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Mobile Scenery pointing in the wrong direction...

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I am working on a mission for FSX:A. I use Mobile Scenery Objects fairly extensively in the mission. Here's the problem.

Some of the people objects face backwards when moving, including,EMT, Fisherman_1,Fisherman_3, and others.

Some of the people objects face in the proper direction when moving including Constructionworker, svenoilrig, etc.

Is this a function of how the scenery was modeled, and therefore not fixable? Is there a work-around to get the ones that face backwards turned around?
 
There was another thread about exactly this problem. AfaIk there was no workaround. Microsoft has just exported them like they are. They're supposed to be static, so that was not a problem - until some of us tried to move them. :D
 
I have one more thing to try. I won't tell you what it is because it is incredibly stupid. If, somehow, it works, I'll report back on what a genius I am.
 
If you want to experiment, look at the ModelID. This is a Model GUID. You can use a mobile scenery object, like a pickup truck, put the GUID for a person in this line, and you will see the person moving like a truck. If you remove the GUID, the object will be invisible.

I did some experimenting with vehicles a while back and I got it to work. I got some strange results, like using a vehicle, and putting another GUID from a fire truck on it. I think I got some vehicles to look like they are backing up. Sometimes the GUID does not match exactly and the vehicle hovers above the ground.

You may try something similar with people and you might get it to work. Look in the Mission Creation document and you will find links to the list of GUIDs (Global Library Objects).

Gunner
 
I tried and failed to resolve this problem in a soaring mission where I wanted sixty airborne gliders as moving scenery objects. The Msoft scenery objects for gliders *all* point the wrong way. I had to get into gmax and make some basic glider models pointing the right way - this would have been easy for a modeller but was a serious learning curve for an XML mission designer...
 
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