MSFS20 North American T-28 Trojan

[Anthony31]

 

[Anthony31]

Looking for Kirigamine Glider Airfield (spoiler: it's not in MSFS 2020).

 

[Anthony31]

Pilots. Took way too long. The pilot and copilot models can be switched out to use the default MSFS models if you like. I might one day post the models for the safety belt and parachute hardware which I modeled from the original drawings. Done a lot of work on sounds, flight dynamics, engine performance, systems etc which is why I haven't posted any pictures recently. This is probably one of the last modeling tasks that needed to be completed.

Picture is from Cambridge Aerodrome near Hobart. The MSFS 2020 load screens are currently promoting the Australia World Update and one of the main pictures is from Hobart.

 

[Lagaffe]

"The pilot and copilot models can be switched out to use the default MSFS models if you like" ... I'm curious to learn how to make that I have some ideas on the question, but what would be the lightest method?

 

[Anthony31]

"The pilot and copilot models can be switched out to use the default MSFS models if you like" ... I'm curious to learn how to make that I have some ideas on the question, but what would be the lightest method?

The way I do it is the pilot and copilot are integral parts of the aircraft interior model. I simply set the base to a visibility condition. I also add a PILOT_0 and PILOT_1 empty axis parts to the model (these part names are set in stone, they are required to be named PILOT_0 and PILOT_1 for MSFS to find them and attach the pilot and copilot models. The location is a few inches above the butt) and set their visibility condition.

The code is bit intense though. You need to hide any pilots in preview mode so that requires checking the camera state. I'm not sure the following code works 100% right as it needs some more work. But it does show that all you need is to add some visibility code to show/hide your pilots and hide/show your PILOT_0 and PILOT_1 empties.

        <Component ID="PILOT_0" Node="PILOT_0">       
            <UseTemplate Name="ASOBO_GT_Visibility">
                <VISIBILITY_CODE>
                    (A:CAMERA STATE,number) 15 !=
                    if{
                        (A:IS USER SIM,bool)
                        if{
                            (L:ants_pilot_type,number) 1 ==
                            if{
                            
                                (L:ants_pilot_visibility,number) 0 ==
                                if{
                                    
                                    (A:ELECTRICAL MASTER BATTERY,bool) ! (A:GENERAL ENG COMBUSTION:1,bool) ! (A:SIM ON GROUND,bool) (A:BRAKE PARKING INDICATOR,number) (L:Winjeel_chocks,number) + &amp; &amp; &amp;
                                    if{
                                        0 (&gt;L:is_pilot_visible,bool)
                                    }
                                    els{                               
                                        (A:CAMERA STATE,number) 2 !=
                                        if{
                                            1 (&gt;L:is_pilot_visible,bool)
                                        }
                                        els{
                                            0 (&gt;L:is_pilot_visible,bool)
                                        }
                                    }               
                                }
                                
                                (L:ants_pilot_visibility,number) 1 ==
                                if{
                                    (A:CAMERA STATE,number) 2 !=
                                    if{
                                        1 (&gt;L:is_pilot_visible,bool)
                                    }
                                    els{
                                        0 (&gt;L:is_pilot_visible,bool)
                                    }
                                }
                                
                                (L:ants_pilot_visibility,number) 2 ==
                                if{
                                    0 (&gt;L:is_pilot_visible,bool)
                                }                               
                                (L:is_pilot_visible,bool)
                            }
                            els{
                                0
                            }

                        }
                        els{
                            (A:ELECTRICAL MASTER BATTERY,bool)
                        }
                    }
                    els{ 0 }
                </VISIBILITY_CODE>
            </UseTemplate>
        </Component>

 

[Lagaffe]

Thank you, Anthony, this is a bit like what I had designed "on paper" for the DC-4 Seeing XML code from others dev it's always interesting.

The only times I managed to get into the cockpit during one of my trips (before 1970 on a DC-4 and Caravelle), I was very often sitting in the place of the flight engineer (yes, since then it has become very difficult to enter these holy places) and the view there is very special because you can have the pilot and co-pilot at the same time in front of you.
In current achievements, this kind of view is not realized because flight engineers have completely disappeared from our current aircraft (the crew is reduced at two people)

To get this kind of view, I tried several things by testing the CAMERA STATE but it quickly becomes horribly complicated. The solution of having your own pilots (which you manage to display) is much simpler. Also I have tried to display a third crew as the radio using Asobo people (with a PILOT_2) but without success.