MSFS24 Flag SimObject doesn't interact with wind direction.

[mikee]

I have had multiple attempts at making a animated flag in MSFS. On my first attempt i got the wind direction correctly but the flag animations looked horrible - however now the opposite is the case... I have gotten the flag anims to look good but I cannot for the life of me make it interact based on the wind orientation.

This is a kind of a last ditch effort, can anyone help me? can you spot anything wrong with my files?

I've included the blend (4.5) file and the simobject.

Thanks in advance!

 

[ronh]

I don't see the orientation animation in your blend file.
I see the windspeed ones.

    <Template Name="ASOBO_WindDirection_Template">
        <DefaultTemplateParameters>
            <ANIM_NAME>Orientation</ANIM_NAME>
        </DefaultTemplateParameters>

        <UseTemplate Name="ASOBO_GT_Anim_Code">
            <ANIM_CODE>(A:AMBIENT WIND DIRECTION,degrees) (A:PLANE HEADING DEGREES TRUE, degrees) - 180 + dnor</ANIM_CODE>
            <ANIM_WRAP>1</ANIM_WRAP>
            <ANIM_LENGTH>360</ANIM_LENGTH>
        </UseTemplate>
        
    </Template>

 

[mikee]

I don't see the orientation animation in your blend file.
I see the windspeed ones.

    <Template Name="ASOBO_WindDirection_Template">
        <DefaultTemplateParameters>
            <ANIM_NAME>Orientation</ANIM_NAME>
        </DefaultTemplateParameters>

        <UseTemplate Name="ASOBO_GT_Anim_Code">
            <ANIM_CODE>(A:AMBIENT WIND DIRECTION,degrees) (A:PLANE HEADING DEGREES TRUE, degrees) - 180 + dnor</ANIM_CODE>
            <ANIM_WRAP>1</ANIM_WRAP>
            <ANIM_LENGTH>360</ANIM_LENGTH>
        </UseTemplate>
       
    </Template>

Hey, thanks.

I managed to upload an outdated file. this is the actual current blend file. any ideas?

 

[ronh]

you call it Source_orientation - should be Orientation as in the default <ANIM_NAME> You don't reset it in your template so it uses Orientation. You should have seen this issue if you use the behaviors debug. - would have said invalid animation.

 

[mikee]

you call it Source_orientation - should be Orientation as in the default <ANIM_NAME> You don't reset it in your template so it uses Orientation. You should have seen this issue if you use the behaviors debug. - would have said invalid animation.

I originally had the animation named "Orientation", changed it back to "Source_Orientation" as this was its name last time it worked. Anyways tried to rename it and still it just will not work. Did you see any issue with the parent hierarchy that can effect the results? Maybe animation is set to wrong object?

Its a head scratcher for me... Anyways I appreciate your help!

 

[ronh]

What does the behaviors debug say. You should see if the animation is actually working in the sim by "forcing" it.

 

[mikee]

First off in the SimObject Spawner window i spawned the flag and played all the seperate anims. All the anims did work except "orientation". As for the behaviours im not sure what to look for tbh. I don not have any errors or warnings in the console. Further more under "components" tab in behaviours window i find "windsock" and under "animation" tab i find "Orientation" - don't know whether this tells you anything at all.

All i know is when selecting each anim, all worked except orientation (this assuming selecting it would make it spin like in blender). Does this indicate an issue with the actual export or how the animation is "attached" in blender?

Thanks

 

[ronh]

made the following changes - I am using the Windsock project.

Blend file - change animation name to Orientation
sim.cfg - delete Version section - make look like windsock example
Flag_o1_Norge.xml - change

        <DefaultState name="Anim"/>
        
        <BlendTreeState name="Anim">

Armature to Anim - like Windsock

 

[ronh]

Behavior debug of flag_01_norge.xml