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P3D v5 3d needles not moving when aircraft moves, help?

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hi, everyone!! been testing my A300 and realized that the 3d needle i animated (it's called needle_eng1_nozzle_position and needle_eng2_nozzle_position" how do i fix this for the N1 and apply the animation for it to move? they all move in mcx (altimeters, backup altitude, brake pressure, ADI and airspeed ) here it is in P3D while the aircraft was moving in testing on the ground, moving. the other needles do not move (black is where i have not yet put the flat gauges yet since i'm testing this:

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here is the code for needle_eng2_nozzle_position:

<PartInfo>
<Name>needle_eng2_nozzle_position</Name>
<AnimLength>360</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(L:needle_eng2_nozzle_position, number)
</Code>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

what should be the right code for the N1 engine readings and other needles? the keyframe of my animation for n1 readings is 120. changed it to 120 kf but it still does not move
 
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It seems you are using a local variable to drive the animation. Do you have some logic to fill those variables? Normally you would use the stock animations for this.
 
arno said:
It seems you are using a local variable to drive the animation. Do you have some logic to fill those variables? Normally you would use the stock animations for this.
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I do not have the logic to fill those variables. I do not know what the stock animations are for the 3d needles. How could I accomplish this (to find the logic to drive the animation)? Flaps and slats gauge work fine by the way. I am struggling with the 3d needles
 
Did you read the SDK documentation? I'm not an aircraft developer myself, so don't know all details, but if you pick an animation from the modeldef.xml that's a good start.
 
arno said:
Did you read the SDK documentation? I'm not an aircraft developer myself, so don't know all details, but if you pick an animation from the modeldef.xml that's a good start.
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yes! i read the sdk but hadn't come across 3d needles & what stock animation(s) to use for them
 
Code: 
<PartInfo>
   <Name>needle_eng2_nozzle_position</Name>
   <AnimLength>360</AnimLength>
   <Animation>
     <Parameter>
       <Code>
         (A:TURB ENG N1:index, percent) 3.6 *
       </Code>
     </Parameter>
   </Animation>
 </PartInfo>

'index' is the engine number. N1 is returned as percent, so if you have 360 keyframes you need to multiply the return by 3.6. Code not tested.
 
DragonflightDesign said:
Code: 
<PartInfo>
   <Name>needle_eng2_nozzle_position</Name>
   <AnimLength>360</AnimLength>
   <Animation>
     <Parameter>
       <Code>
         (A:TURB ENG N1:index, percent) 3.6 *
       </Code>
     </Parameter>
   </Animation>
 </PartInfo>

'index' is the engine number. N1 is returned as percent, so if you have 360 keyframes you need to multiply the return by 3.6. Code not tested.
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ok, makes sense. Then the needle will work/move if i multiply the return by 1.2? since i have it at 120 kf
 
If your animation has 120 key frames, then why does your animation length say 360?
 
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