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Hey guys I am new to all of this developing ect... But I thought you guys might be able to help me out... I wana be able to have something pop up next to my plane when I open the doors just to look neat.
i.e.

citationx_aircraft11.jpg


Any help would be appriciated just explain it better for the new guy :)
 
Well, there's a couple of ways to do this.

You could create parts that appear as soon as the door opens. The downside to that would be that if the plane was in the air and you opened the door, a vehicle (or whatever you'd use) would appear flying alongside.

So you could try and create one part with two conditions attached: one to be sure the aircraft was on the ground, one two check if the door was open. Now that I think about it, you'd probably also want to be sure the aircraft wasn't moving, and maybe even that the engines were turned off.

The way I've done it is to create multiple parts each with one condition, and then set up the hierarchy so they work.

So one part to see if the engines were one, another to check if the aircraft was on the ground (mine is made to look different than yours, so I'm not worried about the speed and stuff.)

Best of luck!
 
If you are developing a new aircraft it is actually not a big issue. You just have to add a few lines to the modeldef.xml file. Oh, and of course model the parts you want to appear...

If you want to add this feature to an existing aircraft you need the source files (gmax/3dsmax/...) to add additional parts to it.

Or you can program a tool using the simconnect interface. But be warned: this will be a lot of work! An example for that is Oliver Pabsts "Airport Enhancement Service" (AES) published by Aerosoft. The FSX version use the simconnect interface as far as I am aware.

If you haven't done any programming and/or 3D modeling before and if you haven't any experience with the FSX data/file system this would be a HUGE (and frustrating) task.

Regards
Vitus
 
Thanks, I'll consider it later down the road... Is there anything I can do to begin learning programing and 3d modeling at a begginer's level?
 
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