MSFS20 SimObject animation does not work well

[KAPI_]

I used the SimObject animation posted on Youtube as a reference, but it did not work well.

Please see the XML code I pasted and the Blender image.

Are there any flaws in this code or blender?

Please comment if you have any other images or codes you need.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>



    <ModelInfo guid="{4f2268af-215e-4a17-a8c9-cf0a5a193631}" version="1.1">
    <LODS>
        <LOD minSize="0" ModelFile="kakunouko"/>
    </LODS>




    <Animation guid="d05e84db-7da3-477f-abd7-7a307f2c61f3" length="250" name="door1" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" typeParam2="door1" />
    <Animation guid="5ed0b426-613a-41c3-9d4b-375f752afeaa" length="250" name="door2" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" typeParam2="door2" />
    <Animation guid="edc1bab0-37c7-4797-a149-ce5989b6f6eb" length="250" name="door3" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" typeParam2="door3"/>
    <Animation guid="a7a80774-56e8-47e5-a1f2-2c2debb562d3" length="250" name="door4" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" typeParam2="door4"/>
    <Animation guid="59231251-b910-423f-86cc-012b014f392a" length="250" name="door5" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" typeParam2="door5"/>


    <DefaultState name="kakunouko"/>

    <AnimGraph>
        <DefaultState name="kakunouko"/>
        <BlendTreeState name="kakunouko">
          <Animations>
            <Animation guid="d05e84db-7da3-477f-abd7-7a307f2c61f3" loop="False" speed="1"/>
            <Animation guid="5ed0b426-613a-41c3-9d4b-375f752afeaa" loop="False" speed="1"/>
            <Animation guid="edc1bab0-37c7-4797-a149-ce5989b6f6eb" loop="False" speed="1"/>
            <Animation guid="a7a80774-56e8-47e5-a1f2-2c2debb562d3" loop="False" speed="1"/>
            <Animation guid="59231251-b910-423f-86cc-012b014f392a" loop="False" speed="1"/>

          </Animations>
        </BlendTreeState>
    </AnimGraph>


<!--

IF   

 (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) > 28800

 AND

(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) < 64800

OR

(L:XMLVAR_YokeHidden1) = 1

 (28800 / 60 / 60) = 8 AM
 (64800 / 60 / 60) = 6 PM
 
THEN

PLAY ANIMATION TO 250

ELSE

PLAY ANIMATION TO 0


-->

<!-- old legacy code-->

    <PartInfo>
        <Name>door1</Name>

        <AnimLength>250</AnimLength>
        <Animation>
            <Parameter>
                <Code>
                (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt; (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt; and (L:XMLVAR_YokeHidden1) 1 == or if{ 250 } els{ 0 }
                </Code>
                <Lag>10</Lag>
            </Parameter>
        </Animation>
    </PartInfo>
    <PartInfo>
        <Name>door2</Name>
        <AnimLength>250</AnimLength>
        <Animation>
            <Parameter>
                <Code>
                (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt; (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt; and (L:XMLVAR_YokeHidden1) 1 == or if{ 250 } els{ 0 }
                </Code>
                <Lag>10</Lag>
            </Parameter>

        </Animation>
    </PartInfo>
    <PartInfo>
        <Name>door3</Name>
        <AnimLength>250</AnimLength>
        <Animation>
            <Parameter>
                <Code>
                (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt; (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt; and (L:XMLVAR_YokeHidden1) 1 == or if{ 250 } els{ 0 }
                </Code>
                  <Lag>10</Lag>
            </Parameter>
        </Animation>
    </PartInfo>
    <PartInfo>
        <Name>door4</Name>
        <AnimLength>250</AnimLength>
        <Animation>
            <Parameter>
                <Code>
                (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt; (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt; and (L:XMLVAR_YokeHidden1) 1 == or if{ 250 } els{ 0 }
                </Code>
                  <Lag>10</Lag>
            </Parameter>
        </Animation>
    </PartInfo>
    <PartInfo>
        <Name>door5</Name>
        <AnimLength>250</AnimLength>
        <Animation>
            <Parameter>
                <Code>
                (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt; (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt; and (L:XMLVAR_YokeHidden1) 1 == or if{ 250 } els{ 0 }
                </Code>
                  <Lag>10</Lag>
            </Parameter>
        </Animation>
    </PartInfo>

</ModelInfo>



<!-- new non working msfs code-->
<!--
<Behaviors>

            <Component ID="door1">
            <UseTemplate Name="ASOBO_GT_Anim_Code">
                    <ANIM_NODE_ID>portDXEst</ANIM_NODE_ID>
                    <ANIM_NAME>door1</ANIM_NAME>
                                   <ANIM_CODE>(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt; (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt; and if{ 250 } els{ 0 }</ANIM_CODE>
            <ANIM_WRAP>1</ANIM_WRAP>
            <ANIM_LENGTH>250</ANIM_LENGTH>
            </UseTemplate>

            </Component>

            <Component ID="door2" Node="door2">
                <Animation>
                            <Parameter>
                                   <Code>
                                    (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt; (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt; and if{ 250 } els{ 0 }
                                   </Code>
                            <Lag>10</Lag>
                            </Parameter>
                    </Animation>
            </Component>

