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MSFS20 Asking about a project feasibility, and Advices if possible :)

Marc L

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Hey, hope you all are doing well!

For quite some time now, I have a project idea, but before digging too much into it, I'd like to ask if it could be achievable in MSFS and if so, where should I start, any tips, advice, maybe from your own experience doing a similar project :)

So basically:
Making an effect (VFX), that is only triggered by User aircraft (and AI too hopefully), Within a set Area/Zone and/or nearby an object (sim object/scenery). While in the area, the User May have a probability to have one or more Failures (engine fail, hydraulics etc)

That's the most simple way I could explain what I'd like to achieve. If you need more details please feel free to ask me :)

I asked someone on Discord, for now I'm only hinted to the "MSFS SDK Effect Editor" and "looking to WASM".

Thanks in advance!
Regards, Marc L
 
first im thinking you mean to create an 'event or action' not a "VFX", this term is specific to 'Visual Effects' like smoke or contrails
thats where you probably got the Effects Editor from but thats not really related to your question

the part where you trigger an event or action with a location should certainly be doable, thats the basis of most every mission
the problem is your not loading a mission, so its likely you would have to code an outside application to make this work (this is where WASM probably comes in, think of it like a bridge that talks with this external app)

to be clear the coding for something like this is way over my head :P but i think it would go something like this ..
you create an Lvar (custom variable you create called a Local Variable) that triggers at a certain distance from a gps coordinate
that Lvar is sent to the app by wasm, the app returns the failure event to the game engine

like i say this is way outside my wheel house so take it with a grain of salt there
 
Hi!
Yes you are very right, the "VFX" is more like a secondary feature, because I wouldn't know how to link the event to them.
However, I would need the VFX to happen when user enter the Area / get close to an object, but not the Whole area get the effect. ie: area is 100x100km (or could be a radius around object too), but the effect only shows around the plane as its moving inside the area.

Thats a simple way to Explain, but if needed I can give you all the details to be able to visualize what I'd like to do ;)

Regards!
 
Hi Marc!

Easy ;)

You create a VFX in SDK VFX Editor
You create a standalone SimConnect WASM, set up aircraft position monitoring loop
Once within the radius of the location, you use VFX API to spawn and attach the VFX to the location relative to the aircraft

Done!
 
This exact sequence of events is possible with our "Mission Hub" App :)
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Great!!! So its really doable! Thank you ;) Also very well done on your app! (it got me scared at first, but looks like what you did here and what I would like to do is different, so I don't think theres is going be be a conflict and I can continue mine ;) ) but if you don't mind, I'd be happy if you had any advices or anything that could help ;) (since I'm new to programming ;) )
 
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