Can't make my cfg file work correctly, please take a look . . .

[VapourPhase]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to make a VERY simple cfg file, and I can't get the damn thing to work right. I just want to modify the electrical charge and cargo capacity of a simple part -

@PART[kv1Pod]
{
    @author = C.McDowall
    
    @RESOURCE[ElectricCharge]
    {
    amount = 500 // 10x ORIGINAL VALUE
    maxAmount = 500 // 10x ORIGINAL VALUE
    }
    
    @MODULE[ModuleInventoryPart]
    {
    InventorySlots = 3 // 3 FOR EACH KERBAL
    packedVolumeLimit = 100 // 100 FOR EACH KERBAL
    }
}

The second part for Inventory slots works fine, but not the eclectrical charge ? I'm obviously doing something wrong, but I can't for the life of me work out what ??

Could someone please take a look and advise

Thanks in advance

[James Kerman]

Hi @VapourPhase, your question has been moved from tutorials to add-on development.

[VapourPhase]

5 minutes ago, James Kerman said:

Hi @VapourPhase, your question has been moved from tutorials to add-on development.

Thankyou

[Randazzo]

1 hour ago, VapourPhase said:

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to make a VERY simple cfg file, and I can't get the damn thing to work right. I just want to modify the electrical charge and cargo capacity of a simple part -

@PART[kv1Pod]
{
    @author = C.McDowall
    
    @RESOURCE[ElectricCharge]
    {
    amount = 500 // 10x ORIGINAL VALUE
    maxAmount = 500 // 10x ORIGINAL VALUE
    }
    
    @MODULE[ModuleInventoryPart]
    {
    InventorySlots = 3 // 3 FOR EACH KERBAL
    packedVolumeLimit = 100 // 100 FOR EACH KERBAL
    }
}

The second part for Inventory slots works fine, but not the eclectrical charge ? I'm obviously doing something wrong, but I can't for the life of me work out what ??

Could someone please take a look and advise

Thanks in advance

The default operation for Module Manager is "insert" so without an operator added to the line, it's simply adding a second set of amount definitions to the existing ElectricCharge node. If it's working for the Inventory bit I would guess there aren't already definitions in place or your lines got dropped in before the existing ones. At any rate you should just need a couple more @ operators.

@PART[kv1Pod]
{
    @author = C.McDowall
    
    @RESOURCE[ElectricCharge]
    {
    @amount = 500 // 10x ORIGINAL VALUE
    @maxAmount = 500 // 10x ORIGINAL VALUE
    }
    
    @MODULE[ModuleInventoryPart]
    {
    InventorySlots = 3 // 3 FOR EACH KERBAL
    packedVolumeLimit = 100 // 100 FOR EACH KERBAL
    }
}

[VapourPhase]

@Randazzo You are an absolute hero 

Thankyou so much for teaching me that, works perfectly now.

Legend.

[Randazzo]

5 minutes ago, VapourPhase said:

@Randazzo You are an absolute hero 

Thankyou so much for teaching me that, works perfectly now.

Legend.

You're welcome, but I can't take too much credit, I just regurgitated things I read here: https://github.com/sarbian/ModuleManager/wiki/

[VapourPhase]

I'm trying to streamline this now to apply to all pods with 3 crew capacity instead of having one for each part, but I'm u sure of the commands to replace the

@PART[]

? 

I've seen it somewhere as @PART[*]Has...

Or something like that, but I'm damned if I can find it now.

Any clues please Amigos ?

[zer0Kerbal]

PART[*]:HAS[#CrewCapacity[>0]:FOR[Me]
{ ... }

 

[zer0Kerbal]

why not try it this way:

PART[*]:HAS[#CrewCapacity[>0]:FOR[Me]
{
	@RESOURCE[ElectricCharge]
	{
		@amount *= #$../CrewCapacity$
		@maxAmount *= #$../CrewCapacity$
	}

	@MODULE[ModuleInventoryPart]
	{
		%InventorySlots = 3
		@InventorySlots *= #$../CrewCapacity$

		%packedVolumeLimit = 100
		@InventorySlots *= #$../CrewCapacity$
	}
}

EVA Fuel as well ?

Edited March 11, 2022 by zer0Kerbal

[VapourPhase]

2 hours ago, zer0Kerbal said:

why not try it this way:

PART[*]:HAS[#CrewCapacity[>0]:FOR[Me]
{
	@RESOURCE[ElectricCharge]
	{
		@amount *= #$../CrewCapacity$
		@maxAmount *= #$../CrewCapacity$
	}

	@MODULE[ModuleInventoryPart]
	{
		%InventorySlots = 3
		@InventorySlots *= #$../CrewCapacity$

		%packedVolumeLimit = 100
		@InventorySlots *= #$../CrewCapacity$
	}
}

EVA Fuel as well ?

Could you explain what the %, # and $ parts are doing, I have no clue what effects they are having lol I'm new to all this, so it might as well be writen in hieroglyphs at the moment . Is it something to do with multiplying the base amount ? I'd love to know how these codes all work.

Massive thanks for helping out, I really appreciate it : )

[zer0Kerbal]

certainly - IIRC (and sometimes they mean different things in different situations)

PART[*]:HAS[#CrewCapacity[>0]:FOR[Me]
{
	@RESOURCE[ElectricCharge] // means look at this NODE with this [KEY]
	{
		@amount *= #$../CrewCapacity$ // means look at this NODE and multiply (*=) its value by LOOKUP NODE [PART.CrewCapacity] (like a file directory - walk up one level with ../)
		@maxAmount *= #$../CrewCapacity$
	}

	@MODULE[ModuleInventoryPart]
	{
		%InventorySlots = 3 // means ADD or MODIFY NODE with this value (= 3) NOTE: & means ONLY ADD if doesn't exist
		@InventorySlots *= #$../CrewCapacity$

		%packedVolumeLimit = 100
		@InventorySlots *= #$../CrewCapacity$
	}
}

hopefully the comments help.

also have you seen this?

https://github.com/sarbian/ModuleManager/wiki/Module-Manager-Syntax

and you are most certainly welcome!

Edited March 12, 2022 by zer0Kerbal