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MSFS20 Triggering Hangar door animation in SimObject by distance?

=rk= said:
You would call it an "RFID" tag. Carry it in your pocket and magically, the hangar door opens only for you and Elliot
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You were right Rick, it is fun



Now I have to change the doors motor 😆

(This is using worldscript, Rectangle area and driving the SimObject model animations using the enter/exit actions in the script)

Still skeptical about this (proximity opening for a gate/hangar door) if it can be applied in Real Life, the yoke/landing lights or press any working button seems more suitable for a "remote control" simulation

Some things this can be useful for:
- the guy who made the birds add-on can solve the issue with the birds waiting peacefully for 737 driving over them
- runways crossed by road car traffic, custom traffic animation can be stopped when user Airplane is in the area ( like Gibraltar)
- static airplanes placed on user selectable parking spots , can be hidden if a user wants to spawn in the area
 
mamu said:
(This is using worldscript, Rectangle area and driving the SimObject model animations using the enter/exit actions in the script)
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Could you share the script here? I imagine an employee sitting in a chair outside the hangar. When you enter the rectangle, the lazy-bones gets up and presses a keypad on the building to open the door. Maybe too realistic. :laughing:
A remote device inside the plane would do the trick, or a dropdown menu item, or key-press shortcut combo.
 
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rhumbaflappy said:
Could you share the script here? I imagine an employee sitting in a chair outside the hangar. When you enter the rectangle, the lazy-bones gets up and presses a keypad on the building to open the door. Maybe too realistic. :laughing:
A remote device inside the plane would do the trick, or a dropdown menu item, or key-press shortcut combo.
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you are missing the old guy yelling at you word not allowed, but that will require custom sound (another very difficult task!)
give me some time to make a easy to follow sample, will share that
 
The latest world update included New Zealand custom airports. NZTL has examples of hangar door triggers.

Hangar1Door is open between 8am and 6pm, and at night using the navlight on.
Hangar2Door is open between 8am and 6pm, and at night using the hidden yoke.
Hangar3Door is a proximity trigger via a scenario (just like mamu's example above. The XML for the scanario is as follows:
XML: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="MissionFile" version="1,0" id="Worker">
  <Title>NZTL_Hangar3Door</Title>
  <Filename>NZTL_Hangar3Door.spb</Filename>
  <WorldBase.Flight>
    <SimContain.Container InstanceId="{CFB80583-C4A6-4019-B31D-40C9B5E8F1FA}">
      <ContainerID>1145487432</ContainerID>
      <WorldBase.IsOnGround>true</WorldBase.IsOnGround>
      <WorldBase.SimplifiedSimMode>AI</WorldBase.SimplifiedSimMode>
      <WorldBase.ContainerTitle>NZTL_Hangar3Door</WorldBase.ContainerTitle>
      <WorldBase.LocalOffsetXYZ>0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000</WorldBase.LocalOffsetXYZ>
      <SimBase.Descr>Open_Hangar_Door</SimBase.Descr>
      <WorldBase.Orientation>0.000,0.000,0.000</WorldBase.Orientation>
    </SimContain.Container>
    <SimMission.RectangleArea InstanceId="{7AD2FDED-767F-482E-818B-2BE86D63939B}">
      <Length>30.000</Length>
      <Width>60.000</Width>
      <Height>10.000</Height>
      <WorldBase.Orientation>0.000,0.000,0.000</WorldBase.Orientation>
      <WorldBase.InitRelativeToWorldObject>
        <IsOnGround>true</IsOnGround>
        <OffsetXYZ>0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000</OffsetXYZ>
        <Orientation>0.000,0.000,0.000</Orientation>
        <NodeName>Door_Trigger</NodeName>
        <ObjectReference InstanceId="{CFB80583-C4A6-4019-B31D-40C9B5E8F1FA}" id="Container" />
      </WorldBase.InitRelativeToWorldObject>
    </SimMission.RectangleArea>
    <SimMission.ProximityTrigger InstanceId="{BF9C1E78-D169-4353-AE47-8D37293D1213}">
      <OneShot>false</OneShot>
      <ObjectFilter>User</ObjectFilter>
      <Areas>
        <WorldBase.ObjectReference InstanceId="{7AD2FDED-767F-482E-818B-2BE86D63939B}" id="RectangleArea" />
      </Areas>
      <OnEnterActions>
        <WorldBase.ObjectReference InstanceId="{84182D41-D051-4BEA-AB04-00403F3E67F6}" id="PlayBlendTreeStateAction" />
      </OnEnterActions>
      <OnExitActions>
        <WorldBase.ObjectReference InstanceId="{DE89760D-1E58-4219-95B4-185452C8EC21}" id="PlayBlendTreeStateAction" />
      </OnExitActions>
    </SimMission.ProximityTrigger>
    <SimMission.PlayBlendTreeStateAction InstanceId="{84182D41-D051-4BEA-AB04-00403F3E67F6}">
      <BlendTreeStateName>Open_Anim</BlendTreeStateName>
      <WorldBase.ObjectReferenceList>
        <ObjectReference InstanceId="{CFB80583-C4A6-4019-B31D-40C9B5E8F1FA}" id="Container" />
      </WorldBase.ObjectReferenceList>
    </SimMission.PlayBlendTreeStateAction>
    <SimMission.PlayBlendTreeStateAction InstanceId="{DE89760D-1E58-4219-95B4-185452C8EC21}">
      <BlendTreeStateName>Close_Anim</BlendTreeStateName>
      <WorldBase.ObjectReferenceList>
        <ObjectReference InstanceId="{CFB80583-C4A6-4019-B31D-40C9B5E8F1FA}" id="Container" />
      </WorldBase.ObjectReferenceList>
    </SimMission.PlayBlendTreeStateAction>
  </WorldBase.Flight>
</SimBase.Document>

