finding autopilot mode in the background

[FreeThinker]

Question: How to get a vessel active autopilot mode while a vessel is unloaded?

I was able to find throtle, SAS shouldn't be that far off

I cannot find it anywhere in the save file. It almost as if it in simply not stored

Edited August 11, 2020 by FreeThinker

[Aniruddh]

Unless you have to have the vessel actively steer to the correct orientation based on autopilot mode when unloaded, here is an idea I though of (unless you've already tried this):

You could create a custom field in the save file under the right vessel's name, that stores the autopilot mode. You could do this using a KSPField while the vessel is loaded. When the vessel becomes unloaded, you could retrieve the value by loading the save file as a config node, and finding the right vessel using for loops and then retrieve the value.

Edited August 11, 2020 by Aniruddh

[FreeThinker]

@Aniruddh   I already did something like that, but it isn't ideal as it requires you to load the vessel.

Edited August 11, 2020 by FreeThinker

[Aniruddh]

1 hour ago, FreeThinker said:

@Aniruddh   I already did something like that, but it isn't ideal as it requires you to load the vessel.

Not really the vessel itself, but you would have to load the save file, which I guess could affect performance?

[FreeThinker]

25 minutes ago, Aniruddh said:

Not really the vessel itself, but you would have to load the save file, which I guess could affect performance?

No what I mean is you have to switch to the vessel (or some vessel in physics range) before you get access to active autopilot mode. A partmodule or vesselmodule or scenariomodule can then readout the active autopilot state.

Edited August 11, 2020 by FreeThinker

[garwel]

If you mean the SAS mode, it's in Vessel.Autopilot.Mode.

PS: Oh, I didn't realize you want to find it in the save. Are you sure it's even saved? I think it only applies to the active vessel. Perhaps, you can save it manually to a custom VesselModule (and then restore when the vessel is loaded).

Edited August 22, 2020 by garwel

[HansAcker]

On 8/22/2020 at 7:36 PM, garwel said:

Oh, I didn't realize you want to find it in the save. Are you sure it's even saved?

The SAS _mode_ (prograde/radial/etc.) is not saved unless helped by a mod.. The on/off state is saved in the ActionGroups section and can be accessed in-game via Vessel.ActionGroups[KSPActionGroup.SAS];