Getting Started

Getting Started

Install

1. Install MelonLoader 0.7.3+ for Schedule I.
2. Install S1API (ifBars/S1API_Forked) - its DLLs go in Mods/ and Plugins/ per its own instructions.
3. Drop Personnel.dll into your …/Schedule I/Mods/ folder. (A Thunderstore mod manager like r2modman/Gale pulls MelonLoader + S1API in automatically.)

See the format instantly: the bundled example pack

Personnel ships a small example pack, off by default. Turn it on to get two working NPC definitions plus a manifest template to copy:

1. Set LoadExamplePack to true - in the Mod Manager & Phone App settings UI, or in …/Schedule I/UserData/MelonPreferences.cfg under [Personnel_01_Main].
2. Restart the game.
3. Look in …/Schedule I/UserData/Personnel/Packs/Examples/ - a complete pack you can copy.

(Enabling it never overwrites an existing Examples folder, so your edits are safe.)

Check what loaded

The MelonLoader console/log lists every pack with the ids it provides:

[Personnel] Pack 'Examples' (Personnel Examples): 2 NPC(s) [examples_pale, examples_ashen].
[Personnel] Personnel 1.0.0 - 2 NPC def(s) from packs (2 total).

Those ids (examples_pale, ...) are what consumer mods reference - see API Reference.

Make your first NPC

• No code, comfortable: use the in-game editor Personify - design the NPC live on the menu character, hit Export, and copy the exported Personnel/Packs/<name> folder into UserData/Personnel/Packs/.
• No code, by hand: copy the example pack and edit its manifest.json - see Pack Format.
• From a mod: reference Personnel.dll and spawn definitions as real S1API NPCs - see API Reference.

What Personnel does NOT do

Personnel only provides the definitions (and realises their appearance). It does not place NPCs into the world by itself - that is the consumer mod's job (schedules, dialogue, spawn points). If you install only Personnel + a pack and nothing consumes it, nothing visibly changes in-game; the definitions just load.