How do I MM?

[MatterBeam]

Hello.

Often, I see people post Mod Manager patches in the form of .cfg files in dev threads of various mods.

How do I use the code provided? How do I make my own?

[Uzric]

The exact rules of those files are in here.

You need that plugin to make them work. Then put the .cfg patch files anywhere under GameData.

Making your own is as simple as making a new .cfg file and write things you want to modify following those rules. For example, my own lil patch is this one:

@PART[*]:HAS[@MODULE[ModuleCommand],!MODULE[FlightEngineer]]:FINAL {
	MODULE {
		name = FlightEngineer
	}
}

@PART[*]:HAS[~TechRequired[]]:FINAL {
	TechRequired = start
}

Which simply puts the Engineer Mod's module in every command pod/probe core if they don't have it already. And, puts any part (from mods, obviously) that are not included in the tech tree into the first tech node.

There are a lot of things you can do with this plugin. If you feel somewhat thankful for that, then thank sarbian and ialdabaoth.

Edited May 12, 2015 by Uzric
I forgot ialdabaoth :L

[MatterBeam]

The exact rules of those files are in here.

You need that plugin to make them work. Then put the .cfg patch files anywhere under GameData.

Making your own is as simple as making a new .cfg file and write things you want to modify following those rules. For example, my own lil patch is this one:

@PART
[*]:HAS[@MODULE[ModuleCommand],!MODULE[FlightEngineer]]:FINAL {
    MODULE {
        name = FlightEngineer
    }
}

@PART
[*]:HAS[~TechRequired[]]:FINAL {
    TechRequired = start
}

Which simply puts the Engineer Mod's module in every command pod/probe core if they don't have it already. And, puts any part (from mods, obviously) that are not included in the tech tree into the first tech node.

There are a lot of things you can do with this plugin. If you feel somewhat thankful for that, then thank sarbian and ialdabaoth.

All hail sarbian and ialdabaoth, and their great servant Uzric.

[KerbMav]

And can one of the sev.. er three help me to get something into the GUI of a kerbal on EVA?

[MatterBeam]

And can one of the sev.. er three help me to get something into the GUI of a kerbal on EVA?

I think that's more the domain of a save editor.

[KerbMav]

I think that's more the domain of a save editor.

I mean the right-click menu for kerbals - I want to add another experiment for EVA activities.

[MatterBeam]

I mean the right-click menu for kerbals - I want to add another experiment for EVA activities.

Oh, that goes into the actual coding inside the MM patches. I only wanted to know how to make existing MM patches work. No idea how to edit action menus.

You might ask in the Add-On development thread. Helpful bunch there.