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xml units

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Marsupilami

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Hey everyone. I need some help with xml-coding.
I want to show/hide a container depending on the aircraft's weight.

<part>
<name>container</name>
<visible_in_range>
<paramer>
<sim>
<variable>TOTAL WEIGHT</variable>
<units>lbs</units>
</sim>
</paramer>
<minvalue>230000</minvalue>
<maxvalue>300000</maxvalue>
</visible_in_range>
</part>
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This code should show the container as soon as the weight is btwn 230k and 300k lbs. For some reason it doesn't work.
I guess it's because of the <units>-section. Is there any list, where to know which units exist? I just invented "lbs" but I don't know if FS can handle that.

Thanks in advance!
 
For FS9, the only units available are:

kilogram
slug
pound
geepound

For FSX, the units have expanded quite a bit:

kilogram, kilograms, kg
slug, slugs, geepound, geepounds
pound, pounds, lbs

However, in no case can you "invent your own..." :D
 
ok I got it...thanks guys!!
Nevertheless it seems not to work for some reason. :-(
I changed the unit to pound. Can you spot anything wrong in the code?

Thanks!
 
Marsupilami said:
ok I got it...thanks guys!!
Nevertheless it seems not to work for some reason. :-(
I changed the unit to pound. Can you spot anything wrong in the code?

Thanks!
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<paramer>

Missing letters! parameter

<parameter>
 
I think Fr. Bill was once a spelling / English teacher....

Dont know how many times he's found my mis-spellings...

You know what we need is a spell checker for XML, lol...




Bill
 
Why dont you do that what Mr. Bill Leaming say?

Go to your bathroom, have a look in the Mirror.
Did you see sunglasses of your nose, put them away
and get the Zoomglasses for better looking.
Yeah, yeah. :D :D
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OT, but...

I'm curious about something. Do advertisers on the fernseher in Germany promote "bad grammar" as many do in the United States?

It's no wonder that the U.S. is raising a nation of illiterates, given that even such icons as the Disney Channel constantly promote "bad grammar" by allowing the writers and actors to use bad grammar... :yikes:
 
LOL! Usually they advertise the correct grammar...or I just got used to it...dunno :D

Got one more question though (sorry guys).
I want to make it more advanced and refer to the station weight. In the SDK it says: "PAYLOAD STATION WEIGHT" and I need to have an index...now where to place that index?? I tried it with :0 at the end and also some other combinations.Nothing worked :-(
<part>
<name>QW_APallet</name>
<visible_in_range>
<parameter>
<sim>
<variable>PAYLOAD STATION WEIGHT:0</variable>
<units>Pound</units>
</sim>
</parameter>
<minvalue>10</minvalue>
<maxvalue>30000</maxvalue>
</visible_in_range>
</part>
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Sorry that I have to ask for so much help :-S
 
(A:PAYLOAD STATION WEIGHT:index,pounds) is correct format, just like the SDK states...

...however, you must actually have an entry in the aircraft.cfg for each station you wish to inquire about.

I think that the index is +1 from the aircraft.cfg entries though...
 
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n4gix said:
I think that the index is +1 from the aircraft.cfg entries though...
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That solved it. It's weird though...why not make it same as in the aircraft.cfg?! However...thanks very much.
I'm glad there are some people out there to assist others.
 
This is far from being the only instance where the indexes used aren't consistent...

It's probably because many people have worked on the code for FS over the years. Some programmers prefer indexes to begin at zero and others one... :rolleyes:
 
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