A mod project for Capcom's game - Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Targets for this project, followed by todo's.

Status: In progress (Low priority)
Tasks

• Use CreateProcess with Suspended to load CLR ASAP.
• Error/sanity checking.
  • CLR not installed.
  • Not enough access rights to inject.
• Resolve memory-leaks while injecting.

Current injection method

• CreateProcess (this starts Steam to prepare the process).
• Wait for Steam process to exit.
• Capture game process and suspend it with OpenProcess.
• Write infinite loop into memory where main thread is to wait for DLLs to load.
• Restore code and call LoadLibrary to load the CLR.
• Wait for process to initialize a bit.
• CreateRemoteThread on ExecuteCLR function in injected DLL.

Status: In progress (High priority)
Tasks

• Inject DirectX's interface and bind it to the SharpDX framework (take a look at EasyHook).
  • Hooking EndDraw scene.

Keep in mind to allow other mods to easily extend it.

Status: In progress
Tasks

• Implement MEF2 so mods can be easily made with hot-reload in mind
  • Init and Dispose methods for mods to fill in.
• Add a data-storage location for mods to easily read from (less error-prone this way).

Current process idea
Allow .NET dlls to export classes through MEF 2.
Classes for: Drawing hooks and Logic hooks.

Status: Todo
Tasks

• Create a protobuf serialized message system over async server->clients topology.
• Use minimal data per message (auto increment message id per registered message).
• Force mods to use type-based equality checking for packets (never on IDs!).
• Allow mods to register their own packets through MEF 2.
• Allow mods to bind logic for packets.
  • (Example) OnIncomming: Write changes to memory locations.
  • (Example) OnOutgoing: Read changes to memory and send to server/client.