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FSXA Some unclickable gauge polys and knobs

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Some unclickable gauge polys and knobs (Solved)

Remember that one: http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=427167 ?

The plot thickerns as this also happens in a FSX-spec VC.

Symptoms:

1) Certain polys using a gauge poly material can only be clicked from a very certain angle. All other polys using said material work just fine.

2) Certain knobs can only be clicked from a very certain angle. All other knobs work just fine.

After much selective exporting, I've tracked the culprit down to two parts that formerly were respective parents to the "jinxed" polys and knobs.
If I export the model without said parts, the polys and knobs work just fine.

What can I do to "save" these obviously corrupted (former parent) parts without having to redo them from scratch?

So far, I've tried to...

- Reset Scale and Transform
- Reset XForm
- Linking the affected knobs and poly to a box and then unlinking them again

...but all to no avail.


Any other ideas?
 
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It might be that you have a 'gauge' texture on the parts, in which case, gauge texture over-rides texture mesh, causing the gauge mesh not to work, or have Mouse rectums... :S

To test this, if you have a texture on them, give them a new texture and see if that fixes them.

You are positive it isn't your gauge part codes? Might be in the top area, like a bad GUID, forgot to add the KF's amount, etc.
 
If it was the code, the knobs and gauges wouldn't work at all.


Negative on the texture, by the way. I've already tried that.
 
I found out my issue, which was done in Max. I had duplicated parts via Copy, but didn't realize 'Instance' was active. All the parts I made off of that switch were bad. Making new clones (no offense to people who have been cloned) then worked properly when made via Copy'Copy.




Bill
 
ha ha ha..... Just tried mapping a wing that was mirrored from the other side, simple texture trade out. Accidentally did Copy/Instance....

TWO TIMES IN A ROW....!!!! sigh.....

Select color for other side, they all go to that color. Select old color, back to the same.


twice...

If only we could have Copy/Copy as automatic and Instance as 'must select only'.


By the way, on your switches, to test my theory, make a new basic part and same code, see if it works. If it does, its the part.

You might be able to make super small squares which would be main new animated parts, copy out the Polygons from the already finished switches and parts and Detach them, select micro square and go to Attach mode, attach Polygons, and see if that will at least enable you to keep the premapped, pre done parts.
 
lionheart said:
(no offense to people who have been cloned)
Click to expand...

I've just laughed out loud.



lionheart said:
If only we could have Copy/Copy as automatic and Instance as 'must select only'.
Click to expand...

Umm..."Copy" is standard in GMax, so I'm pretty safe in that regard.


You might be able to make super small squares which would be main new animated parts, copy out the Polygons from the already finished switches and parts and Detach them, select micro square and go to Attach mode, attach Polygons, and see if that will at least enable you to keep the premapped, pre done parts.
Click to expand...

Hmmmm...
 
Funny, the knobs turn inoperable upon intersecting with any kind of geometry. I've replaced the parent part with a simple box and as soon as a single corner of the knob intersects with said box, it refuses to be clickable.


- Edit:

Made a new part, animated it, attached mouserect and animation tag to it and positioned it so that it intersects the "bad" parent part. It works flawlessly.

Conclusion: New knobs. *Grr*
 
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