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FSXA Delay part visibility

n4gix said:
XML: 
            <Code>
              (A:LIGHT LANDING, bool)
                (P:Absolute Time, seconds) (L:PartTimer, seconds) 0 == if{ d (>L:PartTimer, seconds) } (L:PartTimer, seconds) - 3 &gt;
              and

              <!-- RESET TIMER -->
              (A:LIGHT LANDING, bool) !
              if { 0 (>L:PartTimer, seconds) }
            </Code>
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Fr Bill and Bill O. Thank you. I owe you many beers.
 
What I added simply is telling the sim what to do when the landing lights are switched off: reset the (L:PartTimer,seconds) variable to zero.
 
n4gix said:
What I added simply is telling the sim what to do when the landing lights are switched off: reset the (L:partTimer,seconds) variable to zero.
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No dice Fr. Bill. with that code plugged in, the lights are on by default when I start the session. As soon as I switch on the landing lights, they go off altogether.
 
Terrence, meet n4gix, one of several people of Earth that are mega coders in the FS world. He thinks in code... He breaths code... He dreams in code... He is FS Matrix interface man...
 
terence jordan said:
No dice Fr. Bill. with that code plugged in, the lights are on by default when I start the session. As soon as I switch on the landing lights, they go off altogether.
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Okay, try this version:

XML: 
            <Code>
              <!-- CHECK TO SEE IF LIGHTS ALREADY ON -->
              (A:LIGHT LANDING, bool)
                if{
                (A:LIGHT LANDING, bool)
                (P:Absolute Time, seconds) (L:PartTimer, seconds) 0 == if{ d (>L:PartTimer, seconds) } (L:PartTimer, seconds) - 3 &gt;
                 and
                }

              <!-- RESET TIMER -->
              (A:LIGHT LANDING, bool) !
              if { 0 (>L:PartTimer, seconds) }
            </Code>
 
lionheart said:
Terrence, meet n4gix, one of several people of Earth that are mega coders in the FS world. He thinks in code... He breaths code... He dreams in code... He is FS Matrix interface man...
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Ahhh Bill those are true words and if I could invent a cloning machine, I'd have a copy sitting beside me. In fact, I'd clone so many of you guys, yourself included for the wealth of knowledge you all posses. More importantly that you all take time to help us slow people out. If I had a cap sir, I would doff it to you all in gratitude. Many thanks to all you developers.
 
n4gix said:
Okay, try this version:

XML: 
            <Code>
              <!-- CHECK TO SEE IF LIGHTS ALREADY ON -->
              (A:LIGHT LANDING, bool)
                if{
                (A:LIGHT LANDING, bool)
                (P:Absolute Time, seconds) (L:PartTimer, seconds) 0 == if{ d (>L:PartTimer, seconds) } (L:PartTimer, seconds) - 3 &gt;
                 and
                }

              <!-- RESET TIMER -->
              (A:LIGHT LANDING, bool) !
              if { 0 (>L:PartTimer, seconds) }
            </Code>
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No luck Fr. Bill it does the same thing. Just to be on the safe side, I created another big box right in front of the nose of the aircraft and left it without texture and animation just in case they were interfering. I only tagged it with the above visibility but it did exactly the same thing, i.e. was on at the beginning of the session and when I turned the landing lights on, it disappeared.
Regards 10:29 29/01/19
 
I'll take a look at this tomorrow when I can set aside some time.
 
terence jordan said:
many thanks Fr. BILL
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I was busy helping out a friend today. Both his trucks were out of service due to the extremely C O L D weather (-29º F, -58º F wind chill). I'll try tomorrow unless another emergency arises. I have no water since yesterday morning. I think the water main is frozen, but the Water Dept. was closed yesterday and today... o_O
 
The water department told me today that the homeowner is responsible for everything from the water shut-off valve out by the sidewalk into the house as well as of course every pipe inside the house. Fortunately I rent, so I'm off the hook. Now it's a matter of getting my cheapskate landlord to get a plumber out here to thaw out the buried pipe from the shut-off valve, and the interior piping. :yikes:
 
Yikes, sounds like a big job. How long are you guys forecasting this freeze to last. Hope you have friends close to you whose amenities you can use. Doesn't sound like fun at all. Get a blow torch to that pipe maybe..If I lived in the States, I'd drive down and volunteer my services. Take care and stay safe Fr. Bill.
 
Well, the Good News for the day is that where ever the ice blockage occurred, it warmed up enough in the sunshine yesterday. I have had the kitchen cold water tap very slightly opened and I noticed a thin stream of flowing water. Frankly, I suspect that the water shutoff valve is where the freeze occurred, since (1) it is only about four inches below ground, (2) there is no insulation at all, and (3) more to the point it was exposed for most of the day in bright sunshine. The ambient temperature was just above freezing. The metal cover is fully exposed, so the sun heating that would have allowed the cavity where the valve is to become warmer more quickly.

A blowtorch would be contra-indicated in this old house. Whoever re-plumbed it many decades ago used PVC piping instead of copper, and of course all of the piping is in the unheated basement! I'm going to install some slit foam insulation on the exposed pipes in hopes that will help.

As far as the amenities, Aldi and one other grocery store are less than a mile from my house, and both have clean rest rooms... ;) The weather forecast is for gradually warming temperatures though the weekend, with some light snow beginning next week.
 
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