API:List of Part Modules
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Behaviour is added to parts in KSP using modular components called part modules. These are classes which derive from PartModule.
Part modules can be added to a part by editing that part's configuration file. For example, to add a part module called "ModuleName" to a part, the part's configuration file should be edited to include the following before the final closing '}' in the file:
MODULE { name = ModuleName }
The following is an incomplete list of the part modules in KSP as of version 1.0.5.
| Module name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| FXModuleAnimateThrottle | Varies the state of an animation based on the current throttle setting. Most commonly used to make rocket engines glow orange when they're running. | |
| FXModuleConstrainPosition | Used to automatically position, rotate or constrain movement of a [[1]] relative to another. For example, rotating mounting struts to stay attached to a gimballing engine, or keeping wheel suspension attached to the wheel as it bounces. | |
| ModuleAblator | Used for heat shields to provide thermal protection during re-entry. The module consumes the resource named in ablativeResource as it does this (normally Ablator, defined outside the part module). The part's colour is also darkened as ablataiveResource is depleted. | |
| ModuleActiveRadiator | Used for radiators to remove heat from the craft at the cost of a named resource, normally ElectricCharge. | |
| ModuleAdvancedLandingGear | Unknown. Currently unused. | |
| ModuleAerodynamicLift | Unknown. Currently unused. | |
| ModuleAeroSurface | Allows toggling to a high-drag mode while activating an animation. Currently used only for the airbrake part. | |
| ModuleAlternator | Generates the specified resource, normally ElectricCharge, at a rate dependent on the thrust of an engine module within the same part. | |
| ModuleAnalysisResource | Used in the Surface Scanning Module part to provide right-click abundance percentage for the given resourceName, Ore. | |
| ModuleAnchoredDecoupler | Used in radial decouplers to detach the part. | |
| ModuleAnimateGeneric | Used to toggle animations via right-click menu or action group, for example toggling cockpit lights, engaging thrust reversers, or opening and closing cargo bay doors. | |
| ModuleAnimateHeat | Varies the state of an animation based on the part's heat. Used to provide the orange glow on intakes and nose cones as they heat up. | |
| ModuleAnimationGroup | Used to play "deploy" and looped "running" animations for parts such as the Convert-O-Tron 250 and the 'Drill-O-Matic' Mining Excavator | |
| ModuleAnimatorLandingGear | ?? | |
| ModuleAsteroid | ?? | |
| ModuleAsteroidAnalysis | ?? | |
| ModuleAsteroidDrill | ?? | |
| ModuleAsteroidInfo | ?? | |
| ModuleAsteroidResource | ?? | |
| ModuleBiomeScanner | ?? | |
| ModuleCargoBay | ?? | |
| ModuleCommand | ?? | |
| ModuleConductionMultiplier | ?? | |
| ModuleControlSurface | ?? | |
| ModuleCoreHeat | ?? | |
| ModuleDataTransmitter | ?? | |
| ModuleDecouple | ?? | |
| ModuleDeployableRadiator | ?? | |
| ModuleDeployableSolarPanel | ?? | |
| ModuleDisplaceTweak | ?? | |
| ModuleDockingNode | ?? | |
| ModuleDragModifier | ?? | |
| ModuleEffectTest | ?? | |
| ModuleEngines | This part module has been made obsolete by ModuleEnginesFX. It provides thrust in exchange for a propellant resource. | |
| ModuleEnginesFX | An upgraded version of ModuleEngines which provides support for EFFECTS nodes (particle and sound effects). | |
| ModuleEnviroSensor | Provides data in the part's right-click menu in exchange for [[Electric_charge | ElectricCharge]]. The data displayed is determined by sensorType, which can be TEMP (temperature), GRAV (gravity), ACC (accelleration), or PRES (pressure). |
| ModuleFuelJettison | ?? | |
| ModuleGenerator | ?? | |
| ModuleGimbal | ?? | |
| ModuleGPS | ?? | |
| ModuleGrappleNode | ?? | |
| ModuleHandle | ?? | |
| ModuleHighDefCamera | ?? | |
| ModuleJettison | ?? | |
| ModuleJointMotor | ?? | |
| ModuleJointMotorTest | ?? | |
| ModuleJointPivot | ?? | |
| ModuleLandingGear | ?? | |
| ModuleLandingGearFixed | ?? | |
| ModuleLandingLeg | ?? | |
| ModuleLiftingSurface | ?? | |
| ModuleLight | ?? | |
| ModuleOrbitalScanner | ?? | |
| ModuleOrbitalSurveyor | ?? | |
| ModuleOverheadDisplay | ?? | |
| ModuleParachute | ?? | |
| ModulePhysicMaterial | ?? | |
| ModuleProceduralFairing | ?? | |
| ModuleRCS | ?? | |
| ModuleReactionWheel | ?? | |
| ModuleRemoteController | ?? | |
| ModuleResource | ?? | |
| ModuleResourceConverter | ?? | |
| ModuleResourceHarvester | ?? | |
| ModuleResourceIntake | ?? | |
| ModuleResourceScanner | ?? | |
| ModuleRotatingJoint | ?? | |
| ModuleSampleCollector | ?? | |
| ModuleSampleContainer | ?? | |
| ModuleSAS | ?? | |
| ModuleScienceContainer | ?? | |
| ModuleScienceConverter | ?? | |
| ModuleScienceExperiment | ?? | |
| ModuleScienceLab | ?? | |
| ModuleSeeThroughObject | ?? | |
| ModuleSteering | ?? | |
| ModuleSurfaceFX | ?? | |
| ModuleTestSubject | ?? | |
| ModuleToggleCrossfeed | ?? | |
| ModuleTripLogger | ?? | |
| ModuleWheel | ?? |
