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C-130 Hanger...
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delta_lima
Charter Member 2015
If there was a white version, it could a pretty decent standin for AFFTC hangars at Edwards (that's the Air Force Test Facility, separate from the Dryden facility) which is further North and East on the base.
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/370456main_E-1152_full.jpg
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/370444main_ET61-0145_full.jpg
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/D-558-2/Large/E-1109.jpg
Ignoring the NACA badge (was prior to the period I'm doing) ... and white ... I'd take it in a heartbeat, as I have nothing with that distinctive notch for the tail ...
dl
rdaniell
SOH-CM-2013
Willy, we've got to find you a better respirator. You've been breathing too many paint fumes. But since you asked, since the doors don't open, there can be anything inside that you are capable of imagining. Ain't virtual reality so much better than real life?
RD
rdaniell
SOH-CM-2013
Awesome RD.
Will the doors be open as well, or animated.?
No I don't plan on doing an open door version. As far as animated doors, I don't have a clue as how to model that. What you see in the WIP is the only version I plan to do.
RD
trucker17
Charter Member
I'm not sure if you can model keyframe animations that compile into mdls properly in Sketchup (I gather you use SK for your 3d work, Randy). In GMAX or 3DSMAX such a simple animation is fairly easy, there are a lot of tutorials out there.
As FSX does not natively support conditional animations for scenery objects, you either can cheat and use the FS9 mdl compiler or do it right by defining the hangar as a Simobject and use SODE to trigger the conditional animation (e.g. by dialing in a certain frequency or whatever). Here's a link to an article about SODE, even with a hangar animation example (with sound!):
http://www.simflight.com/2015/07/28/fsx-scenery-designer-sode-it/
Best,
Mark
rdaniell
SOH-CM-2013
I've made what I think are a few improvements to this hanger project. I plan to get it uploaded by the weekend. I hope everyone who downloads it finds it a suitable object for placement in your sceneries. It will be the last of my projects for awhile. I think it is time that I became reacquainted with actually flying in FSX and enjoying the sceneries that I already have completed.
RD
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Dimus, C-130 Loadmasters are good guys. I believe you know one...
RD
Indeed they are... The post was intentional as you obviously realized.
Unless there is a plugin for Sketchup that will accomplish that (wouldn't that be great) I don't believe there's any way to do the type of animation we want. You can do "Presentation Animation", such as walk through's of architectural models, but beyond that I don't believe there's any way to do what we need as far as animating hangar doors.