ChangelogPanelRust

Vanilla Rust decompiled source — reference stubs for ChangelogPanel and ChangelogButton.

This repository serves as a reference base for building a custom Carbon plugin that replicates the vanilla Rust in-game changelog UI for personal or custom gamemode servers.

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What this is

Rust ships a built-in changelog panel tied to its BaseGameMode system. The button appears at the bottom of the HUD when a gamemode (e.g. hardcore, softcore, primitive) is active, shows the mode's shortname, and opens a panel listing what was added, removed, and changed for that mode.

This repo contains the decompiled client-side stubs of those two classes — extracted from Assembly-CSharp.dll via dnSpy — as a clean starting point for reimplementing the same UI in a Carbon server plugin using LUI (Lightweight UI).

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Planned plugin — ChangelogPanel for Carbon

The target plugin built on top of these stubs will:

Feature	Details
HUD Button	Persistent bottom-of-screen button matching the vanilla style; shows the configured gamemode shortname
Changelog Panel	Full in-game overlay with tabbed sections matching Facepunch's own changelog format
Sections	✦ Features · ▲ Improvements · ✔ Fixed · ⚠ Known Issues · ✖ Removed
Config-driven	All entries (patch name, date, per-section lists) defined in a JSON config — no recompile needed
Carbon LUI	Built with Carbon's Lightweight UI framework; no Oxide dependency
Commands	/changelog chat command + clp.open / clp.close console commands

Default config example (Hardcore mode)

{
  "Patch Name": "Hardcore Refresh",
  "Gamemode Shortname": "hardcore",
  "Features": [
    "Limit of 5 sleeping bags + beds",
    "Fog of war on map"
  ],
  "Removed": [
    "Contact system", "Team system", "Compass UI",
    "Safe zones", "MLRS", "Firearm crafting"
  ],
  "Improvements": [
    "Blueprints wipe monthly",
    "5x ammunition crafting cost",
    "2x building upkeep cost"
  ]
}

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Files in this repo

Server-side (decompiled C#)

File	Class	Description
ChangelogPanel.cs	ChangelogPanel	MonoBehaviour — refs to the three changelog section headers and RustText content fields + layout RectTransforms
ChangelogButton.cs	ChangelogButton	MonoBehaviour — shows/hides the HUD button based on BaseGameMode.GetActiveGameMode() and sets the label to the mode's shortname

Client-side (Unity prefab data)

File	Prefab	Description
client/Changelog.Toggle.md	Changelog.Toggle	HUD button prefab — size (80×20 px), anchors, colors, event wiring, GameModeUIElement tags, hold-to-show behaviour
client/ChangelogPanel.md	ChangelogPanel	Panel prefab — size (380×322 px), layout, RustText font/color, localization token system, section structure
assets/changelog_ingame.png	—	In-game screenshot of the panel on a Hardcore server

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Dependencies (vanilla client side)

• Rust.UI.RustText / Rust.UI.RustButton
• Translate.Phrase
• BaseGameMode
• UnityEngine — MonoBehaviour, GameObject, RectTransform, CanvasGroup

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Notes

• Decompiled from Assembly-CSharp.dll (Unity 2022.3) via dnSpy.
• Stubs only — no Unity project, no Rust SDK.
• Intended for reference and modding, not redistribution of Facepunch's code.

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License

Reference / research use only. Rust client source is © Facepunch Studios.