MSFS Set LVar value to 1 without update code?

[Rotornut44]

This is a duplicate of my thread on the DevSupport Forums. Posting here to try to reach more people who might know an answer to this...

Is there a way that I can set a LocalVar to a value of 1 without relying on update code in the XML?

I need to pass a 1 for an LVar in my scenery simobject when a certain condition is met, to tie it into a Wwise sound, however Update Code does not seem to work outside of aircraft, and those are the only examples I can find, so I'm unsure how to go about setting this value...

Using my current update code, I can see the LVar in the Behaviors menu in sim, but the value is stuck to 0.

<Component ID="CAMPFIRE_LVAR_UPDATE">
<UseTemplate Name="ASOBO_GT_Update">
<FREQUENCY>30</FREQUENCY>
<UPDATE_CODE>
(A:AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, celsius) 10 &lt;=
if{                 
1 (&gt;L:CAMPFIRE_ACTIVE)
} els{                 
0 (&gt;L:CAMPFIRE_ACTIVE)
}
</UPDATE_CODE>
</UseTemplate>
</Component>

Any ideas? (I am aware that I can use a SimVar in the Wwise XML for this A:var, but I still need this L:var method to work for other SimObjects!)

Also, why couldn't you use some code like the following to make this work? Maybe my XML structure isn't right, but even something as simple as this, that I would think would work does not:

<Component ID="CAMPFIRE_WWISE">
<Visibility>
<Parameter>
<Code>(A:AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, celsius) 10 &lt;= if{ 1 (L:CAMPFIRE_ACTIVE) }</Code>
</Parameter>
</Visibility>
</Component>

I don't understand why it would be so difficult to get something like this working. 6 days I've been trying to solve this... I've sat down with 2 aircraft developers that do nothing but XML, and we've found many solutions, but none work when it comes to scenery. Probably because they rely on some sort of update code to work.

 

[Maddz]

Trivial but, Campfire has no unit, maybe?(bool, number..ect)

 

[Rotornut44]

Trivial but, Campfire has no unit, maybe?(bool, number..ect)

Supposedly that is no longer required. And I know my first update code snippet works when it's used in an aircraft. Just not in a scenery.

 

[Anthony31]

1 (>L:CAMPFIRE_ACTIVE)

Your original code is not writing into the L var. The above will. It still probably won't work.

The reason L vars are local to the aircraft is because you don't want other users aircraft in multiplayer messing with your own aircraft.

 

[rhumbaflappy]

I believe you can use L vars in an object's code, but it will refer to the User aircraft, not the object, and must exist in the User aircraft's code. Asobo indicated they might add more usage to scenery SimObjects, but they have not done that yet.

 

[Rotornut44]

I believe you can use L vars in an object's code, but it will refer to the User aircraft, not the object, and must exist in the User aircraft's code. Asobo indicated they might add more usage to scenery SimObjects, but they have not done that yet.

Well. Darn. It's always the last piece of the puzzle that's missing...
I have this other thread over on Devsupport, which is the other side of this conversation (Wwise). FlyingRaccoon seems to indicate that it's possible, but although I made it clear, maybe Sylvain just confused it as being an aircraft question? I didnt really get any answers other than pointing to the SDK.
Would you happen to know where it was talked about adding more usage to scenery SimObjects? If there is a physical discussion, I'd love to add to it...

 

[rhumbaflappy]

Here's a code that opens a hangar door when the aircraft's yoke is hidden. But it depends on the aircraft having the hidden yoke feature:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ModelInfo version="1.1" guid="{7db8db69-29e2-44a0-baec-6979bf6d5bc0}">

    <LODS>
        <LOD minSize="0" ModelFile="SimpleHangar.gltf"/>
    </LODS>

    <Animation guid="080AB0CF-D301-4687-B81C-E3DE54E39761" length="100" name="DoorLeft" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" typeParam2="DoorLeft"/>
    <Animation guid="C5E04568-CB84-454F-A2F0-7CF3175B78C9" length="100" name="DoorRight" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" typeParam2="DoorRight"/>

    <AnimGraph>
        <DefaultState name="SimpleHangar_Close"/>
        <BlendTreeState name="SimpleHangar_Close">
          <Animations>
            <Animation guid="080AB0CF-D301-4687-B81C-E3DE54E39761" loop="False" speed="1"/>
            <Animation guid="C5E04568-CB84-454F-A2F0-7CF3175B78C9" loop="False" speed="1"/>
          </Animations>
        </BlendTreeState>
    </AnimGraph>

    <PartInfo>
        <Name>DoorLeft</Name>
        <AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
        <Animation>
            <Parameter>
                <Code>
                (L:XMLVAR_YokeHidden1) 1 == if{ 50 } els{ 0 }
                </Code>
                <Lag>10</Lag>
            </Parameter>
        </Animation>
    </PartInfo>
    <PartInfo>
        <Name>DoorRight</Name>
        <AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
        <Animation>
            <Parameter>
                <Code>
                (L:XMLVAR_YokeHidden1) 1 == if{ 50 } els{ 0 }
                </Code>
                <Lag>10</Lag>
            </Parameter>
        </Animation>
    </PartInfo>

</ModelInfo>

(L:XMLVAR_YokeHidden1) 1 == if{ 50 } els{ 0 } reads the L: variable of the User aircraft, and then animates the hangar door accordingly. I haven't further tested L: vars, but I guess they all refer to the user aircraft. not scenery SimObjects.