Simviation Forum - moving pilot head...HOW?

Mar 8^th, 2004 at 3:36am

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With the new sdk it is possible to add new animation tags in xml code.

I would like to add a moving pilot head to my model. like eaglesoft Citation X. I guess it is a looped animation seq.

How do I do that.

Also I would like to add pitot covers and choks when the engines have stopped.

How do I do that?

Thanks

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Reply #1 - Mar 8^th, 2004 at 4:51am

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A moving pilot's head can be accomplished in many ways...how you do it depends on what effect you want.

Tag it as a rudder to have the pliot "look" into turns.
Tag it as an aileron for the same effect as above
Combine the two...have a rudder tag for "on ground" effects and an aileron tag for "in air".

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Reply #2 - Mar 8^th, 2004 at 4:56am

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I would like to add a moving pilot head to my model. like eaglesoft Citation X.

I haven't read the latest SDK so I could be mistaken. I wouldn't think it's possible to add animation to existing designs. Undecided

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Reply #3 - Mar 8^th, 2004 at 6:05am

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What I want is a looped animation. On ground and in air allways on.

You can do this with fsp makemdl. Add xml code to

"makemdl.parts.xml" file int gamepacks dir and check xml box in makemdl.

The code should start like this I recon.

<part>
<name>Pilot_head</name> (the new animation tag)
- <animation>
- <parameter>
- <sim>
<variable>??????</variable> ( allways on )
</sim>
</parameter>
</animation>
</part>

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Reply #4 - Mar 8^th, 2004 at 6:06am

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Not fsp makemdl but new fs9 makemdl...sorry!

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Reply #5 - Mar 8^th, 2004 at 8:52am

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named pilot head "tick18_pilothead" animated it with 500 frames. Exported with fs9 makemdl...It worked!

Looks awesome!

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Reply #6 - Mar 8^th, 2004 at 9:08am

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named pilot head "tick18_pilothead" animated it with 500 frames. Exported with fs9 makemdl...It worked!

Looks awesome!

Interesting - so I take it that the pilot's head is constantly moving (barring any iserted "rests") sort of a 'scanning the skies' motion?

Felix/FFDS

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Reply #7 - Mar 8^th, 2004 at 11:44am

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I have put the pivot point at the bottom of the neck and rotated the head in several small animations. 500 frames. the tick18_ tag I read about in animation doc in conjuntion with a bouncing ball animation for scenery making. I tried it with my pilots head and it works. It looks like he looks at the instruments, lift his head a bit and looks outside, down again and side to side. Looks cool. Try it out.

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Reply #8 - Mar 10^th, 2004 at 7:15pm

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Have made my animation head for my 2 pilot of my Levasseur_pl8 of nungesser and coly whit thick 18 its work very good Cheesy

its work whit ruder pedal to but whit thick 18 he move whit my help Grin

thank for the pipe guys ;

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Reply #9 - Mar 11^th, 2004 at 8:35am

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cool effetct, right?

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Reply #10 - Mar 12^th, 2004 at 10:13pm

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wow mate, thanks for this tip. veeeery hind-ing-helpful Cheesy

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