Modloader support for Linux

[Dav357]

Not really an issue, more of a suggestion to make the modloader working on Linux through Wine.
If you try to follow the instructions at https://p3modding.github.io/modloader.html it does not work on Linux, mod loading does not work.
I believe the problem is the empty import (no function imported) of the p3_modloader.dll added to the "Patrician3_modloader.exe" file.
To resolve it is sufficient to add any function to the import header, that way the loading works correctly and it does not break on Windows, so there is no problem on that front. It's a trivial modification, but I made an .ips file to patch original executable if necessary

[Trolldemorted]

To resolve it is sufficient to add any function to the import header, that way the loading works correctly and it does not break on Windows, so there is no problem on that front. It's a trivial modification, but I made an .ips file to patch original executable if necessary

Did you test it and it works? I had the suspicion that this might be the problem, but I was too lazy to verify

[Dav357]

Yes, works on both Arch and Windows. GOG version (Lutris on Arch)

[Trolldemorted]

It's a trivial modification, but I made an .ips file to patch original executable if necessary

Could you send it over? And out of curiosity, what tooling did you use to modify the IDT?

[Dav357]

Could you send it over?

Sure, here you go: Patrician3_modloader.zip
Unzip it and then use something like Lunar IPS to patch Patrician3.exe, careful because it patches the file in-place, so make a copy before.

And out of curiosity, what tooling did you use to modify the IDT?

CFF Explorer, it has an import adder function, so it is easy to do these type of things.