diff --git a/ActivatableEquipment/CustomActivatableEquipment.csproj b/ActivatableEquipment/CustomActivatableEquipment.csproj
index ee8e978..e37d544 100644
--- a/ActivatableEquipment/CustomActivatableEquipment.csproj
+++ b/ActivatableEquipment/CustomActivatableEquipment.csproj
@@ -42,33 +42,35 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="0Harmony">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\Mods\ModTek\AssembliesOverride\0Harmony.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\ModTek\AssembliesOverride\0Harmony.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Assembly-CSharp, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\Mods\.modtek\AssembliesInjected\Assembly-CSharp.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\.modtek\AssembliesInjected\Assembly-CSharp.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Assembly-CSharp-firstpass">
       <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\BattleTech_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="CustomAmmoCategories">
-      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\Core\CustomAmmoCategories\CustomAmmoCategories.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\CustomAmmoCategories\CustomAmmoCategories.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="CustomComponents">
-      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\Core\CustomComponents\CustomComponents.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\CustomComponents\CustomComponents.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="CustomLocalSettings">
-      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\Core\CustomLocalSettings\CustomLocalSettings.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\CustomLocalSettings\CustomLocalSettings.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="DOTweenPro, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null">
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\BattleTech_Data\Managed\DOTweenPro.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="CustomPrewarm">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\Mods\Core\CustomPrewarm\CustomPrewarm.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\CustomPrewarm\CustomPrewarm.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="DOTweenPro, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" />
     <Reference Include="InControl">
       <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\BattleTech_Data\Managed\InControl.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="IRBTModUtils">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\Mods\Core\IRBTModUtils\IRBTModUtils.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\IRBTModUtils\IRBTModUtils.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
@@ -104,11 +106,11 @@
       <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\BattleTech_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.TextRenderingModule.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="UnityEngine.UI">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\BattleTech_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UI.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\BattleTech_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UI.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="UnityEngine.UIModule, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\BattleTech_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UIModule.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\BattleTech_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UIModule.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -151,11 +153,11 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <PostBuildEvent>if exist "$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\Core\ActivatableEquipment" (
+    <PostBuildEvent>if exist "$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\CustomActivatableEquipment" (
    echo %25BattleTechGameDir%25
-   xcopy "$(TargetPath)" "$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\Core\ActivatableEquipment" /y
-   xcopy /Y /S /E "$(ProjectDir)..\AdditionalFiles\Localization" "$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\Core\ActivatableEquipment\Localization"
-   xcopy /Y "$(ProjectDir)..\AdditionalFiles\Readme.txt" "$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\Core\ActivatableEquipment"
+   xcopy "$(TargetPath)" "$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\CustomActivatableEquipment" /y
+   xcopy /Y /S /E "$(ProjectDir)..\AdditionalFiles\Localization" "$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\CustomActivatableEquipment\Localization"
+   xcopy /Y "$(ProjectDir)..\AdditionalFiles\Readme.txt" "$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\CustomActivatableEquipment"
 )
 if exist "$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\Core\CustomActivatableEquipment" (
    echo %25BattleTechGameDir%25
diff --git a/ActivatableEquipment/packages.config b/ActivatableEquipment/packages.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5eaa239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ActivatableEquipment/packages.config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<packages>
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="13.0.1" targetFramework="net472" />
+</packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ComponentRefInjector/ComponentRefInjector.csproj b/ComponentRefInjector/ComponentRefInjector.csproj
index 18fd4fe..07855ee 100644
--- a/ComponentRefInjector/ComponentRefInjector.csproj
+++ b/ComponentRefInjector/ComponentRefInjector.csproj
@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Mono.Cecil">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\Mods\ModTek\Mono.Cecil.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\ModTek\Mono.Cecil.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Mono.Cecil.Mdb">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\Mods\ModTek\Mono.Cecil.Mdb.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\ModTek\Mono.Cecil.Mdb.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Mono.Cecil.Pdb">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\Mods\ModTek\Mono.Cecil.Pdb.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\ModTek\Mono.Cecil.Pdb.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Mono.Cecil.Rocks">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\Mods\ModTek\Mono.Cecil.Rocks.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\ModTek\Mono.Cecil.Rocks.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..751f1c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+	<PropertyGroup>
+		<BattleTechGameDir>E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\BATTLETECH</BattleTechGameDir>
+
+        <!--
+            If your MechEngineer checkout is outside of the BATTLETECH Mods directory
+            you need to uncomment and adjust the following settings.
+        -->
+        <!-- where should the MechEngineer DLL be copied to? -->
+  	    <MechEngineerModPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\MechEngineer</MechEngineerModPath>
+        <!-- where can the CustomComponents DLL be found? -->
+  	    <CustomComponentsModPath>$(BattleTechGameDir)\Mods\CustomComponents</CustomComponentsModPath>
+	</PropertyGroup>
+</Project>