Data Types

The Data Types used by Kopernicus are used for every key/value pair, and some have their own unique values.

Example

name = Text
iconColor = Color
cacheFile = Filepath
radius = Float
contractWeight = Integer
timewarpAltitudeLimits = Integer List
cameraSmaRatioBounds = Float List
pressureCurve = FloatCurve

Data Type	Description	Examples
Text	A collection of characters, potentially including spaces. Only include quotes if you want them to appear in-game.	Hello, “Sarnus 123”
Integer	A number that has no decimal part.	1, 100, -13, 69
Float	A floating-point number. It can store decimal values as well as integers. Used for decimal keys.	3.1415926, 2.0, 7, -100.01
Color	A color. It can be expressed in many ways, each of which is shown in the table at the bottom of the page.	See Table
Filepath	A String containing a file path to a file. There are two main ways of specifiying paths, shown in the second table on this page.	See Table
NoiseType	The type of noise to use with Noise-generating PSQMods	Options are “Perlin”, “Billow”, or “RidgedMultiFractal”
NoiseQuality	The quality of the noise being generated	Options are “Low”, “Standard”, “Medium”, or “High”.
Vector2/Vector3	A list of floating point numbers. A Vector2 holds two numbers, while a Vector3 holds 3.	Vector 2: 1,1 Vector3: 1,0.2,1
FloatCurve	A list of keys, each with 2 or 4 values. The first two values are the “time” and “value” values, and the next two are the derivatives of the curve (optional).	See below for a simple example, but read this forum thread on FloatCurves
List	Multiple of whatever datatype is specified in one line. Separated by commas unless otherwise specified. (Example shown is a Float List)	1, 5, 5.4, 6.78

ExampleFloatCurve
{
    key = 0 250
    key = 3.35 500 36.70368 -1.219512
    key = 15.65 485 -3.517569 -16.3017
    key = 52.3 100 -3.71531 -15.77211
    key = 53.64 0
}

Path Format	Description	Example
GameData Path	The file path within GameData. This method is mostly used for specifying assets from either the same mod or a different one from the config itself.	MPE/MPE_Textures/PluginData/Ervo_biomes.png
BUILTIN Path	The name of a texture located in the stock asset files	BUILTIN/Grass2 - A full list of BUILTIN textures can be found here, though they include things not used for planets.

Color Format	Description	Example
Fractional RGBA	A color in RGBA format, where each number is between 0 and 1.	0.5, 0.3, 0.1, 1.0
Explicit RGBA	A color explicitly specified in RGBA format. Each parameter is a number between 0 and 255.	RGBA(100,50,0,255)
RGB	A color in RGB format. Similar to RGBA, but the Alpha value is always 255.	RGB(100,50,0)
HSBA	A color in HSBA format (Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Alpha). Each parameter is a value between 0 and 255.	HSBA(109, 250, 37, 255)
Hexadecimal	A color in hexadecimal format (letters can be upper or lowercase).	#7DA665
XKCD	An XKCD color. More info here.	XKCD.Cyan