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XML Script throwing errors on SDK variables.

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Currently creating a basic hangar door animation. As there is no variable that allows me to check the distance between the aircraft and a static object, I've created a transition BlendTreeState script that checks if the plane is within a certain latitude and longitude or not. Currently the script is using the 'Plane Latitude' and 'Plane Longitude' variables. I remember reading that 'A;' (Aircraft) Variables are not accessible. Though SDK says that the Plane Latitude and Plane Longitude is both Settable and Writeable.

Current Script;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ModelInfo version="1.1" guid="{3768dfce-6cb0-4f31-93e9-61298068f9ab}">

<Animation name="DoorOpen1" guid="E4E8018C-38FD-4246-A811-4BE7EEA90B7B" type="Standard"/> <!-- Door Open Animation -->
<Animation name="DoorClose1" guid="0539b1cc-3d0b-4425-b9f3-4a5d9b0efa6c" type="Standard"/> <!-- Door Close Animation -->
<Animation name="DoorOpenedStandby1" guid="567b65cb-04d6-4af3-b360-4125a9275b2a" type="Standard"/> <!-- Door Transition Animation -->
<Animation name="DoorClosedStandby1" guid="73ed0403-fe84-4609-b6a4-5cf6012c5aaf" type="Standard"/> <!-- Door Transition Animation -->

<AnimGraph>

<DefaultState name="DoorClosedStandby"/>

<BlendTreeState name="DoorClosedStandby"/>
<Animations>
<Animation guid="73ed0403-fe84-4609-b6a4-5cf6012c5aaf" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
</Animations>

<BlendTreeState name="DoorOpenedStandby"/>
<Animations>
<Animation guid="73ed0403-fe84-4609-b6a4-5cf6012c5aaf" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
</Animations>

<BlendTreeState name="DoorClose"/>
<Animations>
<Animation guid="73ed0403-fe84-4609-b6a4-5cf6012c5aaf" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
</Animations>

<BlendTreeState name="DoorOpen"/>
<Animations>
<Animation guid="73ed0403-fe84-4609-b6a4-5cf6012c5aaf" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
</Animations>

<Transition name="DoorClosedStandby to DoorOpen" start="DoorClosedStandby" end ="DoorOpen" duration="1.0">
<Condition>
(A: PLANE LATITUDE) 0.60317980207113097713 &gt;
(A: PLANE LATITUDE) 0.60316811367606859573 &lt;
(A: PLANE LONGITUDE) 2.6317747681133729643 &gt;
(A: PLANE LONGITUDE) 2.6317880625657732452 &lt;
and
and
and
</Condition>
</Transition>




</AnimGraph>


</ModelInfo>


(SPACE BETWEEN 'A:' and 'PLANE LATITUDE/LONGITUDE' set for example to stop emojis. No space in orginal code.)

When running that code I get these errors;
1629138380813.png


I'm clearly missing something here. I'm a 3D artist mainly, so coding is not my forte so looking for a big brain to either help me piece this together, or help me figure out an alternative method.
All help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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XML: 
(A:PLANE LATITUDE, degrees) 0.60317980207113097713 &gt;

 (A:PLANE LATITUDE, degrees) 0.60316811367606859573 &lt; and

 (A:PLANE LONGITUDE, degrees) 2.6317747681133729643 &gt; and

 (A:PLANE LONGITUDE, degrees) 2.6317880625657732452 &lt; and

Spaces in
XML: 
(A:variables, units)
after the colon are not allowed and the values in which the variables are measured are required. (There is a special insert for code in the post editor)
 
Changed the code to your adjustments and I'm still getting the same errors. I took the code structure from Asobo's Marsheller animation XML. Here is a snippet;

Asobo's Marsheller Code Extract:

XML: 
<!-- ANIMGRAPH --> 
     <AnimGraph>
 
        <DefaultState name="Idle"/>
     
        <BlendTreeState name="Idle">
          <Animations>
            <Animation guid="6AD2CE61-7652-4D20-B290-353AD68F2C73" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
          </Animations>       
        </BlendTreeState>
     
        <BlendTreeState name="StandBy">
          <Animations>
            <Animation guid="6AD2CE61-7652-4D20-B290-353AD68F2C73" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
          </Animations>       
        </BlendTreeState>
     
        <BlendTreeState name="Facing">
          <Animations>
            <Animation guid="E4E8018C-38FD-4246-A811-4BE7EEA90B7B" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
          </Animations>       
        </BlendTreeState>
     
        <BlendTreeState name="TurnLeft">
          <Animations>
            <Animation guid="8ACE3329-F923-4995-ADE4-60DB93955D69" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
          </Animations>       
        </BlendTreeState>
     
        <BlendTreeState name="TurnRight">
          <Animations>
            <Animation guid="0CC62F2E-85A9-4A24-A66E-154D526D108D" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
          </Animations>       
        </BlendTreeState>
     
        <BlendTreeState name="MoveAhead">
          <Animations>
            <Animation guid="39E0189E-310B-45CD-8AAC-02295C2B8530" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
          </Animations>       
        </BlendTreeState>
     
        <BlendTreeState name="SlowDown">
          <Animations>
            <Animation guid="E535EDC6-4F64-4BDC-8F14-34697E72FB65" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
          </Animations>       
        </BlendTreeState>
     
