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FSXA Is It Possible to Switch Hanger States

The more I work on SODE the more my head goes in circles especially after spending the last 6 hours at it almost non-stop. I am placing the windsock now. The pole is in place...NOTHING BUT THE POLE. I thought that maybe it was because I copied the xml from another airport and the mdl's were not the same so I changed them. I NEVER had this much trouble since you showed me how to place flags and windsocks and now even that doesn't want to work. I will say good night and I quit for today. I will try again tomorrow.
 
I have no problems moving and rotating the hangar.
I moved my plane to where I wanted the hangar to be and then copied from SlewMaster the red outlined coordinates and orientation into the xml and saved.

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Then restarted the simulator, moved the aircraft to KOOC and the hangar is realigned where it should be.
 
Then there must be something wrong on my end. I had a terrible time with an animated flag for Falcon409 and the Wheelus AB he did. Finally got it to work and it would not work for half of his beta testers so he is not using it. I don't know anymore. Right now I have a big RED X where the windsock should be which I know is a code error. I am checking it right now.

According to the XML code checker there are no errors. Here is the windsock code:

<SODE>

<SimObject Name="EDP_KCCO">
<Placement Lat="33.320200993414" Lon="-84.7869873046875" Alt="970" Hdg="0.0"/>
<Model SimTitle="12bPilot_SODE_Environmental_Data_Probe">
<EnvironmentalDataProbe ClientList="Windsock"/>
</Model>
</SimObject>

<!-- Windspeed range dependent display of different model animations -->
<!-- Wind Direction driven rotation -->
<SimObject Name="Windsock">
<Placement Lat="33.31085585" Lon="-84.77100138" Alt="0#AGL" Hdg="0.0"/>
<Model SimTitle="cb_yellow_windsock_still_lm">
<VariableDrivenRotation Variable="WindDirection" Axis="HEADING" Animated="No"/>
<ConditionalVisibility Variable="WindSpeed" Value="0-4"/>
</Model>

<Model SimTitle="cb_yellow_windsock_medium_lm">
<VariableDrivenRotation Variable="WindDirection" Axis="HEADING" Animated="No"/>
<ConditionalVisibility Variable="WindSpeed" Value="5-15"/>
</Model>

<Model SimTitle="cb_yellow_windsock_fast_lm">
<VariableDrivenRotation Variable="WindDirection" Axis="HEADING" Animated="No"/>
<ConditionalVisibility Variable="WindSpeed" Value="16-99"/>
</Model>

</SimObject>

<!-- Objects placing -->
<SimObject Name="Windsock_Pole">
<Placement Lat="33.31085585" Lon="-84.77100138" Alt="0#AGL" Hdg="0.0"/>
<Model SimTitle="CB_Pole_GY">
</Model>
</SimObject>

</SODE>

I believe I have the sim objects correct.

Today has not been a good day all the way around. My car is in the garage for an expensive repair as of this afternoon. I am quitting anything that takes thinking and going to watch some "brain-dead" television for the rest of the night
 
I tried one more time with a different airport windsock that I had successfully placed and it is perfectly in place and working. I will try ONE MORE TIME with the hangers. I am just not a quitter like a dog with a bone.
 
After by trial and error I finally got the SODE hangers to be in the correct spot, I have no idea why but I had to experiment with lat/long co-ordinates until finally getting the hanger to be where it belongs. I only wonder if FSX default airport co-ordinates which are NOT where Google Earth has it and I am using SBuilderX Google Earth Map photoreal background and co-ordinates. My airport was created on the photoreal background and is spot on. I am just glad that I finally got it to work and thank you much again for all your help. This issue is finally done. I will be releasing two versions: one with Sode hanger and windsock and one with regular hanger and windsock for those non_SODE users.
 
Great that it works now.

Your windsock xml looks fine so far.

My guess is...
Your model SimTitle= of the windsock from the xml is not exactly the same as in the sim.cfg of the used windsock.
 
I figured that out too and checked other windsock xml and sim object to compare and have a perfect windsock now. Thank you for your reply. I also have a beautifully illuminated mdl of the "closed hanger" at night at KCCO. Finally!!!! Now maybe I can fly for awhile until I try and get into "more trouble" making FSX do something ACES never intended back when it was developed.
 
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