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[KspNoobUsernameTaken]

How do you access a config node? I've been using this code but can't seem to figure it out:

public class BPManagedResource
{
    //public string ManagedResource = ConfigNode.GetNode("BPManagedResource");
    public void OnLoad(ConfigNode BPManagedResourceNode)
    {
        string BPManagedResourceValueHelper = BPManagedResourceNode.GetValue("BPManagedResource");
    }
    public string BPManagedResourceValue = BPManagedResourceValueHelper
}

But it keeps giving this error: 

Error    CS0103:

   The name 'BPManagedResourceValueHelper' does not exist in the current context 

[0111narwhalz]

On 6/7/2024 at 12:34 AM, KspNoobUsernameTaken said:

Error    CS0103:

   The name 'BPManagedResourceValueHelper' does not exist in the current context

This indicates that the variable name has exited the scope. If you look at the curly brackets, the variable BPManagedResourceValueHelper was defined inside the function OnLoad. If you try to use it outside of that function, there's no way for the compiler to know what variable you're talking about (since there might be other functions with variables with the same name in them, or indeed none at all).

Instead, you need to define BPManagedResourceValue in the class scope, as you have, and then set it in the function scope (since that's where […]Helper is defined). Order shouldn't matter here, but it's considered good practice to put your class variables ("fields") above your class functions ("methods"), so you can immediately see all the fields of a class.

[KspNoobUsernameTaken]

7 minutes ago, 0111narwhalz said:

This indicates that the variable name has exited the scope. If you look at the curly brackets, the variable BPManagedResourceValueHelper was defined inside the function OnLoad. If you try to use it outside of that function, there's no way for the compiler to know what variable you're talking about (since there might be other functions with variables with the same name in them, or indeed none at all).

Instead, you need to define BPManagedResourceValue in the class scope, as you have, and then set it in the function scope (since that's where […]Helper is defined). Order shouldn't matter here, but it's considered good practice to put your class variables ("fields") above your class functions ("methods"), so you can immediately see all the fields of a class.

Thank you, but I think I solved this. It is still quite helpful.