fix: INetworkMessageILPP failing to output registration code for network messages (#2256)

* fix
Resolves the issue where NetworkMessageILPP was failing for users using different API Compatibility Settings.

Author: ShadauxCat

com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Editor/CodeGen/CodeGenHelpers.cs

@@ -398,20 +398,21 @@ public static AssemblyDefinition AssemblyDefinitionFor(ICompiledAssembly compile
             return assemblyDefinition;
         }
 
-        public static (ModuleDefinition DotnetModule, ModuleDefinition UnityModule, ModuleDefinition NetcodeModule) FindBaseModules(AssemblyDefinition assemblyDefinition, PostProcessorAssemblyResolver assemblyResolver)
+        private static void SearchForBaseModulesRecursive(AssemblyDefinition assemblyDefinition, PostProcessorAssemblyResolver assemblyResolver, ref ModuleDefinition unityModule, ref ModuleDefinition netcodeModule, HashSet<string> visited)
         {
-            ModuleDefinition dotnetModule = null;
-            ModuleDefinition unityModule = null;
-            ModuleDefinition netcodeModule = null;
 
             foreach (var module in assemblyDefinition.Modules)
             {
-                if (dotnetModule == null && module.Name == DotnetModuleName)
+                if (module == null)
                 {
-                    dotnetModule = module;
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                if (unityModule != null && netcodeModule != null)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 if (unityModule == null && module.Name == UnityModuleName)
                 {
                     unityModule = module;
@@ -424,41 +425,46 @@ public static (ModuleDefinition DotnetModule, ModuleDefinition UnityModule, Modu
                     continue;
                 }
             }
-
-            if (dotnetModule != null && unityModule != null && netcodeModule != null)
+            if (unityModule != null && netcodeModule != null)
             {
-                return (dotnetModule, unityModule, netcodeModule);
+                return;
             }
 
             foreach (var assemblyNameReference in assemblyDefinition.MainModule.AssemblyReferences)
             {
-                foreach (var module in assemblyResolver.Resolve(assemblyNameReference).Modules)
+                if (assemblyNameReference == null)
                 {
-                    if (dotnetModule == null && module.Name == DotnetModuleName)
-                    {
-                        dotnetModule = module;
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    if (unityModule == null && module.Name == UnityModuleName)
-                    {
-                        unityModule = module;
-                        continue;
-                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (visited.Contains(assemblyNameReference.Name))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
 
-                    if (netcodeModule == null && module.Name == NetcodeModuleName)
-                    {
-                        netcodeModule = module;
-                        continue;
-                    }
+                visited.Add(assemblyNameReference.Name);
+
+                var assembly = assemblyResolver.Resolve(assemblyNameReference);
+                if (assembly == null)
+                {
+                    continue;
                 }
+                SearchForBaseModulesRecursive(assembly, assemblyResolver, ref unityModule, ref netcodeModule, visited);
 
-                if (dotnetModule != null && unityModule != null && netcodeModule != null)
+                if (unityModule != null && netcodeModule != null)
                 {
-                    return (dotnetModule, unityModule, netcodeModule);
+                    return;
                 }
             }
+        }
+
+        public static (ModuleDefinition UnityModule, ModuleDefinition NetcodeModule) FindBaseModules(AssemblyDefinition assemblyDefinition, PostProcessorAssemblyResolver assemblyResolver)
+        {
+            ModuleDefinition unityModule = null;
+            ModuleDefinition netcodeModule = null;
+            var visited = new HashSet<string>();
+            SearchForBaseModulesRecursive(assemblyDefinition, assemblyResolver, ref unityModule, ref netcodeModule, visited);
 
-            return (dotnetModule, unityModule, netcodeModule);
+            return (unityModule, netcodeModule);
         }
     }
 }

com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Editor/CodeGen/INetworkMessageILPP.cs

@@ -38,13 +38,7 @@ public override ILPostProcessResult Process(ICompiledAssembly compiledAssembly)
             }
 
             // modules
-            (m_DotnetModule, _, m_NetcodeModule) = CodeGenHelpers.FindBaseModules(assemblyDefinition, m_AssemblyResolver);
-
-            if (m_DotnetModule == null)
-            {
-                m_Diagnostics.AddError($"Cannot find .NET module: {CodeGenHelpers.DotnetModuleName}");
-                return null;
-            }
+            (_, m_NetcodeModule) = CodeGenHelpers.FindBaseModules(assemblyDefinition, m_AssemblyResolver);
 
             if (m_NetcodeModule == null)
             {
@@ -104,7 +98,6 @@ public override ILPostProcessResult Process(ICompiledAssembly compiledAssembly)
             return new ILPostProcessResult(new InMemoryAssembly(pe.ToArray(), pdb.ToArray()), m_Diagnostics);
         }
 
-        private ModuleDefinition m_DotnetModule;
         private ModuleDefinition m_NetcodeModule;
         private PostProcessorAssemblyResolver m_AssemblyResolver;
 
@@ -121,22 +114,16 @@ public override ILPostProcessResult Process(ICompiledAssembly compiledAssembly)
 
         private bool ImportReferences(ModuleDefinition moduleDefinition)
         {
-            TypeDefinition typeTypeDef = null;
-            TypeDefinition listTypeDef = null;
-            foreach (var dotnetTypeDef in m_DotnetModule.GetAllTypes())
-            {
-                if (typeTypeDef == null && dotnetTypeDef.Name == typeof(Type).Name)
-                {
-                    typeTypeDef = dotnetTypeDef;
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                if (listTypeDef == null && dotnetTypeDef.Name == typeof(List<>).Name)
-                {
-                    listTypeDef = dotnetTypeDef;
-                    continue;
-                }
-            }
+            // Different environments seem to have different situations...
+            // Some have these definitions in netstandard.dll...
+            // some seem to have them elsewhere...
+            // Since they're standard .net classes they're not going to cause
+            // the same issues as referencing other assemblies, in theory, since
+            // the definitions should be standard and consistent across platforms
+            // (i.e., there's no #if UNITY_EDITOR in them that could create
+            // invalid IL code)
+            TypeDefinition typeTypeDef = moduleDefinition.ImportReference(typeof(Type)).Resolve();
+            TypeDefinition listTypeDef = moduleDefinition.ImportReference(typeof(List<>)).Resolve();
 
             TypeDefinition messageHandlerTypeDef = null;
             TypeDefinition messageWithHandlerTypeDef = null;

com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Editor/CodeGen/NetworkBehaviourILPP.cs

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public override ILPostProcessResult Process(ICompiledAssembly compiledAssembly)
             }
 
             // modules
-            (_, m_UnityModule, m_NetcodeModule) = CodeGenHelpers.FindBaseModules(assemblyDefinition, m_AssemblyResolver);
+            (m_UnityModule, m_NetcodeModule) = CodeGenHelpers.FindBaseModules(assemblyDefinition, m_AssemblyResolver);
 
             if (m_UnityModule == null)
             {