[1.10.1+] Contract Configurator [v1.30.5] [2020-10-05]

[nightingale]

Is it just me, or using this mod remove's the record default contracts and the "launch a new vessel contract"? The only contract I can do in the beginning is the 18KM and that is tad difficult

Contract Configurator doesn't remove any contracts - but gives the ability to remove contracts. It's probably a specific contract pack that is giving you grief (perhaps the Advanced Progression one?).

[guto8797]

Contract Configurator doesn't remove any contracts - but gives the ability to remove contracts. It's probably a specific contract pack that is giving you grief (perhaps the Advanced Progression one?).

I'll try to find which pack does it, but starting the game with only a 18KM altitude contract and no record contracts is a bit odd, Be back in a bit

EDIT1: Its not advanced progression

Edited September 9, 2015 by guto8797

[nightingale]

I'll try to find which pack does it, but starting the game with only a 18KM altitude contract and no record contracts is a bit odd, Be back in a bit

EDIT1: Its not advanced progression

I can't say too much more without seeing what contract packs you have installed. A log file, screenshot of the Contract Configurator debug menu (alt-f10) or listing of your GameData/ and GameData/ContractPacks directory.

[guto8797]

I can't say too much more without seeing what contract packs you have installed. A log file, screenshot of the Contract Configurator debug menu (alt-f10) or listing of your GameData/ and GameData/ContractPacks directory.

Got it, its initial contracts, made by the guy behind SETI i think. It kinda looks interesting, the SETI mod, would anyone recommend it?

Edited September 9, 2015 by guto8797

[Nori]

Initial contracts replaces the record contracts with 3 different ones. Rewards are around the same though. You should be able to get up to 18KM with just the second SRB you get (the science for that can be gotten from KSC).

As fas as SETI, I highly recommend it.

[guto8797]

Initial contracts replaces the record contracts with 3 different ones. Rewards are around the same though. You should be able to get up to 18KM with just the second SRB you get (the science for that can be gotten from KSC).

As fas as SETI, I highly recommend it.

SETI seems nice, but it also looks like it wouldn't play very well with other mods, including contract packs. Any major mods that are incompatible or just unbalanced? (Like starter manned contracts when the mod focuses on unmanned)

[Nori]

SETI seems nice, but it also looks like it wouldn't play very well with other mods, including contract packs. Any major mods that are incompatible or just unbalanced? (Like starter manned contracts when the mod focuses on unmanned)

Might be best to move this conversation over to the SETI thread.

Assuming you are talking about SETIctt, Yemo has worked quite hard to make a lot of major mod compatible.

If you are talking about SETI Contracts. There are no comparability issues. There are some unmanned contracts early on, but they aren't going to stop you from doing manned contracts. He disables the first contracts and explore body contracts and replaces them with his own version.

[pap1723]

Another question for all of you smart people. I have looked through as many contract packs as are available, but I cannot find the information that I need.

I am trying to make a probe require power generation. I know it is possible as it is in stock contracts, but I cannot find the expression that will allow it. I appreciate your help!!

[nightingale]

Another question for all of you smart people. I have looked through as many contract packs as are available, but I cannot find the information that I need.

I am trying to make a probe require power generation. I know it is possible as it is in stock contracts, but I cannot find the expression that will allow it. I appreciate your help!!

Just because it's possible in stock contracts, doesn't mean that it's implemented in Contract Configurator. This one doesn't look like it has ideal coverage, but there's a couple ways to get something along these lines:

1. HasResource with ElectricCharge > 0. Not quite power generation, but depending on what you're trying to do this may be good enough.
   
2. PartValidation with a check for ModuleGenerator. You'll probably also need a second one under an Any with a check for ModuleDeployableSolarPanel.
   

The ideal solution would be similar to the PartModuleTypeUnlocked requirement (I would just add that to the PartValidation). If this is something you need, raise a GitHub request, and I'll get it into the next release.

