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When you start working on more complex mods, you may need It's often useful to look at see how the game code works.The game code is compiled into the <tt>StardewValley.exe</tt> (i.e. converted to a machine-readable format), but you can decompile it get a mostly-readable approximation of the original code. (This won't be fully functional due to decompiler limitations, but you'll be able to see what it's doing.) To decompile the game code:

*# Install [https://code.visualstudio.com/download Visual Studio Code] for your Operating System.

*# Open the Visual Studio Code Command Palette (<code>(Command+Shift+P)</code> ), then type <code>ilspy</code> to show the two commands.*# The <code>Choose ''Decompile IL Assembly (pick file)</code> command allows choosing an assembly using '', then choose the file picker dialog. The dialog should also allow one to type in the full path. Navigate to <tt>StardewValley.exe</tt> in your StardewValley Game Folder[[Modding:Player Guide/Getting Started#Find your game folder|game folder]].*# If the file is a valid .NET assembly, a A tree view named <tt>ILSPY DECOMPILED MEMBERS</tt> is added into should appear in the Explorer view. It allows expanding This lets you expand and selecting select various nodes, whose to see the decompiled C# code is shown in the editor.