Kieran Posted January 28, 2015 Report Posted January 28, 2015 Hi all, I'm animating the cockpit of a plane and am using manipulators. So far I've only got to the baro knob on the altimeter and was wondering what type of manipulator is best to use (there will be many other similar knobs). I've heard that commands are better to use for interacting with the sim, but the command_axis manipulator doesn't seem like the best to use due to it's functionality in the sim.Thoughts? ThanksKieran Quote
AngeloM Posted January 28, 2015 Report Posted January 28, 2015 Hello Kieran,some years ago Ben wrote on the dev blog four articles about dataref vs command comparison, here're the links: http://developer.x-plane.com/2009/04/datarefs-vs-commands-i-whats-the-difference/http://developer.x-plane.com/2009/04/datarefs-vs-commands-ii-which-one-should-i-use/http://developer.x-plane.com/2009/04/datarefs-vs-commands-iii-what-is-my-command-doing/http://developer.x-plane.com/2009/04/datarefs-vs-commands-iv-duplication/ Personally I found them very interesting, so i hope those will be useful for you in the same way. Angelo Quote
JGregory Posted January 28, 2015 Report Posted January 28, 2015 So far I've only got to the baro knob on the altimeter and was wondering what type of manipulator is best to use (there will be many other similar knobs). ATTR_manip_drag_axis or (better) ATTR_manip_drag_axis_pix Quote
Kieran Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Posted January 29, 2015 Thanks very much Jim, don't know how I missed those article! Quote
Kieran Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Posted January 29, 2015 New problem, now the whole cockpit is the manipulator. Well I have the cockpit broken into 2 .objs and the one with the manipulator in it is completely manipulator (see the second image). I'm using Blender 2.5+ and the latest scripts, I don't know if that's the problem or not though. Is there some line I should add to the .obj? Second problem (though this happened before), when I'm in the default cockpit view (even just after pressing Shift+9) I get this artifacting on the cockpit, but as soon as I move the view slightly it goes away. Any idea what might be causing it? Quote
JGregory Posted January 29, 2015 Report Posted January 29, 2015 Without having your source files it is a little hard to help. Maybe post some pics of your blender file showing the manip. Is your manipulator in the cockpit.obj file? Quote
Kieran Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Posted January 29, 2015 Yes the manipulator is in the cockpit.obj file. I've attached it here (with all the point information removed because it'd be too big, if you need the full file I can put it on dropbox) along with a screenshot of the manip in blender. Extra330LX_Cockpit.txt Quote
JGregory Posted January 29, 2015 Report Posted January 29, 2015 Kirean, For starters… you have the manip type set to noop… so your manip is basically doing nothing! I would need the blender file to help you any further… but I can't guarantee when I will be able to get to it. Quote
Kieran Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Posted January 30, 2015 Haha I just noticed that, it wasn't like that before, the export script when a little crazy. I got it fixed now and worked out that if I added an "ATTR_manip_none" after each manipulator in the .obj it worked perfectly. The only issue left now is that graphical glitch, but it might just be that, a glitch. But thank you for your time Jim, much appreciated! Quote
JGregory Posted January 30, 2015 Report Posted January 30, 2015 I got it fixed now and worked out that if I added an "ATTR_manip_none" after each manipulator in the .obj it worked perfectly.You shouldn't have to do that. What scripts are you using? Quote
Kieran Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Posted January 30, 2015 I'm using the ones by Ondrej Brinkel for Blender 2.69+, and it's the latest one from GitHub. Quote
JGregory Posted January 30, 2015 Report Posted January 30, 2015 Kieran, Not sure what's going on with your file. It is VERY large. But again, without the entire Blender file I really can't offer any more insight. Quote
Ben Russell Posted February 1, 2015 Report Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) Time to develop a smaller Proof Project on the side. Minimal mesh required to demonstrate the problem."Throw away" content of no value so the Proof of Concept can be shared freely. Edited February 1, 2015 by Ben Russell Quote
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