PartModule accessing values from part.cfg

[catgirltech]

how do i access a field from the part.cfg? i want to be able to use the same module for several parts and have the part.cfg contain some values for them.

part.cfg

PART
{
    // ...
    MODULE 
    {
         name = MyPartModel
         mySpecialValue = 50;
    }
    // ...
}

so far i've found nothing that makes any sense what so ever. all i can find are partial examples of IConfigNode classes and i can't even follow how that's supposed to get loaded or where? and nothing i've done with the [KSPField] has done anything (other than saving data in the persistent file and displaying gui stuff on the context menu)

is there a simple example of loading a value from the config file into the PartModule? this just seems like it should be such a basic thing but i can't find anything but people asking how to do it and no real examples.

[Diazo]

PART
{
    MODULE 
    {
         name = MyPartModel
         mySpecialValue = 50;
    }
}

As the part.cfg file with the part.

public class MyPartModel : partModule
{
[KSPField]
public float mySpecialValue;
}

will set the variable mySpecialValue to 50. Note that KSPField has several options, such as if it shows on the GUI, is it persistent, etc. This is just a bare-bones example.

D.

[catgirltech]

is there anything that could potentially break that? i've had it setup as a [KSPField(guiActive = true, guiName="Max Resource Types")] and it doesn't load the value from the config file. i've tried having it an int and a float. i've tried grabbing it from the ConfigNode that gets passed to the OnLoad.

ok. so i just made a really simple class with nothing else to test this and it worked for that one. i guess if all else fails i just have the other module load the values i need. :/

edit: it's not working anywhere for me now....

edit again: ok now it's working. i have no idea why it wasn't working before. the only real change is now isPersistant = true.... but i'm sure i tried that before. ah well.

thank you for your help. :3

Edited July 28, 2014 by catgirltech