[Nori]

Base construction (CosmoBro) did it this way which will cover almost everything (including most mods, exception being the reactors from NFT)

        PARAMETER
        {
            name = Any
            type = Any
            hideChildren = true     
            title = Can Generate Power
            PARAMETER
            {
                name = Solar
                title = Solar
                type = PartValidation
                hideChildren = true
                partModule = ModuleDeployableSolarPanel
                minCount = 1         
            }
            PARAMETER
            {
                name = Generator
                title = RTG
                type = PartValidation
                hideChildren = true
                partModule = ModuleGenerator
                minCount = 1 
            }
            PARAMETER
            {
                name = Generator1
                title = Fuel Cell
                type = PartValidation
                hideChildren = true
                part = FuelCell
                minCount = 1    
            }
            PARAMETER
            {
                name = Generator2
                title = Fuel Cell Array
                type = PartValidation
                hideChildren = true
                part = FuelCellArray
                minCount = 1
            }    
        }

~edit - Here is what severedsolo did with his Space Station contracts:

        PARAMETER
        {
            name = RTGSolar
            type = Any
            title = Have one of the following power generators

            PARAMETER
            {
                name = PartValidationRTG
                type = PartValidation
                hideChildren = true
                title = 1 or more solar panels

                // PartModule(s) to check for.  Optional, and can be specified multiple times.
                partModule = ModuleDeployableSolarPanel

                // Minimum count, default = 1
                minCount = 1
            }

            PARAMETER
            {
                name = PartValidationSolar
                type = PartValidation
                hideChildren = true
                title = 1 or more generators

                // PartModule(s) to check for.  Optional, and can be specified multiple times. Looking for an RTG
                partModule = ModuleGenerator

                // Minimum count, default = 1
                minCount = 1
            }
			PARAMETER:NEEDS[NearFutureSolar]
			{
			name = PartValidationNearFutureSolar
			type = PartValidation
			title = 1 or more curved solar panels
			hideChildren = true
			partModule = ModuleCurvedSolarPanel
			minCount = 1
			}
			PARAMETER:NEEDS[NearFutureElectrical]
			{
			name = PartValidationNearFutureReactors
			type = PartValidation
			title = 1 or more fission reactors
			hideChildren = true
			partModule = FissionReactor
			minCount = 1
			}
			PARAMETER:NEEDS[NearFutureElectrical]
			{
			name = PartValidationNearFutureRTGs
			type = PartValidation
			title = 1 or more radioisotope generators
			hideChildren = true
			partModule = ModuleRadioisotopeGenerator
			minCount = 1
			}
        }

Edited September 11, 2015 by Nori

[pap1723]

Thanks for the quick responses!

Nori, that works great! No need to add an update for me or anyone else I don't think Nightingale. The way CosmoBro did it there works great!

[Nori]

Two questions about autoaccept..

Does autoaccepted contracts count for the active contract limit?

Second is there a way to notify the player that they have a contract that has been autoaccepted?

I ask the second question because in my experience the stock record contracts are just kind of there, but unless you look for them you don't really know they are...

[nightingale]

Two questions about autoaccept..

Does autoaccepted contracts count for the active contract limit?

They do not.

Second is there a way to notify the player that they have a contract that has been autoaccepted?

I ask the second question because in my experience the stock record contracts are just kind of there, but unless you look for them you don't really know they are...

The Message behaviour is an unobtrusive way to notify them (or at least it would be if I had a setting to allow it to trigger on contract accept like some others do). If that's what you want, raise a GitHub request.

Another option is the DialogBox behaviour, but that would be highly obtrusive.

Third, if you want it to show up using the "green text" that sometimes appears on screen for a couple seconds, I could add that either as a new behaviour or as a variant of the Message behaviour. If you want this one, again raise a GitHub request.

[Nori]

I shall contemplate and get back to you.

One quick question about the first option. Can a background color or different text color be applied to that? Or maybe larger text? I just ask because I use KCT and whenever you build a rocket you get a little bit of science. He set it up to show as a message in the upper left, but it is white small text and is easy to miss.

Oooh I thought of something. What about the message center that shows completed contracts? Is it possible to put something there? Not saying that I necessarily would want to, just exploring all the options to better evaluate.

[nightingale]

I shall contemplate and get back to you.

One quick question about the first option. Can a background color or different text color be applied to that? Or maybe larger text? I just ask because I use KCT and whenever you build a rocket you get a little bit of science. He set it up to show as a message in the upper left, but it is white small text and is easy to miss.

Oooh I thought of something. What about the message center that shows completed contracts? Is it possible to put something there? Not saying that I necessarily would want to, just exploring all the options to better evaluate.

Option 1 is putting it in the message center.

Option 2 is the dialog boxes, which are pretty flexible (you can change size and color, but not the background color). I'm also going to be adding something to it for timed dialog boxes (instead of clicking okay, it'll disappear in X seconds).

Option 3 would just use the green notification text, I wouldn't allow any customizability (it's a stock KSP function that I would plug into).

