Killing-Floor-INI-Loader

Load INI in Run-Time

Well, raw explanation, I don't have much time they are following me (???), this is for KF Server, when you run a dedicated server, you cannot load ini files at run-time, I patched a function named GetPerObjectNames to achieve this. (don't worry, you can use that function normally)

You have 2 projects, the injector and the DLL. Both must be located in KF/System/ (KFInjector2.exe and KFINILoader.dll) Also, you will need an injector bat file, that will inject the dll in UCC.exe (it also works in a sandbox environment)

https://github.com/AnDumu/Killing-Floor-INI-Loader/blob/main/System/KF_Server_Launcher.bat

start "Injector" cmd /c KFInjector.bat

ucc.exe server KF-westlondon.rom?game=KFmod.KFGameType?MaxPlayers=23?Mutator=MutLoader.MutLoader -log=server.log

https://github.com/AnDumu/Killing-Floor-INI-Loader/blob/main/System/KFInjector.bat

@echo off
timeout 3
KFInjector2 "ucc.exe" "KFINILoader.dll"
pause

All INIs must be located within M_CFG.ini or the name you give in the project.

https://github.com/AnDumu/Killing-Floor-INI-Loader/blob/main/System/M_CFG.ini

[INIT]
Total=1
Debug=1

[1]
INI=AreYouVipList.ini
Changed=0

Debug=1 will result in an output file in /System/, like KF UCC.log or whatever you configured... (std::wstring WriteLogFile = L"KF UCC.log";)

https://github.com/AnDumu/Killing-Floor-INI-Loader/blob/main/System/AreYouVipList.ini

[INIT]
Total=4
RetrieveFields=SteamID|Level|IsStillVIP

[1]
SteamID=76561198066780196
Level=1
IsStillVIP=0
TimesBought=1
Bought=2022/02/13
Expiraton=2022/03/14

[2]
SteamID=76561198066780195
Level=2
IsStillVIP=1
TimesBought=1
Bought=2022/02/13
Expiraton=2022/03/14

[3]
SteamID=76561198066780194
Level=3
IsStillVIP=1
TimesBought=1
Bought=2022/02/13
Expiraton=2022/03/14

[4]
SteamID=76561198066780193
Level=2
IsStillVIP=0
TimesBought=1
Bought=2022/02/13
Expiraton=2022/03/14

The RetrieveFields is the fields that it's gonna return when processing.

And it can be called like:
Total to get the amount of items in the ini file.
By index using a number, 1, 2, 3, etc.
All to get all items, the list cannot skip items (you need to program it if you want to), so you can add a flag to do not processing when scripting in Unreal.

A working example in scripting: https://github.com/AnDumu/Killing-Floor-INI-Loader/blob/main/UnrealScript/AreYouVIP.uc

These functions are 🔸mandatory🔸 (you can delete the MutLog function)

function AllocList(out array<string> List, string TmpField)
{
	local int i;
	
	MutLog("----->>> AllocList <<<-----");
	
	for (i = 0; i < List.Length; i++)
	{
		List[i] = TmpField;
	}
}

function GetINIInfo(out array<string> List, string INI, string KeyName)
{
	List = GetPerObjectNames(INI, KeyName, 9999999);
}

function int GetINITotal(out array<string> List, string INI)
{
	local string KeyName;
	
	KeyName = "Total";
	
	GetINIInfo(List, INI, Keyname);
	
	return int(List[0]);
}

How you use it:

function PrintList(out array<string> List)
{
	local int i;
	
	MutLog("----->>> PrintList <<<-----");
	
	for (i = 0; i < List.Length; i++)
	{
		MutLog("             List[" $ i $ "]: " $ List[i]);
	}
	
	MutLog("--------------------------");
}

function Testa()
{
	local array<string> List;
	local string INI;
	local string KeyName;
	local int Count;
	local string TmpField;
	
	//this one could be anything, just need 22 chars or more, the DLL will fill it with |
	TmpField = "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"; //SteamID + 1 char (just in case for SteamID it could get bigger) + Level + IsStillVIP 
	
	MutLog("----->>> B4 List = GetPerObjectNames();  <<<-----");
	
	INI = "AreYouVipList.ini";
	
	//Get Total
	List.Length = 1;
	List[0] = "0000000000";
	Count = GetINITotal(List, INI);
	MutLog("----->>> GetINITotal(AreYouVipList.ini): " $ Count $ " <<<-----");
	List.Length = 0; //Reset (just in case)
	// -------------------------------------------------
	
	//Get only 1 by index (need to test 1 out of bounds)
	/*KeyName = "5";
	List.Length = 1;
	List[0] = "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";
	GetINIInfo(List, INI, KeyName);
	
	if (List.Length > 0)
	{
		MutLog("----->>> GetINIIndex(AreYouVipList.ini, 1): " $ List[0] $ " <<<-----");
		
		List.Length = 0; //Reset
	}*/
	// -------------------------------------------------
	
	//Get All
	List.Length = Count;
	AllocList(List, TmpField);
	
	KeyName = "All";
	
	GetINIInfo(List, INI, KeyName);
	
	MutLog("----->>> GetINIInfo(AreYouVipList.ini, All): " $ List.Length $ " <<<-----");
	
	PrintList(List);
	List.Length = 0; //Reset (just in case)
	// -------------------------------------------------
}

simulated function MutLog(string s)
{
	log(s, 'AreYouVIP');
}

Result:

Extra: You can add more tags like AllWays beyond All and 1,2,3,.. (numbers) or whatever you want to avoid the Changed flag, the code could be upgraded when processing data, but not everyone is gonna touch it or know anything about programming, so I did split it for a better understanding.

Logic, for this example, you add a new VIP one, you add it in AreYouVipList.ini, then you go to M_CFG.ini and you change Changed flag to 1, and BOOM, it is gonna be reloaded, remmeber to use the above unrealscript that calls that function in a good way to not crash or to avoid unexpected situations.

The code is free, use it, do whatever you want, hf!