FS2004 Droptank XML script

[Jakes]

Hi there,

I am looking for a XML script I can use in my Gmax MakeMDL to make my droptanks disappear when they are empty, and only be reload when the aircraft engine are switched off and parking brake are on. Animation are not necessary, but will be cool. for now I don't require a switch in the cockpit to release the tank.

any help will be appreciated

thank you,

Jakes

 

[n4gix]

Jakes, that would be difficult since you would have mutually exclusive visibility conditions!

With the conditions you've stipulated, the tanks would only ever be visible if the a/c was on the ground, parking brake set, and they have some fuel in them...

I sort of hesitate to point you to yet another website, but there's a vast archive of sample working-and-tested XML scripts available at Freeflight Design...

...better still, there are a number of mini-tutorials others and I have authored to help teach the principles of XML scripting...

WORKING XML Code Library (Parts and Gauges)
http://www.aerodynamika.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=XML

 

[Jakes]

Jakes, that would be difficult since you would have mutually exclusive visibility conditions!

With the conditions you've stipulated, the tanks would only ever be visible if the a/c was on the ground, parking brake set, and they have some fuel in them...

I sort of hesitate to point you to yet another website, but there's a vast archive of sample working-and-tested XML scripts available at Freeflight Design...

...better still, there are a number of mini-tutorials others and I have authored to help teach the principles of XML scripting...

WORKING XML Code Library (Parts and Gauges)
http://www.aerodynamika.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=XML

Thank you for the reply. I've visited the site you point me to, and will try to learn all the basics first. I hope you guys dont mind me asking a LOT of questions. I really want to learn the XML script basics!

 

[Xpand]

You can start by making the droptanks disappear when the aux tank fuel is at 0%.

 

[Jakes]

Great stuff!!!

ok, my tanks are working!!

I've used the external 1 and external 2 tanks, added them in the cfg, and used this code:

<part>
      <name>Ldroptank</name>
      <visible_in_range>
         <parameter>
			<code>
(A:FUEL TANK EXTERNAL1 QUANTITY, gallons) 1 &gt;
			</code>
         </parameter>
        <minvalue>1</minvalue>  
      </visible_in_range>
   </part>   
     <part>
      <name>Rdroptank</name>
      <visible_in_range>
         <parameter>
			<code>
(A:FUEL TANK EXTERNAL2 QUANTITY, gallons) 1 &gt;
			</code>
         </parameter>
        <minvalue>1</minvalue>  
      </visible_in_range>
   </part>

Thanks!!!