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Catapult/Arrestor Operations (FSXA)
- Thread starter seaviper
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Catapult Start Points
Some notes on setting up Catapults:
-Apparently there is a maximum distance cat start points can be from the center of the ship model, which appears to be about a 70 meter radius. I'm pretty sure the SDK does NOT mention that! It would have been REAL nice to know 3 days ago...
-I've seen some posts that say the "C" in attachpt_catapult_start_n needs to be capitalized, but I've had good function either way. The only thing I've seen mentioned in the SDK as case sensitive are XML conditionals (if, else, ect).
Some notes on setting up Catapults:
-Apparently there is a maximum distance cat start points can be from the center of the ship model, which appears to be about a 70 meter radius. I'm pretty sure the SDK does NOT mention that! It would have been REAL nice to know 3 days ago...
-I've seen some posts that say the "C" in attachpt_catapult_start_n needs to be capitalized, but I've had good function either way. The only thing I've seen mentioned in the SDK as case sensitive are XML conditionals (if, else, ect).
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Confirmed. If you happen to exceed that distance you'll likely end up wondering what again you did wrong with the attach points or get a bit suspicious concerning your own IQ.
SDK documentation is a wonderfull thing and it gets even better when you realise that none of it has been written by people having anything to do with the coding, but come on... what the sleazy secretaries normally get paid for...
Oh.. and BTW, did someone mention that attachpt_catapult_start_n has to be oriented so that its (-1, 0, 0) vector has to go along catapult rail direction?
I wonder what the hell is this for? Couldn't they just calculate the cat_rail direction using both attachpt_catapult_start_n and attachpt_catapult_end_n points? This would quickly give both the rail direction and the cat's length....
