Initial project scaffold for VS Vineyard mod

Sets up C# .NET 8 project with modinfo.json, ModSystem entry point,
full asset directory structure, .gitignore, and README.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitignore

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+# Build output
+bin/
+obj/
+releases/
+
+# IDE
+.vs/
+.vscode/
+*.user
+*.suo
+.idea/
+*.iml
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Logs
+*.log

README.md

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+# VS Vineyard
+
+A Vintage Story mod adding viticulture and winemaking mechanics.
+
+## Features (Planned)
+
+- Grape vine blocks with seasonal growth stages
+- Grape harvesting and pressing into juice
+- Fermentation and barrel aging system
+- Multiple wine varieties with stat effects
+- Wild grape vines in world generation
+
+## Development Setup
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- [.NET 8.0 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0)
+- Vintage Story installed
+
+### Environment Variable
+
+Set `VINTAGE_STORY` to your game installation path:
+
+**Linux:**
+```bash
+export VINTAGE_STORY="$HOME/.local/share/vintagestory"
+```
+
+**Windows (PowerShell):**
+```powershell
+$env:VINTAGE_STORY = "$env:APPDATA\Vintagestory"
+```
+
+Add this to your shell profile so it persists.
+
+### Build
+
+```bash
+dotnet build                    # Debug build
+dotnet build -c Release         # Release build + creates releases/vsvineyard-x.x.x.zip
+```
+
+### Install for Testing
+
+Symlink or copy the `releases/*.zip` into your Mods folder:
+
+**Linux:** `~/.config/VintagestoryData/Mods/`
+**Windows:** `%APPDATA%\VintagestoryData\Mods\`
+
+## Project Structure
+
+```
+VSVineyard/
+├── src/                    C# source files
+├── resources/
+│   ├── modinfo.json        Mod metadata
+│   └── assets/
+│       └── vsvineyard/
+│           ├── blocktypes/ Block JSON definitions
+│           ├── itemtypes/  Item JSON definitions
+│           ├── textures/   PNG textures
+│           ├── shapes/     3D model JSON
+│           ├── recipes/    Crafting/cooking recipes
+│           ├── worldgen/   World gen patches
+│           └── lang/       Localization strings
+├── releases/               Built mod zips (git-ignored)
+└── VSVineyard.csproj
+```
+
+## Contributing
+
+This is a group project — feel free to open issues or PRs!

VSVineyard.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <AssemblyName>VSVineyard</AssemblyName>
+    <RootNamespace>VSVineyard</RootNamespace>
+    <Version>0.1.0</Version>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- Reference the Vintage Story API DLLs from the game installation directory.
+       Set the VINTAGE_STORY environment variable to your game install path.
+       Linux default: ~/.local/share/vintagestory
+       Windows default: C:\Users\<you>\AppData\Roaming\VintagestoryData -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="VintagestoryAPI">
+      <HintPath>$(VINTAGE_STORY)/VintagestoryAPI.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>false</Private>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="VSSurvivalMod">
+      <HintPath>$(VINTAGE_STORY)/Mods/VSSurvivalMod.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>false</Private>
+    </Reference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <!-- Copy assets into build output for Release packaging -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="resources/**" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <!-- On Release build, zip everything into a distributable mod file -->
+  <Target Name="PackMod" AfterTargets="Build" Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <ModFiles Include="$(OutputPath)/**" Exclude="$(OutputPath)/*.pdb;$(OutputPath)/**/*.pdb" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+    <MakeDir Directories="releases" />
+    <ZipDirectory SourceDirectory="$(OutputPath)" DestinationFile="releases/vsvineyard-$(Version).zip" Overwrite="true" />
+  </Target>
+</Project>

resources/assets/vsvineyard/lang/en.json

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+{
+  "block-vsvineyard-grapevine-*": "Grape Vine",
+  "item-vsvineyard-grapes-*": "Grapes",
+  "item-vsvineyard-grapejuice": "Grape Juice",
+  "item-vsvineyard-wine-*": "Wine",
+  "block-vsvineyard-winebarrel": "Wine Barrel",
+  "block-vsvineyard-winepress": "Wine Press"
+}

resources/modinfo.json

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+{
+  "type": "code",
+  "modid": "vsvineyard",
+  "name": "VS Vineyard",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Adds viticulture and winemaking to Vintage Story — grow grape vines, harvest grapes, press juice, ferment and age wine in barrels.",
+  "authors": ["VSVineyard Contributors"],
+  "website": "",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "game": "1.19.0"
+  },
+  "side": "Universal",
+  "requiredOnClient": true,
+  "requiredOnServer": true
+}

src/VSVineyardModSystem.cs

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+using Vintagestory.API.Common;
+using Vintagestory.API.Server;
+using Vintagestory.API.Client;
+
+namespace VSVineyard;
+
+public class VSVineyardModSystem : ModSystem
+{
+    public override void Start(ICoreAPI api)
+    {
+        base.Start(api);
+        api.Logger.Notification("[VS Vineyard] Mod loaded successfully.");
+
+        // TODO: Register block/item/entity classes here as they are added
+        // api.RegisterBlockClass("GrapeVine", typeof(BlockGrapeVine));
+        // api.RegisterItemClass("Grapes", typeof(ItemGrapes));
+        // api.RegisterBlockEntityClass("WineBarrel", typeof(BlockEntityWineBarrel));
+    }
+
+    public override void StartServerSide(ICoreServerAPI api)
+    {
+        base.StartServerSide(api);
+        // TODO: Server-side logic (recipes, world gen, network handlers)
+    }
+
+    public override void StartClientSide(ICoreClientAPI api)
+    {
+        base.StartClientSide(api);
+        // TODO: Client-side logic (GUI, rendering, HUD)
+    }
+}