Animating Based on Vehicles Speed and Flying Mode

[npmproductions13 14]

Ok i want to animate my vtol's engines to a certain position when VTOL mode is activated and or a certain speed is reached like the Apex vtol

Any help is appreciated i don't know how difficult this is going to be to achieve. On a side note are the Apex assets and configs accessible as a sample at all ?

 

Thanks

-Irish 

[hnchmc 125]

To help with your cfgs: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/A3_CfgVehicles_Plane_class_config_reference. Includes the A-164, The V-44 and the Caesar BTT for config examples.

 

And take a look at this for model animation source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Model_Config#Animation_sources. Look at thrust vectors, that's what you want.

[npmproductions13 14]

I must be missing something is there a way to set the "increments" at which the engines move ? What part of the config is responsible for that ?

[hnchmc 125]

What do you mean by increments? As in a multi-position animation? (0 degrees of engine rotation, 20 degrees, 60, 90?) Or do you mean how fast it moves or far it goes?

[npmproductions13 14]

Yea for example when im going < 30 i want it at a certain position then > 30 i want it at another. Sorry if my reply is vague it's just hard to explain

[hnchmc 125]

Does it not do it automatically? You could do an animation with the engines selection, then use speed as the source...

 

Possibly this in your config.cpp:

 

vtol = 3; // V-44 Blackfish, VTOL using a vectoring near the ground (to avoid blades collision with ground)

 

But I think you should try making an animation with speed as its source. That should work

[npmproductions13 14]

All right ill try that is there much tutorials on making animations. When you say animation do you mean within the model.cfg or is it nothing to do with the model.cfg ?

[hnchmc 125]

With the model.cfg

[x3kj 1247]

All comes down to choosing the correct source

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Model_Config#Animation_sources

[npmproductions13 14]

Ok ill tinker with the cfg and see what i can do thanks lads.