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i dont mean the animation though. I mean the node of the object. As far i can see this is used to identify/target the object.

it needs to fit this here

1621548545416.png
 
So you see, in my example its like this:

In Blender

1621548658392.png


And in the XML


<ModelInfo guid="{d9091148-064b-4517-175c-560f4a1ca4af}" version="1.1">
<LODS>
<LOD ModelFile="EDMI-Parasol.gltf" minSize="0">
</LOD>
</LODS>
</ModelInfo>

<ModelBehaviors>
<Include Path="Asobo\Misc\SimObjects.xml"/>

<Component ID="Parasol" Node="Parasol">
<Visibility>
<Parameter>
<Code>(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 36000 &gt;= (E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 68400 &lt;= and (A:AMBIENT PRECIP STATE, mask) 4 &lt; and if{ 1 } els{ 0 }</Code>
</Parameter>
</Visibility>
</Component>
</ModelBehaviors>
 
You guys are awesome. It worked beautifully. Continuing my studies, what do I need to do in the blender to do this in a hangar door? I want to make an animation of the door closing at night. I know the basics are the same, but do I need to call animation x as?
 
I created an animation in blender, the doors closing. with 6 separate doors.

1.jpg


2.jpg


3.jpg


and my xml

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ModelInfo guid="*(GUID)*" version="1.1">
<LODS>
<LOD MinSize="0" ModelFile="ssdk_hangar_fechando.gltf"/>
</LODS>

<Animation name="portao1Action" guid="*(GUID)*" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="portao1Action"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>portao1Action</Name>
<AnimLength>460</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt;= and if{ 460 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>


</ModelInfo>
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But so far I haven't seen it working. Am I on the right path?
 
Hi, that's how I see this: several trials by different people have taken place during the last days, weeks, month to make this hangar door animation work. Unfortuantely I haven't heard of any successfull one. It was successful to define the animation as type="Standard" typeParam="AutoPlay" that allows only to loop the existing animation. In the sdk docs you'll find a note, that material animation "is a matter of change" presently which to me means that it's not working. If haven't tried to create a very long keyframe that lasts like 5 minutes to keep the open state or the close state at least for some minutes to perform so it seems that the doors will stay in the temporary final position. I stoped trying but you could try this variation if you like... Regards Guido
 
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I found a scenario that succeeded. But I still don't understand how he managed to tie the blender with the xml.
 
valeriosza said:
I found a scenario that succeeded. But I still don't understand how he managed to tie the blender with the xml.
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I'm not sure what you meen by scenario that succeeded. If you meen that you have a working blender animation that ok but not an issue. I have an opening and closing hangar that starts when I approach the hangar and come closer than 50 meters to it. But it opens and closes in a loop. That is the issue with material animations which cannot be connected to animations of the type "sim".
 
Nice but I don't see anything. Did you buy it and it works? If so, get the xml code and look how they have managed that. The xml files are in the community folder after installation. That would be really nice if they found a way to realize what we tried so hard and failed. So check the xml files pls.
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ModelInfo guid="{59c7bab4-cd62-430a-fad5-92463ab1deb3}" version="1.1">
<LODS>
<LOD minSize="0" ModelFile="sssshangar03A.gltf"/>
</LODS>

<Animation name="janelaf1.1" guid="e0a92163-f7d0-407e-9bbb-b2e82625fdfc" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="janelaf1.1"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>janelaf1.1</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="janelaf1.2" guid="13a70ac4-7d66-478a-b070-52a117b45887" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="janelaf1.2"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>janelaf1.2</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="janelaf2.1" guid="dab1eea6-3c42-4861-9d43-5539026adcc3" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="janelaf2.1"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>janelaf2.1</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="janelaf2.2" guid="a1c4abc0-3265-4a49-bbeb-6406a9dbc318" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="janelaf2.2"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>janelaf2.2</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 28800 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 64800 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="portah1.1" guid="71032a6e-d4ff-4cc4-ab9e-9aec29845cd7" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="portah1.1"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>portah1.1</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 24000 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 67500 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="portah1.2" guid="2f3e3aac-464a-4b59-a7c2-ffbf4d4f686a" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="portah1.2"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>portah1.2</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 24000 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 67500 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="portah1.3" guid="5479b22e-2155-4d72-ac29-ac476e3f1029" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="portah1.3"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>portah1.3</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 24000 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 67500 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="portah3.1" guid="ba93ff95-9be4-4cbc-93de-979008a88f73" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="portah3.1"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>portah3.1</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 22000 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 71000 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="portah3.2" guid="6d390692-b65e-4ec8-beab-950f19365e90" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="portah3.2"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>portah3.2</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 22000 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 71000 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="portah3.3" guid="966fb2c9-b209-4dce-9db9-8378e779c32a" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="portah3.3"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>portah3.3</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 22000 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 71000 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="portah3.4" guid="1c49104d-e74c-49b1-98a5-6c8aad8bee64" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="portah3.4"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>portah3.4</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 22000 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 71000 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="portao" guid="886cb3c6-4770-4e87-9628-f6d0527162ca" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="portao"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>portao</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 25200 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 67500 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="portaof1.1" guid="8f17c030-8e5d-4a58-a766-c708457706ab" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="portaof1.1"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>portaof1.1</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 25200 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 67500 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="portaof1.2" guid="39ddd429-483b-4a83-8a47-b2d886441d34" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="portaof1.2"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>portaof1.2</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 25200 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 67500 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<Animation name="portaol1.1" guid="1984f38d-e8c5-447f-9410-9b6daf41032d" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" length="100" typeParam2="portaol1.1"/>

<PartInfo>
<Name>portaol1.1</Name>
<AnimLength>100</AnimLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 25200 &gt;=
(E:LOCAL TIME, Seconds) 67500 &lt;= and if{ 100 } els{ 0 }
</Code>
<Lag>10</Lag>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

</ModelInfo>
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Thx, could you provide a short video of the animation and the sim.xml content of the associatet xml-content of sssshangar03A.gltf? When I compare the code with what I tried in the past, I cannot see any new stuff in this xml part. I haven't tried with the value 100 but with other values for the animation length. That might be the secret and I'll give it a try these days.
Regards Guido
 
Wow it works with my hangar as well. I'll upload a short clip. I connected the animation of opening/closing to the yoke hide/unhide function in the my TBA930....
 
GuidoH said:
Wow it works with my hangar as well. I'll upload a short clip. I connected the animation of opening/closing to the yoke hide/unhide function in the my TBA930....
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Can you give more details on how it was done? More precisely in the blender?
 
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