FSX case in <eventid>

[Mellin]

Hi everyone.

I heave a question:
I created this Animation/button pressing code:

<Animation name="Vanship_thrust_direction_lever" guid="2290990d-e913-4751-8919-15e7e4dbb8b1" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="Vanship_thrust_direction_lever" />

<PartInfo>
    <Name>Vanship_thrust_direction_lever</Name>
    <AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
    <Animation>
        <Parameter>
            <Code>(L:Mode,number) 2 - abs 50 *</Code>
            <Lag>100</Lag>
        </Parameter>
    </Animation>
    <MouseRect>
        <Cursor>Hand</Cursor>
        <TooltipText>thrust direction lever mode - %((L:Mode,number))%!f!</TooltipText>
                <MouseFlags>LeftSingle+LeftDrag+Wheel</MouseFlags>
        <EventID>TOGGLE_TAIL_HOOK_HANDLE AP_PANEL_HEADING_HOLD TOGGLE_TAIL_HOOK_HANDLE 3 (L:Mode,number) case</EventID>
    </MouseRect>
</PartInfo>

What I want it to do:
The (L:Mode,number) variable gives me 0, 1, or 2.
Depending on that I want to animate a switch - that part works fine.
When I click on that switch I want to have a <eventID> but different depending on (L:Mode,number) variable value:

if 0-> TOGGLE_TAIL_HOOK_HANDLE
if 1 -> AP_PANEL_HEADING_HOLD
if 2 -> TOGGLE_TAIL_HOOK_HANDLE

As you can see I tried to use case inside <eventid>, but it doesn't work, is there any other way to do that, or maybe I did something wrong.

 

[Heretic]

Don't use <EventID> tags for conditional expressions. They're only to be used for single events.

<PartInfo>
<Name>Vanship_thrust_direction_lever</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>(L:Mode,number) 2 - abs 50 *</Code>
<Lag>100</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
<MouseRect>
<Cursor>Hand</Cursor>
<TooltipText>thrust direction lever mode - %((L:Mode,number))%!f!</TooltipText>
<MouseFlags>LeftSingle+LeftDrag+Wheel</MouseFlags>
<CallbackCode>
(L:Mode,number) 0 ==
if{ (>K:TOGGLE_TAIL_HOOK_HANDLE) }
(L:Mode,number) 1 ==
if{ (>K:AP_PANEL_HEADING_HOLD) }
(L:Mode,number) 2 ==
if{ (>K:TOGGLE_TAIL_HOOK_HANDLE) }
</CallbackCode>
</MouseRect>
</PartInfo>

 

[Mellin]

Thanks for the tip!

Unfortunately that doesn't fully work:
When (L:Mode,number) have value 0 it do toggle TOGGLE_TAIL_HOOK_HANDLE,
but both when it is 1 and 2 it does nothing.
Like if it is ignoring other 2 lines inside <CallbackCode>.

 

[Heretic]

<CallbackCode>
(L:Mode,number) 0 ==
if{ (>K:TOGGLE_TAIL_HOOK_HANDLE) }
els{ (L:Mode,number) 1 ==
       if{ (>K:AP_PANEL_HEADING_HOLD) }
       els{ (L:Mode,number) 2 ==
              if{ (>K:TOGGLE_TAIL_HOOK_HANDLE) } } }
</CallbackCode>

Maybe that will work.



If it won't, introduce a new variable and let a controller gauge do the evaluation expression. Something like this:

Switch...

<CallbackCode>
(L:Switch Variable, bool) ! (>L:Switch Variable, bool)
</CallbackCode>

A controller gauge (in a 3D model) is a small box or single polygon hidden somewhere in your model (you can apply any of your materials to it and leave it unmapped) with a simple visibility script. In your case:

<PartInfo>
<Name>Switch Controller</Name>
<Visibility>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(L:Mode,number) 0 ==
(L:Switch Variable, bool) and
if{ (>K:TOGGLE_TAIL_HOOK_HANDLE) }
(L:Mode,number) 1 ==
(L:Switch Variable, bool) and
if{ (>K:AP_PANEL_HEADING_HOLD) }
(L:Mode,number) 2 ==
(L:Switch Variable, bool) and
if{ (>K:TOGGLE_TAIL_HOOK_HANDLE) }
</Code>
</Parameter>
</Visibility>
</PartInfo>

You can assign code for any other stuff you want to control on your model to the controller gauge. I think you can add about 100 lines of code to each controller (found by experimentation). If you run out of lines on one controller, just add another.

 

[Mellin]

The first option worked!
Thank you so much!

And thanks for that other solution, I bet I put it do good use.