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I have a C# script inside a Unity project. I'd to both keep using the script in this Unity project, and to use it to compile a non-Unity Linux daemon.

So I would basically need to create a new Main for this Linux daemon, and include this script, without using any of Unity's classes. Compiling it using Unity anyway is currently not an option.

However I'm a bit confused on how to do such a thing. How am I supposed to do that?

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What have you tried already? –  Byte56♦ Jan 27 '14 at 15:52
    
@Byte56 I've searched on google and I've found many confusing infos, usually looking to do something different (such as running .NET, compiling different systems, running .asp, etc.). –  Lohoris Jan 27 '14 at 15:53
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First off, unity is not .NET, it's Mono, which will run just fine on Linux or OSX. Second off, C# isn't a scripting language. Third off, running and compiling are not the same thing. Is that thing you intend to run as a daemon the server logic of a game? –  Timothy Groote Jan 27 '14 at 17:02
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So why is this getting downvoted? –  Grey Jan 27 '14 at 17:22
    
I'm guessing for the lack of trying anything. Just searching around isn't much of an attempt I think. Or the reasons in Timothy's comment. –  Byte56♦ Jan 27 '14 at 17:35

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You can compile a .DLL from any mono project, and use that in Unity.

Move the portions of the code you want to keep outside the unity project to a new solution, and compile a DLL from them.

You can then import that DLL and use it in your Unity project.

Unity themselves provide examples of how to do this here :

http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/Manual/UsingDLL.html

The "daemon" you want to run can be created in a side project, and compiled separately.

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This put me in the right track, but I don't really need to compile a DLL for that, just using the same source file in a common directory would be enough. Now I've created a new solution for the server and I'll try to do that, I'll come back and edit when I'm done. –  Lohoris Jan 27 '14 at 21:26

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