User Interface Custom Start Page Tools

[MrJeranimo]

Custom Start Page Tools
[Currently Broken]

This mod replaces the original KSA start screen with a custom start page to provide a better starting experience.

This includes, checking and updating your Mod Manifest from the start screen, loading a Save from the start screen, Seeing a Save's info when selected, Warnings for mismatches when loading a save, and more to come.

This mod also replaces the in-game Save/Load window with a custom one that is similar to the one on the start screen. It provides extra warnings about if the Save you are about to load has a different Celestial System and/or different Game Type than what is currently loaded.

License: GNU General Public License v3

Source Code: GitHub

SpaceDock: Custom Start Page Tools

Required Mod Loader: StarMap

Installation

If you install the Release, extract the `Custom Start Page Tools.zip` to `Documents\My Games\Kitten Space Agency\mods` and make sure to add

[[mods]]
id="Custom Start Page Tools"
enabled=true

to `\Documents\My Games\Kitten Space Agency\manifest.toml`.

Adding to the SaveInfoWindow

There is a function called `DrawModHook()` in the `StartStagePatch` class in this mod that is intended to allow for other mods to add their own Save Info into the prebuilt window. Just use a Harmony Patch to get the `SelectedSave` from `StartStagePatch` and to patch into the method.

 

[Senarus]

So, I tried this mod so that I can start with my own save file. Unfortunately it crashes KSA when clicking on the save file name in "Load A Save" or in game custom "LOAD SAVE" screen with exception thrown:

ERROR Unhandled exception System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
---> System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'KSA.SimTime' from assembly 'KSA, Version=2026.9.10.5438, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
at MonoMod.Core.Interop.CoreCLR.V60.InvokeCompileMethod(IntPtr functionPtr, IntPtr thisPtr, IntPtr corJitInfo, CORINFO_METHOD_INFO* methodInfo, UInt32 flags, Byte** nativeEntry, UInt32* nativeSizeOfCode)
at MonoMod.Core.Platforms.Runtimes.Core60Runtime.JitHookDelegateHolder.CompileMethodHook(IntPtr jit, IntPtr corJitInfo, CORINFO_METHOD_INFO* methodInfo, UInt32 flags, Byte** nativeEntry, UInt32* nativeSizeOfCode)
at Custom_Start_Page_Tools.SavesMenuUi.DrawSaveInfoBox()
at Custom_Start_Page_Tools.SavesMenuUi.DrawSaveInfoBox()
at Custom_Start_Page_Tools.SavesMenuUi.Draw()
at Custom_Start_Page_Tools.StartPagePatch.DrawSingleplayerMenu()
at Custom_Start_Page_Tools.StartPagePatch.ConfigStartPopupPatch(ConfigOnStartPopup __instance)
at KSA.ConfigOnStartPopup.OnDrawUi_Patch1(ConfigOnStartPopup this)
at KSA.Popup.DrawAll()
at KSA.SelectSystem.DrawUi()
at KSA.SelectSystem.OnFrame()
at KSA.Program..ctor(IReadOnlyList`1 inArgs)
at KSA.Program.Main_Patch1(String[] inArgs)
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InterpretedInvoke_Method(Object obj, IntPtr* args)
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeDirectByRefWithFewArgs(Object obj, Span`1 copyOfArgs, BindingFlags invokeAttr)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeDirectByRefWithFewArgs(Object obj, Span`1 copyOfArgs, BindingFlags invokeAttr)
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeWithOneArg(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke(Object obj, Object[] parameters)
at StarMap.GameSurveyer.RunGame()
at StarMap.Program.Main(String[] args)
at StarMap.Program.<Main>(String[] args).

Thus with this mod I cannot save or load any save files.

 

[MrJeranimo]

So, I tried this mod so that I can start with my own save file. Unfortunately it crashes KSA when clicking on the save file name in "Load A Save" or in game custom "LOAD SAVE" screen with exception thrown:

ERROR Unhandled exception System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
---> System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'KSA.SimTime' from assembly 'KSA, Version=2026.9.10.5438, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
at MonoMod.Core.Interop.CoreCLR.V60.InvokeCompileMethod(IntPtr functionPtr, IntPtr thisPtr, IntPtr corJitInfo, CORINFO_METHOD_INFO* methodInfo, UInt32 flags, Byte** nativeEntry, UInt32* nativeSizeOfCode)
at MonoMod.Core.Platforms.Runtimes.Core60Runtime.JitHookDelegateHolder.CompileMethodHook(IntPtr jit, IntPtr corJitInfo, CORINFO_METHOD_INFO* methodInfo, UInt32 flags, Byte** nativeEntry, UInt32* nativeSizeOfCode)
at Custom_Start_Page_Tools.SavesMenuUi.DrawSaveInfoBox()
at Custom_Start_Page_Tools.SavesMenuUi.DrawSaveInfoBox()
at Custom_Start_Page_Tools.SavesMenuUi.Draw()
at Custom_Start_Page_Tools.StartPagePatch.DrawSingleplayerMenu()
at Custom_Start_Page_Tools.StartPagePatch.ConfigStartPopupPatch(ConfigOnStartPopup __instance)
at KSA.ConfigOnStartPopup.OnDrawUi_Patch1(ConfigOnStartPopup this)
at KSA.Popup.DrawAll()
at KSA.SelectSystem.DrawUi()
at KSA.SelectSystem.OnFrame()
at KSA.Program..ctor(IReadOnlyList`1 inArgs)
at KSA.Program.Main_Patch1(String[] inArgs)
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InterpretedInvoke_Method(Object obj, IntPtr* args)
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeDirectByRefWithFewArgs(Object obj, Span`1 copyOfArgs, BindingFlags invokeAttr)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeDirectByRefWithFewArgs(Object obj, Span`1 copyOfArgs, BindingFlags invokeAttr)
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeWithOneArg(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke(Object obj, Object[] parameters)
at StarMap.GameSurveyer.RunGame()
at StarMap.Program.Main(String[] args)
at StarMap.Program.<Main>(String[] args).

Thus with this mod I cannot save or load any save files.

Unfortunately, this is because KSA updates have broken the mod and I haven't had time to update it. I will mark the mod as [Currently Broken] for now. Sorry about that.

 

[Senarus]

Thank you for response. Yeah, I kind of got a feel that game is too young for serious mod development. Developers, are still make dramatic changes, making it hard to keep mods from breaking. I downloaded 4 mods and every single one of them was broken.

Still, I am very impressed with KSA. It is already better than KSP 1 or 2 in many aspects (like loading time is completely non-existing.)