Troubleshooting

This is expected on the very first launch after installing BepInEx. It's reading the game's ~300 MB GameAssembly.dll and rebuilding C# definitions (the Cpp2IL → Interop step). Depending on your machine this takes from tens of seconds to a few minutes.

Fix: wait it out — don't force-close. It only does this once, then caches the result, and every later launch is as fast as vanilla. If you want to watch progress, open BepInEx/LogOutput.log in a text editor while it works.

Usually one of three things:

• Wrong build. Two Point Campus is IL2CPP — a Mono build of BepInEx will not work. Make sure you used this package (IL2CPP, x64).
• Incomplete copy. The dotnet folder (the runtime) must be present in the game root. If it's missing, the loader has nothing to host BepInEx with. Re-copy everything from the archive.
• Files in the wrong place. winhttp.dll and the BepInEx and dotnet folders go in the same folder as TPC.exe, not in a subfolder.

Fix: re-extract the archive and copy its full contents into the game root again, then check BepInEx/ErrorLog.log for the specific failure.

If those folders never appear, BepInEx isn't actually loading. The trigger is almost always a missing winhttp.dll in the game root, or the dotnet runtime folder not being copied across.

Fix: confirm winhttp.dll sits beside TPC.exe, confirm the dotnet folder is in the game root, then launch once more and let it reach the menu. Compare your layout against the screenshots on the Install BepInEx page.

If BepInEx is loading but the window won't open, check, in order:

• Is the plugin installed? UngodlyAIOverhaul_TwoPointCampus.dll must be directly inside BepInEx/plugins (not nested in a subfolder).
• Did it load? Open BepInEx/LogOutput.log and search for the overhaul's name — a loaded plugin is listed at startup. If it isn't there, BepInEx didn't find the DLL.
• Key conflict. Something else may be bound to F6. The toggle key is configurable in the mod's .cfg — change it and relaunch.

The overhaul writes its config on the first launch where the plugin is present and loads successfully. No file means it didn't load.

Fix: confirm the DLL is in BepInEx/plugins, launch the game and reach the main menu, then look again in BepInEx/config. If it's still missing, the plugin isn't loading — check LogOutput.log as above.

Most controls work by patching the game's own definition data and are rock-solid. The one feature that relies on a runtime hook is per-need decay. In the unlikely event a future game update changes how that routine is compiled, decay tuning could quietly no-op while everything else (priorities, satisfaction, academics, economy, the Director) keeps working.

Fix: nothing breaks either way — and you can turn the decay engine off independently in the Advanced tab if you prefer to rule it out. For other settings, toggle Master Enable off and on to force a clean re-apply.

A game update can change the compiled code BepInEx cached, or shift the definitions the mod targets. The mod is built fail-soft — if a target moves, that one feature no-ops and the rest keeps running — but a big update can still warrant a clean rebuild.

Fix: launch the game once and let BepInEx re-process the updated code (the first post-update launch will be slow again, like the very first time). If problems persist, delete the BepInEx/cache and BepInEx/interop folders and launch once more to force a full regeneration.

Two files in the BepInEx folder tell you everything:

• LogOutput.log — the full startup log. Loaded plugins are listed here; this is where you confirm the overhaul attached and its two runtime hooks (UpdateCharacterStats and CalculateScore) connected.
• ErrorLog.log — errors only. A clean run leaves this short or empty.

Open them in any text editor after a launch. They're plain text and overwritten each run.

Nothing here touches your saves or the game's own files, so removal is clean:

• Disable the mod only: delete UngodlyAIOverhaul_TwoPointCampus.dll from BepInEx/plugins.
• Disable BepInEx entirely: delete winhttp.dll from the game root. The game then launches completely vanilla, ignoring everything else still on disk.
• Remove it all: delete winhttp.dll, doorstop_config.ini, .doorstop_version, and the BepInEx and dotnet folders.

As a final reset, Steam's Verify integrity of game files restores any original game file — though since none were modified, this is just peace of mind.