[Test Mod Loader for EVE Frontier]

• Run PowerShell as Administrator (Handle.exe requires elevated privileges)

• EVE Frontier (https://www.evefrontier.com/)

• Sysinternals Handle.exe (https://learn.microsoft.com/sysinternals/downloads/handle)

• Python version 3.12 (ideally Python 3.12rc2) and python3 binary copied/renamed to python312.exe, else point to your installed python 3.12 EXE file.

• 7-zip - (https://www.7-zip.org/)

• decompiled python files / Pylingual extracts from the code.ccp file. note that the directory structure MUST be retained when editing. YMMV otherwise!

• Note that I shouldn't provide the decompiled python files from the code.ccp file due to legal reasons, but you can obtain them yourself using a tool like Pylingual

• Some editing required on the decompiled python files is needed in order to get them to compile because of the way Python 3.12 bytecode works.

• PowerShell 7 required ( https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/install-powershell-on-windows?view=powershell-7.6 )

<# .SYNOPSIS Monitors target process for open file handles related to EVE Frontier's exefile. Attempts to patch code.ccp with modified files from the mod folder during a very specific/tight window.

.AUTHOR Author of this toolkit and script ProtoDroidBot (EVE Frontier and GitHub name)

.DESCRIPTION - Monitors a process for open file handles related to EVE Frontier's exefile. - Also compiles and loads a mod folder defined by the $mod_folder parameter in order to inject code into the game.

.REQUIREMENTS Requirements for using this script - Run PowerShell as Administrator (Handle.exe requires elevated privileges) - EVE Frontier (https://www.evefrontier.com/) - Sysinternals Handle.exe (https://learn.microsoft.com/sysinternals/downloads/handle) - Python version 3.12 (ideally Python 3.12rc2) and python3 binary copied/renamed to python312.exe - 7-zip - (https://www.7-zip.org/) - decompiled python files / Pylingual extracts from the code.ccp file. note that the directory structure MUST be retained when editing. YMMV otherwise! ! - Note that I shouldn't provide the decompiled python files from the code.ccp file due to legal reasons, but you can obtain them yourself using a tool like Pylingual ! - Some editing required on the decompiled python files is needed in order to get them to compile because of the way Python 3.12 bytecode works.

.PARAMETER ProcessName $ProcessName should be set to the exefile.exe of EVE Frontier

.PARAMETER pythonExe $pythonExe is the path to the python executable (ideally python 3.12rc2) that will be used to compile the mod files and run the loadmod.py script.

.PARAMETER HandleExe $HandleExe is the path to the Sysinternals Handle.exe utility.

.PARAMETER SevenZExe $SevenZExe is the path to the 7-zip executable, used for extracting and repacking the code.ccp file.

.PARAMETER mod_folder $mod_folder is the path to the folder containing the mod files. This folder will be monitored for .py files to compile and load into the game.

.PARAMETER targetserver $targetserver is the server folder name of the EVE Frontier installation, used for targeting the correct code.ccp file for modding.

.PARAMETER recompile $recompile is a boolean flag that determines whether the mod files should be recompiled on each run. Set to $true to enable recompilation, or $false to skip it. .PARAMETER precached $precached is a boolean flag that determines whether the mod files should be precached on each run. Set to $true to enable precaching, or $false to skip it. .PARAMETER interval $Interval is a int value that determines the sleep interval (in seconds) between checks for the process and file handles. Default is 1.5 seconds. Adjust this number as needed. #>

Example Command line: Requires PowerShell 7 Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass; pwsh .\handle_helper.ps1 -ProcessName exefile.exe -pythonExe C:\Users\sebor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\python.exe -HandleExe .\handle.exe -SevenZExe "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mod_folder C:\Users\sebor\OneDrive\Software\GitHub\lemegetonmodloader-POC1\mods\SSU_to_Industry -targetserver utopia -recompile $true -Interval 1.5 -precached false

Previous Command lines: Very old and was pre-PowerShell 7 (PowerShell 5) and this did NOT support parallel ForEach-Object command execution that I needed Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass; .\handle_helper.ps1 -ProcessName exefile.exe -pythonExe C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\python.exe -HandleExe .\handle.exe -SevenZExe "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mod_folder C:\Users\username\OneDrive\Software\pymemstuff\lemegetonmodloader\mods\SSU_to_Industry -targetserver utopia -recompile $true

Requires PowerShell 7 Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass; pwsh .\handle_helper.ps1 -ProcessName exefile.exe -pythonExe C:\Users\sebor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\python.exe -HandleExe .\handle.exe -SevenZExe "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mod_folder C:\Users\sebor\OneDrive\Software\GitHub\lemegetonmodloader-POC1\mods\SSU_to_Industry -targetserver utopia -recompile $true -Interval 0.7 -precached false