MetVis Condition not working

[Aviasim]

Hello all! been a while!

Getting straight to the point, I have ground lights controlled by SODE, at the moment I have only successfully added a condition so they only display at Dawn, Dusk and Night.. However - I would like a second condition for MetVisibility, I am aware I need a EDP in the XML.

So far I have this (EDP and one light placement instance)

<SODE>

   <!-- Data Probe serving its clients -->
    <SimObject Name="Newcastle_EGNT">
        <Placement Lat="55.0368097051978" Lon="-1.70722424983978" Alt="0#AGL" Hdg="0"/>
        <Model SimTitle="12bPilot_SODE_Environmental_Data_Probe">
            <EnvironmentalDataProbe ClientList="LightSplash"/>
        </Model>
    </SimObject>

   <!---Main Apron Lights--->
   <SimObject Name="LightSplash">
       <Placement Lat="55.0368097051978" Lon="-1.70722424983978" Alt="0#AGL" Hdg="0"/>
       <Model SimTitle="GND_LightSplash">
                 <ConditionalVisibility Variable="TimeOfDay" Value="DAWN;DUSK;NIGHT"/>
              <ConditionalVisibility Variable="MetVisibility" Value="5000-60000"/>
       </Model>
   </SimObject>

</SODE>

Trouble is the TOD condition seems to be working, but the visibility doesn't, I want the model to only display at dawn, dusk and night with a metvis between 5000 and 60000 meters.

Kind Regards all

 

[6maynew]

Does it work following this guide?

http://sode.12bpilot.ch/?document=the-xml-definition-file/conditionalvisibility-multiple-conditions

 

[GeorgianVA]

Hello,

I have a similar problem.

<SimObject Name="runwaylightsbasedonvisibility">
        <Placement Lat="41.953873" Lon="45.507431" Alt="0#AGL" Hdg="0.0"/>           
        <Model SimTitle="runwaylightson">
            <ConditionalVisibility LogicExpression="A|B">
                <Condition ID="A" Variable="MetVisibility" Value="0-3000"/>
                <Condition ID="B" Variable="TimeOfDay" Value="DAWN;DUSK;NIGHT"/>
            </ConditionalVisibility>
        </Model>
        </Model>
        <Model SimTitle="runwaylights">
            <ConditionalVisibility LogicExpression="A|B">
                <Condition ID="A" Variable="MetVisibility" Value="3001-10000"/>
                <Condition ID="B" Variable="TimeOfDay" Value="DAY"/>
            </ConditionalVisibility>
        </Model>
          </Model>
    </SimObject>

I want the runway lights to show up, when it is dawn,dusk,night or when visibility is between 0-3000 meters.

The Time of day part works fine but the metvisibility part does not seem to work at all.

I tried also a simple version, where it checks only the visibility and no lights show up at all:

<SimObject Name="runwaylights">
        <Placement Lat="41.953873" Lon="45.507431" Alt="0#AGL" Hdg="0.0"/>           
        <Model SimTitle="runwaylightson">
            <ConditionalVisibility Variable="MetVisibility" Value="0-3000"/>
        </Model>
        </Model>
        <Model SimTitle="runwaylights">
            <ConditionalVisibility Variable="MetVisibility" Value="3001-100000"/>
                        </Model>
          </Model>
    </SimObject>

The Environmental Data Probe should be fine, I have a working windsock.

Does someone know a payware airport where this is working? I checked few of mine, but mostly they use SODE for the jetways.

 

[ianj]

Perhaps the duplicate </Model> tags are causing this?

 

[GeorgianVA]

Perhaps the duplicate </Model> tags are causing this?

Oh my God... Thank you. I guess I read this 20 times to check what I did wrong and I really missed that...

But in the first case there are still no runway lights even with "fogged in" conditions :/

 

[ianj]

Could you post the complete xml as you currently have it?

 

[GeorgianVA]

Hello ianj,

I have it working now. It seems like this:

<ConditionalVisibility Variable="MetVisibility" Value="3001-100000"/>

is not really working. I don't know what kind of value the sim has for visability if the visibility is good. But in the smaller ranges (0-5000) It is working fine.

I just seperated the actual lights from their "shell" and now there is no need anymore for this condition.

 

[RicherSims]

Hello ianj,

I have it working now. It seems like this:

<ConditionalVisibility Variable="MetVisibility" Value="3001-100000"/>

is not really working. I don't know what kind of value the sim has for visability if the visibility is good. But in the smaller ranges (0-5000) It is working fine.

I just seperated the actual lights from their "shell" and now there is no need anymore for this condition.

Old thread but I figured out how to get a condition specifically for High Visibility.
Since FSX is a 32 bit sim. The highest possible value it could take is 2^32 = 4294967296.
So setting:

<ConditionalVisibility Variable="MetVisibility" Value="3001-4294967296"/>

will handle everything else.

 

[6maynew]

You might also be able to do Value="3001-MAX"