How To Identify a Science Definition from a Science Experiment Module

[Sion Sheevok]

Task:

I'm making an external application that edits a save file and fills a specified vessel's science experiments/containers with science data. IE: Land a rover with various science experiments on Minmus, save, close, run my application, select my save file, specify my rover, and select all science experiments on the rover and select all biomes on Minmus, apply, close, run KSP, load, "fly" the rover, and I should have all selected experiments with science data for all selected biomes of Minmus.

Issue:

Based on the "PART" and "MODULE" data on a "VESSEL", I can't identify the associated "EXPERIMENT_DEFINITION" in ScienceDefs.cfg. I can do this only if a "MODULE" with a "name" of "ModuleScienceExperiment" already has "ScienceData", in which case I can parse the "subjectID" field and compare part of it to the "id" of an "EXPERIMENT_DEFINITION". This is less than ideal, however.

Relevant Excerpts:

ScienceDefs.cfg:

EXPERIMENT_DEFINITION
{	
	id = temperatureScan
	title = Temperature Scan
}

persistent.sfs with a launched vessel equipped with a thermometer containing science data:

PART
{
	name = sensorThermometer
	rTrf = sensorThermometer
	MODULE
	{
		name = ModuleScienceExperiment
		ScienceData
		{
			subjectID = temperatureScan@KerbinSrfLandedLaunchPad
			title = Temperature Scan from LaunchPad
		}
	}
}

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PART
{
	[B]name = sensorThermometer[/B]
	rTrf = sensorThermometer
	MODULE
	{
		name = ModuleScienceExperiment
		ScienceData
		{
			subjectID = temperatureScan@KerbinSrfLandedLaunchPad
			title = Temperature Scan from LaunchPad
		}
	}
}

You will need to locate the part with the given name, in this case sensorThermometer. It will have a ModuleScienceExperiment with an experimentID.

MODULE
{
	name = ModuleScienceExperiment	

	[B]experimentID = temperatureScan[/B]

	experimentActionName = Log Temperature
	resetActionName = Delete Data
        [snip]

You can then find the experiment in ScienceDefs with the given ID

EXPERIMENT_DEFINITION
{	
	[B]id = temperatureScan[/B]
	title = Temperature Scan
}

[Sion Sheevok]

Ah, I see. I'll have to cross-reference the save file, the part file, and the science definitions file. Thanks!