Enable/Disable probe core through plugin

[JoePatrick1]

I am writing a plugin to add a lower power mode to probe cores and need away to disable control whilst it's enabled then allow control when it is then disabled. So I need to be able to enable/disable control but the gui button needs to still be accessible

Here is my code currently up to this point

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace ProbeLowPower
{
    public class ProbeLowPower : PartModule
    {
        [KSPField(isPersistant = true)]
        public bool lowPowerMode;
        [KSPField(isPersistant = false)]
        public float lowPowerRatio;
        public double normalRate;
        public double lowPowerRate;
        public ModuleResource moduleResource;

        public override void OnLoad(ConfigNode node)
        {
            if (HighLogic.LoadedSceneIsFlight)
            {
                foreach (ModuleResource modres in this.part.GetComponent<ModuleCommand>().inputResources)
                {
                    if (modres.name == "ElectricCharge")
                    {
                        moduleResource = modres;
                        normalRate = modres.rate;
                        lowPowerRate = normalRate * lowPowerRatio;
                    }
                }

                print("AWAKE, Low Power Mode: " + lowPowerMode);
                if (lowPowerMode)
                    moduleResource.rate = lowPowerRate;
                else
                    moduleResource.rate = normalRate;

            }         
        }

        [KSPEvent(active = true, guiActive = true, guiActiveEditor = false, guiActiveUnfocused = false, guiName = "Low Power Mode: Disabled")]
        public void activateLPM()
        {
            lowPowerMode = true;
            moduleResource.rate = lowPowerRate;
            this.part.isControlSource = false; //This doesn't work as the stock ModuleCommand overites it every frame
            Events["activateLPM"].active = false;
            Events["deactivateLPM"].active = true;
        }

        [KSPEvent(active = false, guiActive = true, guiActiveEditor = false, guiActiveUnfocused = false, guiName = "Low Power Mode: Enabled")]
        public void deactivateLPM()
        {
            lowPowerMode = false;
            moduleResource.rate = normalRate;
            this.part.isControlSource = true; //This doesn't work as the stock ModuleCommand overites it every frame
            Events["activateLPM"].active = true;
            Events["deactivateLPM"].active = false;
        }
    }
}

 

Edited March 31, 2016 by JoePatrick1

[wasml]

A hacky way (might not even work) but could you find the ModuleCommand on the core and set minimumCrew = 1 to disable / = 0 to enable?