Ship landed detection

[MLWostal]

I'm looking for, and not finding, a simple routine to tell if a ship has actually landed on a planetary body. This would be planets or moons.

A routine that would work with the .CFG file.

What I need is a routine that would allow me, or anyone, to do detect if the ship is landed so another routine can be called.

IE:

module

{

shiplanded = true

output_resource

{

make something

}

}

Basically a generator module but one that only works when grounded.

Is this doable?

[Crzyrndm]

Needs plugin code, but it's only a few lines per module you want to apply this to.

// spitballing code here. Results may vary
public class newmodule : oldModule
{
    // if effect is physics related
    public override void OnFixedUpdate
    {
        if (this.vessel.isLanded)
            base.OnFixedUpdate();
    }

    // else
    public override void OnUpdate
    {
        if (this.vessel.isLanded)
            base.OnUpdate();
    }
}

and then a Module Manager patch to replace "oldModule" with "newModule"

[MLWostal]

Thanks for the reply but I'm not really sure what to do with it. I've not programed in C# (think that's what's used) so I am unable to use the code.

I suppose, if I'm going to continue playing with KSP, I should get the SDK for it (if it has an SDK) and start the learning process

[Crzyrndm]

No SDK as such, you just need a program capable of compiling C# (Visual Studio, Monodevelop, Sharpdevelop) for plugins. See links on this page for getting started.

[MLWostal]

Thanks for the links!