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I'm afraid there is none yet. And as far as I know the guys from MS won't give it to us.
But someone told me that some attachpoints can be found in the MDL if you open it with wordpad or something like that.
I couldn't find anything but he said he found some attachpoints for the Airbus and the Cub.
But someone told me that some attachpoints can be found in the MDL if you open it with wordpad or something like that.
I couldn't find anything but he said he found some attachpoints for the Airbus and the Cub.
missions vs cfg
Yes, the startup effect works fine if I place it in the aircraft cfg. But when I link it in the mission xml.. no go.
Sample.. the failure triggers fine.. fx does not show.
<SimMission.TimerTrigger InstanceId="{C6321117-563E-45F6-BD45-0ABD923FA71A}">
<Descr>TimerFailure_Eng</Descr>
<StopTime>120.000</StopTime>
<Actions>
<ObjectReference id="FailureAction_Eng1" InstanceId="{3CF13600-24C1-43FC-941D-BE45BD1668DF}">
</ObjectReference>
<ObjectReference id="AttachEffectEng_Smoke" InstanceId="{D9078192-B1FC-4396-A3DF-CB4D6DE16886}">
</ObjectReference>
</Actions>
</SimMission.TimerTrigger>
<SimMission.FailureAction InstanceId="{3CF13600-24C1-43FC-941D-BE45BD1668DF}">
<Descr>FailureAction_Eng1</Descr>
<HealthPercent>60.000</HealthPercent>
<SystemIndex>1</SystemIndex>
</SimMission.FailureAction>
<SimMission.AttachEffectAction InstanceId="{D9078192-B1FC-4396-A3DF-CB4D6DE16886}">
<Descr>AttachEffectEng_Smoke</Descr>
<EffectName>fx_engFire</EffectName>
<AttachPointName>attachpt_genericeffect</AttachPointName>
<ObjectReferenceList>
<ObjectReference InstanceId="{1CCF6D89-BA36-445F-B5C8-47571ABC0773}">
</ObjectReference>
</ObjectReferenceList>
</SimMission.AttachEffectAction>
Yes, the startup effect works fine if I place it in the aircraft cfg. But when I link it in the mission xml.. no go.
Sample.. the failure triggers fine.. fx does not show.
<SimMission.TimerTrigger InstanceId="{C6321117-563E-45F6-BD45-0ABD923FA71A}">
<Descr>TimerFailure_Eng</Descr>
<StopTime>120.000</StopTime>
<Actions>
<ObjectReference id="FailureAction_Eng1" InstanceId="{3CF13600-24C1-43FC-941D-BE45BD1668DF}">
</ObjectReference>
<ObjectReference id="AttachEffectEng_Smoke" InstanceId="{D9078192-B1FC-4396-A3DF-CB4D6DE16886}">
</ObjectReference>
</Actions>
</SimMission.TimerTrigger>
<SimMission.FailureAction InstanceId="{3CF13600-24C1-43FC-941D-BE45BD1668DF}">
<Descr>FailureAction_Eng1</Descr>
<HealthPercent>60.000</HealthPercent>
<SystemIndex>1</SystemIndex>
</SimMission.FailureAction>
<SimMission.AttachEffectAction InstanceId="{D9078192-B1FC-4396-A3DF-CB4D6DE16886}">
<Descr>AttachEffectEng_Smoke</Descr>
<EffectName>fx_engFire</EffectName>
<AttachPointName>attachpt_genericeffect</AttachPointName>
<ObjectReferenceList>
<ObjectReference InstanceId="{1CCF6D89-BA36-445F-B5C8-47571ABC0773}">
</ObjectReference>
</ObjectReferenceList>
</SimMission.AttachEffectAction>
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It wasn't in the RTM and I didn't have the time yet to install the SP1 yet. Good to hear that there is a list included now. 
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Erm, I think that was a little "off the record" from me...
Sorry but I think you'll have to wait a bit:
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An update for this thread. The SP1 includes all the attachpoint names - very kind.
But I guess I'm quite stupid on this, for I couldn't get any attached effect to work yet.
