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[Atlinx]

Hey all, I'm using Unity 2022.3.4f1 and I'm getting the following error when I run generate through the Jenny window in the editor. I'm using the 1.14.1 version of Entitas, and I following the installation steps mentioned in this issue #1055.

What's causing this error?

[sschmid]

@Atlinx have a look at #1050

make sure you have dotnet 6.0 installed

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download

[Atlinx]

I have dotnet 6 installed and the result is unfortunately still the same. Do I need to delete dotnet 7.0? I'm using a global.json file in the root of the repository which should in theory make all dotnet calls within the project use 6.0.

[sschmid]

Ok, all should work, if you have dotnet 6 and a similar Jenny.properties to Match-One. Please compare your Jenny.properties, it looks like you're using plugins that only work in Unity, like the old reflection-based plugins, same as described #1050

[sschmid]

You can share your Jenny.properties and I can have a look

[Atlinx]

Here's my Jenny.properties for the Match-One repository I cloned locally:

Jenny.SearchPaths = Assets/Entitas, \
                    Assets\Jenny\Editor\Jenny, \
                    Jenny/Plugins/Entitas, \
                    Jenny/Plugins/Jenny, \
                    Jenny\Plugins\Entitas
Jenny.Plugins = Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins, \
                Entitas.Roslyn.CodeGeneration.Plugins, \
                Entitas.VisualDebugging.CodeGeneration.Plugins, \
                Jenny.Plugins, \
                Jenny.Plugins.Unity
Jenny.PreProcessors = Jenny.Plugins.ValidateProjectPathPreProcessor, \
                      Jenny.Plugins.Unity.WarnIfCompilationErrorsPreProcessor, \
                      Jenny.Plugins.TargetFrameworkProfilePreProcessor
Jenny.DataProviders = Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ComponentDataProvider, \
                      Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ContextDataProvider, \
                      Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.EntityIndexDataProvider, \
                      Entitas.Roslyn.CodeGeneration.Plugins.CleanupDataProvider, \
                      Entitas.Roslyn.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ComponentDataProvider, \
                      Entitas.Roslyn.CodeGeneration.Plugins.EntityIndexDataProvider
Jenny.CodeGenerators = Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ComponentContextApiGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ComponentEntityApiGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ComponentEntityApiInterfaceGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ComponentGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ComponentLookupGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ComponentMatcherApiGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ContextAttributeGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ContextGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ContextMatcherGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ContextsGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.EntityGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.EntityIndexGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.EventEntityApiGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.EventListenerComponentGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.EventListenerInterfaceGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.EventSystemGenerator, \
                       Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.EventSystemsGenerator, \
                       Entitas.Roslyn.CodeGeneration.Plugins.CleanupSystemGenerator, \
                       Entitas.Roslyn.CodeGeneration.Plugins.CleanupSystemsGenerator, \
                       Entitas.VisualDebugging.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ContextObserverGenerator, \
                       Entitas.VisualDebugging.CodeGeneration.Plugins.FeatureClassGenerator
Jenny.PostProcessors = Jenny.Plugins.AddFileHeaderPostProcessor, \
                       Jenny.Plugins.CleanTargetDirectoryPostProcessor, \
                       Jenny.Plugins.MergeFilesPostProcessor, \
                       Jenny.Plugins.NewLinePostProcessor, \
                       Jenny.Plugins.UpdateCsprojPostProcessor, \
                       Jenny.Plugins.WriteToDiskPostProcessor, \
                       Jenny.Plugins.ConsoleWriteLinePostProcessor, \
                       Jenny.Plugins.Unity.DebugLogPostProcessor
Jenny.Server.Port = 3333
Jenny.Client.Host = localhost
Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.Contexts = Game, \
                                          Input, \
                                          GameState, \
                                          Config
Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.IgnoreNamespaces = false
Jenny.Plugins.ProjectPath = Assembly-CSharp.csproj
Jenny.Plugins.TargetDirectory = Assets
Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.Assemblies = Library/ScriptAssemblies/Assembly-CSharp.dll

I'm also running this in Windows 11 if that makes a difference.

[sschmid]

There are differences in the Jenny.properties compared to the one from Match-One. Same issue as #1050

I recommend using the one from Match-One as a starting point.

E.g. your Jenny.properties contains old and obsolete Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ComponentDataProvider (and others)

Use the one from Match-One and all should be fine

[sschmid]

Explanation:
The old non-roslyn data providers like Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ComponentDataProvider and Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins.EntityIndexDataProvider have been replaced with the roslyn ones.

They used to be part of the paid Unity Asset store version, but for a while now thats all free and included in the GitHub version, too.

More about this here

• Entitas turns 7 - and is FREE now #1009
• One Entitas version - Desperate Devs is open-source now #1008

[Atlinx]

Ah, overwriting my Jenny.properties with the new Match-One Jenny.properties fixed it! :D
I think the reason why my properties file looks like this is because I pressed auto import in the Jenny window at some point, and I never thought about resetting the properties file to test again with dotnet 6.0.

I'm able to get the generation to run through the CLI command but the editor window is still broken, unfortunately.

[sschmid]

The new roslyn data providers are "too new" to run in Unity, that's why for now ti will only run in the terminal. I think that's fine, because using jenny server is also the fastest way to gerate and the recommended way.
Since your Jenny.properties files contained the old data providers they probably had to load Unity related assemblies (because of reflection). This can work in the terminal, but is not recommended because it basically needs to load Unity. So I will skip instructions to make it work the old way and save you some time ;)

[sschmid]

Fyi, I'm working on replacing Jenny altogether and use c# source generators instead. This will simplify the setup and there won't be any Jenny.properties anymore that causes confusion.

See #1005

Stay tuned!