Install BepInEx 6 (IL2CPP x64)

BepInEx is the loader that hooks into PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC at launch so plugins can run. The game is built on Unity IL2CPP, so it needs one specific flavour of BepInEx 6: the IL2CPP, Windows x64, BleedingEdge build. Get that part right and the rest is just copying a folder.

Step 1 of 5

Find your game folder — and confirm it’s IL2CPP

In Steam, right-click PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC → Manage → Browse local files. A typical path looks like the one in the address bar below:

…\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC\

You’re in the right place if you can see these three files sitting together. The middle one is the proof the game is IL2CPP:

• PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC.exe — the game launcher.
• GameAssembly.dll — the compiled IL2CPP game code. If this file exists, you need the IL2CPP build of BepInEx.
• UnityPlayer.dll — the Unity runtime.

Step 2 of 5

Download the correct BepInEx build

Grab the BleedingEdge build from the official build server. On that page, find the row for BepInEx Unity (IL2CPP) for Windows (x64) and download that single zip:

BepInEx-Unity.IL2CPP-win-x64-6.0.0-be.785+6abdba4.zip

The filename decodes like this, so you can recognise the right one on any future build:

• Unity.IL2CPP — the runtime flavour. Must be IL2CPP for this game.
• win-x64 — platform + architecture. Must be Windows 64-bit.
• be.785 — the BleedingEdge build number. It only ever increases; the latest is fine.

Steps 3 – 5

Extract, launch once, verify

3

Extract the zip into the game folder

Open the BepInEx zip and copy everything inside it directly into the game folder — the same folder that holds PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC.exe. Do not make a subfolder; the BepInEx files must sit beside the game executable. When you’re done, the root gains these items:

PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC\ ├─ BepInEx\ ← new (mostly empty until first launch) ├─ dotnet\ ← new (IL2CPP runtime) ├─ winhttp.dll ← new — the injector proxy ├─ doorstop_config.ini← new — tells the proxy what to load ├─ .doorstop_version ← new ├─ changelog.txt ← new ├─ PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC.exe ├─ GameAssembly.dll └─ UnityPlayer.dll

What winhttp.dll is doing

BepInEx 6 injects through a proxy DLL (winhttp.dll) plus a “doorstop”. When the game starts, Windows loads that proxy, the doorstop reads doorstop_config.ini, and BepInEx bootstraps before the game does. No Steam launch options are required — the proxy handles it.

Here’s the real folder after extraction. Click to view full size.

F:\…\common\PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PACFull size

4

Launch the game once to generate folders

Start the game normally (through Steam, or by running the .exe). Let it reach the main menu, then quit. This first run is BepInEx setting itself up: it creates its working folders and, for an IL2CPP game, generates the interop assemblies it needs into BepInEx/interop/.

The first launch is slower — that’s normal

Generating IL2CPP interop can take anywhere from a few seconds to a couple of minutes, and the window may sit on a black screen while it works. Don’t kill it. Subsequent launches are fast.

After that launch, the BepInEx\ folder is populated:

BepInEx\Full size

5

Verify BepInEx actually loaded

Confirm all of these exist after that first launch:

• The folders BepInEx/core/, BepInEx/plugins/, BepInEx/config/ and BepInEx/interop/.
• A non-empty BepInEx/LogOutput.log. Open it — near the top it prints the BepInEx version and that it’s running in IL2CPP mode.

If those are present, the loader is working and you’re ready for the plugin. If not, jump to Troubleshooting.

Optional but recommended

Turn on the BepInEx console

The suite has no in-game GUI, so a visible console is the easiest way to watch it load and to read the baseline values it prints (you’ll want those for tuning — see Configure). Open BepInEx/config/BepInEx.cfg in any text editor and set the console to enabled:

[Logging.Console]

## Enables showing a console for log output.
# Setting type: Boolean
# Default value: false
Enabled = true

Save, relaunch, and a console window opens alongside the game. The next time you start up with the suite installed you’ll see its banner and its captured-baseline block scroll past.