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- Thread starter kwb737
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Some times it seems CFS2 does not like the fs animation r_tire. the fix can be accomplished either by a direct hex edit on the mdl or by using MDLC to extract a scasm source and editing that.
What you have to do is use the l_tire animation.
I use HxD to do my hex editing, open the mdl in your hex editor, the Dict section is at offset 0x05034h or there abouts. The GUID for r_tire is [FONT="]{747D97A8-8770-4FC7-B8F7-1D893A2544BB} note how the order of the first 8 bytes appears (colors may help)
in the hex editor it looks like[/FONT]
find that sequence of bytes and change for the l_tire GUID [FONT="]{4D54624D-D897-4408-876E-1E3E38A253B0}[/FONT]
What you have to do is use the l_tire animation.
I use HxD to do my hex editing, open the mdl in your hex editor, the Dict section is at offset 0x05034h or there abouts. The GUID for r_tire is [FONT="]{747D97A8-8770-4FC7-B8F7-1D893A2544BB} note how the order of the first 8 bytes appears (colors may help)
in the hex editor it looks like[/FONT]
Code:
[COLOR=lime][COLOR=magenta]A8 97 7D 74[/COLOR][COLOR=deepskyblue] 70 87[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]C7 4F[/COLOR] B8 F7 1D 89 3A 25 44 BB
Code:
4D 62 54 4D 97 D8 08 44 87 6E 1E 3E 38 A2 53 B0or do a SCASM edit, slightly different same result.
Use MDLC to extract a scasm source
at the command line with all files in the same directory
open filename.sca in wordpad make a note of the uOffsets for r_tire and l_tire
for this example I would do edit/replace all 0xDA for 0xD2 (Note, adding the 0x prevents corruption of other occurances of this byte)
save and rebuild with MDLC
Use MDLC to extract a scasm source
at the command line with all files in the same directory
Code:
mdlc /a filename
Code:
; uOffset
;FLOAT32 CE 4 {2A09AF32-34E5-11D3-A479-00105A24D108} l_gear
;UINT32 [COLOR=red]D2[/COLOR] 4 {4D54624D-D897-4408-876E-1E3E38A253B0} l_tire
;FLOAT32 D6 4 {BA9EBED0-34E5-11D3-A479-00105A24D108} r_gear
;UINT32 [COLOR=red]DA[/COLOR] 4 {747D97A8-8770-4FC7-B8F7-1D893A2544BB} r_tiresave and rebuild with MDLC
Code:
MDLC /m filename.sca
MDLC /l filename.bgl
MDLC /c filename.mdk
copy filename.MD2 filename.MDL
Jeeze wish I could!! "Laugh" After I read all that I had this HUGE Question mark above my head.(I'm a real novice when it comes to what you were explaining) ,That's OK , no big deal. I can live with one tire not turning, in less than a minute it's retracted and tucked away out of sight.
Thanks
Thanks
Oglivie
Charter Member
;l_tire UINT32 0xCA 4 {4D54624D-D897-4408-876E-1E3E38A253B0}
;r_tire UINT32 0xC6 4 {747D97A8-8770-4FC7-B8F7-1D893A2544BB}
The hex edit did not work for me. I re-did it several times and re-checked it, but just wouldn't work for me for some reason or other. However, the scasm edit worked fine by replacing all occurances (were two) of 0xC6 (r_tire) with 0xCA (l_tire).
Thank You Simon!
:salute:
;r_tire UINT32 0xC6 4 {747D97A8-8770-4FC7-B8F7-1D893A2544BB}
The hex edit did not work for me. I re-did it several times and re-checked it, but just wouldn't work for me for some reason or other. However, the scasm edit worked fine by replacing all occurances (were two) of 0xC6 (r_tire) with 0xCA (l_tire).
Thank You Simon!
:salute:
dvslats
Charter Member
Almost The Same But With A Little Twist
Hi all,
Simon, I really appreciate you putting together these word documents for us newbs.
With it I was able to fix the pilot, intake cover, and exhaust nozzle appearing and disappearing on the IRIS A-7E released as freeware. These were linked to engine rpm %'s.
The one last hurtle is the front wheels not rotating. There are two wheels under the nose. As far as I can tell everything looks to be in order...I think.
Can CFS2 animate two c_tire ?
Here's some of the sca...what I hope is relevant.
That's all the c_tire in the file.
If you have any suggestions, I am all ears. :ernae: And one good eye...
Dave
Hi all,
Simon, I really appreciate you putting together these word documents for us newbs.
With it I was able to fix the pilot, intake cover, and exhaust nozzle appearing and disappearing on the IRIS A-7E released as freeware. These were linked to engine rpm %'s.
The one last hurtle is the front wheels not rotating. There are two wheels under the nose. As far as I can tell everything looks to be in order...I think.
Can CFS2 animate two c_tire ?
Here's some of the sca...what I hope is relevant.
