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FSDS V3 Scenery Animation Problems

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An animated scenery object I designed under FSDS V2 does not work in FSDS V3.

I know animation is done differently in version 3 but it seems to be riddled with bugs. I need a version 3 compiled model so I can add the .mdl file to an object library so that users can place the model with Object Placer or some such.

My model is of a Windmill. The wind shaft, which carries the sails and rotates, is tilted upwards by 5.5 degrees from the horizontal. In version 2, I was able to compensate for the tilt by making adjustments to the other two coordinates.

In version 3, any such adjustment is either ignored or some pretty strange values appear in place of mine. I have contacted Abacus, and so far, they have no solution.

Has anyone got any suggestions please?
 
Hi

When you tilted the shaft and sails, did you use the Transform|Rotate menu and select the 'Entire part' option? If so, you should be able to define the animation as a rotation about whichever axis points along the shaft. You shouldn't need to make any adjustments in the other two axes in this case.

Chris
 
And if you didn't do that, you can still realign the axis with the part by rotating the axis. Use the same rotate system but keep the shift key depressed and you can rotate the axis without moving the part again. Get the axis properly aligned with the part and then rotate the part around that axis as Cearnsh said.
 
A Delayed Thanks

Thanks to those who replied to my query and sorry for not following it up for over a year. I've been ten times busier since retirement and I was ultra busy before that.

I am now back with FS wallowing in all those Micros**t bugs (choose two letters to replace the asterisks which best reflects your opinion).

Penlan.
 
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