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[FSX] Position Lights and Wing Flex

AndyWoz

AndyWoz

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Sorry for the newbie question, but how do I make the red and green position lights and wingtip strobe lights move as the wing flexes during flight?

I am working with the Project Airbus A319 model, which - to my knowledge - doesn't have proper lights defined anywhere. I was able to attach position lights and wingtip strobes and it all works - as long as the aircraft is on the ground.

As soon as I take off, the lights continue to appear rigidly in their aircraft.cfg-defined positions but the wing flexes, and the result is as if the lights were flying next to the aircraft...

How do I attach the lights to the wingtips so that they move their relative position with respect to the reference datum as the wing flexes?

Thanks in advance for your help.

-AW
 
Unless you have the source code for the model, you can not...

You see, .fx "lights" must be secured to an Attachpoint in the model's mesh, if they are to follow movement of the "flexed wing" at all.

Lights positioned via the aircraft.cfg are simply fixed points in 3d space and can NOT "move..." :eek:
 
Bill,

Thanks for the quick answer. I was afraid that would be the case. I don't think I have access to the GMax source of the model.

-AW
 
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