Code:
;uType uOffset uLen guidParam uName
;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;DICT_SECTION
;FLOAT32 98 4 {07A849C0-217F-4BC7-B000-CAEE1C2B6A4F} lever_throttle0
;FLOAT32 9C 4 {76E3ECA3-6F10-42AA-8929-1DD26FCD1926} lever_stick_l_r
;FLOAT32 A0 4 {5DCB06D5-B974-4559-829D-1A562499CECD} lever_stick_fore_aft
;FLOAT32 A4 4 {9E5C1C91-D1A9-477F-B78C-68AD64D4AF56} f_canopy
;FLOAT32 A8 4 {FC649DE0-34E5-11D3-A479-00105A24D108} c_gear
;FLOAT32 AC 4 {BA9EBED0-34E5-11D3-A479-00105A24D108} r_gear
;FLOAT32 B0 4 {2A09AF32-34E5-11D3-A479-00105A24D108} l_gear
;FLOAT32 B4 4 {B0A58FCC-C3E2-4798-8E32-B2A1C8C59FE8} lever_pedals_l_r
; rt#50#50
;UINT32 B8 4 {57F0E99D-0523-4E9C-BCB6-12BB2FE73F06} g_lightStates
;FLOAT32 BC 4 {FBD8EE2C-39A7-4E9C-B527-AA632FE7E50F} engine0
;FLOAT32 C0 4 {DC7E5F6D-33A3-4183-AC11-997A0E14575A} r_spoiler
;FLOAT32 C4 4 {779F7B58-A315-4EFE-A17C-BC4D5E5D478F} tailhook
;FLOAT32 C8 4 {E54A2C80-935E-4C5D-8700-1E1E495E0077} l_spoiler
;FLOAT32 CC 4 {9462BE35-883E-4E3A-A5DA-278BCD2F7526} l_wingfold
;FLOAT32 D0 4 {10423E7D-2C14-419E-AC81-3AC6AD0EDA41} r_wingfold
;UINT32 D4 4 {747D97A8-8770-4FC7-B8F7-1D893A2544BB} r_tire
;UINT32 D8 4 {4D54624D-D897-4408-876E-1E3E38A253B0} l_tire
;UINT32 DC 4 {4CF550DF-134D-4989-BACD-978E3A69D82E} c_tire
"snipped"
From The End Of Gear Animation And Drawing Information For c_gear *1
303 255 300 ;23113 23065 23110 PH1 PH2 PH1
299 255 303 ;23109 23065 23113 PH1 PH2 PH1
271 255 299 ;23081 23065 23109 PH1 PH2 PH1
269 255 271 ;23079 23065 23081 PH1 PH2 PH1
254 255 269 ;23064 23065 23079 PH2 PH2 PH1
)
Transform_Mat(
-2367.3989257813 8901.8964843750 2478.7763671875
-1.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000
0.0000000000 0.9982830286 -0.0585840009
0.0000000000 -0.0585840009 -0.9982830286
)
;uName: c_tire uOffset: 0xDC
TransformCall( :L18FFF0 0 0 0 0.0000000000 0xDC 0.0000000000 0x00 0.0000000000 0x00 )
Jump( :L18FFF6 )
:L18FFF0
Jump32( :L194C7A )
"snipped"
A Little Farther Down From Gear Animation And Drawing Information For c_gear *2
693 709 404 ;24027 24043 23738 PH7 PH7 PH7
366 655 647 ;23700 23989 23981 PH7 PH7 PH7
655 366 384 ;23989 23700 23718 PH7 PH7 PH7
)
;uName: c_tire uOffset: 0xDC
TransformCall( :L198692 0 0 0 0.0000000000 0xDC 0.0000000000 0x00 0.0000000000 0x00 )
Jump( :L198698 )
:L198692
Jump32( :L19869A )
:L198698
Return
:L19869AThat's all the c_tire in the file.
If you have any suggestions, I am all ears. :ernae: And one good eye...
Dave
Note I said "sometimes it seems"
In hindsight I would say check the aircraft.cfg before messing with the model.
CFS2 supports tricycles only, I found this out making drivable cars and trucks.
Rig your contact points for tricycle gear, All the gear animations should then behave, r_tire included. Regardless of how many wheels are in the model.
The only gear animations I know CFS2 does not support are
aux_gear extension and retraction
rudder_water_deploy both found in the FS2K2 C208 Caravan Amphibian
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 the animation quite often doesn't work - I have often 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.
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.
Gavin
I have noticed in the past that the if the last line of that section is an animation the animation quite often doesn't work - I have often 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.
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.
Gavin
Blue Devil
Charter Member
Would it be possible, ...for the benifit of all us programing "thumb merchants"...
...for one of you higher-order air-crew to post a corrected .mdl file...?
Maybe as a zipfile with a ".pdf" added to the extension to make appear as a PDF file...?
ie.
B24Dt.mdl.zip.pdf
Thanks in advance.
Blue Devil
...for one of you higher-order air-crew to post a corrected .mdl file...?
Maybe as a zipfile with a ".pdf" added to the extension to make appear as a PDF file...?
ie.
B24Dt.mdl.zip.pdf
Thanks in advance.
Blue Devil
gavinc hit the nail right on the head.
Sure enough r_tire is the last entry in the DICT_SECTION. reorganising it thus
Fixed the wheel.
The attached file is clearly not a PDF please don't try opening it as such. It needs to be tested to see what effect moving crash_check has.
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_checkThe attached file is clearly not a PDF please don't try opening it as such. It needs to be tested to see what effect moving crash_check has.
Gavin is correct, IIRC this is a 'glitch' with mdlc, a long ago and forgotten known one. The dummy line or even duplicating the last line works fine.
Jamie
oops, Simon is on it, should've read the second page before posting, lol.
Just a note, the r_tire anim doesn't work from source (GMAX/FSDS) it's easily remedied by swapping in the l_tire before compiling.
We oughtta take advantage of the Wiki part of this site and bank all the knowledge, Caleb Flerk stuff especially, in case his site vanishes.
Jamie
We oughtta take advantage of the Wiki part of this site and bank all the knowledge, Caleb Flerk stuff especially, in case his site vanishes.
Jamie
Blue Devil
Charter Member
The .mdl works great.
took the ".pdf" off the extension, ...and then unzipped it.
Through out the .cdp file to prevent the initial CTD, ...but after that...
...Right main roll.
Thanks buckets, S.
P.S. any chance, ...while you're in there... tinkerin'...?
...can ya get the nose gear to steer with the rudder...
...or to caster if that is the case? (I'll check which)
(I know, ...I greedy, ...but it's hard to find a good A&P for these old birds... :salute: )