These SimObjects are just doors, not the whole hangar. That's an interesting idea, as you could use a "library" of SimObject doors with a multitude of hangar objects. The SimObject type for Hangar3Door is Humans, not Landmarks. The other SimObject doors are Landmarks.

I think these are all simple keyframe animations, but I think using bones for folding doors might work too.
 
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rhumbaflappy said:
The latest world update included New Zealand custom airports. NZTL has examples of hangar door triggers.

Hangar1Door is open between 8am and 6pm, and at night using the navlight on.
Hangar2Door is open between 8am and 6pm, and at night using the hidden yoke.
Hangar3Door is a proximity trigger via a scenario (just like mamu's example above. The XML for the scanario is as follows:
XML: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="MissionFile" version="1,0" id="Worker">
  <Title>NZTL_Hangar3Door</Title>
  <Filename>NZTL_Hangar3Door.spb</Filename>
  <WorldBase.Flight>
    <SimContain.Container InstanceId="{CFB80583-C4A6-4019-B31D-40C9B5E8F1FA}">
      <ContainerID>1145487432</ContainerID>
      <WorldBase.IsOnGround>true</WorldBase.IsOnGround>
      <WorldBase.SimplifiedSimMode>AI</WorldBase.SimplifiedSimMode>
      <WorldBase.ContainerTitle>NZTL_Hangar3Door</WorldBase.ContainerTitle>
      <WorldBase.LocalOffsetXYZ>0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000</WorldBase.LocalOffsetXYZ>
      <SimBase.Descr>Open_Hangar_Door</SimBase.Descr>
      <WorldBase.Orientation>0.000,0.000,0.000</WorldBase.Orientation>
    </SimContain.Container>
    <SimMission.RectangleArea InstanceId="{7AD2FDED-767F-482E-818B-2BE86D63939B}">
      <Length>30.000</Length>
      <Width>60.000</Width>
      <Height>10.000</Height>
      <WorldBase.Orientation>0.000,0.000,0.000</WorldBase.Orientation>
      <WorldBase.InitRelativeToWorldObject>
        <IsOnGround>true</IsOnGround>
        <OffsetXYZ>0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000</OffsetXYZ>
        <Orientation>0.000,0.000,0.000</Orientation>
        <NodeName>Door_Trigger</NodeName>
        <ObjectReference InstanceId="{CFB80583-C4A6-4019-B31D-40C9B5E8F1FA}" id="Container" />
      </WorldBase.InitRelativeToWorldObject>
    </SimMission.RectangleArea>
    <SimMission.ProximityTrigger InstanceId="{BF9C1E78-D169-4353-AE47-8D37293D1213}">
      <OneShot>false</OneShot>
      <ObjectFilter>User</ObjectFilter>
      <Areas>
        <WorldBase.ObjectReference InstanceId="{7AD2FDED-767F-482E-818B-2BE86D63939B}" id="RectangleArea" />
      </Areas>
      <OnEnterActions>
        <WorldBase.ObjectReference InstanceId="{84182D41-D051-4BEA-AB04-00403F3E67F6}" id="PlayBlendTreeStateAction" />
      </OnEnterActions>
      <OnExitActions>
        <WorldBase.ObjectReference InstanceId="{DE89760D-1E58-4219-95B4-185452C8EC21}" id="PlayBlendTreeStateAction" />
      </OnExitActions>
    </SimMission.ProximityTrigger>
    <SimMission.PlayBlendTreeStateAction InstanceId="{84182D41-D051-4BEA-AB04-00403F3E67F6}">
      <BlendTreeStateName>Open_Anim</BlendTreeStateName>
      <WorldBase.ObjectReferenceList>
        <ObjectReference InstanceId="{CFB80583-C4A6-4019-B31D-40C9B5E8F1FA}" id="Container" />
      </WorldBase.ObjectReferenceList>
    </SimMission.PlayBlendTreeStateAction>
    <SimMission.PlayBlendTreeStateAction InstanceId="{DE89760D-1E58-4219-95B4-185452C8EC21}">
      <BlendTreeStateName>Close_Anim</BlendTreeStateName>
      <WorldBase.ObjectReferenceList>
        <ObjectReference InstanceId="{CFB80583-C4A6-4019-B31D-40C9B5E8F1FA}" id="Container" />
      </WorldBase.ObjectReferenceList>
    </SimMission.PlayBlendTreeStateAction>
  </WorldBase.Flight>
</SimBase.Document>

