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  1. Tankerguy72

    3DS Max 3DS Max and MSFS24

    Hi everyone hoping I can get some help here. I am dabbling in the MSFS24 tools with 3ds max and have come across and issue that I can not see to fix. Currently testing converting a helicopter model into MSFS24 and testing out the new prop/rotor animation and materials. I had everything exporting...
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    MSFS20 3 Position Spring Switch

    Hi all. After months of time off not messing with code I am diving back in to working on my aircraft. Not that I was ever good at it, but now I am very rusty and my brain is fried. My issue is with creating a 3 position spring switch( Up-Down) that returns to center. I have created something...
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    MSFS20 KHMT Hemet Ryan Airport (Released)

    My first scenery project has been released for MSFS2020. Hemet Ryan airport is located in the city of Hemet in Riverside County, CA. It features a main asphalt runway (5-23) that is 4,315' x 100' and smaller asphalt runway (4-22) 2,014' x 25' mainly used for Sailplane operations. Cal Fire and...
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    MSFS20 Turboprop Engine Starter

    Hi all. Working on getting my starters working for my S2T project. I found a code on here digging through other threads that seams to work but not all the way. Went I click the start button the engine spins up but never fires off, the starter just keeps running. Any hint on where the error is...
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    MSFS20 [SOLVED] Names for nodes using the AS530

    I not sure if anything has confused me more than using the templates in MSFS2020. I wasnt even able to fully get a handle on xml coding in P3D and then MSFS came along and threw a wrench in everything for me haha. Any who, after searching, searching and more searching I found a thread that...
  6. Tankerguy72

    Dial Code Help

    Hello All, I'm having an issue with coding a couple dials in my VC. The dials are the DRP QTY and CVG Level dials. I have the aninimations working correctly except I want them to always start at Line on DRP QTY and 3 on CVG Level. When I add the 80 in front of the code, the dial starts in...
  7. Tankerguy72

    Sdk vs0.17

    Did anything happen to change in the new SDK update affecting textures? Ever since I downloaded the new sdk I am getting the error warning "model textures not found in the texture directories:" Nothing changed on my end except downloading the sdk update.
  8. Tankerguy72

    Visibility Timer Help

    I am in need of a little help or clarification of what i'm doing wrong. I have a switch that turns on my power to my tank controller. When the switch is flipped on there are a set of lights that come on for 1 second and then turn off. I am using this code but it delays the lights shutting...
  9. Tankerguy72

    MSFS20 Radios Plane Transparency

    I am able to get my radio freqs to display off of my plane with the material name of my gauge00= but I am left with the freqs on a black plane in the sim. How do I control the transparency of the plane to just show the radio frequencies?
  10. Tankerguy72

    MSFS20 Moving code from P3D to MSFS

    I am in the process of moving my model to MSFS. For the most part Im having good luck with moving code over that worked in P3D. I am having a bit of trouble with this one though. Its a landing light switch. Up is for Landing Lights, center is off and down is for Wig Wags which I control with...
  11. Tankerguy72

    MSFS20 Grumman S2F-3AT (S2T) Turbo Tracker

    I was originally building this for P3D, but with the release of MSFS I have fully switched over and dedicated my build to the new sim. I just recently within the past couple weeks had a successful export into the sim. I am re-animating and re-texturing to the MSFS standards. I am hopefully for...
  12. Tankerguy72

    MSFS20 MSFS 3DS and animations

    Hello all. I am working on a new model for MSFS. I have the aircraft exported and textures. I am hung up with animations though. I do not understand the process to get them to work. I set up the .xml file and add the animation there with a new guid. I select the part in 3ds animate it with...
  13. Tankerguy72

    MSFS2020 legacy aircraft materials after SU5

    I have a question if any knows the answer. Previous to SU5 I could make my legacy imports look pretty good in the sim by editing their material settings and making new spec maps. After SU5 the textures show but the spec maps have no affect anymore. Did they change something with the textures in...
  14. Tankerguy72

    Text on gauge in VC

    I am new to making gauges and my own animations but starting to get it slowly. I am creating a retardant tank control panel in my aircraft and it has a place for 3 text number readouts. The Tank Quantity would be the payload of two stations in the aircraft (retardant load) and the coverage level...
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    P3D v4 Switch cover animation

    Hello all, im just dipping my feet into the world of coding animations. Im looking for a bit of help. Im trying to animate a rocker switch cover to open when clicked and when clicked to close it would also shut off the switch under it? Any help or point to a direction where I can read up on it...
  16. Tankerguy72

    P3D V4 PBR Material Slots

    Newbie question... dabbing into the PBR realm and noticed the maps area in the Material Editor is a bit different now. Is there still a way to add specular or bump maps? Only see slots for Albedo, Metallic, Normal, Emissive, and Detail.
  17. Tankerguy72

    P3D v4 Prop issue

    I believe this is the right thread for this question, so here it goes. I am trying something new for me and adding a prop texture from the side to make it viewable when looking from the left or right wing. I am very happy with the side results but I dont like that I am able to see the texture...
  18. Tankerguy72

    P3D v4 Rotation animation pivot

    Trying to make a landing gear door rotate 90 degrees. All looks good until I play the animation and it pivots on two axis' it seems even those its just a 90 degree rotation. I have reset the xform and that didnt help, so I am kind of stuck on what to do. Any help?
  19. Tankerguy72

    Lose Smoothing exporting to P3Dv4

    Picked up a model from online and imported into 3DS. Everything looks good until I export to P3D. When I load the aircraft up in the sim it looks boxy with no smoothing despite looking fine in 3DS. Any ideas?
  20. Tankerguy72

    P3D v3 Fairchild C-123 Provider

    After 7 good years of use I had to retire my old computer and bought a new one for Christmas. With the new computer I thought Id step up to 3DS max and give it a shot. Ive messed around with GMAX for quite a few years but I still consider myself a rookie modeler. So with that here is my newest...
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