[Unity] FloatCurve editor 1.0

[r4m0n]

This is a small utility that uses the Unity Editor's AnimationCurve edition interface to edit FloatCurve values for use in KSP PartModules (Engine efficiency curves, for example).

How to use:

• Download this unitypackage
  
• Create a new Unity project or use an old one
  
• Go to Assets -> Import Package -> Custom Package... and select the file
  
• Import all the contents (it's a single file)
  
• A new KSP menu will appear (if you already don't have it) after you click anywhere in the menu bar, go to it and select the Curve Editor
  
• ???
  
• Profit!
  

You can edit the information in any of the areas (Unity editor, text boxes or text area), and the others will update. Whenever you are done, just copy the contents of the text area to your part.cfg file. You can also paste a copy of your curve from a part.cfg to start editing.

Let me know of any problems or suggestions for improvement.

And above all, have fun

[Taverius]

Awww ysssss ...

Now to redo a few dozen curves in B9 and TVPP

[blizzy78]

Sweet. Would it be possible to add a feature so that it can load the thrust curves (or whatever they are called) from existing engine parts? Like, say I wanted it to show the curves of the Mainsail, so I'd like to pick the Mainsail from a list of all engines in my game.

Edit: Whoops. Looks like it is not an in-game plugin. But nonetheless, perhaps my feature can be added in some way regardless.

[Taverius]

Hey r4m0n, can you make it use arbitrary key names, so we can copypasta direct to-from FX group curves?

[futrtrubl]

Can this output x-y values for the generated graph?

[NathanKell]

If you right-click at a desired spot and choose add key, you'll get the value there, I think.

[Warezcrawler]

Love this tool!!!!

[BlueNightfury00786]

So do I install Unity then put this in or? I don't quite understand.

 

[martinezfg11]

33 minutes ago, BlueNightfury00786 said:

So do I install Unity then put this in or? I don't quite understand.

 

Yes you need Unity for this to work.

[BlueNightfury00786]

On 3/21/2017 at 5:57 PM, martinezfg11 said:

Yes you need Unity for this to work.

Kinda figured it out by now, I still don't know what a Curve does. Like how do I make a Efficient Engine? tweaking fuel consumption doesn't do anything and I don't understand the "Atmosphereic" Curve on engines too much.

 

[martinezfg11]

Best thing you can do is look at the Squad configs for different engines.

[FreeThinker]

Figured out that if your only intention is to smooth your FloatCurve, you can achieve that by convert it to an AnimationCurve and then call SmoothTangents on all points.

 

Edited June 22, 2018 by FreeThinker

[linuxgurugamer]

On 6/22/2018 at 4:37 AM, FreeThinker said:

Figured out that if your only intention is to smooth your FloatCurve, you can achieve that by convert it to an AnimationCurve and then call SmoothTangents on all points.

 

I know this is old, but would appreciate a bit more info on how to smooth a floatcurve.

[FreeThinker]

6 hours ago, linuxgurugamer said:

I know this is old, but would appreciate a bit more info on how to smooth a floatcurve.

Here is a little code example:

            var floatCurve = new FloatCurve();
            floatCurve.Add(500, 0 / 255f);
            floatCurve.Add(800, 100 / 255f);
            floatCurve.Add(1000, 200 / 255f);

            for (int i = 0; i < floatCurve.Curve.length; i++)
            {
                floatCurve.Curve.SmoothTangents(i, 0);
            }                                              
                                                                

 

Edited October 9, 2019 by FreeThinker

[linuxgurugamer]

2 hours ago, FreeThinker said:

Here is a little code example:

            var floatCurve = new FloatCurve();
            floatCurve.Add(500, 0 / 255f);
            floatCurve.Add(800, 100 / 255f);
            floatCurve.Add(1000, 200 / 255f);

            for (int i = 0; i < floatCurve.Curve.length; i++)
            {
                floatCurve.Curve.SmoothTangents(i, 0);
            }                                              
                                                                

 

Thank you.  I was thinking of doing this in Unity, not in code.  But this will do the job for me.

 

[wasml]

@linuxgurugamer using this r4mon's curve editor - click on the "Click to edit ->" in the upper let corner and the graph appears. Left click on a key in the graph and two handles appear that you can manipulate. Right click on the key and you have a popup menu to change how the handles act among other things. Looks like it defaults to a smooth transition but select "Broken" (with right click) and the handles on either side move independently.

[linuxgurugamer]

I actually ended up implementing the tangent smoothing and a number of other improvements to Sarbian’s mod, he just released a new version with my changes