Coloring a vessel part

[longbyte1]

How can I simply add color on top of a part's texture? I'm trying to adapt this:

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/showthread.php/17611-Re-entry-Heating-Model

and add a heating visual effect.

I am attempting to expose myself to how to code in KSP, but there's little documentation. I was thinking about looking at the Unity documentation, but before I do that, could anyone help me?

[fusty]

You could look at how ORDA does part-highlighting when you pick target docking couplers.

Actually, I'll look it up and report back.

EDIT: I bet it leverages lots of bits of the unity engine, so I'll trace it back until it defines what color to highlight it and I bet that's what you'll want to use!

EDIT 2: Found it . . .

from orda "vesselDockingPort.highlight(Color.green);"

That's what turns the parts green. To define your own color make a Color var like so

var color : Color = Color(0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4)

In the above the arguments are Color(red,green,blue,alpha)

So what I'd do is however often you're updating the color, define a new one and then apply it to the part with

MyHotPart.highlight(Color.color);

DISCLAIMER: I have never written a plugin for Unity or KSP.

Edited September 19, 2012 by fusty