[Nori]

Oh, dumb me. I didn't look at the text at the top of the Message Behavior wiki where it says upper right...

That would probably work swell. So I'll put in a github for that. Thanks!

[Arsonide]

Yeah, was definitely Arsonide's FinePrint - I'm fairly certain RoverDude never touched contracts in a mod (although I guess the Asteroid Day thing counts).

Ah, yes, rover contracts were tricky. Fun fact: when I initially started work on Fine Print, I set out to have more to do in the game. My first two ideas were rover contracts, and surface sample contracts. The initial rover contract actually asked you to drive four kilometers in any direction. In the first version, you could even drive four kilometers in circles. Sometimes it had a side objective to do a "sick jump" in low gravity. Eventually I realized that it was more fun to actually drive towards something. Ironically, both of these early ideas were eventually folded into what is now the more all encompassing survey contract.

For the Asteroid Day addon, I did the contract and scenario logic that spawns the asteroids from the telescope.

[severedsolo]

There is something wrong with the Data node for Vessel types (I think).

Basically, my initial "launch the Kerbin/Mun/Minmus Space Station" contracts are not working. Now, all my requirements are coming back green, but nothing is happening. This makes me think it's the data node, as I know this will fail "silently" if it can't find anything.

I know it was working at my last release (22 days ago) - which rather suggests something has gone wrong with the 1.7.x branch.

I'll give you a log if you need it, but I had a look and couldn't see anything helpful. I did try and force a generation through the debug menu, and got "generated contract KerbinStationCore" - then a few lines down "Kerlington is no longer offering contract "Launch the Kerbin Space Station!" - as I said, not helpful.

Reproduction steps:

1) Install KSS and unlock the relevant nodes (happy to provide a save if you want it).

2) Use the CC menu to turn off all the other contracts (not dependent, but it's easier to see if you do that).

3) Profit (or not).

[Probus]

I have been playing RP0, RO, RSS campaign game for about 2 weeks. I have started getting this error:

Exception occured while loading contract parameter 'ReachAlt' in contract 'SoundingRocketMedium':

System.ArgumentException: 'Earth' is not a valid CelestialBody.

at ContractConfigurator.ConfigNodeUtil.ParseCelestialBodyValue (System.String celestialName) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ContractConfigurator.ConfigNodeUtil.ParseSingleValue[CelestialBody] (System.String key, System.String stringValue, Boolean allowExpression) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ContractConfigurator.ConfigNodeUtil.ParseValue[CelestialBody] (.ConfigNode configNode, System.String key, Boolean allowExpression) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ContractConfigurator.ConfigNodeUtil.ParseValue[CelestialBody] (.ConfigNode configNode, System.String key, .CelestialBody defaultValue) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ContractConfigurator.Parameters.ReachState.OnParameterLoad (.ConfigNode node) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ContractConfigurator.Parameters.ContractConfiguratorParameter.OnLoad (.ConfigNode node) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

I have S.A.V.E installed and restored a previous game to before this error appeared, but no matter how far I go back, I always get this error on loading the save game.

Please help. Thanks a bunch!

[thunder175]

Recently upgraded to 1.7.3 as well as to SCANsat 14.2. I started running Exception Detector to troubleshoot why I was getting so many errors in the debug log in my career mode save, and I'm getting lots of exceptions being generated such as the below.

ContractConfigurator.ContractConfigurator+<GetAllTypes>d__2c.MoveNext: 1

ContractConfigurator

ContractConfigurator.ExpressionParser.EnumExpressionParser.ParseIdentifier: 3

SCANsat

SCANsat.SCANUtil.getElevation:

Thanks for the help!

EDIT: I don't think its the fault of this mod. I'll check with SCANsat

Edited September 13, 2015 by thunder175

[nightingale]

There is something wrong with the Data node for Vessel types (I think).

Basically, my initial "launch the Kerbin/Mun/Minmus Space Station" contracts are not working. Now, all my requirements are coming back green, but nothing is happening. This makes me think it's the data node, as I know this will fail "silently" if it can't find anything.

I know it was working at my last release (22 days ago) - which rather suggests something has gone wrong with the 1.7.x branch.

I'll give you a log if you need it, but I had a look and couldn't see anything helpful. I did try and force a generation through the debug menu, and got "generated contract KerbinStationCore" - then a few lines down "Kerlington is no longer offering contract "Launch the Kerbin Space Station!" - as I said, not helpful.

