Missing "experimental" tech tree nodes

[NecroBones]

So it looks like Squad decided to remove all of those nice 1000-point "experimental*" tech nodes that they had previously included for modders, except for the few that they put some parts in themselves.

Does anyone have a work-around? I tried adding a CFG with additional tech nodes, using the "TechTree { RDNode { <blah> } }" sort of syntax, to no avail. The log shows that KSP loads the file, but the tech node never appears, which would seem to indicate that KSP overwrites anything you do with the standard, stock tree. For example:

TechTree.cfg

TechTree
{
	RDNode
	{
		id = experimentalRocketry
		title = Experimental Rocketry
		description = Significantly larger rockets are sometimes needed. For those times, we have these.
		cost = 1000
		hideEmpty = False
		nodeName = node8_experimentalRocketry
		anyToUnlock = True
		icon = RDicon_rocketry-veryHeavy
		pos = -952,1635,-1
		scale = 0.6

		Parent
		{
			parentID = veryHeavyRocketry
			lineFrom = RIGHT
			lineTo = LEFT
		}
	}
}

This has no effect whatsoever. Any ideas?

[NecroBones]

Something that's driving me crazy about this, is that while "experimentalRocketry" was discarded, another one from that tier, "nanolathing" was kept with nothing in it and "hideEmpty = True", and reduced to the 550-point tier. WHY didn't they do that with all of the 1000-point nodes from 0.90 and earlier?

Now I'm really stuck. I either need to wait for a work-around to become available (via MM, for instance), find some other way to add the tech node I need, or just move all of my parts to earlier nodes, even though that doesn't really make much sense in the case of something like SpaceY, where everything is bigger than the stock equivalents.

[Taki117]

The new tech tree is supposed to be in a config file. Maybe try checking out the current tree and see how nodes are set up? (Am away from computer or I would take a look)

[NecroBones]

The new tech tree is supposed to be in a config file. Maybe try checking out the current tree and see how nodes are set up? (Am away from computer or I would take a look)

Hehe, yeah, that's what I'm talking about. I copied their syntax. When placing it in the mod's path, KSP reads it (according to the logs), doesn't report any error, and nothing happens.

[sarbian]

The new techtree system seems to reread the file when reaching the SpaceCenter (RnD screen maybe). Not sure how to bypass that to load a custom tree for now. I do have an idea I will test tonight however.

[WaveFunctionP]

Maybe this is related to the problem I was having with the tech tree the other night.

I could go to the rd building, open the cheat menu and unlock every node and add every part with the nifty new buttons, and save it, but as soon as I left the building, all the changes would be lost.

[sarbian]

Posting here so I m sure no one miss it : I added some code in ModuleManager 2.6.2 to have ModuleManager patched Techtree loading in career/science mode.

[NecroBones]

Posting here so I m sure no one miss it : I added some code in ModuleManager 2.6.2 to have ModuleManager patched Techtree loading in career/science mode.

THANK YOU!! Oh man, you just made my day. You rock!