FS2004 Drop tanks Token Var

[Jakes]

Hi there,
In FS2004, there is commands you can assign to release all drop tanks, as well as tank 1 and 2. What must the part names be in order to use that command/s? I have tried drop_tank01, as well as External01 but with no luck. Thanks,

Jakes

 

[Au-MaV]

Hi
All you have is 3 K:vars for the drop tanks
RELEASE_DROP_TANK_1
RELEASE_DROP_TANK_2
RELEASE_DROP_TANK_ALL
(all they basically do is remove the fuel load from the aircraft external tanks if toggled)
the rest you have to make up as custom code
see if this helps
http://www.aerodynamika.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1148034271/0#0
Wozza

 

[Jakes]

Cool, thank you very much!

 

[Jakes]

Ok, I have made a simple box, and named it L_Tank, and gave it a simple animation from frames 0 to 100. Then I also added External tanks 1 and 2 in the CFG, and use the following code, but when I trigger the Release Left drop tank command in FS, no animation happen. Now I see on your link to FFDS forum, that script does not use the RELEASE_DROP_TANK_X tags?

<part>
		<name>L_Tank</name>
		  <Animation>
			<Parameter>
				<Code>
				 (A:RELEASE_DROP_TANK_1,enum) 200 *
				</Code>
				<Lag>50</Lag>
			</Parameter>
		  </Animation>
	 </part>

Any idea why my animation dont work?

 

[Au-MaV]

Hi
(A:RELEASE_DROP_TANK_1,enum) 200 * wont work
There is no A:var for the drop tanks there are only K:var
You have to build the whole system manually then use the K:RELEASE_DROP_TANK_1 to remove the fuel load from the FDE thats all it does
Msoft never gave drop tanks another though bar the above tags (even in fsx)
trust me its a PITA ...see the link above all the basic fs9 code you need is there...just remember you need to trigger the K:RELEASE_DROP_TANK_1 twice once to arm and the 2nd time to remove the fuel from the external tanks