These SimObjects are just doors, not the whole hangar. That's an interesting idea, as you could use a "library" of SimObject doors with a multitude of hangar objects. The SimObject type for Hangar3Door is Humans, not Landmarks. The other SimObject doors are Landmarks.

I think these are all simple keyframe animations, but I think using bones for folding doors might work too.
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It is more than interesting!
And the implementation with doors only overcome a "floating" object that can happen when using this script
 
I worked out using the NZTL Hangar3 for C59. Not quite as intuitive as I had hoped. Here's my XML:
XML: 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<FSData version="9.0">
    <!--SceneryObject name: NZTL_airport_hangar_3-->
    <SceneryObject groupIndex="3" lat="42.63158218839234" lon="-88.60063187213056" alt="-0.20000000000000" pitch="0.000000" bank="0.000000" heading="-84.675167" imageComplexity="VERY_SPARSE" altitudeIsAgl="TRUE" snapToGround="FALSE" snapToNormal="FALSE">
        <LibraryObject name="{63A33875-2330-4423-5CC9-89D0AD619D8B}" scale="1.000000"/>
    </SceneryObject>
    <!--SceneryObject name: NZTL_airport_hangar_3_roof-->
    <SceneryObject groupIndex="4" lat="42.63158218880718" lon="-88.60063187213055" alt="-0.20000000000000" pitch="0.000000" bank="0.000000" heading="-84.675167" imageComplexity="VERY_SPARSE" altitudeIsAgl="TRUE" snapToGround="FALSE" snapToNormal="FALSE">
        <LibraryObject name="{4D62A7EE-BD38-43FF-49C2-9F2F362B1DBF}" scale="1.000000"/>
    </SceneryObject>
    <SceneryObject groupIndex="5" lat="42.63161825837420" lon="-88.60062817790239" alt="0.00000000000000" pitch="0.000000" bank="0.000000" heading="-84.675167" imageComplexity="VERY_SPARSE" altitudeIsAgl="TRUE" snapToGround="FALSE" snapToNormal="FALSE">
        <WorldScript objectFile="scenarii\NZTL_WorldScript\NZTL_Hangar3Door.spb"/>
    </SceneryObject>
    <Polygon groupIndex="2" altitude="295.26589965820312">
        <Attribute name="UniqueGUID" guid="{359C73E8-06BE-4FB2-ABCB-EC942F7761D0}" type="GUID" value="{9078B1C0-EF3E-4496-A0EC-38E6C7D1D1DF}"/>
        <Attribute name="FlattenFalloff" guid="{5548FDB5-2267-4328-8E6F-FD0A45ADEC8F}" type="FLOAT32" value="20.000000"/>
        <Attribute name="FlattenMode" guid="{065E9D4D-6984-4D2A-91FD-3C33C4F53B22}" type="UINT8" value="1"/>
        <Attribute name="Layer" guid="{9E2B4C3E-7D84-453F-9DCC-B6498FF46703}" type="UINT32" value="1"/>
        <Vertex lat="42.63124715230342" lon="-88.60101983291382"/>
        <Vertex lat="42.63118351854583" lon="-88.60016225118576"/>
        <Vertex lat="42.63147506633389" lon="-88.59982200201553"/>
        <Vertex lat="42.63191888704832" lon="-88.59990666665446"/>
        <Vertex lat="42.63206546269642" lon="-88.60038519706474"/>
        <Vertex lat="42.63202583400446" lon="-88.60082236594913"/>
        <Vertex lat="42.63189977837869" lon="-88.60121445588366"/>
        <Vertex lat="42.63159911785455" lon="-88.60121635478313"/>
    </Polygon>
    <Polygon groupIndex="1" altitude="279.68046288285404">
        <Attribute name="UniqueGUID" guid="{359C73E8-06BE-4FB2-ABCB-EC942F7761D0}" type="GUID" value="{B263648F-FF5E-4E3D-8680-AC2E7946B50C}"/>
