ModLoader Modding - Getting wear values

[Mazen91]

Hey everyone,

I'm fairly new to modding games. In fact this is the first game which I'm trying to mod.
I did fairly easy things like showing the percentages of your players stats. That was easy since that are PlayMaker variables.(https://github.com/piotrulos/MSCModLoader/wiki/All-known-playmaker-Variables-and-Events)

But how would I get other values, like the current wear of parts? They are saved in the savegame file. I could try to read that file from the mod, but even if that works those values would be "old".

Is there a way of getting values of variables which I assume he only uses during a session internally?

Thank you all in advance,
Mazen

 

[Hennimore]

You can access the part wear values live. Now I won't be able to help you in any other way than to point you in the right direction since I do not mod and have not seen or used the mod tools.

The wear values are under SATSUMA 557kg, 248 > CarSimulation > MechanicalWear

All public variables are as follows:

WearAltenator
WearCrankshaft
WearGearbox
Wearheadgasket
WearPiston1
WearPiston2
WearPiston3
WearPiston4
WearRockershaft
WearStarter
WearWaterpump

These values work from 100 down to 0 with 100 being perfect (think of these as percentage values).

There is also wear values for the fan belt but I couldn't find it. That works differently to the other wear values only going from 0 to 1. I can't remember which way around it goes but form what I remember 0 is full health and 1 is fully worn but I might be wrong.

Sorry I cannot be of any more help other than this.

 

[Mazen91]

Thats a great help, thank you!
But may I ask how you know where to find those values if you don't mod yourself and haven't even used moddig tools?

Anyways, I'll see if I can find any of those objects later today.

 

[Hennimore]

Hey, I use some plugins for the game, one of the plugins being "developer toolset". This allows you to view and alter basically all variables within the game. I had a quick browse on it for you and found them values. I subsequently installed the tools required to develop plugins and opened a plugin that no longer works called Engine Fixer. The values have changed and now throw errors so I have no idea where the values are held but I will send you a link to the GitHub to view the code and give you an idea.

https://github.com/haverdaden/MSC_Playground/tree/master/Enginefixer

Open the .cs file and have a look through. None of the values work due to the big update, you just get an error in-game, but I'd be interested to know myself where they are now and how to get the plugin going again.

Good luck.

 

[Mazen91]

I'll look into this for sure.
I'm thinking of a mod where you need to uninstall a part and then be able to inspect it. It won't tell you the exact percentage but something like "That thing is totally fcked" or "It might do for another mile or so".

 

[tommojphillips]

I'll look into this for sure.
I'm thinking of a mod where you need to uninstall a part and then be able to inspect it. It won't tell you the exact percentage but something like "That thing is totally fcked" or "It might do for another mile or so".

i love that idea, do you mind if i start investigating?

 

[Deleted member 254134]

It would be great if we would be able to inspect car parts like in Car mechanic sim actually.

 

[tommojphillips]

like testing equipment? e.g compression test, or how you have to take the part off and see if it is damaged?