Reproduction steps:

1) Install KSS and unlock the relevant nodes (happy to provide a save if you want it).

2) Use the CC menu to turn off all the other contracts (not dependent, but it's easier to see if you do that).

3) Profit (or not).

Just gave it a try, appeared to work normally for me. Can you add trace=true in your CONTRACT_TYPE, get a log and send it my way?

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I have been playing RP0, RO, RSS campaign game for about 2 weeks. I have started getting this error:

Exception occured while loading contract parameter 'ReachAlt' in contract 'SoundingRocketMedium':

System.ArgumentException: 'Earth' is not a valid CelestialBody.

at ContractConfigurator.ConfigNodeUtil.ParseCelestialBodyValue (System.String celestialName) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ContractConfigurator.ConfigNodeUtil.ParseSingleValue[CelestialBody] (System.String key, System.String stringValue, Boolean allowExpression) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ContractConfigurator.ConfigNodeUtil.ParseValue[CelestialBody] (.ConfigNode configNode, System.String key, Boolean allowExpression) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ContractConfigurator.ConfigNodeUtil.ParseValue[CelestialBody] (.ConfigNode configNode, System.String key, .CelestialBody defaultValue) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ContractConfigurator.Parameters.ReachState.OnParameterLoad (.ConfigNode node) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at ContractConfigurator.Parameters.ContractConfiguratorParameter.OnLoad (.ConfigNode node) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

I have S.A.V.E installed and restored a previous game to before this error appeared, but no matter how far I go back, I always get this error on loading the save game.

Please help. Thanks a bunch!

Someone else reported something similar... seems to be something messed up with RSS or Kopernicus - sounds for some reason the planet name is getting set back to Kerbin.

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Recently upgraded to 1.7.3 as well as to SCANsat 14.2. I started running Exception Detector to troubleshoot why I was getting so many errors in the debug log in my career mode save, and I'm getting lots of exceptions being generated such as the below.

Thanks for the help!

EDIT: I don't think its the fault of this mod. I'll check with SCANsat

Fair enough. If you decide you do need some support here, please provide a bigger excerpt of the exception message - there's not enough there to work with.

[thunder175]

Just gave it a try, appeared to work normally for me. Can you add trace=true in your CONTRACT_TYPE, get a log and send it my way?

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Someone else reported something similar... seems to be something messed up with RSS or Kopernicus - sounds for some reason the planet name is getting set back to Kerbin.

- - - Updated - - -

Fair enough. If you decide you do need some support here, please provide a bigger excerpt of the exception message - there's not enough there to work with.

Thanks and will do! I think I figured out the issue late last night. It was SCANsat that was generating the problem via a messed up upgragde to OPM 1.8. The config files were calling for height maps that were in the wrong spot or missing. A delete and redownload of a fresh copy of OPM 1.8 solved the issue. Sorry for the post. I was confused as to which mod was causing it given the list of generated exceptions. I added this information to the SCANsat thread in case others are having issues. Thanks so much for the wonderful mods!

[nightingale]

New release, lots and lots of little bug fixes. Download now!

Contract Configurator 1.7.4

• Improved Sigma Binary support (contracts won't get offered for barycenters unless they've been specifically written with that in mind).
  
• Changed triggers for Message behaviour to make consistent with other similar behaviours.
  
• Fixed issue with loading settings when a contract pack is removed (thanks hyper1on).
  
• Fixed duplication issue with settings app launcher icon (thanks ObsessedWithKSP).
  
• Fixed issues with hidden parameters being a little to aggressive in hiding children.
  
• Fixed completely broken Exclude and ExcludeAll methods (whoops).
  
• Fixed FacilityRequirement to actually work outside the space center.
  
• Fixed rare contract load exception from part modules without a name field.
  
• Fixed issue with conversions from Vessel to VesselIdentifier (thanks severedsolo).
  
• Fixed errors in log from loading using legacy values on ChangeVesselOwnership and other behaviours. Now correctly outputs a warning.
  

[Poodmund]

When you disable a contract pack, am I correct in thinking it removes any Active Contracts that you may have that are associated with the said contract pack that has just been disabled? If so, is there any way to counteract this?

[nightingale]

When you disable a contract pack, am I correct in thinking it removes any Active Contracts that you may have that are associated with the said contract pack that has just been disabled? If so, is there any way to counteract this?

I haven't tested, but it should still work even though disabled (ie. stay in the active list). If it doesn't, let me know and I can look into changing that behaviour.