FSXA Custom Gauge groups

[NachtPiloten]

I am trying to make a subgroup of animation tags for my gauges. In the modelfef file when you create a new subgroup there is a unique guid numbers for the group:

<AnimationGroup name="EH-101 Specific" guid="0x84DDB2FF,0x444A,0x499c,0x816E,0x74ACBBADCD36">

Where do you get these from?

Thanks

 

[Simon853]

There's a GUID generator in MS Visual Studio, or a standalone one you can download from MS. I think it comes in the Windows Platform SDK also.

Si

 

[n4gix]

I am trying to make a subgroup of animation tags for my gauges. In the modelfef file when you create a new subgroup there is a unique guid numbers for the group:

<AnimationGroup name="EH-101 Specific" guid="0x84DDB2FF,0x444A,0x499c,0x816E,0x74ACBBADCD36">

Where do you get these from?

Thanks

That is simply a "standard GUID" that's written in a different format! To be perfectly honest, the simplest way to create a new one is to copy an existing one, paste in your new <AnimationGroup...> entry, then change at least one "number" (0 through F) in each section.

BTW, I don't how widely this is known, but...

...we don't have to keep new entries organized in the same order as the "stock" modeldef.xml file!

Note the "pattern" in the example below. The general idea is that we can keep all our "custom" entries at the top of the file to keep it segregated from the "stock definitions."

I also have multiple xxx_modeldef.xml files; one for each project. I simply rename them as needed for which ever project I'm currently working on. The abbreviated version below is archived as GLEX_modeldef.xml obviously.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ModelInfo>
  <!-- GLEX OVERHEAD ANIMATIONS -->
  <Animation name="GLEX_Ovhd_MBattery" guid="5b61b61a-5f5a-4327-8132-751cbe4c40b5" length="50" type="Sim" typeParam2="GLEX_Ovhd_MBattery" typeParam="AutoPlay" />
  <Animation name="GLEX_Ovhd_ELT" guid="030b893e-6d0f-479a-a495-4333371511a0" length="50" type="Sim" typeParam2="GLEX_Ovhd_ELT" typeParam="AutoPlay" />
  <Animation name="GLEX_Ovhd_L_HYD_SOV" guid="18a95a50-1f23-4d9f-8cf9-f456ba72615f" length="50" type="Sim" typeParam2="GLEX_Ovhd_L_HYD_SOV" typeParam="AutoPlay" />

  <AnimationGroup name="EDSG_GLEX_OVHD" guid="0x4F22FE3B,0x4F3E3F98,0xEBC4F665,0x8A3F10D0">
    <AnimationRef guid="18a95a50-1f23-4d9f-8cf9-f456ba72615f"/>
    <AnimationRef guid="030b893e-6d0f-479a-a495-4333371511a0"/>
    <AnimationRef guid="5b61b61a-5f5a-4327-8132-751cbe4c40b5"/>
  </AnimationGroup>

  <PartInfo>
    <Name>GLEX_Ovhd_MBattery</Name>
    ...et cetera
  </PartInfo>

  <PartInfo>
    <Name>GLEX_Ovhd_ELT</Name>
    ...et cetera
  </PartInfo>

  <PartInfo>
    <Name>GLEX_Ovhd_L_HYD_SOV</Name>
    ...et cetera
  </PartInfo>

  <!-- END GLEX OVERHEAD ANIMATIONS -->

  <!-- STOCK MODELDEF.XML DEFINITIONS AND SCRIPTS -->
  <Animation name="baggageloaderarm" guid="df1c4a50-b792-4f59-9b4e-101843a33d67" type="Sim" typeParam2="baggageloaderarm" typeParam="AutoPlay"/>
  <Animation name="anemometer" guid="b24c3586-f416-4e4b-b3e6-eb79b4fa499e" length="100" type="Sim" typeParam2="anemometer" typeParam="AutoPlay" />
  <Animation name="anemometer_spirit" guid="65e4dafd-4a1d-4c10-8424-c01dda66b0bc" length="100" type="Sim" typeParam2="anemometer_spirit" typeParam="AutoPlay" />
  ...et cetera

  <AnimationGroup name="CONTROL SURFACES" guid="0x4F22FE3B,0x4F3E3F98,0xEBC4F665,0x8A3F10D0">
    <AnimationRef guid="18a95a50-1f23-4d9f-8cf9-f456ba72615f"/>
    <AnimationRef guid="030b893e-6d0f-479a-a495-4333371511a0"/>
    <AnimationRef guid="5b61b61a-5f5a-4327-8132-751cbe4c40b5"/>
  </AnimationGroup>

  <PartInfo>
    <Name>baggageloaderarm</Name>
    ...et cetera
  </PartInfo>

  <PartInfo>
    <Name>anemometer</Name>
    ...et cetera
  </PartInfo>

  <PartInfo>
    <Name>anemometer_spirit</Name>
    ...et cetera
  </PartInfo>
  
</ModelInfo>

 

[NachtPiloten]

Ok but

I have a guid generator and did that for all my new gauges. BUT in the modeldef file when you create a new group of gauges there is a special header that requires a guid that is not like the others. Just wanted to know if someine knew where these are from or how to create them.

Opps I posted at 14:32 and you posted at 14:31 talk about just in time learning.... Thanks!!!!

 

[n4gix]

Opps I posted at 14:32 and you posted at 14:31 talk about just in time learning.... Thanks!!!!

No problem. If you look closely though, you can see that the GUID used in the <AnimationGroup....> entry is simply a different arrangement of the normal GUIDs.

Note how the "standard GUID" has been rearranged in "groups of eight" with a 0x prefix added:

4F22FE3B-4F3E-3F98-EBC4-F6658A3F10D0

0x4F22FE3B,0x4F3E3F98,0xEBC4F665,0x8A3F10D0