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Correcting contact points (again) with AvHistory light effects.

The moling problem, as Clive discussed a long time ago, is due to errors in the model where the undercarriage parts are not correctly named and organised in the model hierarchy. Corrado discovered how to hack a model’s .BDP file and get around this and there certainly used to be hacked versions for some aircraft, but he didn’t share how this was done. Unfortunately.
 
After a bit of experimenting I managed to adjust the contact points and the compression ratio to suit my requirements, plane takes off and lands without any strange visuals

p5TYIv7.jpg


If anybody is interested here are the adjustments I made - Changes in red

point.0 = 1, -19.15, 0, -1.9, 1165, 0, 0.35, 180, 0.56, 1.5, 0.5, 4, 5, 0, 123, 137
point.1 = 1, 2.15, -4.25, -7.15, 1165, 1, 1, 0, 0.6, 2.5, 0.82308, 5, 7, 2, 123, 137
point.2 = 1, 2.15, 4.25, -7.15, 1165, 2, 1, 0, 0.6, 2.5, 0.82308, 7, 16, 3, 123, 137

static_cg_height= 5.0

Original
point.0 = 1, -19.15, 0, -.5, 1165, 0, 0.35, 180, 0.26, 1.5, 0.5, 4, 5, 0, 123, 137
point.1 = 1, 2.15, -4.25, -5.50, 1165, 1, 1, 0, 0.3, 2.5, 0.82308, 5, 7, 2, 123, 137
point.2 = 1, 2.15, 4.25, -5.50, 1165, 2, 1, 0, 0.3, 2.5, 0.82308, 7, 16, 3, 123, 137

static_cg_height= 4.5

Mick
 
Thank you so very much ! A long standing problem found ! Please, fill us in on the way to fix this in layman's terms . Will try this out on the P-40 given. Thanks so much for looking into this and cracking the code ! Regards , Scott
 
Its all found in this thread, plus the links below

https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/contact-points-how-when-and-where.446542/#post-834294

https://www.fsdeveloper.com/wiki/index.php?title=Contact_Points

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforu...Setup-(Repost)?p=858258&viewfull=1#post858258

After reading and taking in those threads then its just a case of -

Change cfg file

Delete bdp file

Load game

Check aircraft

Rinse and repeat as required until you have the result you need.

Its not hard just time consuming

Mick
 
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