[1.2.2](Dec10/16) Action Groups Extended: 250 Action Groups, in-flight editing. Now kOS/RemoteTech

[fatcargo]

Diazo, first to thank you for this excellent plugin ! After installing it i never returned to stock editor.

Now i have more like question than an idea : is it possible to have a plugin-driven part than can further customize AGExt ? I was wondering how it could be done to achieve this.

The only way to make it happen would be to "branch out" actions into automatic subgroups like brakes and lights, normally hidden.

Currently, this can be achieved simply by using custom groups but problem is persistence and binding of those actions to a specific craft.

What i propose is to make it possible to have VOLATILE action groups that do not depend on craft or parts but do get executed within single persistent action group if those parts are present. Similar to adding lights that causes Light automatic subgroup to have their toggle actions included without user interaction.

Is it possible to code this for user/player :

-add custom payload sleeper part to craft

-go to action group editor and select action for payload sleeper part

-add that action as new group to automatic subgroups

-now in action selection window select actions of payload parts to set their state

After craft is launched and prior to deploying payload, user can select payload sleeper part and select "enable" to "wake up" all child-parts in connected payload.

[funk]

I've a weird bug, but cannot reliable reproduce it (except with this craft):

It occurs only with a spaceplane I created with parts from B9 and Procedural Wings. The problem is, I can trigger an action group only once. Second time nothing happens. It's weird because I've created many spaceplanes and nothing similar occured in the past. I've already reinstalled AGEXT, redone all actiongroups, tested all groups with an easy, new craft and with an already existing one. No problems so far. Don't know why this happens, but I would like to avoid building the spaceplane again. The parts which are binded to AG can be found below. Perhaps anyone could help.

The following debug code is showing:

[Log]: AGX Update error: 36 System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
  at ActionGroupsExtended.AGXFlight.CheckActionsActiveActualCode (System.Collections.Generic.List`1 actsListToCheck) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at ActionGroupsExtended.AGXFlight.CheckActionsActive () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at ActionGroupsExtended.AGXFlight.Update () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 

