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How to use Unity's mono to compile in MonoDevelop
I want to create a .dll to use in Unity, by using MonoDevelop. Since my code makes use of the default arguments feature I am forced to use .NET 4.0 for compiling. If I compile that way however, then Unity throws an error when accessing classes in the .dll. (Error : "Could not load type .. from assembly..").
Now I did some research and I think the reason is that Unity simply doesn't support .NET 4.0 assemblies. However if there is a different solution to my problem, please let me know!
OK since I believe 4.0 is the problem, and 3.5 throws errors at the default arguments, I wanted to know if it's possible to use the compiler that Unity uses. So basically what I want to achieve is, when I click build in Monodevelop, that not microsoft's compiler is run to create my .dll, but Unity's fork of Mono. I believe this might solve my problem, but again I'm not sure.
I'm not really sure as how you proceed to create these DLLs, as I didn't have any real trouble creating mine DLLs.
These two links might be helpful:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/publishing-content-to-the-asset-store-using-dll-files.104517/#post-689272 http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UsingDLL.html
I followed them myself, and it worked. But then again, I am not really sure what's causing your problem.
Edit: Oh I see, it is a version problem. I didn't try to compile with higher .Net versions.
I've landed on those links multiple times and unfortunately are not of any help. $$anonymous$$ain problem: if I build my dll with as target platform $$anonymous$$ono/.NET 4.0 then I can't use the dll in Unity. If I target .NET 3.5 then it does work but default parameters for instance is a feature available in mono and .NET 4.0 but not in .NET 3.5.
Sorry, I misread the question about the version thing. I never tried with higher versions. Answer below is correct.
Yeah I found it rather hard to explain my problem, but thanks anyway for taking your time to look up those links.
Unity so far supports just .NET 2.0. The development team said that they are working on a solution to the issue to support a higher version, but that is to come with Unity 5.x
I understand that, but the compiler that Unity uses to compile C# scripts makes use of a modified $$anonymous$$ono that does allow for instance the default parameters feature. So if I would be able to compile my dlls using the Unity compiler isn$$anonymous$$d of the $$anonymous$$icrosoft compiler I think it should work. (Or I want at least give that a try) But I can't figure out how to properly use that compiler to create a dll
