Everest - Celeste Mod Loader / Base API

License: MIT

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Check the website for installation / usage instructions.

Using MonoMod, an open-source C# modding utility.

We're in the game modding category on the "Mt. Celeste Climbing Association" Discord server:

Mod Development:

For information about mod development, check out the Everest Wiki or ask questions in the #modding_help channel on discord.

Compiling Everest yourself

• If you just want to install Everest, go to the Everest website.
• If you've previously installed Everest and updated Celeste or switched betas / branches, delete the orig directory where Celeste is installed.
  • macOS: Right-click and browse the Celeste app in Finder, then navigate to Contents, then MacOS.
• Clone the Everest repo + submodules, either in your IDE or via the CLI.
• Restore Nuget packages either via your IDE or the command line.
• Everest requires version 9.0.0 or higher of .NET SDK, as well as the .NET 8.0 runtime, for the build process.

Windows

• Open the .sln in the repo with Visual Studio
• Publish all projects
  • NOTE: It is very important that you publish the project instead of simply building it, as otherwise required dependency DLLs won't be copied!
• Copy everything in MiniInstaller\bin\Release\net8.0\publish and Celeste.Mod.mm\bin\Release\net8.0\publish to your Celeste directory, replacing existing files
• Run MiniInstaller-win64.exe on 64-bit or MiniInstaller-win.exe on 32-bit

macOS / Linux

• Install the mono runtime
• Publish all projects
  • With MonoDevelop: Open the .sln in the repo with MonoDevelop
  • Manually: Open the terminal in the Everest directory and run msbuild or dotnet publish
  • NOTE: It is very important that you publish the project instead of simply building it, as otherwise required dependency DLLs won't be copied!
• Copy everything in MiniInstaller/bin/Release/net8.0/publish and Celeste.Mod.mm/bin/Release/net8.0/publish to your Celeste directory
  • macOS: Celeste.app/Contents/Resources
• Run ./MiniInstaller-linux or ./MiniInstaller-osx

Contributing

Contributions of any kind are welcome, and a guide on how to contribute effectively to the Everest project is available here. Make sure to join the discussion in the Celeste Discord, and feel free to ask any questions you have there as well.

Other Ways To Contribute

This project is created, improved, and maintained entirely by volunteers. If you would like to show your support for this project, consider donating to one or more of its contributors.