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{
    name = Sience Lab  SSTMoonsVL
    currentKeyset = 1
    groupNames = ‣001SABRE Toggle‣002SABRE Switch‣003Toggle Intakes‣004Toggle Airbreakes‣005Docking Port‣006Cargo Bay‣009Decrease Flaps‣010Increase Flaps‣011Engines Rear‣012Engines Front‣013VTOL Rotation‣016raise Engines‣019lower Engines‣020VTOL Steering‣021Toggle Hover‣022Increase Height‣023Decrease Height‣024max Angles
    groupVisibility = 1011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111
    groupVisibilityNames = Group1‣Group2‣Group3‣Group4‣Group5
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Cockpit.S2.Body.Cargo.2m
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = 0
        relLocY = -2.750012
        relLocZ = 3.278269E-07
        ACTION
        {
            group = 6
            groupName = Cargo Bay
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSanimateGeneric
            actionGuiName = Toggle cargo bay doors
            actionName = toggleAction
            custom1 = s2_cargo_toggle1
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Engine.SABRE.M
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = 0
        relLocY = -23.65617
        relLocZ = 2.820035E-06
        ACTION
        {
            group = 1
            groupName = SABRE Toggle
            activated = 0
            partModule = MultiModeEngine
            actionGuiName = Toggle Engine
            actionName = OnAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 2
            groupName = SABRE Switch
            activated = 0
            partModule = MultiModeEngine
            actionGuiName = Switch Mode
            actionName = ModeAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Engine.VS1
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = 1.633034
        relLocY = -21.54044
        relLocZ = 0.003517812
        ACTION
        {
            group = 11
            groupName = Engines Rear
            activated = 0
            partModule = ModuleEnginesFX
            actionGuiName = Toggle Engine
            actionName = OnAction
            custom1 = Engine
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 13
            groupName = VTOL Rotation
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = toggle VTOL rotation
            actionName = toggleVTOLAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 16
            groupName = raise Engines
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = raise engine
            actionName = raiseVTOLAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 19
            groupName = lower Engines
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = lower engine
            actionName = lowerVTOLAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 20
            groupName = VTOL Steering
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = VTOL steering toggle
            actionName = toggleVTOLsteeringAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 21
            groupName = Toggle Hover
            activated = 0
            partModule = FScopterThrottle
            actionGuiName = Toggle hover
            actionName = toggleHoverAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 22
            groupName = Increase Height
            activated = 0
            partModule = FScopterThrottle
            actionGuiName = Increase Hover Height
            actionName = increaseHeightAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 23
            groupName = Decrease Height
            activated = 0
            partModule = FScopterThrottle
            actionGuiName = Decrease Hover Height
            actionName = decreaseHeightAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 24
            groupName = max Angles
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = Cycle max Angles
            actionName = cycleAnglesAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Engine.VS1
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = -1.633034
        relLocY = -21.54044
        relLocZ = 0.003517812
        ACTION
        {
            group = 11
            groupName = Engines Rear
            activated = 0
            partModule = ModuleEnginesFX
            actionGuiName = Toggle Engine
            actionName = OnAction
            custom1 = Engine
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 13
            groupName = VTOL Rotation
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = toggle VTOL rotation
            actionName = toggleVTOLAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 16
            groupName = raise Engines
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = raise engine
            actionName = raiseVTOLAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 19
            groupName = lower Engines
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = lower engine
            actionName = lowerVTOLAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 20
            groupName = VTOL Steering
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = VTOL steering toggle
            actionName = toggleVTOLsteeringAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 21
            groupName = Toggle Hover
            activated = 0
            partModule = FScopterThrottle
            actionGuiName = Toggle hover
            actionName = toggleHoverAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 22
            groupName = Increase Height
            activated = 0
            partModule = FScopterThrottle
            actionGuiName = Increase Hover Height
            actionName = increaseHeightAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 23
            groupName = Decrease Height
            activated = 0
            partModule = FScopterThrottle
            actionGuiName = Decrease Hover Height
            actionName = decreaseHeightAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 24
            groupName = max Angles
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = Cycle max Angles
            actionName = cycleAnglesAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Aero.Intake.DSIX
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = 0.3236466
        relLocY = -20.58817
        relLocZ = -1.207867
        ACTION
        {
            group = 3
            groupName = Toggle Intakes
            activated = 0
            partModule = ModuleResourceIntake
            actionGuiName = Toggle Intake
            actionName = ToggleAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Aero.AirBrake.Surface
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = 0.3674297
        relLocY = -23.94
        relLocZ = -1.371238
        ACTION
        {
            group = 4
            groupName = Toggle Airbreakes
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSairBrake
            actionGuiName = toggle Air Brake
            actionName = toggleAirBrakeAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Aero.Intake.DSIX
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = -0.3236466
        relLocY = -20.58817
        relLocZ = -1.207867
        ACTION
        {
            group = 3
            groupName = Toggle Intakes
            activated = 0
            partModule = ModuleResourceIntake
            actionGuiName = Toggle Intake
            actionName = ToggleAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Aero.AirBrake.Surface
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = -0.3674299
        relLocY = -23.94
        relLocZ = -1.371238
        ACTION
        {
            group = 4
            groupName = Toggle Airbreakes
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSairBrake
            actionGuiName = toggle Air Brake
            actionName = toggleAirBrakeAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Aero.Intake.DSIX
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = 0.8839299
        relLocY = -20.59245
        relLocZ = -0.8839279
        ACTION
        {
            group = 3
            groupName = Toggle Intakes
            activated = 0
            partModule = ModuleResourceIntake
            actionGuiName = Toggle Intake
            actionName = ToggleAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Aero.AirBrake.Surface
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = 1.004033
        relLocY = -23.94144
        relLocZ = -1.004027
        ACTION
        {
            group = 4
            groupName = Toggle Airbreakes
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSairBrake
            actionGuiName = toggle Air Brake
            actionName = toggleAirBrakeAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Aero.Intake.DSIX
