Creating Mods for SimpleRockets 2

@Mrmaraunet You might need to do a combination of the two. Some crafts that are loaded in the scene have not written their XML to file yet, so the LoadCraftXml method would throw an exception. You should probably attempt to use the craftNode.CraftScript property, and if it is null, then try loading XML via _flightState.LoadCraftXml (craftNode.NodeId);

Completely untested, but it might work.

Hi @AndrewGarrison, for one of my mod project I need to get a list of all the parts in every craft in the flight scene to find wich crafts have a specific part. I've tried many different things and asked Nathan for some help but nothing really worked. What do you think would be the best way to achieve that? I've tried to load each craft xml with

craftXml = _flightState.LoadCraftXml (craftNode.NodeId);

and then looping through each part

foreach (XElement element in craftXml.Element ("Assembly").Element
("Parts").Elements ()) {

but when I launched a craft this craft xml wouldn't load (image 1) I had to quit and resume the flight for it to work. Then I tried using

foreach (PartData part in craftNode.CraftScript.Data.Assembly.Parts) {

I think for this to work the craft has to be loaded but even then, loaded or not it just doesn't find the CraftScript or CraftData (image 2). I also tried to have some delay between the flight scene start and the time I try to access the parts but it doesn't change anything. Btw I find the craftnode with

foreach (CraftNode craftNode in _flightState.CraftNodes) {

Here are the scripts

@pedro16797 OK

@sujun you should upload it with the new method, uploading it in mod posts will soon be deprecated

@pedro16797 Yes, I know, but uploading my solar system works to the mod post requires the sr2-mod file

@sujun solar systems don't work like that, they're stored internally in GameData/CelestialDatabase and in UserData/CelestialDatabase for custom systems you're making

how to turn a solarsystem.xml into a sr2_mod file

How are you able to update data/text? Such as I have multiple variables containing data about the craft. The problem is that they dont update. I tried a while loop and a IEnumerator in which none of them worked. How can I get it to update? It is being used in Text Models. Sorry for all the questions im just stuck on this one.

The tutorials have to be updated to prompt people to use unity 2019.2

@AndrewGarrison thank you so much!

@McDuetchVan You could check the fuelSource.FuelType.Id to just add to certain fuel types. Check the Propulsion.xml for fuel type IDs.

@AndrewGarrison so would that work if I just pasted it into the parts script? Also how would I be able to just add certain fuels? Sorry for all the questions.

@McDuetchVan Something like this should do the trick:

foreach (var fuelSource in this.CraftScript.FuelSources.FuelSources)
{
    fuelSource.AddFuel(100);
    fuelSource.RemoveFuel(100);
}

Is there a function I could use to add/subtract from a crafts fuel in a parts script? Im sorta new to this so any advice will help.

My most wanted feature of SR2/SP modding:
Custom I/O channels (in other words more spare input channels) for existing parts !

For example, vanilla rotators can only be controlled by existing game inputs (pitch, roll, trim etc), when I want to control it with a custom variable, either one of the existing channels should be occupied, either I have to make a new rotator by my own, which is super complex and brings tons of problems.

Plz plz help me with this, just add like 16 more "trim"s with different names, shouldn't be a huge challenge.

@Mrmaraunet ICraftScript.FlightData has a bunch of stuff related to velocity and altitude. Game.Instance.FlightScene.CraftNode.CraftScript.FlightData I think is how you would go about accessing that stuff in a script.

also is there a script/function to get infos on the craft like speed/height?

@AnotherFireFox I would like to know too

@MorrissetteAirplaneCo yes

@NathanMikeska mm... i think im gonna reinstall

Since you seem like online, how can I place a thrust vector or whatever-you-call-it to tell the engine to where it should thrust?

@SuperCracket Are you building on Windows but didn't install MacOS build components when installing Unity? You need both Windows and MacOS build components installed to build a release version of your mod, but you should be able to successfully build a debug version. Is that the issue you are seeing or is it something different?

@AnotherFireFox Ive done it so i removed it some error just kinda happened

@NathanMikeska Im pretty new at Mod support.
I was following all steps when an error happened.
Number 7 did not happen meaning there's no such folders and somewhere it says that my version does not support it meaning it will fail or error to load.What im using is Unity 2018.3.8f1 and it says i should use that version although im using it.Was it part of that?or i just need to install Mac Support something showed like that so i can make mods on windows.btw the Mod failed to load.any help would be appreciated.

@SuperCracket step 6 is the easiest above all. If you can't find SimpleRockets tab in menu bar, you haven't imported modtool properly.