Andrew Wai P51D Tire fix wanted

Ian Astill

Ian Astill

Charter Member 2012
Hi all,

I have brought this up before but the answer went a bit over my head a bit.

It's a great model but the right wheel doesn't rotate and it's really annoying! Does anyone have a cure for this or can someone give me a walk through of how to go about fixing it myself using a hex editor?
 
The Wai Factor

This from the sc7500 Files -

How to fix a P-51 tire with a TXT editor and [MAYBE] a HeX editor:

"...Just wondering if there was ever a fix or update for Andrew Wai's P51D?..."

Very small issue, it's just one of the wheels isn't rotating. Now that I've noticed its bugging the hell out of me
As far as I know there's no update, but there is a fix. It is a model thing, and repaired with scasm editing and/or hex editor. I have lost the link to a previous thread that discusses this. But I copied it to my PC for reference, and think it would be okay to paste it here. Here is the info:
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Your problem might be that the c_tire definition is the last line of the GUIDParam section (or is it just an artifact of your snip?).

I have noticed in the past that the if the last line of that section is an animation but the animation quite often doesn't work - I have seen it when one of the main landing gear wheels will rotate but the one on the other side doesn't, or when one set of cowl flaps on a 2-engine plane are animated but the other set is frozen.
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Originally Posted by gavinc:

Sometimes it can be solved by adding a dummy line to the end of the GUIDParam section. In this case I would use something like
;UINT32 E0 4 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000000000000} dummy0

Hope this helps.
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Gavin
Well, this is the one I tried....works like a charm. Thanks Gavinc and also to everyone else that pitched in. It's nice to see something come together like this.

The A-7 has a complete set of rollers now. Can you see that in the picture?
Yeah...I didn't think so. But it's there.
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gavinc hit the nail right on the head.
Sure enough r_tire is the last entry in the DICT_SECTION.

Reorganising it thus:

Code:
;DICT_SECTION
;FLOAT32 AE 4 {2A09AF32-34E5-11D3-A479-00105A24D108} l_gear
;FLOAT32 AA 4 {BA9EBED0-34E5-11D3-A479-00105A24D108} r_gear
;FLOAT32 B6 4 {FC649DE0-34E5-11D3-A479-00105A24D108} c_gear
;FLOAT32 BA 4 {DC7E5F6D-33A3-4183-AC11-997A0E14575A} r_spoiler
;FLOAT32 BE 4 {E54A2C80-935E-4C5D-8700-1E1E495E0077} l_spoiler
;UINT32 A4 4 {FBD8EE2C-39A7-4E9C-B527-AA632FE7E50F} engine0
;UINT32 A0 4 {D50CA991-BE29-49DC-811C-9BAD544D9AD9} engine1
;UINT32 9C 4 {B50DD089-FD07-45D7-A84F-6BC19F2F5D83} engine2
;UINT32 98 4 {53CAB4CC-FE7A-40B3-9EB2-C5805BC949B7} engine3
;FLOAT32 B2 4 {9E5C1C91-D1A9-477F-B78C-68AD64D4AF56} f_canopy
;UINT32 C2 4 {4CF550DF-134D-4989-BACD-978E3A69D82E} c_tire
;UINT32 CA 4 {4D54624D-D897-4408-876E-1E3E38A253B0} l_tire
;UINT32 C6 4 {747D97A8-8770-4FC7-B8F7-1D893A2544BB} r_tire
;UINT16 A8 2 {0EECADB4-1724-41C6-B977-D87A4C9544E8} crash_check

Fixed the wheel.
 
this is the reply I got last time I asked. Unfortunately I have no experience with this kind of stuff so I don't know where to start
 
SKYPE ?

Ian, some of our more learned and capable members have, from time to time, engaged in Skype conversations to help people learn and modify these things....

Perhaps one of them would offer their services to you ?
SC
:kilroy:
 
sc7500 said:
Ian, some of our more learned and capable members have, from time to time, engaged in Skype conversations to help people learn and modify these things....

Perhaps one of them would offer their services to you ?
SC
:kilroy:
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What is the line, to change the landing gear down, to up, in the CFS2 visualization menu?
some models are with the landing gear down, and I has a 97% of mi colection with the landing gear up like cfs2 stock models.
 
I have both wheels rolling just fine on my AW P51d...had it a long time, no file changes that I can remember.
 
It's down to the version of MDLC you're using. If using 1.90 either manually or through the mk_MDLC front end, then sometimes it does not convert certain ani's (usually seen with one slat/flap/wheel etc etc failing to work.

You can use an older version of MDLC 85/1.17/1.42 etc etc manually or connect it to MDLC. Caveat that you may have a prob with g_lightstates, as 1.90 does this automatically (although can be added to converting DICT table in older versions and so be auto).

Cheers Shessi
 
demorier said:
I have both wheels rolling just fine on my AW P51d...had it a long time, no file changes that I can remember.
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Could you send me your version of the model please?? Or else link me to where you got your version??

(I have the ''Old Crow'' Download from simviation)
 
I think from memory there was at least a couple of updates to the file system. I think more to do with making the panels shine, perhaps there was a problem or two originally and it got fixed along the way ???
 
My "Old Crow"'s right wheel doesn't rotate either.

What I find more annoying are the AI aircraft crashing into each other on the runway when they begin their takeoff.
 
The problem is in your MDL file that's in your "Model" folder. I have the MDL file that will correct your problem.
 
View attachment 44077 This is the file that needs to be in your "Model" folder. Just delete the MDL file you have in there now and insert this one and your problem should be solved. This MDL file is from AW original P-51.

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Tire.zip (520.2 KB)
 
LANDING GEAR PROBLEM IN P-51H

P51H landing gear fix wanted !!!.

There is the model, check the model in earth, problems with plates of the landing gear structure.

Any can check the aircraft.cfg? ,Some models has similar deffects for a bad aircraft file configuration

cfs2_1.jpg


http://www.mudpond.org/cfs2_p51h.zip
 
Thanks very much kwb737 - both problems fixed - no more locked right brake - all aircraft straightened up and flying right.

Kevin
 
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