        <BlendTreeState name="Stop">
          <Animations>
            <Animation guid="D1ACD09E-89A1-45B5-9B68-1D011F94A6F3" loop ="True" speed="1" threshold="0.0"/>
            <Animation guid="074AE60A-26C4-4324-A7A6-2AD81700B03A" loop ="True" speed="1" threshold="0.25"/>
            <Animation guid="4378ED30-CEA3-4AD1-A480-633FA294F8EA" loop ="True" speed="1" threshold="0.5"/>
            <Animation guid="ABC3876F-7132-42DB-932B-B086D53BA893" loop ="True" speed="1" threshold="0.75"/>
          </Animations>       
          <Value>1 (A:MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT DISTANCE DIRECTION Z PARKINGSPACE, METERS) 5 / -</Value>
        </BlendTreeState>
     
        <BlendTreeState name="StopEngine">
          <Animations>
            <Animation guid="E2DA1248-9913-4096-A470-32F747C07557" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
          </Animations>       
        </BlendTreeState>
     
        <BlendTreeState name="End">
          <Animations>
            <Animation guid="E4E8018C-38FD-4246-A811-4BE7EEA90B7B" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
          </Animations>       
        </BlendTreeState>
     
        <!-- Transition -->
     
        <!-- Idle
     
        -->
     
            <!-- to StandBy
                0m < Dir Z < 500m
            -->
     
            <Transition name="Idle to StandBy" start="Idle" end ="StandBy" duration="0.5">
              <Condition>
                (A:MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT DISTANCE DIRECTION Z PARKINGSPACE, METERS) 500 &lt;
                (A:MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT DISTANCE DIRECTION Z PARKINGSPACE, METERS) 0 &gt;
                and
              </Condition>
            </Transition>
         
        <!-- StandBy
     
        -->
     
            <!-- to Idle
                0m > Dir Z || Dir Z > 500m
            -->
     
            <Transition name="StandBy to Idle" start="StandBy" end ="Idle" duration="0.5">
              <Condition>
                (A:CUBE AIRCRAFT DISTANCE DIRECTION Z PARKINGSPACE, METERS) 500 &gt;
                (A:MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT DISTANCE DIRECTION Z PARKINGSPACE, METERS) 0 &lt;
                or
              </Condition>
            </Transition>
             
            <!-- to Facing
                    0m < Dir Z < 300m && abs(Dir X) < 50m && abs(Alpha) < 95°
            -->
             
            <Transition name="StandBy to Facing" start="StandBy" end ="Facing" duration="0.5">
              <Condition>
                (A:MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT DISTANCE DIRECTION Z PARKINGSPACE, METERS) 300 &lt;
                (A:MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT DISTANCE DIRECTION Z PARKINGSPACE, METERS) 0 &gt;
                (A:MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT DISTANCE DIRECTION X PARKINGSPACE, METERS) abs 50 &lt;
                (A:MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT HEADING PARKINGSPACE, DEGREES) abs 95 &lt;
                and
                and
                and     
              </Condition>
            </Transition>



My Adjusted Script:

XML: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ModelInfo version="1.1" guid="{3768dfce-6cb0-4f31-93e9-61298068f9ab}">

<Animation name="DoorOpen1" guid="E4E8018C-38FD-4246-A811-4BE7EEA90B7B" type="Standard"/>  <!-- Door Open Animation -->
<Animation name="DoorClose1" guid="0539b1cc-3d0b-4425-b9f3-4a5d9b0efa6c" type="Standard"/> <!-- Door Close Animation -->
<Animation name="DoorOpenedStandby1" guid="567b65cb-04d6-4af3-b360-4125a9275b2a" type="Standard"/> <!-- Door Transition Animation -->
<Animation name="DoorClosedStandby1" guid="73ed0403-fe84-4609-b6a4-5cf6012c5aaf" type="Standard"/> <!-- Door Transition Animation -->

   <AnimGraph>

   <DefaultState name="DoorClosedStandby"/>

   <BlendTreeState name="DoorClosedStandby"/>
   <Animations>
   <Animation guid="73ed0403-fe84-4609-b6a4-5cf6012c5aaf" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
   </Animations>

   <BlendTreeState name="DoorOpenedStandby"/>
   <Animations>
   <Animation guid="73ed0403-fe84-4609-b6a4-5cf6012c5aaf" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
   </Animations>

   <BlendTreeState name="DoorClose"/>
   <Animations>
   <Animation guid="73ed0403-fe84-4609-b6a4-5cf6012c5aaf" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
   </Animations>

   <BlendTreeState name="DoorOpen"/>
   <Animations>
   <Animation guid="73ed0403-fe84-4609-b6a4-5cf6012c5aaf" loop ="True" speed="1"/>
   </Animations>

     <Transition name="DoorClosedStandby to DoorOpen" start="DoorClosedStandby" end ="DoorOpen" duration="1.0">
              <Condition>
              (A:PLANE LATITUDE, degrees) 0.60317980207113097713 &gt;

              (A:PLANE LATITUDE, degrees) 0.60316811367606859573 &lt; and

              (A:PLANE LONGITUDE, degrees) 2.6317747681133729643 &gt; and

              (A:PLANE LONGITUDE, degrees) 2.6317880625657732452 &lt; and        
              </Condition>
            </Transition>



 
   </AnimGraph>


</ModelInfo>



Any other thoughts? Am I doing anything in this script that is not possible?
 
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