kRPC v0.5.2

• Documentation
• Forum release thread
• Forum development thread

Client libraries:

• C++
• C#
• C-nano
• Java
• Lua
• Python

Changes

Server

• Update to protobuf v3.10.1
• Fix game lagging when first client connects (#712)
• Change KRPCDefaultValueAttribute so that it applies to parameters directly (#677)

SpaceCenter service

• Fix null reference exception when SpaceCenter.LaunchVesselFromVAB is called with no crew (#599)
• Add Engine.IndependentThrottle to check whether it is enabled
• Allow setting the independent throttle using Engine.Throttle
• Fix Engine.HasFuel sometimes returning true for flamed-out SRBs (#631)
• Add functions to manipulate a part modules fields based on identifier
• Module.Fields now throws an exception if there are multiple fields with the same name
• Add Module.FieldsById to get a dictionary of field values keyed by their identifier
• Add Module.SetFieldBool and Module.SetFieldBoolById to set a field with a boolean value
• Module.SetField* methods now raise an exception if setting the field to the wrong value type
• Change default names for alarms created by AlarmManager

C++ client

• Use protobuf-lite
• Roll back to protobuf v3.21.12 to avoid absl dependency

C-nano client

• The arduino compatible version of the library now uses the same "krpc_cnano/..." include directory as the version released on GitHub.

Python client

• Requires Python 3.7+
• Add type hints (#703)
• Pre-generated stubs now include implementation of services as well as type hints
• Fix various type hint bugs in generated stubs
• Allow importing types from a service using, for example "from krpc.services.spacecenter import Vessel"