            <Component ID="door3" Node="door3">
                <Animation>
                            <Parameter>
                                   <Code>
                                    (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt; (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt; and if{ 250 } els{ 0 }
                                   </Code>
                            <Lag>10</Lag>
                            </Parameter>
                    </Animation>
            </Component>

            <Component ID="door4" Node="door4">
                <Animation>
                            <Parameter>
                                   <Code>
                                    (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt; (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt; and if{ 250 } els{ 0 }
                                   </Code>
                            <Lag>10</Lag>
                            </Parameter>
                    </Animation>
            </Component>

            <Component ID="door5" Node="door5">
                <Animation>
                            <Parameter>
                                   <Code>
                                    (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt; (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt; and if{ 250 } els{ 0 }
                                   </Code>
                            <Lag>10</Lag>
                            </Parameter>
                    </Animation>
            </Component>

        
    </Behaviors>
-->

 

[mamu]

We need the know the error the console is throwing
or the behaviour you are expecting and In the sim is not like you want

Moving on

It this line .glTF is missing, should be

<LOD minSize="0" ModelFile="kakunouko.glTF"/>

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[KAPI_]

Thank you for your response.

The behavior I am expecting is an animation like opening a hangar door. (URL)

I have pasted a portion of the modified XML.

The first image is the error in the console.
The second image is the SimObject xml in PackageDefinitions

<?xml version="1.0" ?>



    <ModelInfo guid="{4f2268af-215e-4a17-a8c9-cf0a5a193631}" version="1.1">
    <LODS>
        <LOD minSize="0" ModelFile="kakunouko.glTF"/>
    </LODS>

 

[mamu]

The console has the solution

You output dir goes all the way to the model dir, but you need to stop one level up, in the video you have seen there is the correct path

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[mamu]

<OutputDir>
SimObjects\Landmarks\kakunouko\<\OutputDir>
[\Code]

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[KAPI_]

After editing the xml in PackageDefinitions, the first error was corrected but a different error appeared.

 

[=rk=]

I used the SimObject animation posted on Youtube as a reference, but it did not work well.

Hi! Which SimObjects have you successfully created already?

 

[KAPI_]

 

[mamu]

i have tried the xml provided in the post above and works has expected, no error is thrown by the compiler.
The culript can be the gltf itself (the 3d model), usually this is due to stray/disconnected/lose vertex/edges/faces. You can fix by select all you meshes in Blender, edit mode, Mesh-Clean Up-Delete Loose



As a troubleshoot suggestion, you should try to export your hangar as a simple scenery object first, than try the animations an lastly wrapping the whole thing in a simboject

 

[alanzo2012]

Hi Kapi
I look at your project and tools used to achieve that,
You're good with BLENDERb so why not going a little bit further.
Instead of having five animations to compose within the XML file (complicated Tool), you should have only one animation using the ARMATURE (BONE) tools in BLENDER.

Blenders Armature For Beginners_The Basics To Get Started - YouTube

Also, don't try to animate much complex objects at the beginning (simple is faster to test).

[020] Creating Animated Scenery - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 SDK Tutorials - YouTube
Export it in MSFS to test using a very simple XML file that should look like this:

<ModelInfo version="1.1" guid="{23b3f01d-ce4f-480b-92df-d6364748d141}">
<Animation name="KAPI" guid="b6491583-176e-4d14-8874-cdbeb9d2ebe7" type="Standard" typeParam="Autoplay"/>
</ModelInfo>

This XML file will be a repetitive animation as no condition are defined in XML file.

***Also remerber that a PACKAGE must be built and place in the COMMUNITY folder for scene containing animation to be seen in MSFS.

Next, when all will work it will be much easier to add some code lines for animation START conditions in the XML file and understand them.

Don't forget this is MY suggestion, have an opened mind for something better !
Good luck with this interesting project Kapi

 

[KAPI_]

Hi Kapi
I look at your project and tools used to achieve that,
You're good with BLENDERb so why not going a little bit further.
Instead of having five animations to compose within the XML file (complicated Tool), you should have only one animation using the ARMATURE (BONE) tools in BLENDER.

Blenders Armature For Beginners_The Basics To Get Started - YouTube

Also, don't try to animate much complex objects at the beginning (simple is faster to test).

[020] Creating Animated Scenery - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 SDK Tutorials - YouTube
Export it in MSFS to test using a very simple XML file that should look like this:

<ModelInfo version="1.1" guid="{23b3f01d-ce4f-480b-92df-d6364748d141}">
<Animation name="KAPI" guid="b6491583-176e-4d14-8874-cdbeb9d2ebe7" type="Standard" typeParam="Autoplay"/>
</ModelInfo>

This XML file will be a repetitive animation as no condition are defined in XML file.

***Also remerber that a PACKAGE must be built and place in the COMMUNITY folder for scene containing animation to be seen in MSFS.

Next, when all will work it will be much easier to add some code lines for animation START conditions in the XML file and understand them.

Don't forget this is MY suggestion, have an opened mind for something better !
Good luck with this interesting project Kapi

Roger that. I will give it a try.
However, I will be busy for the next four days, so I will be a little late in reporting the results. Sorry about that.