Flight Réplicas Douglas Dc-4 and B-24 free Released

Gentlemen, does anyone have problems with custom liveries after the upgrade v22.0.0? I don't see in sim the livery that I made myself, and the liveries from jankees either.
 
Meridien said:
Gentlemen, does anyone have problems with custom liveries after the upgrade v22.0.0? I don't see in sim the livery that I made myself, and the liveries from jankees either.
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Let me check on this, we did some restructuring of the project in the SDK, which may have updated some path names. The intention was to ensure we did NOT break any 3rd party liveries, but it sounds like something may have gone wrong. Please don't update or "fix" any 3rd party liveries to chase this issue, we'll get it back to how it was.
 
OK, I fixed it and just published v22.0.1 on fs.to. Root cause: we forgot to rename the simobject folder back to its long-established value after the SDK build.

However, fixing that revealed an important and unavoidable issue related to 3rd party liveries. Because we are starting to overhaul cockpit textures, we have (where possible) moved to using shared textures for generic components that are common between the D and J variant. This keeps the package size down, and also makes updates and maintenance easier from the development side.

However - it does mean that any existing 3rd-party liveries are going to show some pink missing cockpit textures until the path ..\..\B-24 Liberator\texture.common is added as the last texture fallback in texture.cfg. Sorry about this change @Meridien , @jankees and any other livery creators.

Here's an example of what needs to be added to texture.cfg.
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Hello,

Trying to flight with "this bird" (B-24D) I have found some glitches ...

a) on the "NAV-OBS" gauge on the left: the knob cannot be selected (cursor don't change over the knob) and the XML code is incorrect, (A:NAV1 OBS, degrees) is an old syntax, under MSFS the new variable is (A:NAV OBS:1, degrees)
b) the "gyro rotating knob" and the "nav radial" knob of the B-24D which cannot be selected/controlled with the mouse.

Since I am currently programming identical gauges on the DC-4 and its vintage VC, I am taking the liberty of posting the code that I am using and that works:

a) first bug:
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Code: 
    <!-- ================================================================================= -->
    <!-- NAV1 OBS    -->
    <Component ID="VINTAGE_NAV1_OBS" Node="nav1_obs">
        <UseTemplate Name="ASOBO_GT_Anim_Code">
            <ANIM_NAME>nav1_obs_anim</ANIM_NAME>
            <ANIM_LENGTH>360</ANIM_LENGTH>
            <ANIM_CODE>(A:NAV OBS:1, degrees) 1 * dnor </ANIM_CODE>
        </UseTemplate>
    </Component>
 
    <Component ID="KNOB_NAV1_OBS_ID" Node="knob_nav1_obs">
        <Parameters Type="Default">
            <TOOLTIP_COURSE_TITLE></TOOLTIP_COURSE_TITLE>
        </Parameters>
        <Parameters Type="Override">
            <TOOLTIP_TITLE></TOOLTIP_TITLE>
            <TOOLTIP_ENTRY_0>INSTRUMENT_Course_1</TOOLTIP_ENTRY_0>
        </Parameters>
        <UseInputEvent ID="INSTRUMENT">
            <CRS_ID>1</CRS_ID>
            <ON_AFTER_INC_EXTERNAL_CODE>(O:_KnobAnimVar) 10 + dnor (&gt;O:_KnobAnimVar)</ON_AFTER_INC_EXTERNAL_CODE>
            <ON_AFTER_DEC_EXTERNAL_CODE>(O:_KnobAnimVar) 10 - dnor (&gt;O:_KnobAnimVar)</ON_AFTER_DEC_EXTERNAL_CODE>
        </UseInputEvent>
        <UseTemplate Name="ASOBO_GT_Knob_Infinite">
            <HIGHLIGHT_NODE_ID>knob_nav1_obs</HIGHLIGHT_NODE_ID>
            <ANIM_NAME>knob_nav1_obs_anim</ANIM_NAME>
            <CLOCKWISE_CODE_DEFAULT_IM>1 (&gt;B:INSTRUMENT_Course_1_Inc)</CLOCKWISE_CODE_DEFAULT_IM>
            <ANTICLOCKWISE_CODE_DEFAULT_IM>1 (&gt;B:INSTRUMENT_Course_1_Dec)</ANTICLOCKWISE_CODE_DEFAULT_IM>
            <CLOCKWISE_CODE_DRAG_IM>1 (&gt;B:INSTRUMENT_Course_1_Inc)</CLOCKWISE_CODE_DRAG_IM>
            <ANTICLOCKWISE_CODE_DRAG_IM>1 (&gt;B:INSTRUMENT_Course_1_Dec)</ANTICLOCKWISE_CODE_DRAG_IM>
            <ANIM_CODE> (A:NAV OBS:1, degrees) 10 * </ANIM_CODE>
        </UseTemplate>
    </Component>

In addition, this code makes it possible to highlight the knob and effectively control the internal graduated crown on the gauge.

b) second and third glitches :

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During export by MCX, some old code (FS9 or FSX format) is still formatted according to the MSFS standard.
Generally, you have to look for the xml files (the XML files provided in the first package: b-24-liberator-fsxp3d-conv-to-msfs) at the end, where you will find these codes, generally under <MouseRect> instructions ... .

Theses codes are not perfect, but it provides a starting point for writing a more suitable and functional Behavior model.

For the first button, this behavior is here :
Code: 
    <Component ID="node165_MouseRect_custom_mrec_Event_04" Node="node165">
      <MouseRect>
        <Cursor>Hand</Cursor>
        <TooltipText>Gyro Drift Adjust</TooltipText>
        <MouseFlags>WheelDown+WheelUp+DownRepeat+LeftSingle+RightSingle</MouseFlags>
        <CallbackCode>
                  (M:Event) 'RightSingle' scmp 0 == if{ (L:gyro_rotating_knob, enum) -- -50 max (&gt;L:gyro_rotating_knob, enum)  }
                  (M:Event) 'LeftSingle' scmp 0 == if{ (L:gyro_rotating_knob, enum)) ++ 50 min (&gt;L:gyro_rotating_knob, enum)) }
                  (M:Event) 'WheelUp' scmp 0 == if{ (L:gyro_rotating_knob, enum) -- -50 max (&gt;L:gyro_rotating_knob, enum) }
                  (M:Event) 'WheelDown' scmp 0 == if{ (L:gyro_rotating_knob, enum)) ++ 50 min (&gt;L:gyro_rotating_knob, enum)) }
          </CallbackCode>
      </MouseRect>
    </Component>

And for the "nav radial", I think it is this one:
Code: 
    <Component ID="node309_MouseRect_custom_mrec_Event_24" Node="node309">
      <MouseRect>
        <Cursor>Hand</Cursor>
        <TooltipText>Course Setting</TooltipText>
        <MouseFlags>WheelDown+WheelUp+LeftDrag+LeftSingle</MouseFlags>
        <CallbackCode>
                    (M:Event) 'LeftSingle' scmp 0 == if{ (M:X) (&gt;L:Calibration mouse position, number) }
                    els{ (M:Event) 'LeftDrag' scmp 0 == if{ (L:Calibration mouse position, number) (M:X) - 180 + 0 max 360 min (&gt;L:course_bug, number) } }
                    (M:Event) 'WheelUp' scmp 0 == if{ (L:course_bug, number) 10 + (&gt;L:course_bug, number) }
                    (M:Event) 'WheelDown' scmp 0 == if{ (L:course_bug, number) 10 - (&gt;L:course_bug, number) }
               </CallbackCode>
      </MouseRect>
    </Component>
 
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