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P3D v4 [SOLVED] How to do animations ?

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Hi everyone , so i wanted to make an animated beacon ( on top of ATC Tower that rotates) . I have the animation set from 0 to 100 frame of the beacon rotating . I was wondering if there is a guide / tutorial on how to select tags or the things to make the animation work in simulator .
I tried playing with the animation manager that comes in the P3D SDK Plugin for 3DS Max but i have no idea what to do in it , though i tried tagging myself without much knowledge i was able to do it . I tagged it to Prop0_slow , then i clicked create > i put 0 in start and
100 in end below the object anim box and clicked update sel , however when i import it in MCX and i click the animation button it doesnt do anything neither it lets me seek with the Slider next to the Play button in MCX .


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I have now figured out how to finally get them into MCX and they are playing as how they should, however when i place the object the animations are not working in Simulator now
 
I can help with aircraft, but scenery is not my strong point. No idea how beacons function. I know its ambient, but not sure how its all set up. Glad you got it working...
 
lionheart said:
I can help with aircraft, but scenery is not my strong point. No idea how beacons function. I know its ambient, but not sure how its all set up. Glad you got it working...
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I got them loaded in MCX still cant figure out how it will work in the simulator they still pose static in the simulator , idk if i have to do any other particular thing than placing the object and exporting a BGL
 
Hi, you’ll want to explore and create keyframe animations. A rotating wheel or object is about the simplest, so you should have no problem nailing it, once on the right track. Take a look at this tutorial to get an idea:


Once you have the beacon actually spinning in 3ds Max and then MCX, the basic steps you’ve described should get you going in the sim.

I use Sketchup and FSDS, so my work flow will be different, but basically I get the animated model into MCX in a format it can compile, mine is .fsc and yours will be either .3ds or .max. Then from there you want to tag it with the appropriate label, ambient as constant works for flags, windmills, etc. export it as a .mdl for placement, or add location data and export as a scenery .bgl.

I think that’s most of the main steps.
 
@Kolibri for my sceneries, i use the ambient tag:
animate your part, frame by frame
then just use ambient tag and export
this must work

don't care if MCX shows that the animation is getting an offset, just export, the SIM will handle it better than MCX
 
If your animation is an attached object with an offset, try disabling “draw call batching.”

The thing about about keyframe animations is that you want to allow the render engine to “tween,” the scene between the established keyframes. For your beacon, a starting keyframe and ending keyframe at zero degrees is pretty much essential. You could pick any other number in the 360° circle. Starting from zero degrees with keyframe #0, you’ll want keyframe #1 at 90°, #2 at 180°, etc. this way you will have smooth 90° arcs that the engine can interpolate. I think that’s the right word.
 
Thanks alot guys its finally fixed by setting different key frames between 0 to 360 and tagging the animation to "Ambient" . thanks @=rk= and @RED COOL
 
Hey everyone,
I know this is an old forum, but I I've been looking to get into creating animated (moving) models for P3D4. However, if I understand correctly after viewing Autodesk's site, 3DS max - the typical software used for this - costs over $1000 a month to use it. I'm in no position to spend that kind of money when I just want to make the models for personal use. Is there a comparable software that can be used to make moving models?
Regards,
Kevin Davis
 
Sketchup/FSDesign Studio


The view kind of jumps around because I am trying to zoom in on my mirrored sunglasses. This is development video of work I did for a commercial addon (they ultimately nixxed my mirrored glasses).
 
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