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = -0.8839299
        relLocY = -20.59245
        relLocZ = -0.8839279
        ACTION
        {
            group = 3
            groupName = Toggle Intakes
            activated = 0
            partModule = ModuleResourceIntake
            actionGuiName = Toggle Intake
            actionName = ToggleAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Aero.AirBrake.Surface
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = -1.004033
        relLocY = -23.94145
        relLocZ = -1.004027
        ACTION
        {
            group = 4
            groupName = Toggle Airbreakes
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSairBrake
            actionGuiName = toggle Air Brake
            actionName = toggleAirBrakeAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Utility.DockingPort.CDP
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = 9.464205E-08
        relLocY = -6.771008
        relLocZ = -0.9582093
        ACTION
        {
            group = 5
            groupName = Docking Port
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSanimateGeneric
            actionGuiName = Toggle docking port shield
            actionName = toggleAction
            custom1 = dockingport_cdp_toggle
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = pCtrlSrf1
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = 5.347173
        relLocY = -14.16424
        relLocZ = 0.05966547
        ACTION
        {
            group = 10
            groupName = Increase Flaps
            activated = 0
            partModule = FARControllableSurface
            actionGuiName = Increase Flap Deflection
            actionName = IncreaseDeflect
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 9
            groupName = Decrease Flaps
            activated = 0
            partModule = FARControllableSurface
            actionGuiName = Decrease Flap Deflection
            actionName = DecreaseDeflect
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = pCtrlSrf1
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = 2.490124
        relLocY = -13.91093
        relLocZ = 0.1867359
        ACTION
        {
            group = 10
            groupName = Increase Flaps
            activated = 0
            partModule = FARControllableSurface
            actionGuiName = Increase Flap Deflection
            actionName = IncreaseDeflect
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 9
            groupName = Decrease Flaps
            activated = 0
            partModule = FARControllableSurface
            actionGuiName = Decrease Flap Deflection
            actionName = DecreaseDeflect
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = pCtrlSrf1
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = -5.347178
        relLocY = -14.16424
        relLocZ = 0.05966547
        ACTION
        {
            group = 10
            groupName = Increase Flaps
            activated = 0
            partModule = FARControllableSurface
            actionGuiName = Increase Flap Deflection
            actionName = IncreaseDeflect
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 9
            groupName = Decrease Flaps
            activated = 0
            partModule = FARControllableSurface
            actionGuiName = Decrease Flap Deflection
            actionName = DecreaseDeflect
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = pCtrlSrf1
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = -2.490125
        relLocY = -13.91093
        relLocZ = 0.1867368
        ACTION
        {
            group = 10
            groupName = Increase Flaps
            activated = 0
            partModule = FARControllableSurface
            actionGuiName = Increase Flap Deflection
            actionName = IncreaseDeflect
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 9
            groupName = Decrease Flaps
            activated = 0
            partModule = FARControllableSurface
            actionGuiName = Decrease Flap Deflection
            actionName = DecreaseDeflect
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Engine.VS1
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = 1.474979
        relLocY = -4.444035
        relLocZ = 0.04405266
        ACTION
        {
            group = 12
            groupName = Engines Front
            activated = 0
            partModule = ModuleEnginesFX
            actionGuiName = Toggle Engine
            actionName = OnAction
            custom1 = Engine
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 13
            groupName = VTOL Rotation
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = toggle VTOL rotation
            actionName = toggleVTOLAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 16
            groupName = raise Engines
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = raise engine
            actionName = raiseVTOLAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 19
            groupName = lower Engines
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = lower engine
            actionName = lowerVTOLAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 20
            groupName = VTOL Steering
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = VTOL steering toggle
            actionName = toggleVTOLsteeringAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 21
            groupName = Toggle Hover
            activated = 0
            partModule = FScopterThrottle
            actionGuiName = Toggle hover
            actionName = toggleHoverAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 22
            groupName = Increase Height
            activated = 0
            partModule = FScopterThrottle
            actionGuiName = Increase Hover Height
            actionName = increaseHeightAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 23
            groupName = Decrease Height
            activated = 0
            partModule = FScopterThrottle
            actionGuiName = Decrease Hover Height
            actionName = decreaseHeightAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 24
            groupName = max Angles
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = Cycle max Angles
            actionName = cycleAnglesAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
    PART
    {
        name = B9.Engine.VS1
        vesselID = 0
        relLocX = -1.474979
        relLocY = -4.444036
        relLocZ = 0.04405266
        ACTION
        {
            group = 12
            groupName = Engines Front
            activated = 0
            partModule = ModuleEnginesFX
            actionGuiName = Toggle Engine
            actionName = OnAction
            custom1 = Engine
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 13
            groupName = VTOL Rotation
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = toggle VTOL rotation
            actionName = toggleVTOLAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 16
            groupName = raise Engines
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = raise engine
            actionName = raiseVTOLAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 19
            groupName = lower Engines
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = lower engine
            actionName = lowerVTOLAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 20
            groupName = VTOL Steering
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = VTOL steering toggle
            actionName = toggleVTOLsteeringAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 21
            groupName = Toggle Hover
            activated = 0
            partModule = FScopterThrottle
            actionGuiName = Toggle hover
            actionName = toggleHoverAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 22
            groupName = Increase Height
            activated = 0
            partModule = FScopterThrottle
            actionGuiName = Increase Hover Height
            actionName = increaseHeightAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 23
            groupName = Decrease Height
            activated = 0
            partModule = FScopterThrottle
            actionGuiName = Decrease Hover Height
            actionName = decreaseHeightAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
        ACTION
        {
            group = 24
            groupName = max Angles
            activated = 0
            partModule = FSVTOLrotator
            actionGuiName = Cycle max Angles
            actionName = cycleAnglesAction
            custom1 = NA
        }
    }
}

