Can someone point me in the right direction?

[planetx]

I have a heavy background in PHP/MySQL/Javascript and I've won awards in Visual Basic programming. So I thought developing a mod for Kerbal Space Program would be no problem because I have a big programming background. I'm using Visual Studio 2012 and so far I've managed to get my "Hello, World" print to the debug log only thanks to copy/paste from the tutorial on the KSP Wiki.

C# is just confusing the hell out of me right now. I feel I have no clue where to go from my Hello World plugin code. How do I make a GUI window and style it? How do I interact with Kerbal Space Program to control a ship or even just fetch current radar altitude?

If I can just get someone to post a link to a previous post containing helpful information, I'd GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

[Frement]

Here is a list of useful links:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/34013-0-20-PartTools-GameDatabase-and-new-features

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/7529-Plugin-Posting-Rules-And-Official-Documentation?p=156430&viewfull=1#post156430

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/7544-The-official-unoffical-help-a-fellow-plugin-developer-thread?p=533405&viewfull=1#post533405

http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/Transform.html

http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/GUI.Window.html

https://github.com/Anatid/XML-Documentation-for-the-KSP-API

[Faark]

As someone who is currently writing his first mod can i absolutely understand you. Some kind of "how to get started" doc would be awesome. For now, the only somewhat useful way is to studying other mods that do sth similar.

As for the GUI... your need an object you add your MonoBehavior to. Other mods will tell you how. From that point, the Unity GUI Guide did help me a lot, since Unity's interface is extremely unintuitive at first, but interestingly simple once your got into it. All "objects" are a single function call and have a single purpose, returning the appropriate value ("isclicked" for a button, "entered text" for a textbox, "window location" for a window) so you can store it between frames.

[planetx]

Thanks for your replies! I really get the feeling that I'll have to start from the beginning when it comes to C#. I thought I could just jump right in due to my programming background, but that's not the case.

[tek_604]

If you're doing a GUI, then may I suggest you look at:

A GUI framework for modders?

I hate needing to roll my own, especially if someone has already has a nice framework to use