Design Kit v1.1.0.2 [- Stable -]

Important Notes:

• There has been a filename change. The script itself and the configuration remains the same. The filename change is in an effort to maximize compatibility with other things out there. Remove the old filename version before activating this one.

• It is advisable to use the vanilla color configuration section for the first selectable color and only use the design kit for additional color and design options. This way, the placeable will continue to work without this mod, and will be usable on console. The Design Kit xml entries will just be ignored by the game if this mod is not loaded.

• There are some placeables floating around using the old Placeable Design Kit configuration that was depreciated January 2025. Those old keys were only left in temporarily to give people update to the new Design Kit keys. Those that did not update will now have to update manually.

New in this version is the increase to the number of design and design color configurations each vehicle and placeable can have. The limit for vehicles has been increased to <design49> and <designColor49>. Same goes for placeables. The new limits for those are <thDesign49> and <thColor49> as well. The number is high to effectively remove the limit.

In addition, the overall configuration limit for all vehicles has been increased to 65535, which effectively removes the limit. You should no longer see a "too many configurations" message in the log while this is running.

Features:

• Up to 50 pre-registered color configurations for placeables

  • <thColor1Configurations> - <thColor49Configurations>

  • <thColorConfigurations> may also be used

• Up to 50 pre-registered design configurations for placeables

  • <thDesign1Configurations> - <thDesign49Configurations>

  • <thDesignConfigurations> may also be used

• Vehicle color configurations increased to 50

  • <designColor1> - <designColor49> (also simply <designColor>)

• Vehicle design configurations increased to 50

  • <design1> - <design49> (also simply <design>)

• Placeables can be reconfigured after placement, with some game limitations.

• Configurations are usually set when a placeable first loads, meaning a game restart may be required for certain configuration-dependent features to activate. The only other alternative would be to force reload the placeable, which would lose all of its contents since last save.

  • Visual changes (i.e. color, translation, rotation, scale) are unaffected by this limitation.

  • This only applies to placeables that are configured after being placed.

• Precision mode can be toggled while in the construction menu, which makes some fundamental camera changes

  • Movement and zoom is slowed, allowing for more precise placement.

  • Minimum zoom increased, allowing better view of objects at close range.

  • Camera collision disabled, useful for redesigning interiors and placing objects inside of other objects.

  • Edge scrolling is disabled while the configurations (i.e. color/design) menu is open to prevent the camera from moving away from the object being configured when selecting colors, etc.

• Configurations limit has been increased from 127 to 65535, so essentially removed.

• Shader parameters other than colorScale0 can be used with the color system.

  • Game always uses colorScale0 by default

  • Building shader can use "colorScale1" - "colorScale7"

  • Vehicle shader simply uses "colorScale".

Update v1.1.0.2:

• Fixed an issue with placeables that have a shader parameter other than colorScale0 listed in the <nodeParams> section. These should start working again.

Update v1.1.0.1:

• Filename change to increase compatibility with other mods.

Keybinds are right shift + ? for reconfiguring existing placeables and right shift + P to toggle precision mode. These can be changed inside of the in-game menu controls section.

For examples of how this is set up inside of a placeable, check out the placeables over at TrailerParkFarms - itch.io