Edit: Toggle Hover is the culprit... either it's b9s implementation or firespitters

Edited January 8, 2015 by funk

[Diazo]

https://github.com/SirDiazo/AGExt/releases/tag/1.29d

Download here.

-Move Auto-Hide button to Right-Click menu on toolbar button.

-Fix state monitoring code to not crash on changes

@Funk: It looks like when Firespitter was updated for 0.90, some of the variable names changes and so AGX was throwing this error because it was now looking in the wrong place. This version fixes that and also changes how AGX handles the state monitoring so that if this happens again it will skip that action and continue working rather then crashing out like this.

Sorry about that.

@fatcargo: What you want is actually quite possible. However, it would have to be it's own mod so I'll move my reply back to the other thread.

D.

Edited January 8, 2015 by Diazo

[BibbitZ]

Just downloaded this and haven't had much time to go over it. I'm having trouble understanding the purpose of Keysets. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

[Diazo]

Smart Parts compatibility is here!

Link to the Smart Parts download here.

Now you can activate groups 11 through 250 with Smart Parts, so you can now have time delay activation, automatic activation on altitude or fuel tank empty and a radio to activate actions on a a nearby vessel that doesn't have focus.

Simply install both mods to make this work and have fun everyone!

@BibbitZ: The purpose of keysets is to make the most of your keyboard keys while avoiding conflicts. A typical use would be:

Mothership: Uses action groups 1 through 10 for it's actions.

Lander that docks to the mothership: Uses action groups 11 through 20 for it's actions to avoid conflicts while docked so you don't activate actions on both the mothership and lander by activating one action group.

Keyset 1: Bind keyboard keys 1 through 10 to action groups 1 through 10 for use while flying the mothership.

Keyset 2: Bind keyboard keys 1 through 10 to action groups 11 through 20 for use while flying the lander.