        <Attribute name="MaterialGUID" guid="{CD28EFD0-D3F0-43B6-9F88-4E4707344A04}" type="GUID" value="{06C65325-BD2E-41F8-A062-710DC32E42E4}"/>
        <Attribute name="Layer" guid="{9E2B4C3E-7D84-453F-9DCC-B6498FF46703}" type="UINT32" value="1"/>
        <Vertex lat="42.63172348821649" lon="-88.60061900157237"/>
        <Vertex lat="42.63151874081335" lon="-88.60063714589258"/>
        <Vertex lat="42.63149742125464" lon="-88.60023093859444"/>
        <Vertex lat="42.63169503002555" lon="-88.60021271692422"/>
    </Polygon>
    <Rectangle groupIndex="6" width="19.808805" falloff="1.000000" surface="{47D48287-3ADE-4FC5-8BEC-B6B36901E612}" priority="1" latitude="42.63173854646440" longitude="-88.60062756100649" altitude="295.21637737564743" latitude2="42.63150777769372" longitude2="-88.60065902185323" altitude2="295.21637737564743"/>
    <Airport groupID="1" groupGenerated="FALSE" state="Wisconsin" city="Delavan" name="Lake Lawn" ident="C59" lat="42.63412501662970" lon="-88.60113054513930" alt="296.56999999999999" magvar="2.000000" trafficScalar="1.000000" airportTestRadius="5000.00000000000000" applyFlatten="FALSE" isOnTIN="FALSE">
        <TaxiwayParking parentGroupID="1" index="0" type="DOCK_GA" lat="42.63161057521808" lon="-88.60047114706740" heading="275.508484" radius="2.000000" name="NONE" number="0" suffix="NONE" numberMarking="FALSE" has3DMesh="TRUE" numberBiasX="0.000000" numberBiasZ="0.000000" numberHeading="0.000000"/>
        <Aprons/>
        <PaintedElements/>
        <ApronEdgeLights/>
    </Airport>
</FSData>
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Full Moon
 
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Just a heads-up and thanks for the script and ideas in this thread! There is a gate between the apron and the flying club parking area on the Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (EFTP). The gate is operated by the air traffic controller in the tower, so when a small plane is on it's way out of or in to the GA parking area it is opened by atc. I have implemented this in my new version of EFTP (available on fsaddons.fi) using the ideas above, so the gate is automatically opened when you get close to it. Works very nicely! Only the screeching sound is missing now... :)
 
I'd like to try this in my current project. How does proximity-open work when you spawn in the hangar, does it start closed and open right away? I assume the SimMission.RectangleArea is the area in which the gate opens. Is this from the origin of your door object?
 
Marionettework said:
I'd like to try this in my current project. How does proximity-open work when you spawn in the hangar, does it start closed and open right away? I assume the SimMission.RectangleArea is the area in which the gate opens. Is this from the origin of your door object?
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Once you (the user airplane) are in the Area, the action will trigger instantly with the provided code. Therefore, if the area is inside the hangar, hangar will open as soon as you spawn there

The coordinates of the Area a from the Worldscript world coordinates (where you place the script coordinates),
they are not connected to the door
 
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