanciate it inside your Initialize function:

protected override void Initialize()
{
    _watcher = new(Content);

    base.Initialize();
}

Note: The watcher is instanciated with the ContentManager because it will be used to create all the assets collections.

Now, you'll need to initialize the AssetReloader, the class used to hot-reload your content files:

protected override void Initialize()
{
    _watcher = new(Content);

    AssetReloader.Initialize(
        _watcher.ProjectRootPath,
        Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.TargetPlatform.DesktopGL,
        GraphicsDevice
        );
}

Finally, you have to load the current Content files inside your LoadContent function:

protected override void LoadContent()
{
    _spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);

    _watcher.LoadFiles();
}

Congratulations!
The Hot-Reloader is now setup and you can easily access to an asset which will be automatically reloaded when you will update its source file:

Akadream/MonoGame.Reloadv0.1.0

Get Started

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