Oh yes, the gen_scenery_effect works fine, but any other attempt to attach an effect to a gen-object fails.
Surely I do some stupid mistake
- but which one?
But I guess I'm quite stupid on this, for I couldn't get any attached effect to work yet.
Oh yes, the gen_scenery_effect works fine, but any other attempt to attach an effect to a gen-object fails.
Surely I do some stupid mistake
- but which one?
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It doesn't even seem to work to attach an effect to a scenery object in FSX - unless you use the gen_scenery_effect. 
Edit: Kevin, with the SP1 we have a complete list of all attach-points used for default FSX-objects. As a matter of fact none of them work with the attachEffect-option.
Edit: Kevin, with the SP1 we have a complete list of all attach-points used for default FSX-objects. As a matter of fact none of them work with the attachEffect-option.
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AFAIK ... you can only attach effects to scenery when that scenery has specific attach points. The SP1 of the SDK lists those sceneries and their attach point names.
There's no doubt in my mind that you can attach effects to AI vehicles that are moving as long as those vehicles have attach points built into their model.
The US Ambulance is a good example ... there are two of them in FSX. The first one is a static scenery (not an AI). The second is an AI vehicle with attach points.
You can attach the EmergencyLights.fx to two points on this AI ambulance: attachpt_EmergencyLights and attachpt_EmergencyLights_3 (front and rear of the ambulance.)
You cannot attach the effect to the static scenery Ambulance, however. So, even if your ambulance is never intended to move anywhere (like, maybe it's sitting at the Emergency Room) you have to use the AI vehicle if you want that ambulance to have its emergency lights running. (I often use as a way of letting the player know where the hospital is by giving them a nice flashing light to fly towards.)
(There is a trick that is possible for faking this, but the idea here is that you can't attach the effect to this scenery directly and easily).
To my mind, the "attachpt_GenericEffect" seems designed to work well in cases where you are placing an effect into the world that is not attached to anything specific. An example would be the fire effect. I place a Gen_SceneryEffect, then attach the fx_forestfire.fx file to that newly-created Gen_SceneryEffect scenery object to make fire. I also use this to put beacons on things like helipads.
(If I've misunderstood the nature of this thread, please let me know.)
There's no doubt in my mind that you can attach effects to AI vehicles that are moving as long as those vehicles have attach points built into their model.
The US Ambulance is a good example ... there are two of them in FSX. The first one is a static scenery (not an AI). The second is an AI vehicle with attach points.
You can attach the EmergencyLights.fx to two points on this AI ambulance: attachpt_EmergencyLights and attachpt_EmergencyLights_3 (front and rear of the ambulance.)
You cannot attach the effect to the static scenery Ambulance, however. So, even if your ambulance is never intended to move anywhere (like, maybe it's sitting at the Emergency Room) you have to use the AI vehicle if you want that ambulance to have its emergency lights running. (I often use as a way of letting the player know where the hospital is by giving them a nice flashing light to fly towards.)
(There is a trick that is possible for faking this, but the idea here is that you can't attach the effect to this scenery directly and easily).
To my mind, the "attachpt_GenericEffect" seems designed to work well in cases where you are placing an effect into the world that is not attached to anything specific. An example would be the fire effect. I place a Gen_SceneryEffect, then attach the fx_forestfire.fx file to that newly-created Gen_SceneryEffect scenery object to make fire. I also use this to put beacons on things like helipads.
(If I've misunderstood the nature of this thread, please let me know.)
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Actually you're quite right.
I used to play along with the DareDevil-Ring. It's a scenery object. I placed a gen_scenery_effect around it and guess what? The attached fire was all over the ring!
It seems like the gen_scenery_effect puts an effect to any attachpoint of a scenery object in range. Rather surprising, but anyway the only way I see to attach effects to scenery objects.
I used to play along with the DareDevil-Ring. It's a scenery object. I placed a gen_scenery_effect around it and guess what? The attached fire was all over the ring!
It seems like the gen_scenery_effect puts an effect to any attachpoint of a scenery object in range. Rather surprising, but anyway the only way I see to attach effects to scenery objects.