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Why do animations get broken during FS9 - FSX conversion?

Hi,

My tutorial tells you how to get the VC into MCX and convert it:

Part 7: VC & Appendix

Use MCX to convert FS9 aircraft to FSX format
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Did you check the visibility condition of the stopped prop?
 
Tom, the VC conversion went OK once I read through your tutorial a second time. :) Will check the status of the prop0_still part. When does the prop transition from still to slow? When the engine starts? If the prop is turning, am I looking at the slow prop? My prop doesn't disappear when the blurred disk appears, they both spin together.
 
Glad to hear it.

I do not know the exact transition RPM, but for most piston aircraft the still prop is only seen when stopped and starting up. Once the engine is running at idle, you are seeing the slow prop. When you rev up the engine, the blurred prop appears. I would assume for most turboprops that the blurred prop displays while the engine is running, even at idle (but I've never tested this).

So again, I would recheck the visibility conditions of the still, slow, and blurred prop. They each have to match their animation tag name (still, slow, blurred).
 
Tom, I got the prop to disappear when it transitioned to blurred but look at this weirdness (see pic). :confused: Prop looks OK when still before start-up, then becomes two counter-rotating props when the engine starts, then normal blur, then the two props stop at different locations at shut-down. Some how I've installed two props...? I'm thinking I should remove all the object entries for prop0_still and prop0_blurred and again merge the two prop mdl's into the TBD mdl, what do you think?

TBD_Prop_Sequence.jpg
 
In the Hierarchy Editor you can check the Highlight Selected box, so when you click on a Model Part it will turn red. You can use untextured view mode to make this easier (everything is white). Find all the prop still parts (put still into the search box), and click on each one to see what you have. If you have more than one prop, just click on an unneeded part and click Remove. Continue this until you only have one complete still prop0. I assume that should fix it?
 
Tom, this has been a great learning experience for me and I appreciate your help as well as Gavin and Brian at SOH. I was already familiar with the Hierarchy Editor from last week but I didn't notice I had two prop0_still's in there under the same SceneGraphNode. Removed the one that wasn't rotating in the right direction and now all is well and the conversion is complete. :)
 
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