Conditional Display Question????

[ablitos]

Hi all.

After searching the forum and didnt find what im looking for perhaps somebody can help. I created an mdl. file consisting of 1 effect i created to be used in a object. This for fs2004 and exported using Gmax. My effect is for groundlighting which i want to add a conditional display to only show at night. I have added this display to other mdl. files basically the Light_Nav ones with no problem. I converted the file to BGL. and displayed perfectly but when i tried to use MDL tweaker to add the code, the light stays on regardless of time. I went to manually edit the file and not really sure where exactly to put now that its not a LIGHT_ NAV object. I have tried several times but either i placed it wrong or its just not possible this way. Any help would be appriciated as usual. Here is the asm file i got from gmax when i exported it.

ground_top label BGLCODE
material_riff_start_ground	label	word
    db  'M','A','T','E'   
    dd  material_riff_end_ground - $ - 4  
    MATERIAL_LIST_BEGIN
    MATERIAL_DEF 0.345098,0.560784,0.882353,1.000000,  0.345098,0.560784,0.882353,  0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,  0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,  0.000000 ; 0
    MATERIAL_LIST_END
    BGL_RETURN
material_riff_end_ground label word       


bgl_riff_start_ground	label	BGLCODE
    db	'B','G','L',' '
    dd	bgl_riff_end_ground - $ - 4
LOD_0_ground	label	BGLCODE

; NonAlpha
ground_NonAlpha label BGLCODE
    BGL_CALL_32 ground_MasterScale_1        ; Node 1 - MasterScale
    BGL_END
    BGL_RETURN


ground_MasterScale_1 label BGLCODE

    ; Node 3 - RotateAroundX transform:

     BGL_SET_MATRIX_INDIRECT	0

    ; Node 4 - attachpt_ground transform:
    MATERIAL 0 ; <88,143,225,255> 
    BGL_RETURN


bgl_riff_end_ground	label	BGLCODE
;
; STATIC ANIMATION BLOCK
;
static_matrix_list_riff_start_ground	label	word
    db  'T','R','A','N'   
    dd  static_matrix_list_riff_end_ground - $ - 4

; Static matrix parameters for transform: 0
    real4      1.000000,     0.000000,     0.000000,     0.000000  
    real4      0.000000,     0.000000,     1.000000,     0.000000  
    real4      0.000000,    -1.000000,     0.000000,     0.000000  
    real4      0.000000,     0.000000,     0.000000,     1.000000  

; Static matrix parameters for transform: 1
    real4      1.000000,     0.000000,     0.000000,     0.000000  
    real4      0.000000,     0.000000,    -1.000000,     0.000000  
    real4      0.000000,     1.000000,     0.000000,     0.000000  
    real4      0.176353,     0.411489,     0.000000,     1.000000  
static_matrix_list_riff_end_ground label word       

;
; ANIMATION PARAMETER BLOCK
;
animation_parameters_riff_start_ground	label	word
    db  'A','N','I','P'   
    dd  animation_parameters_riff_end_ground - $ - 4
animation_parameters_riff_end_ground label word       

;
; ANIMATION COMMAND BLOCK
;
animation_commands_riff_start_ground	label	word
    db  'A','N','I','C'   
    dd  animation_commands_riff_end_ground - $ - 4

; Animation command for transform: 0  output index: 0
bgl_animation_command_start_ground_0	label	BGLCODE

     BGL_TRANSFORM_INDIRECT  0, 0
 bgl_animation_command_end_ground_0	label	BGLCODE

; Animation command for transform: 1  output index: 1
bgl_animation_command_start_ground_1	label	BGLCODE

     BGL_TRANSFORM_INDIRECT  1, 1
 bgl_animation_command_end_ground_1	label	BGLCODE
animation_commands_riff_end_ground label word       

;
; SCENE GRAPH RIFF BLOCK
;
scene_graph_riff_start_ground	label	word
    db  'S','C','E','N'   
    dd  scene_graph_riff_end_ground - $ - 4

    dw 2
bgl_scene_graph_entry_ground_0	label	byte
BGL_SCENEGRAPH_ENTRY	0, 1, -1, bgl_animation_command_end_ground_0 - bgl_animation_command_start_ground_0, bgl_animation_command_start_ground_0 - bgl_scene_graph_entry_ground_0
bgl_scene_graph_entry_ground_1	label	byte
BGL_SCENEGRAPH_ENTRY	1, -1, -1, bgl_animation_command_end_ground_1 - bgl_animation_command_start_ground_1, bgl_animation_command_start_ground_1 - bgl_scene_graph_entry_ground_1
scene_graph_riff_end_ground label word       

attachpoint_riff_start_ground	label	word
    db  'A','T','T','A'   
    dd  attachpoint_riff_end_ground - $ - 4
	dd	1		; Attach point count 
BGL_ATTACHPOINT_ENTRY 1, attachpoint_name_ground_0
attachpoint_name_ground_0	label	byte
	db	'a','t','t','a','c','h','p','t','_','g','r','o','u','n','d',0
attachpoint_riff_end_ground label word       

attached_object_riff_start_ground	label	word
    db  'A','T','T','O'   
    dd  attached_object_riff_end_ground - $ - 4

db	0, 16, 4, 0, 4, 0, 121, 0, 105, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
db	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 102, 120, 95, 119, 105, 110, 100, 115, 111, 99, 107, 95
db	103, 114, 111, 117, 110, 100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
db	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
db	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
db	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 97, 116, 116, 97, 99, 104, 112, 116, 95, 103, 114
db	111, 117, 110, 100, 0, 1, 16, 4, 0
attached_object_riff_end_ground label word

Dave

 

[arno]

Hi Dave,

That is unfortunately not possible in this way. Attachpoints (and also the effects thus) can not be conditioned using the IFIN1 command. The only way to condition the effect is the use the effect parameters via the attachtool script.

 

[ablitos]

Thanks Arno for replying. It didnt seem like it would but worth the try.

Dave