From 0feaf5a6ce246576d2ac778415c01d8b6668bae6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sgt_Imalas <20609939+Sgt-Imalas@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:43:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add an easy to reflect for static getter method for the
 mod config

---
 src/CustomizeBuildings/_CustomizeBuildingsState.cs | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/CustomizeBuildings/_CustomizeBuildingsState.cs b/src/CustomizeBuildings/_CustomizeBuildingsState.cs
index 6fac1da..d70ff8d 100644
--- a/src/CustomizeBuildings/_CustomizeBuildingsState.cs
+++ b/src/CustomizeBuildings/_CustomizeBuildingsState.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using PeterHan.PLib.Options;
 using System.IO;
 using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 
 namespace CustomizeBuildings
 {
@@ -14,6 +15,16 @@ namespace CustomizeBuildings
     [ModInfo(null, collapse: true)]
     public class CustomizeBuildingsState : IManualConfig
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// static method that returns the current config state.
+        /// Makes it possible for other mods to easily reflect for the config state to read values.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static object GetModConfigState()
+        {
+            return StateManager.State;
+        }
+
         public int version { get; set; } = 59;
 
         #region $Reset Button

From 1cdf40f7a6b11f0e20476029e42ed67d23d43f57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sgt_Imalas <20609939+Sgt-Imalas@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:44:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Add example mod integration class other mods can copy

---
 .../Customize_Buildings_ModIntegration.cs     | 78 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/CustomizeBuildings/Customize_Buildings_ModIntegration.cs

diff --git a/src/CustomizeBuildings/Customize_Buildings_ModIntegration.cs b/src/CustomizeBuildings/Customize_Buildings_ModIntegration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd19717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CustomizeBuildings/Customize_Buildings_ModIntegration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+using HarmonyLib;
+using System;
+
+namespace CustomizeBuildings
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This class can be copied by other mods to easily read values from the mod config of CustomizeBuildings
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class Customize_Buildings_ModIntegration
+    {
+        static object ConfigState = null;
+        public static bool IntegrationActive { get; private set; } = false;
+        static bool _initializationRun = false;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Fetches a reference to the config state object to later read values from it
+        /// </summary>
+        public static void Init()
+        {
+            if (_initializationRun)
+                return;
+            _initializationRun = true;
+
+            ///fetch the config class type
+            var CustomizeBuildings_CustomizeBuildingsState = Type.GetType("CustomizeBuildings.CustomizeBuildingsState, CustomizeBuildings");
+            if (CustomizeBuildings_CustomizeBuildingsState == null)
+            {
+                Debug.Log("CustomizeBuildings types not found.");
+                return;
+            }
+            ///fetch the method info of the static getter method
+            var m_GetModConfigState = AccessTools.Method(CustomizeBuildings_CustomizeBuildingsState.GetType(), "GetModConfigState");
+            if (m_GetModConfigState == null)
+            {
+                Debug.LogWarning("CustomizeBuildings.CustomizeBuildingsState.GetModConfigState method not found.");
+                return;
+            }
+            ///fetch the mod config state object 
+            ConfigState = m_GetModConfigState.Invoke(null, null);
+            IntegrationActive = ConfigState != null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// wrapper that allows fetching a config state value of type T
+        /// Can only reliably be called after all mods are loaded, e.g. during a non-transpiler patch
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">type of the property to fetch</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="propertyName">name of the property</param>
+        /// <param name="value">fetched value of the property. default(T) if not found or the types dont match</param>
+        /// <returns>bool if the property was found successfully</returns>
+        public static bool TryGetConfigValue<T>(string propertyName, out T value)
+        {
+            value = default(T);
+            Init();
+            if (!IntegrationActive)
+                return false;
+
+            Traverse property = Traverse.Create(ConfigState).Property(propertyName);
+            if (!property.PropertyExists())
+            {
+                Debug.LogWarning("Mod Config State did not have a property with the name: " + propertyName);
+                return false;
+
+            }
+            object propertyValue = property.GetValue();
+            var foundType = propertyValue.GetType();
+            var T_Type = typeof(T);
+            if (foundType != T_Type)
+            {
+                Debug.LogWarning("Mod Config State had a property with the name: " + propertyName + ", but it was typeOf " + foundType.Name + ", instead of the expected " + T_Type.Name);
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            value = (T)propertyValue;
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+}

From 67003dc280f6adf7043944395b4dcca6be2449b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sgt_Imalas <20609939+Sgt-Imalas@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:46:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] rm accidental extra using

---
 src/CustomizeBuildings/_CustomizeBuildingsState.cs | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/CustomizeBuildings/_CustomizeBuildingsState.cs b/src/CustomizeBuildings/_CustomizeBuildingsState.cs
index d70ff8d..5fc2469 100644
--- a/src/CustomizeBuildings/_CustomizeBuildingsState.cs
+++ b/src/CustomizeBuildings/_CustomizeBuildingsState.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 using PeterHan.PLib.Options;
 using System.IO;
 using System;
-using System.Diagnostics;
 
 namespace CustomizeBuildings
 {

From a057d28ea08399a38ee708f4b8d9701fe377032b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sgt_Imalas <20609939+Sgt-Imalas@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:50:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] additional use comment

---
 src/CustomizeBuildings/Customize_Buildings_ModIntegration.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/CustomizeBuildings/Customize_Buildings_ModIntegration.cs b/src/CustomizeBuildings/Customize_Buildings_ModIntegration.cs
index bd19717..4afaa09 100644
--- a/src/CustomizeBuildings/Customize_Buildings_ModIntegration.cs
+++ b/src/CustomizeBuildings/Customize_Buildings_ModIntegration.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public static void Init()
 
         /// <summary>
         /// wrapper that allows fetching a config state value of type T
-        /// Can only reliably be called after all mods are loaded, e.g. during a non-transpiler patch
+        /// Can only reliably be called after all mods are loaded, e.g. during a non-transpiler patch or in a building/entity definition method
         /// </summary>
         /// <typeparam name="T">type of the property to fetch</typeparam>
         /// <param name="propertyName">name of the property</param>