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FSXA Landing Gear

Jakes

Jakes

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Hi there,

My landing gear retracts fine and wheel rotate, but my suspension wont work. What am I doing wrong?

Here is what I have:

C_Gear (Animation tag c_gear 0-100)
>C_Gear_Lower (Animation tag c_gear 100-200)
>>C_Wheel (Animation tag c_wheel 0-100)

and in my CFG:
Code: 
POINT.0 = 1, 13.9, 0, -6.85, 1574.8, 0, 0.8, 39.42, 0.5, 5, 0.9, 5, 6, 0, 0, 0
POINT.1 = 1, -3.8, -7.266, -6.8, 1574.8, 1, 1, 0, 0.5, 1.5, 0.623, 5, 5, 2, 0, 0
POINT.2 = 1, -3.8, 7.266, -6.8, 1574.8, 2, 1, 0, 0.5, 1.5, 0.623, 5, 5, 3, 0, 0

What Am I missing? the suspension is fully compressed all the time :(
 
Yes, the suspension is namedC_Gear_Lower and the keyframes are from 100-200 (just 2 keys - one at 100 and one at 200)
 
Just two keyframes? Try adding more at 125, 150 and 175: FSX is a bit fussy that way.
 
I have a KF at zero, 100, and 200 at least. I usually have several in zero to 100 ranges to make the rotations proper.

But... I think that name is what is getting it. Just as an experiment, try naming the gear parts c_gear_01, or l_gear_04, etc. Compile, export, test and see if that works.
 
What I did before was created an animation for the landing gear retracting and extending--(c_gear, l_gear, r_gear, etc.)--from 0-100, and then I tagged the same parts, including the suspension, with another 100-200 c_gear animation, and it worked fine for me. If not, you have to edit your [contact_points] in the aircraft.cfg. PM me if you want me to show you how to do it. ;)
 
Hi Gents,

Thanks for all the help! Found my problem , Allthough my animation was from 100-200, I had to put a key at 0, and in the animation manager, tag from 0 to 200

Cheers!
 
Although animations will sometimes work with no key at frame 0, since it is an "iffy proposition" at best, I always put a key at frame 0, thus completely eliminating the question... :cool:
 
n4gix said:
Although animations will sometimes work with no key at frame 0, since it is an "iffy proposition" at best, I always put a key at frame 0, thus completely eliminating the question... :cool:
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I will apply that good practise :) Thanks all!

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