This way, you can swap key sets with a couple mouse clicks (if fact, if you set the keyset on the lander before docking, it will remember it when you undock). By swapping the keysets, you "increase" your available keys on the keyboard you can use for actions.

Hope that helps,

D.

Edited January 9, 2015 by Diazo

[Tellion]

Is support for RT signal delay anywhere on the horizon or is it still on the "would be nice to have, but..." list? Just out of curiosity

[Diazo]

Now that I have the external interface working, RemoteTech is the next planned feature to be added.

Not sure on the ETA however, it is not a straightforward integration this time.

D.

[eddiew]

Hi there Diazo,

I was noticing a lot of lag when switching between the VAB/SPH and the KSC. Hunted through my logs and found these lines:

AGX Deleteing old save games start: 1/15/2015 6:25:10 PM

(Filename: C:/BuildAgent/work/d63dfc6385190b60/artifacts/StandalonePlayerGenerated/UnityEngineDebug.cpp Line: 49)

AGX Deleteing old save games end: 1/15/2015 6:26:00 PM

That's 50 seconds between those timestamps, running the game off a pretty quick SSD... And indeed if I remove AGX from my mods, the exit from VAB is down to 5-7 seconds, which is much more bearable.

Doing without AGX permanently is too painful to imagine with a tier 2 SPH, so can I ask:

- what save games is it deleting? xD

- how much penalty is there if I just turn off deleting them? Will I end up with thousands of files?

Thanks!

[Diazo]

@eddiew: The save games it is deleting are found in your saves folder. AGX actually saves its data outside of KSP's own save file and that is the clean up routine running.

These files are the KSP-Install\Saves\{GameName}\AGExt00000.cfg files. (Replace 00000 with the incrementing numbers.)

There should be one AGExt00000.cfg file for each .sfs file in that directory. If it is taking that long, I would guess you have about 75 or so .sfs files in that directory?

If you turn off this cleanup via the setting in the .cfg file, AGX will not clean up after itself and you will get AGExt00000.cfg files in your save folder that are not attached to a .sfs file. Every so often you should go in there and manually clean things up if you disable the clean up routine. While KSP does not spam save files, it does save on every scene change so a long play session can end up creating 20 to 30 AGExt00000.cfg files.

To disable the clean up routine so it does not run, goto KSP-Install\GameData\Diazo\AGext\AGExt.cfg and change the "DeleteOldSaves" value from 1 to 0 (one to zero).

D.

[eddiew]

Thanks for the quick reply

210 files total, actually! 115 are AGExt00--.cfg, and 50 of them are Kerbal Alarm Clock making backups when it switches active vessel - I think I can configure that to a smaller number which will probably help. I've also gotten into the habit of making a daily save every time I start the game, which is another chunk - I'll start archiving those elsewhere, plus all the intermediate saves before I commit to something crazy

How do I know what an AGX file is attached to? Is the latest one likely to be my persistent.sfs? Eight of them are dated as per my last kerbal session, the others are much older. Don't want to blanket delete them and wipe out my spaceplane keybinds ^^;

Cheers

[Diazo]

The timestamp should be a reliable way of telling, the AGExt0000.cfg file is created at the same time as the associated .sfs file is. For reused files, such as persistent.sfs, you may have to use the date modified, rather then the date created, timestamp for this comparison.

If you want to be absolutely sure, open the .sfs file and find the AGextScenario module. The number in the "lastAGXSave" is the same number that is in the associated AGExt00000.cfg file name. So a lastAGXSave = 15 would try to load AGExt00015.cfg when KSP loaded that .sfs file.

Hope that makes things clearer.

D.

[eddiew]

Perfect, cheers Diazo. I'm sure I can just kill everything off that's more than 3 days old now; generally any backup saves I've made are just while I'm figuring out aerobraking or some such transient risk. 48 hours later they're mostly useless

I'll see how it goes on auto-delete again, but worst case turn it off and manage the folder manually. Thanks for your help!

*edit* Yeah, much better now, thank you!

