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P3D v4 Too stupid to get this to work: Different SODE commands for an object...

manschy

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Hi to all experts here,

now I do fiddle around for several hours but can't get my entries to work. Have to say, I can create reasonable groundpolys, nice buildings and have enough imagination to build a halfway proper air base, but technically I am a real dimwit.
SODE hates me.

Although I have success with several SODE objects (animations, windsocks), SODE is refusing to accept my commands in the following issue.

What I would like to see:

I did build a detuner scene. This scene should consist of three parts which shows the detuner area in three different stages:

1. Detuner simply appears without any GSE or Tornado during dusk, dawn and night.
2. Detuner steady including GSE and Tornado ready for afterburner testing at only within a specified time limt.
3. Detuner action controlled by "show/hide" command - only in this action section the "show/hide" command should be able.

I did test all other entries inside the sim objects folder and sim.cfg and there the entries are okay - but the command lines inside the xml SODE laughs about it...
Here are my lines of the xml-file taken out of my animations-xml to all who want to laugh as well:

<SODE>

<!-- Data Probe serving its clients -->

<SimObject Name="RAF_BRUGGEN_X">

<Placement Lat="51.200012000" Lon="6.133529500" Alt="73.456" Hdg="0.0"/>

<Model SimTitle="12bPilot_SODE_Environmental_Data_Probe">

<EnvironmentalDataProbe ClientList="ETUR_DETUNER;ETUR_SL_Arrester_09;ETUR_SL_Arrester_27;BJP_Sock_EAST;BJP_Sock_WEST;ETUR_MOBILE_TOWER_09;ETUR_MOBILE_TOWER_27"/>

</Model>

</SimObject>

<SimObject Name="ETUR_DETUNER">
<Placement Lat="51.1956611" Lon="6.11321298" Alt="0#AGL" Hdg="164.6"/>
<Model SimTitle="ETUR_DETUNER">
<ConditionalVisibility LogicExpression="A|B">
<Condition ID="A" Variable="TimeOfDay" Value="DUSK;DAWN;NIGHT"/>
<Condition ID="B" Variable="DayOfWeek" Value="MON-SUN"/>
</ConditionalVisibility>
</Model>
<Model SimTitle="ETUR_DETUNER_STEADY">
<ConditionalVisibility LogicExpression="(A$B)|C">
<Condition ID="A" Variable="TimeOfDay" Value="DAY"/>
<Condition ID="B" Variable="DayOfWeek" Value="MON;WED;FRI"/>
<Condition ID="C" Variable="Time" Value="0900-0930;1300-1330LT"/>
</ConditionalVisibility>
</Model>
<Model SimTitle="ETUR_DETUNER_ACTION">
<Condition ID="A" Variable="TimeOfDay" Value="DAY"/>
<Condition ID="B" Variable="DayOfWeek" Value="MON;WED;FRI"/>
<Condition ID="C" Variable="Time" Value="0931-0959;1331-1359LT"/>
<TriggerableVisibility Input="TextMenu" Action="Show,Hide" VisibleOnLoad="NO"/>
</TriggerableAnimation>
</ConditionalVisibility>
</Model>
</SimObject>
</SODE>

I appreciate each help to get this scene to work!
 
Okay, in the meantime I got it to work finally.

But there is one ongoing issue:

The animation loop is too short. What I did so far:

1. Changing the modeldef.xml entries to get a longer animation loop as follows:

On top entries I added:
<Animation name="SODE_Trigger_1_50SEC" guid="0e586c0a-1e20-4a01-a077-25f74198b653" length="100" type="Sim" typeParam2="SODE_Trigger_1_50SEC" typeParam="AutoPlay"/>

Below "AnimationGroup name...." I pasted
<AnimationRef guid="0e586c0a-1e20-4a01-a077-25f74198b653"/>
(which is my ongoing SODE Trigger entry...)

...and finally as last "PartInfo"-entry

<PartInfo>
<Name>SODE_Trigger_1_50SEC</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code> <!-- Masks bit 1 (0x0002) out of the SimVar and checks if set -->
(A:VELOCITY BODY Z, number) near 0x0002 &amp; 0x0002 == if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>2</Lag> <!-- Defines duration of animation: 100Frames/2 = 50 seconds -->
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>
<!-- End Animation Code -->
<!-- ### END SIMOBJECT DISPLAY ENGINE ### -->

Done this, the SODE Trigger appears fine in Gmax and I can add it to my animation. I exported it into a mdl file, checked the animation inside MCX, exported it and finally, it works in my P3Dv4.5 - but much too short, just around 20 seconds, not 50 seconds like I need.

The appropriate entry inside the SODE "animations.xml" as follows:

<SimObject Name="ETUR_DETUNER">
<Placement Lat="51.195490888" Lon="6.113313786" Alt="0#AGL" Hdg="173.1"/>
<Model SimTitle="ETUR_DETUNER_ACTION">
<ConditionalVisibility LogicExpression="A$B">
<Condition ID="A" Variable="DayOfWeek" Value="MON;WED"/>
<Condition ID="B" Variable="Time" Value="0931-0959;1331-1359LT"/>
</ConditionalVisibility>
<TriggerableVisibility Input="TextMenu" Action="Show,Hide" VisibleOnLoad="Yes"/>
<TriggerableAnimation Input="TextMenu" Action="Open,Close" StartKF="0" EndKF="100" Duration="50">
<Sound FileName="TORNADO_DETUNER_TRIEBWERK.wav" Loop="Yes" MinDistance="20" MaxDistance="800"/>
</TriggerableAnimation>
</Model>
</SimObject>

Is Duration="50" okay? I just used the number 50 because I thought this is the "seconds" entry.
 
Your entry <Condition ID="B" Variable="Time" Value="0931-0959;1331-1359LT"/> is only 28min, so the animation cannot run for 50min.

And I would remove ETUR_DETUNER from EnvironmentalDataProbe ClientList= ....
Only weather-dependent entries (wind/visibility/rain/snow...) belong there.
 
Thank you, Mike.

I will remove ETUR_DETUNER.

50 minutes is much too long - 50 seconds would be long enough ;)
I think there is maybe something wrong inside the modeldef.xml entries and Gmax.

Is this line correct? What is the number "100" for? I think this is the frame count? Or should I have to correct anything here?
<Animation name="SODE_Trigger_1_50SEC" guid="0e586c0a-1e20-4a01-a077-25f74198b653" length="100" type="Sim" typeParam2="SODE_Trigger_1_50SEC" typeParam="AutoPlay"/>

Is the lag entry set correctly?
<Lag>2</Lag> <!-- Defines duration of animation: 100Frames/2 = 50 seconds -->
To my knowledge the total frames divided by the Lag number results in the seconds, innit?

That way, do I have to use "SODE_Trigger_2_50SEC" instead of "SODE_Trigger_1_50SEC"?


Here is how the animation tool shows the added animation, but I think here everything seems to be okay:





I still don't know where to get my 50 seconds...
 
I must have misinterpreted that.

Yes, 100 = frame count (the length of the animation).
Lag entry 2 is correct.

The entry SODE_Trigger_1_50SEC can stay like this.

Very important !!!
The Gide number must only be given once in the modeldef.xml !!!
 
Yes, I copy and pasted the previous Trigger entry and simply changed the last number from 2 to 3.

Hmm - what else can reduce my 50 seconds?
 
Thank you, Mike.

I noticed this difference:

(A:VELOCITY BODY Z, number) near 0x0001 &amp; 0x0001 == if{ 100 } els{ 0 }

Both were a "2" in my entries, so I try this, maybe this extends the time....
 
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