Modding Tutorials/Custom Comp Classes

Creating a custom comp class is a convenient way to add new functionality to RimWorld.

Prerequisites

• You need to have set up your editor and environment
• You need to know how to write custom code
• You should probably understand Defs at least somewhat.

def (xml) and C# structure

Basic outline

You will have some custom def and it will have something like this:

Defs (xml)

 <ThingDef ...>
   ...
   ...
   <comps>
     <li Class="MyNamespace.MyCompProperties">
       <myCustomCompProperty>some value</myCustomCompProperty>
       <mySecondCompProp>4</mySecondCompProp>
     </li>
     <li>
       <!-- this is kind of like <tag>MN.MyCustomTag</tag>:-->
       <compClass>MyNamespace.MyCustomThingComp</compClass>
     </li>
   </comps>
 </ThingDef>

C#

 namespace MyNamespace // For example, LWM.ModName - by using your 
                         //   handle/name/etc, you almost certainly guarantee uniqueness
 
 public class MyCompProperties : CompProperties // Name this as you wish, of course
 {
   public Properties() {
     this.compClass = typeof(MyNamespace.MyLinkedCompThing); // rename as appropriate
   }
   public string myCustomCompProperty; // Name matches def, of course
   public int mySecondCompProp = 1; // Can set default values
 }
 
 // this ThingComp is used to actually access the comp property defined above
 // this is not "<compClass>MyNamespace.MyCustomThingComp</compClass>"
 public class MyLinkedCompThing : ThingComp
 {
   public string myCustomCompProperty
   {
     get
     {
       return ((MyCompProperties)this.props).myCustomCompProperty;
     }
   }
   public int mySecondCompProperty // Have to get all the names right
   { get  { return ((MyCompProperties)this.props).mySecondCompProperty; } } //etc
 }