How do you modify the available parts inventory in the VAB?

[Bugbear]

I noticed the first tutorial (Construction Basics) controlled what parts were available to build with in the VAB, but I couldn't figure out how to do this myself. Does anyone have any tips?

Thanks!

[EndlessWaves]

Try EditorPartList.instance.limitedParts = new List<AvailablePart ();

You may need to call refresh on it afterwards.

Alternatively, I believe rslashphish managed this with his editor part filter mod so you could look at the source code for that.

[Bugbear]

Thanks for the ideas. I couldn't find the source code in the part filter, but i'll keep playing with things.

[EndlessWaves]

rslashphish is on the IRC channels sometimes (#KSPOfficial and #kspmodders on irc.esper.net) so you could ask him directory.

[Bugbear]

I did finally figure this one out, thanks to some help from Adammada's Basic Mission Pack scenarios (a great set of scenario challenges designed for newer players).

Here's the basic code if anyone is interested. See the Mission Pack linked above for an actual implementation.

//create a set of available parts
Dictionary<string, AvailablePart> parts = new Dictionary<string, AvailablePart> ();

//add each available part to our set and make the amount available equal to 0.
foreach (AvailablePart eachPart in PartLoader.fetch.loadedPartsList)
{
	eachPart.amountAvailable = 0; //sets the amount of each part available to 0
	//Parts with an amount of 0 are not displayed
	parts.Add (eachPart.name, eachPart); //Adds the part to our set of available parts.
}
EditorPartList.Instance.Refresh (); //update the editor screen with our list of parts

//This will change the qty of items available on the fly:
//NOTE the qty of parts available in the editor DOES NOT currently decrease when adding parts to a ship.
string name="MK1Fuselage";
parts[name].amountAvailable=5; 
EditorPartList.Instance.Refresh (); //update the editor screen with our list of parts

Edited April 24, 2013 by Bugbear