Any way to toggle gear/solar panels from code?

[EvilKot]

Hello.

I'm looking for solution to control retractable parts from a plugin.

For example: If your surface velocity reaches 10m/s, panels retracts to avoid breaking.

Unfortunately I'm stuck at this point:

PartModule[] parts = (FindObjectsOfType(typeof(PartModule)) as PartModule[]);

foreach(PartModule p in parts)
            {
                if(p.vessel == FlightGlobals.ActiveVessel)
                { 
                    if (p.ClassName == "ModuleDeployableSolarPanel")
                    {

                        //p.part.SendEvent(" whichEvent? ")
                        //
                    }
                }
            }

Thank you!

[Faark]

One way to do it would be sth like that:

foreach( var part in vessel /* maybe FlightGlobals.ActiveVessel */){
  foreach( var modDepSolPanel in part.Modules.OfType<ModuleDeployableSolarPanel>() ){
    modDepSolPanel.Retract();
  }
}

If you want to use events, one way to get the event ID might be to check the save files. The current save system is pretty inefficient and saves a lot of useless data about evens & actions.

[EvilKot]

Oh yeah, thank you for your answer! Works fine.

I forgot about OfType<> method)

[blizzy78]

Rather than going through every part of the vessel, use this:

vessel.FindPartModulesImplementing<ModuleDeployableSolarPanel>();

[EvilKot]

blizzy78, thanks, this is way better.

I can't find that method, so i used a same one

vessel.parts.OfType<ModuleDeployableSolarPanel>();

but it didn't work. I'll figure out it later, anyway i understood how to control parts from code, that's all i wanted, thanks guys!

Edited October 21, 2013 by EvilKot