Install the Modded Client

Stub

Content pending. This page is a placeholder for the final chapter.

Intended scope

• Download the latest Anomaly.Launcher.exe from the releases page.
• Place the Launcher in a fresh directory — the modded game will live there, not next to the vanilla install.
• Point the Launcher at the vanilla SCP:SL directory (Steam library path).
• Click “Install Anomaly” — the installer copies vanilla, unpacks Themida if needed, dumps IL2CPP metadata, patches GameAssembly.dll, and installs MelonLoader.
• First-run flow: launch once to let MelonLoader generate Il2CppAssemblies/ and UserLibs/.
• Manual CLI path via Anomaly.Installer for power users.

Planned feature

Launcher self-update is not yet implemented. Until it ships, users replace Anomaly.Launcher.exe manually from the releases page.

Tracked in code: Anomaly.Launcher/Services/Updates/GitHubReleaseSource.cs

Planned feature

The installer does not yet deploy Anomaly.Client.dll or Anomaly.Shared.dll into Mods/ and UserLibs/. Release packaging supplies these externally until VerifyModFiles is upgraded to place them from embedded resources.

Tracked in code: Anomaly.InstallerCore/InstallerService.cs:604

Sources

• E:\Projects\AnomalyLabs\Anomaly\README.md — “How do I install the client?”
• Anomaly.InstallerCore\InstallerService.cs — install pipeline.
• Anomaly.Launcher\Services\Install\ — Launcher-side orchestration.