Prospect

Also known as "The Cycle: Frontier".

This repository is just something I work on when bored, do not expect much at this stage.

Features

Connect with localhost instead of official servers
Basic authentication
Basic lobby functionality
CloudScript
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Development setup

1. Download the game

If you are enrolled into the closed beta, you can download a fresh copy with SteamRE/DepotDownloader.

.\DepotDownloader.exe -app 1600360 -depot 1600361 -manifest 8099885118311987420 -username <username>

This gives you the exact copy that is used for this repository.

2. Modify your hosts file

Open C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts with notepad as an Administrator.

Add the following line to the bottom of the file and save it.

127.0.0.1 A22AB.localhost

3. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/AeonLucid/Prospect.git

4. Open the solution

Open the src/Prospect.sln in either Rider or Visual Studio.

5. Run the launcher

The game needs to be modified so that it connects our own servers. With the current implementation it will connect to https://A22AB.localhost. The .localhost part may not exceed 15 characters.

Run the Prospect.Launcher project with the first argument being the path of the game.

./Prospect.Launcher.exe "E:\Depots\depots\1600361\7573497"

The Cycle uses https://playfab.com/ for their multiplayer service. By default it connects to titleId.playfabapi.com, the .playfabapi.com part is hardcoded and the titleId can be set with PF_TITLEID. Known titleId values are A22AB (The Cycle Playtest) and 2EA46 (Fallback, hardcoded).