PhantomRender Project Templates

PhantomRender Project Templates adds ready-to-use Visual Studio project templates for building, debugging, and publishing PhantomRender-based overlay hosts.

The extension currently includes two templates:

• PhantomRender NativeAOT Overlay Host
• PhantomRender .NET Framework Overlay Host

What you get

Each template creates a project that is already prepared to work with:

• PhantomRender
• PhantomRender.ImGui

The generated projects include:

• a console entrypoint so the project can be debugged immediately after creation
• the internal injection entrypoint required for injected host scenarios
• publish batch files for x64 and x86
• runtime dependency copy logic for ImGui native binaries

The .NET Framework template also includes:

• a Hydra preset JSON file for managed injection workflows

Included templates

PhantomRender NativeAOT Overlay Host

Creates a .NET 9 NativeAOT host project for PhantomRender overlays.

Use this template when you want:

• a modern NativeAOT-based host
• a console project for fast local debugging
• publish scripts that generate an injectable DLL for x64 or x86

PhantomRender .NET Framework Overlay Host

Creates a .NET Framework 4.8 host project for PhantomRender overlays.

Use this template when you want:

• a managed CLR-based host
• a console project for immediate debugging after project creation
• classic managed injection workflows
• Hydra-based packaging support

Typical workflow

1. Create a project from one of the PhantomRender templates.
2. Run it as a console app to debug the sample UI and overlay logic.
3. Use the included batch files to build or publish the injectable DLL version.
4. Inject the generated DLL into the target process with your preferred loader.

Graphics API support

PhantomRender is designed for Windows graphics APIs including:

• DirectX 9
• DirectX 10
• DirectX 11
• DirectX 12
• OpenGL
• Vulkan work in progress

Repository

Source code, documentation, and updates are available here:

https://github.com/DestroyerDarkNess/PhantomRender

License

PhantomRender is released under the MIT License.