MSFS A little help with skin and bones 3ds Max

[terence jordan]

Hi folks, was just in need of a little help please. I am working on an aircraft project for FS2020 in 3ds Max and have run into a bit of trouble. I am currently working on the wings and getting the wing flex animation to work with a skin modifier which works just fine. However when I add a skin modifier to the slats, they stop working altogether. I have tried various approaches, namely, another set of bones for the slats themselves but no luck, I have tried using a helper and adding the bones to it but no luck. Just seems that no matter what I do, nothing seems to work. What I want to achieve if for the flaps, slats, spoilers ailerons etc. all animate as they should but also flex with the wing. If anyone has any experience in this area, I would very much appreciate a kick in the right direction. Many thanks in advance.

 

[johnman]

Hello "T", Heres a WAG for You. Either Re Attach Your slats, ailerons, flaps etc. back on the wing, making it a single object, add Your skin modifier, then break your bits back out again ? or go back to your original wing object, apply your modifier, make sure it works, and then break out Your Controls . This is just My idea, not actually anything I have actually done ! - Johnman

 

[terence jordan]

Hello "T", Heres a WAG for You. Either Re Attach Your slats, ailerons, flaps etc. back on the wing, making it a single object, add Your skin modifier, then break your bits back out again ? or go back to your original wing object, apply your modifier, make sure it works, and then break out Your Controls . This is just My idea, not actually anything I have actually done ! - Johnman

Thats an idea John, will give it a go. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[terence jordan]

Hello "T", Heres a WAG for You. Either Re Attach Your slats, ailerons, flaps etc. back on the wing, making it a single object, add Your skin modifier, then break your bits back out again ? or go back to your original wing object, apply your modifier, make sure it works, and then break out Your Controls . This is just My idea, not actually anything I have actually done ! - Johnman

No dice johnman, still does not work but thank you for the suggestion. Regards

 

[n4gix]

Make certain that your 'bones' are not a child of any other objects. In other words, at the root level of the scene.

Assign the 'bones' to the skinned object (flaps, ailerons, etc.).

 

[terence jordan]

Make certain that your 'bones' are not a child of any other objects. In other words, at the root level of the scene.

Assign the 'bones' to the skinned object (flaps, ailerons, etc.).

Hi Bill, nice to hear from you. Hope you are well and you got your frozen pipes sorted. Re. the model, they are at scene root level, however any children which have animations of their own cease to operate when adding the skin modifier

 

[Jonx.]

I figured it out in Cinema4D, easier to animate.

 

[terence jordan]

I figured it out in Cinema4D, easier to animate.View attachment 67535

That looks absolutely amazing. Is that for fs2020? Great looking model.

 

[Jonx.]

That looks absolutely amazing. Is that for fs2020? Great looking model.

Thank you! Hopefully I can get through the SDK portion now, it's a headache for sure. One step at a time.

 

[terence jordan]

Thank you! Hopefully I can get through the SDK portion now, it's a headache for sure. One step at a time.View attachment 67536View attachment 67537

Looking forward to flying her.