Allows access to other mods' config and creation of config files.

ConfigReader

A class used to read a config file. It is recommended to save the file in a value if to be used again

importing class :

import mods.roidtweaker.forge.config.Reader;

Methods

Only has a single method :

Method	Description	Return Type
getConfigFile(String path)	gets or creates a config file, starting from the instance folder. If you want to target a file in the config folder, you must prepent config/. The file must end in .cfg	IConfigFile
getConfig(String path)	exactly the same, but a different name	IConfigFile

Example

Gets the config file located in myPack/config/coolmod/type1.cfg

val file as IConfig = Reader.getConfigFile("config/coolmod/type1.cfg");

IConfigFile

The file in which the config is stored. It targets an actual file

Methods

All methods get a value from the config file. Example follow

Method	Return Type	Extra Optional Parameters
getBool	bool	none
getBoolean	bool	none
getString	string	none
getInt	int	min as int, max as int
getDouble	double	min as double, max as double
getLong	long	min as long, max as long
getBooleanArray	bool[]	isLengthFixed as bool, maxLength as int
getStringArray	string[]	isLengthFixed as bool, maxLength as int
getIntArray	int[]	min as int, max as int, isLengthFixed as bool, maxLength as int

Here are the base parameters, to which the above Extra Optional Parameters are appended :

file.getString(category as string, name as string, @Optional defaultvalue as [Insert Return Type], @Optional comment as string)

Here is what they mean :

Parameter	Description
category	The category of the config you are looking for. Separate subcategories by .
name	The name of the config option
-----	Starting here, the parameters are all optional and may not be allowed on all types. They are only used when creating a config value
defaultValue	If there is no config option already, will set this one
comment	When creating a config option, the comment to use
min	Minimal value
max	Maximal value
isLengthFixed	Whether the array is required to be the default length
maxLength	Max length of the array

Example Config File

nice_category{ 
    subcat1{
        #Useful Comment
        name="Value we want to see"
    }
    subcat2{
    }
}

To access the value, you must call file.getString("nice_category.subcat1", "name")

To create the value, you must call file.getString("nice_category.subcat1", "name", "Value we want to see", "Useful Comment")