General Topics

These topics discuss the interfacing between kOS and Kerbal Space Program.

• Bound Variables
  • NAMED VESSELS AND BODIES
  • Alias shortcuts for SHIP fields
  • Constants (pi, e, etc)
  • Terminal
  • Core
  • Archive
  • Stage
  • NextNode
  • HasNode
  • AllNodes
  • Resource Types
  • ALT ALIAS
  • ETA ALIAS
  • ENCOUNTER
  • BOOLEAN TOGGLE FLAGS:
  • Flight Control
  • Time
  • System Variables
  • PROFILERESULT()
  • SOLARPRIMEVECTOR
  • OPCODESLEFT
  • Addons
  • Colors
• CPU Vessel (SHIP)
• CPU Hardware
  • Update Ticks and Physics Ticks
  • Electric Drain
  • Triggers
  • Trigger Interrupt Priority
  • Wait!!!
  • CPU Update Loop
  • The Frozen Universe
• Booting
  • Short version and example
  • Telling kOS which file is the boot file
  • When do boot files run
  • Booting when spawning to launchpad
• Game Part
  • diskSpace
  • baseDiskSpace
  • ECPerInstruction:
  • ECPerBytePerSecond:
  • diskSpaceCostFactor:
  • baseModuleCost:
  • diskSpaceMassFactor:
  • baseModuleMass:
• Settings Windows
  • kOS Control Panel
  • KSP Difficulty Settings Window
• Making User GUIs
• Telnet Server
  • Telnet clients
  • Simulate in Background
  • Using it
  • Special Keys
  • HOWTO: Putty client
  • HOWTO: Command-line client
  • HOWTO: Other client
  • Security
  • Homemade telnet clients
• Files & Volumes
  • Script Files
  • File Storage Behind the Scenes
  • You can get more space by paying extra cost in money and mass
  • Multiple Volumes on One Vessel
  • Naming Volumes
  • Volume Name inherits from Tag Name
  • Archive
  • Special handling of files in the “boot” directory
• Machine Code
  • Compiling to a KSM File
  • How to Use KSM Files
  • Default File Naming Conventions
  • Downsides to Using KSM Files
  • More Reading and Fiddling with Your Bits
• Sound Chip (SKID)
  • Quick and dirty sound example:
  • Hardware Capabilities of SKID
  • Kerboscript Interface Synopsis
• Name Tags
  • Giving a Part a Name
  • Cloning with Symmetry
  • Where is it saved?
  • Examples of Using the Name
• Parts & PartModules
  • Tutorial
  • Parts
  • PartModules and the right-click menu:
  • What a PartModule means to a kOS script
  • Exploring what’s there to find Field/Event/Action Names:
• Respecting Career Limits
  • The rules being enforced
  • Structure