Add-on Request: a Mod to Restrict Module functions to a selected part

[Fergrim]

Is this possible?  I have so many mods with functions I really enjoy, but many are so powerful that I feel like it'd make more sense if they were deeper behind the research wall, tied to a specific part.

To be clear, I'm asking for something that would add an option like KerbalEngineer has, to restrict a modules functionality contingent on whether or not your ship contains a given part, any given part set by the user of said mod.

So it'd look like

Bind Module X

to

Part Y

How's that sound?

I know I'm free to just not use them until a chosen time, but it just doesn't feel as good and it breaks my immersion.  Also, if someone could create this, other mod creators could use it too.

[Shadowmage]

The problem is that this kind of support needs to be built into -each and every mod that wants to support it-.  Any third-party mod that tried to do such would only make a mess of things (e.g. it is very bad to manipulate other mods' modules' internals, and stock does not offer any reliable methods to -disable- modules without mucking about with their internal state.... which requires prior-knowledge of their internal state.... which also requires having links to their .dll's..).

TLDR:  Such a feature would need to be built into the stock code at the lowest level; something that would allow for dynamically enabling/disabling a module purely externally, without needing knowledge of or access to that modules' internals.  THEN a third party mod could easily enable/disable specific modules based on the presence of a part on the craft.  Until/unless the stock changes happen though, I would not get your hopes up about this being even remotely viable, as there is simply no way to turn off modules.