KSPDev: Kerbal Development tools - Utils

KSPDev_Utils is a set of handy tools that simplify development of KSP mods. Just add the assembly into your project and save a lot of development efforts.

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In nutshell

KSPDev Utils offers a lot of different classes and interfaces. Here are some examples but there are much more features (read the API docs!):

• Extensive set of methods to work with config files
  • Save or load simple values without dealing with string<=>type conversion. The type will be detected from the argument, and built-in converters will handle any C# or KSP/Unity type transformation.
  • Use attribute-oriented programming to mark configuration fields in your classes. Then just specify file name and have them loaded/saved in one single method call.
  • Use attributes to mark fields that are represented by a class or struct. These types will be (de)serialized as config nodes. Attribute handlers can also deal with collections! No need to persist every item or a structure field separately.
  • Go further and define all configuration logic completely via attributes. After that you call just one method with minimum of arguments to have all your mod's settings saved. Or loaded - you choose.
• Various helpers to deal with GUI. E.g. GUI sounds, context windows popups, messages, etc.
• Basic set of methods to deal with in-game file paths.
• Well documented KSP interfaces.
• Methods to deal with procedural models in the game.
• Different helpers for common processing tasks like state machine or delaying a method call.
• Advanced logging system which supports game's setting verbose logging.
• Handy classes to deal with the localized content, including commonly used value types (mass, distance, velocity, etc.) and resources.
• Support of dynamically loaded prefabs (see UnityDev as well).
• Convience methods to deal with the Unity input.
• Fast an easy way of making debug GUI for your modules: simply annotate the fields that you want adjusting in the game and you are done.