Tailhook Animation

[Luca Sartori]

Hi Sirs,

well, I've just completed the model of a large container ship for FS9.
Now, I would add some little animations that make the game experience a little better. In particular, so far, i've done animations for the captain's deck door (I named it F_Canopy, following the SDK) and the Host country flag ( since I had no other exits, I assigned the name R_canopy). Both of them work properly.

Now, I want animate the anchors, in the way that they go up and down, and I'm looking for a part name that I could use. i thought that use the anchor as tailhook would have been a good idea, but I wasn't able to find the correct name in the SDK.
How can I assign an animation to the tailook command?

I'm sorry if the request seems poor, but I've just began to delve into the aircraft designing, and there are a lot of tips that I must to learn yet.

I hope you can explain me something

Thank you for tour help

 

[n4gix]

Keyframe animate from 0 to 100, name the part tailhook

 

[Luca Sartori]

many thanks for your interest.
Do you know if I must to add something in the parts.xml file?
Thank you again.

 

[n4gix]

many thanks for your interest.
Do you know if I must to add something in the parts.xml file?
Thank you again.

No. Per the FS9 SDK, "tailhook" is a stock animation.

 

[Au-MaV]

Hmmm I think the tailhook reacts to the ground (not sure about water)
so the anchor may hit the water and bounce back
Try a custom animation for the anchor and lever to send it up or down
the anchor animation with 400 kf to make it nice and smooth

   <part>
      <name>anchor</name>

      <animation>
         <parameter>
            <code>(L:anchor, bool) 400 *</code>

            <lag>200</lag>
         </parameter>
      </animation>
   </part>

and lever with 100kf

   <part>
      <name>Lever_anchor</name>
      <animation>
         <parameter>
            <code>(L:Lever_Ankor, bool) 100 *</code>
            <lag>200</lag>
         </parameter>
      </animation>
      <mouserect>
         <cursor>Hand</cursor>
        <tooltip_text>Click to lower</tooltip_text>
         <callback_code>(L:Lever_Ankor,bool) ! (&gt;L:Lever_Ankor,bool)</callback_code>
      </mouserect>
   </part>

Wozza

 

[Luca Sartori]

I'll try at once both the solutions. I hope to do not damages, since it the first time i try to use custom animations.
However, thank you again

 

[Luca Sartori]

I'm sorry Au-maV, but i need some further clarification.

Well, I've assigned the name "anchor" to the anchor group in the model.
Group has already an animation assigned (and set to: linear, ok?)

Now, if I'm right, I have to add an "anchor_lever" group, that is assigned to the second part of your script and allows the anchor to go up/down, correct?
But I don't understand where i must to model this lever group. Maybe in the VC, so I can operate it by the interior view?

I feel I'm quite close to the solution, but something isn't in the right place yet.
Please, help me once again.

Thank you very much

 

[Au-MaV]

Hi
Hmmm sounds like G-max or 3dmax talk to me ..Im a FSDS user
but yes the anchor_lever is for the VC, so you can toggle the main animation
You do know how to add code to the MakeMDL.parts.xml file ?
Ill leave the rest to those who speak G-max
Wozza

 

[Luca Sartori]

yeah, I'm gmax..
well..adding a lever to the VC isn't a problem at all. Concerning how to add the script to parts.xml I think I have to open it with notepad and then just Copy and paste, right? I think this should animate properly both the anchor and the lever.. hopefully.

Thank you