src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocaleValidationTask.cs

@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@ namespace Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks
         {
             string path = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
 
-            path = path.Split(new string[] { "src" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[0];
+            if (path.Split(new string[] { "src" }, StringSplitOptions.None).Length == 1 )
-
+            {
-
+                //i assume that we are in a build directory in the solution dir
-            path = new FileInfo(path).Directory.GetDirectories("src")[0].GetDirectories("Ryujinx")[0].GetDirectories("Assets")[0].GetFiles("locales.json")[0].FullName;
+                path = new FileInfo(path).Directory.Parent.GetDirectories("src")[0].GetDirectories("Ryujinx")[0].GetDirectories("Assets")[0].GetFiles("locales.json")[0].FullName;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                path = path.Split(new string[] { "src" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[0];
+                path = new FileInfo(path).Directory.GetDirectories("src")[0].GetDirectories("Ryujinx")[0].GetDirectories("Assets")[0].GetFiles("locales.json")[0].FullName;
+            }
 
             string data;
 

src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.csproj

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <UsingTask TaskName="Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.LocaleValidationTask" TaskFactory="TaskHostFactory" AssemblyFile="$(ProjectDir)bin\$(Configuration)\netstandard2.0\Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.dll" />
+  <UsingTask TaskName="Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.LocaleValidationTask" TaskFactory="TaskHostFactory" AssemblyFile="$(TargetDir)Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.dll" />
 
   <Target Name="LocalesJsonValidation" AfterTargets="AfterBuild">
     <LocaleValidationTask />