FSXA Exit Animation Problems

[jdhaenens]

This is just wierd.

I am animating my exits. The first one (the main exit) animates just fine. It is a 2 stage animation. First the trap door opens and lowers. Second, a ladder rotates off the door to extend the stairs.

Here's the code:

  <PartInfo>
    <Name>cabxit_macon</Name>
    <AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
    <Animation>
      <Parameter>
        <Sim>
          <Variable>EXIT OPEN:0</Variable>
          <Units>percent</Units>
        </Sim>
      </Parameter>
    </Animation>
  </PartInfo>

This is shown in the first picture.

The next exit is the gangway. I animated both the gangway and the gangway switch rotation with the first (EXIT OPEN:2) code.

The mouse rectangle is attached to a switchplate behind the physical switch, but large enough to be "Seen".

Here's where it gets wierd. I animated exit two and can't get anything to move unless I toggle exit 3 in the callback.

  <PartInfo>
    <Name>gangway_macon</Name>
    <AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
    <Animation>
      <Parameter>
        <Sim>
          <Variable>EXIT OPEN:2</Variable>
          <Units>percent</Units>
        </Sim>
      </Parameter>
    </Animation>
  </PartInfo>

  <PartInfo>
    <Name>switch_gangway</Name>
    <MouseRect>
      <Cursor>Hand</Cursor>
      <CallbackCode>3 (&gt;K:TOGGLE_AIRCRAFT_EXIT)</CallbackCode>
    </MouseRect>
  </PartInfo>

This action is shown in picture 2 below.

I've been unable to animate any other exits with any code or call.

Any help would be appreciated.

Jim

 

[n4gix]

The reason for the "weirdness" is that the EXITS use two different numbering systems for the A:vars and the K:events!

Door Number (0, 1, 2, 3)
Key Event (1, 2, 3, 4)

(A:EXIT OPEN:0,bool) => 1 (>K:TOGGLE_AIRCRAFT_EXIT)
(A:EXIT OPEN:1,bool) => 2 (>K:TOGGLE_AIRCRAFT_EXIT)
(A:EXIT OPEN:2,bool) => 3 (>K:TOGGLE_AIRCRAFT_EXIT)
(A:EXIT OPEN:3,bool) => 4 (>K:TOGGLE_AIRCRAFT_EXIT)

 

[jdhaenens]

Thanks, Bill. It turned out that I didn't capitalize the animation name in the GUID header in the modeldef.xml, but I did capitalize the name in the animation blurb.

Everything works now.