Katie's Space Station 14 Localhost Guide For Windows!
Run these 3 commands in your command prompt to install the prerequisite packages for you to download and build your dev environment
winget install -e --id Python.Python.3.14
winget install -e --id Microsoft.DotNet.SDK.10
winget install -e --id Git.Git
Now, in command prompt, navigate to the directory you want your game files to be located in.
For Example, cd E:\games\localhosts
,though you can put it wherever you see fit
Once your command prompt is in the desired directory, type "git clone" followed by the link to your desired fork's GitHub page, for this example, we will use Wizden
git clone https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14
The download may take a while
When the download is complete, navigate to the location you chose in Explorer, and run RUN_THIS.py
To build and run the game, your codebase may have convenient .bat files for you to use, but if not, you can run these commands in command prompt in the install location to do it instead
To build: dotnet build -c Release
Release can be changed to your desired parameter including Tools and Debug
To run the client: dotnet run --project Content.Client --no-build
To run the client: dotnet run --project Content.Client --no-build