#1 : find GameObjects by path via field rather than node name since it can have slashes and spaces

Author: JonnyOThan

GameData/Mutiny/test.cfg

@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ SCENE_PATCH
 	type = ModifyObject
 	scene = VABmodern
 
-	VABmodern
+	GameObject
 	{
+		path = VABmodern/VAB_interior_modern/Day Lights/Shadow Light
+
 		Components
 		{
-			Transform
+			Light
 			{
-				localScale = 0.1, 0.1, 0.1
+				color = 1,0,0
 			}
 		}
 	}

Source/ModifyObject.cs

@@ -18,7 +18,18 @@ public override void Load(ConfigNode configNode)
 
 			foreach (var childNode in configNode.nodes.nodes)
 			{
-				m_gameObjectMutators.Add(childNode.name, CreateMutators(childNode, typeof(GameObject)));
+				if (childNode.name == "GameObject")
+				{
+					string path = childNode.GetValue("path");
+					childNode.RemoveValue("path");
+
+					if (path == null)
+					{
+						Log.Error("ModifyObject patch must have a `path` field for each GameObject node");
+					}
+
+					m_gameObjectMutators.Add(path, CreateMutators(childNode, typeof(GameObject)));
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -91,10 +102,11 @@ private static void CreateObjectMutators(ConfigNode configNode, Type objectType,
 			}
 		}
 
+		// these should probably be wrapped up in a factory class or something
 		static Dictionary<Type, Dictionary<string, Action<ConfigNode, Type, List<Action<object>>>>> x_customNodeHandlers = new()
 		{
 			{
-				typeof(GameObject), new Dictionary<string, Action<ConfigNode, Type, List<Action<object>>>>
+				typeof(GameObject), new ()
 				{
 					{ "Components", CreateComponentMutators },
 				}