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FSXA Attachpoints a clearer understanding

Dangerousdave26

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I have a couple of questions on attach points that I would like clarified.

I just finished adding arrestor cables to an object and it works however I could not find any clear instructions on how to add them as an attach point. So I used the next best thing and punted with logical assumptions (which maybe you should not use in FSX :D ).

The SDK says attachpt_cable_X_X is the attach point name so I used an empty attach point and used the names below to attach to my object.


Code: 
veh_carrier01_high_detail_sm 	attachpt_cable_1_1 
veh_carrier01_high_detail_sm 	attachpt_cable_1_2 
veh_carrier01_high_detail_sm 	attachpt_cable_2_1 
veh_carrier01_high_detail_sm 	attachpt_cable_2_2 
veh_carrier01_high_detail_sm 	attachpt_cable_3_1 
veh_carrier01_high_detail_sm		attachpt_cable_3_2 
veh_carrier01_high_detail_sm 	attachpt_cable_4_1 
veh_carrier01_high_detail_sm		attachpt_cable_4_2

The strange thing is when I clicked attach to geometry it changed the name to attachpt_attachpt_cable_1_1_2. The the second one became attachpt_attachpt_cable_1_2_3.

I did not think this right at least on the first part so I went into the object properties and removed the first attachpt_ from the name. I also removed the extra digit at the end.

The end result is this xml code.

***@#$%

Can I stop right here and ask one of my other questions first. Why can I not copy and paste in the User Defined Properties of an object? I can type in the field and delete text but I can not quickly use the simple cut and paste.

Anyway back to the code which I have to enter manually since I can not copy it.

Code: 
<FSMakeMdlData version="9.0"> <attachpoint name="attachpt_cable_1_1"> </Attachpoint><FSMakeMdlData>

So I attached cables 1 thru 3 in this manner and I trapped the cables and it worked.

The question is did I do it right or is it just working by chance?

Is the numerical sequence that Gmax is adding to the end of the name important?
 
Thanks Paul

I had read that wiki but some of the smaller details I missed.

Now I need to resolve a catapult issue

I have my attach point start, end and blast shield in place but I fail to hook up.

The start point is only 45ft from the center of the model so that is not the issue.

I found this post but I don't understand the meaning of (-1,0,0) vector.

Foiter said:
Oh.. and BTW, did someone mention that attachpt_catapult_start_n has to be oriented so that its (-1, 0, 0) vector has to go along catapult rail direction?
I wonder what the hell is this for? Couldn't they just calculate the cat_rail direction using both attachpt_catapult_start_n and attachpt_catapult_end_n points? This would quickly give both the rail direction and the cat's length....
Click to expand...

The aircraft I am testing with is the default FA18

attachpt_catapult_end_1
X-0.0m
Y-77.49m
Z-18.363m


attachpt_catapult_start_1
X-0.0m
Y-42.512m
Z-18.363m

attachpt_blast_shield_1
X-0.0m
Y-17.184m
Z-18.363m

My key commands are properly set and I added CatapultForceLimiter=0 into my FSX.cfg file. I also tried it set to 1.
 
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