These two mods update your Aurora 4x database so that sized components have the size in the name, and are sorted by increasing order of size. This is most useful with fuel tanks as it makes reaching a precise fuel value far easier than otherwise, but all sized components benefit. Note that this modifies all games in your save database, as they all share a common list of components.
The mods can be used independently of each other, and in combination with Zap0's Standard Component Rename (values) mod. All three have been specifically designed to be compatible with each other.
InstallationAll three mods are available through
AuroraLoader, or you can download them directly from
my git repositories. Known to be compatible with all versions of C# Aurora before version 1.12.0, and I suspect that it will be compatible with all C# versions of Aurora far into the future. The component id numbers don't ever seem to get reassigned; new features added to the game simply get added to the end of the list.
ScreenshotsFrom left to right: Size in Tons, Sorting, and both installed together.
Changelogv0.0: April 20, 2020
This all started with a post here on the Aurora forum where TMaekler asked if this was possible.
My reply was a shell script that accomplished this for a handful of components.
v1.0: August 22, 2020
Published via AuroraLoader with the majority of the components renamed.
v1.1: October 24, 2020
Renamed ECM, ECCM, and Jump Point Stabilisation Modules.
v2.0: October 30, 2020
Split and rereleased as the Standard Component Sorting and Standard Component Rename (Size in Tons) mods, now compatible with all three Standard Component rename mods.
v2.1: November 6, 2020
Bumped the version number in order to ensure that it gets installed from the new release zip file.