Edited January 15, 2015 by eddiew

[Orcais]

Not sure what I am doing wrong but this mod is seriously broken, I cant assign a thing to work? is there a step by step guide please.

[Diazo]

@Orcais: As soon as you goto the action groups mode of the editor, it should look like the picture in the first post of the thread. Then select a part, select a group and click the action to assign it.

If it doesn't I'll need more details into what is going on. A copy of the KSP-Install\KSP_data\output_log.txt would also be a big help. (For windows, it's a different file on mac or linux.)

D.

[Orcais]

Not sure what I am doing wrong but this mod is seriously broken, I cant assign a thing to work? is there a step by step guide please.

[Orcais]

this all I get when I open the AGext.

- - - Updated - - -

How does one send a file on this site please?

[Diazo]

Oh right, career mode.

That is in fact correct, the issue is that with the Level 1 VAB, you don't have numbered action groups unlocked, only the named action groups. Give me 2 minutes to get a screen shot up.

D.

[Orcais]

lol serious damn sorry for being SUCH a NOOB thanks for being such a good sport! cheers

Orca

[Diazo]

No worries, I didn't even have support for named action groups until version 1.12 or so, kind of forget about them.

Anyways:

And first post updated.

Is that enough to get you going?

(If you are after numbered action groups in early career, you have to enable the override in the .cfg file.)

D.

[Orcais]

Perfect, Just works as you intended +1 mod tyvm D

[evilC]

I love this mod, and I know I should have RTFMed, but I really think you should have some more obvious way of viewing the right-click menu (eg to edit groups in flight).

I wasted a bunch of time the other night when I could have just used AGX (Which was already installed) had I realized how to edit action groups in flight.

[Diazo]

@evilC, the reason it is there is screen space, where do I put it?

I'm really not sure about the entire UI at this point, everything has just kind of grown and while overall it works, it has several quirks that I'd like to get rid of that I'm not sure how to.

If you have a specific idea about where to put the "Edit in flight" button, I'll look at it. For now, I've added how to edit in flight to the bolded questions at the top of the first post in the thread.

D.

Edited January 19, 2015 by Diazo

[Diazo]

Announcing kOS Support!

With the release of kOS version 15.6, action groups 11 through 250 from AGX are now available to use in scripts.

In the same way you would use the 'AG1' command to access action group 1 before, you can now use 'AG15' to access action group 15, as long as AGX is also installed.

Download link to kOS 15.6

Full documentation page here.

Happy Kerbal kOSing everyone!

D.

Edited January 20, 2015 by Diazo

[rynak]

It would be nice if this plugin offered some kind of "simple mode". I understand that for complex vessels, some people might really want the high number of actions and different keysets... but as some implied in this thread, for typical cases, the power of this plugin is a bit overkill.

Two settings would probably do the trick: Toggle multiple sets of action groups (really, for most purposes, one doesn't need more than 50 AGs, plus of course the named ones ("other")). The other would be toggle keysets (again, for most purposes one needs no more than one). If one of both is set to "off", all irrelevant buttons would be hidden.

As an example: If one were to disable action group sets, and keysets, then only buttons relevant for the first AG set and "other" would be shown. Furthermore, the buttons for switching between keysets would be hidden. No actual settings would be erased... the two settings would only enable/disable display of buttons.

EDIT: About your concern of screen space... the two windows that take up most of the space, obviously are the list of AGs in the current set, as well as the key-selector window. Both could be made resizable and scrollable.

Edited January 24, 2015 by rynak

[Diazo]

I'm not sure that is worth the effort to program however.

What I really need is a decent tutorial, but I can't seem to find a method that works. I don't have the ability to make a youtube video so I think I'll take another shot at the github wiki, but go heavy on the screenshots to see if that makes sense to people.

For reference, only the stuff I've marked in red would be hidden (as I understand your last post). The below screenshot shows a 1024x768 resolution at full size for reference.

D.

Edited January 24, 2015 by Diazo