Merge branch 'dev'

Author: gotmachine

GameData/KSPCommunityFixes/KSPCommunityFixes.version

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "NAME": "KSPCommunityFixes",
   "URL": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KSPModdingLibs/KSPCommunityFixes/master/GameData/KSPCommunityFixes/KSPCommunityFixes.version",
   "DOWNLOAD": "https://github.com/KSPModdingLibs/KSPCommunityFixes/releases",
-  "VERSION": {"MAJOR": 1, "MINOR": 36, "PATCH": 1, "BUILD": 0},
+  "VERSION": {"MAJOR": 1, "MINOR": 37, "PATCH": 0, "BUILD": 0},
   "KSP_VERSION": {"MAJOR": 1, "MINOR": 12, "PATCH": 5},
   "KSP_VERSION_MIN": {"MAJOR": 1, "MINOR": 8, "PATCH": 0},
   "KSP_VERSION_MAX": {"MAJOR": 1, "MINOR": 12, "PATCH": 5}

GameData/KSPCommunityFixes/Settings.cfg

@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ KSP_COMMUNITY_FIXES
   // Optional MM-patcheable toggle to always disable the MH features
   OptionalMakingHistoryDLCFeaturesAlwaysDisable = false
 
+  // Allow targeting the parent body of the current craft, or any body in the parent hierarchy
+  TargetParentBody = true
+
   // ##########################
   // Performance tweaks
   // ##########################
@@ -372,19 +375,25 @@ KSP_COMMUNITY_FIXES
     LogGameEventsSubscribers = false
   }
 
-  // Fix CommNet update throttling mechanism that exists in stock but doesn't work correctly.
-  // This is supposed to prevent full CommNet network updates from happening every frame, but instead to
-  // to happen at a regular real-world time interval of 5 seconds while in flight. Enabling this throttling
-  // mechanism has an detrimental impact on the precision of the simulation, so this patch isn't enabled by
-  // default to avoid issues in mods relying on the stock behavior. Enabling this can provide a decent 
-  // performance uplift in games having a large amount of celestial bodies and/or vessels.
-  CommNetThrottling = false
+  // Implement a throttling mechanism preventing CommNet network updates from happening every frame. 
+  // When this patch is enabled, network updates will only happen at a set interval of in-game seconds, 
+  // defined by below settings. This patch will cause events such as line of sight loss or acquisition, 
+  // or comm link changes to happen with a delay, but provide a significant performance uplift in games 
+  // having a large amount of celestial bodies and/or vessels.
+  CommNetThrottling = true
 
-  // Interval in real-world seconds between full CommNet network updates.
   COMMNET_THROTTLING_SETTINGS
   {
-    unpackedInterval = 5 // interval when the active vessel is not timewarping
-    packedInterval = 0.5 // interval when the active vessel is timewarping
+    // Maximum duration in in-game seconds between CommNet updates.
+    // Increasing it further than the 2.5s default won't have any effect on framerate and will make 
+    // CommNet situation changes (such as loss or acqusition of signal) increasingly sluggish.
+    maxGameTimeInterval = 2.5 
+
+    // Minimum duration in real world *milliseconds* between CommNet updates.
+    // Increasing it will only affect medium to fast timewarp situations, and will improve framerate 
+    // and significately reduce simulation precision. Recommended value is either 20 or 500 to 1000, 
+    // values in between will likely result in stuttery framerate and no perceptible improvement.
+    minRealTimeInterval = 20  
   }
 
   // This tweak eliminates KSP's stock behavior of saving every time
@@ -448,7 +457,7 @@ KSP_COMMUNITY_FIXES
   // strut position tracking...
   PartSystemsFastUpdate = true
 
-  // Various small performance patches (volume normalizer, eva module checks)
+  // Various small performance patches (volume normalizer, eva module checks, FlightGlobals.fetch)
   MinorPerfTweaks = true
 
   // General micro-optimization of FlightIntegrator and VesselPrecalculate. This has a significant impact in
@@ -458,6 +467,16 @@ KSP_COMMUNITY_FIXES
   // General micro-optimization of floating origin shifts. Main benefit is in large particle count situations
   // but this helps a bit in other cases as well.
   FloatingOriginPerf = true
+  
+  // Improve performance in the Map View when a large number of vessels and bodies are visible via faster drawing
+  // of orbit lines and CommNet lines.
+  OptimisedVectorLines = true
+
+  // Faster part icon generation and Part fields parsing.
+  PartParsingPerf = true
+
+  // Significantly reduces the time it takes to open the craft browser and to search by name. Most noticeable with lots of craft.
+  CraftBrowserOptimisations = true
 
   // ##########################
   // Modding
@@ -496,6 +515,11 @@ KSP_COMMUNITY_FIXES
   // To use add `Description` attribute to the field.
   KSPFieldEnumDesc = false
 
+  // Allow dynamically defining additional BaseFields on a Part or PartModule and having the backing
+  // field for that BaseField in another class / instance than the targetted Part or Module. Look for
+  // the examples and documentation in the patch source.
+  BaseFieldListUseFieldHost = true
+
   // ##########################
   // Localization tools
   // ##########################

KSPCommunityFixes/BasePatch.cs

@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ internal class TranspileInDebugAttribute : Attribute
     {
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// When applied to a class derived from <see cref="BasePatch"/>, the patch won't be automatically applied.<para/>
+    /// To apply the patch, call <see cref="BasePatch.Patch"/>. Note that if that call happens before ModuleManager
+    /// has patched the configs (ie, before part compilation), <see cref="BasePatch.IgnoreConfig"/> must be overriden
+    /// to return <see langword="true"/>, or the patch won't be applied.
+    /// </summary>
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = false)]
+    internal class ManualPatchAttribute : Attribute
+    {
+    }
+
     public abstract class BasePatch
     {
         public static readonly string pluginData = "PluginData";
@@ -64,7 +75,7 @@ public static void Patch(Type patchType)
 
             if (!patch.IgnoreConfig && !KSPCommunityFixes.enabledPatches.Contains(patchType.Name))
             {
-                Debug.Log($"[KSPCommunityFixes] Patch {patchType.Name} not applied (disabled in Settings.cfg)");
+                Debug.Log($"[KSPCommunityFixes] Patch {patchType.Name} not applied (not enabled in Settings.cfg)");
                 return;
             }