help with ModuleGenerator

[adoronron]

what i am trying to do is make a generator that has a button to start and stop it. the first one is working, but has no buttons. the second on is just not working.

 MODULE{
  name = ModuleGenerator
  isAlwaysActive = True
  INPUT_RESOURCE
  {
   name = ElectricCharge
   rate = 2
  }
  OUTPUT_RESOURCE
  {      
   name = Tritium    
   rate = 10
  }
} 

MODULE{
  name = ModuleGenerator
  isAlwaysActive = True
  activateGUIName = Enable Deuterium
  shutdownGUIName = Disable Deuterium
  INPUT_RESOURCE
  {
   name = ElectricCharge
   rate = 2
  }
  OUTPUT_RESOURCE
  {      
   name = Tritium    
   rate = 10
  }
}

[Zyrac]

what i am trying to do is make a generator that has a button to start and stop it. the first one is working, but has no buttons. the second on is just not working.

 MODULE{
  name = ModuleGenerator
  isAlwaysActive = True
  INPUT_RESOURCE
  {
   name = ElectricCharge
   rate = 2
  }
  OUTPUT_RESOURCE
  {      
   name = Tritium    
   rate = 10
  }
} 

MODULE{
  name = ModuleGenerator
  isAlwaysActive = True
  activateGUIName = Enable Deuterium
  shutdownGUIName = Disable Deuterium
  INPUT_RESOURCE
  {
   name = ElectricCharge
   rate = 2
  }
  OUTPUT_RESOURCE
  {      
   name = Tritium    
   rate = 10
  }
}

Looks like we have a new comer to KSP modding! Well, you could make it with like that with a generator in a cfg. file, or if you want, you could do it with a plugin, though you'd need a program like SharpDevelop. The first issue with what you have there is that isAlwaysActive is set as true, when it should be false, if you want the options to activate and deactivate the generator, so you could make that change to the first one. However, if you were interested in making a plugin, it would be very simple to create one. Like I said, you would need SharpDevelop (version 3.2 or later I think) and create a Class Library file when you load the program. To produce something that looked good you would want a code something like this:

using UnityEngine;

namespace yourpluginname
{
     public class yourpluginname : PartModule
     {
            // anything with "//" before it doesn't do anything, it's just a little note
            // of course, you can replace any names for things like class, bool, string, etc.

            // a bool is a value that returns true or false
            [KSPField(guiActive = true, guiName = "" ,isPersistant = true)]
            public bool generatoractive = false;

            // a string is a value that is in speech marks, usually a word, a phrase, etc.
            [KSPField(guiActive = true, guiName = "" ,isPersistant = true)]
            public string generatorstatus = "Generator Inactive";

            // a float is a type of number value
            [KSPField(guiActive = true, guiName = "" ,isPersistant = true)]
            public float totalElectricCharge = 0;

            // this creates the buttons to activate and deactivate the generator
            [KSPEvent(guiActive = true, guiName = "Activate", active = true)]
	    public void Activate()
	    {
			Events["Activate"].active = false;
			Events["Deactivate"].active = true;
                        generatoractive = true;
	    }

	    [KSPEvent(guiActive = true, guiName = "Deactivate", active = false)]
	    public void Deactivate()
            {
		 	Events["Activate"].active = true;
		 	Events["Deactivate"].active = false;
                        generatoractive = false;
	     }

             void Update()
             {
                   if(generatoractive)
                   {
                        part.RequestResource("ElectricCharge", 2 * TimeWarp.deltaTime);
                        // this looks complicated but is necessary to check the electric charge amount of the whole vessel by finding and checking each part that contains electric charge
                        foreach(part partwithcharge in vessel.parts)
                        {
                             if(partwithcharge.Resources.Contains("ElectricCharge"))
                             {
                                  totalElectricCharge += partwithcharge.Resources["ElectricCharge"].amount
                             }
                             // this will check if you have any electric charge left
                             if(totalElectricCharge > 0)
                             {
                                  part.RequestResource("Tritium", -10 * TimeWarp.deltaTime);
                              }
                              // you want it set as 2 and -10 because RequestResource uses up the given resource, so a negative number will make it increase the resource
                        }
                   }
             }


     }
}

And that should work, let me know if you hit any problems.