Hi there,
I assume I found a bug in the built-in commands to close the aircraft doors.
Situation:
I want to open/close the passenger doors by using commands rather than the built in "Cabin Crew"-Dialog.
If I use the "Cabin Crew" dialog by clicking "Open Forward Passenger Door" both opening and closing works as intended
When I use the built-in IXEG commands to do the same process I can open the door completely but not closing it completely (see screenshots)
These are the commands I use:
ixeg/733/open_fwd_passenger_door
ixeg/733/close_fwd_passenger_door
Some observations:
I see that there are 2 datarefs involved or at least related. I use DataRefTool to analyze the dataref states and commands
door movment ratio => ixeg/733/misc/front_passenger_door_ratio (0.0 means "door closed", 1.0 mans "door opened")
(i assume) door handle actuator =>ixeg/733/manips/front_passenger_door_handle_act (I assume 0.0 means "door closed", 1.0 mans "door opened" here as well)
as expected, In both ways of closing the door (via command and via clicking the checkbox in the IXEG menu) the dataref ixeg/733/misc/front_passenger_door_ratio changes according to the door position
I notice that ixeg/733/manips/front_passenger_door_handle_act is only changed if the "Cabin Crew" Dialog is used but not if I use the close command.
When I close the door via the command ixeg/733/close_fwd_passenger_door the closing process stops at ixeg/733/misc/front_passenger_door_ratio == 0.36 (I expected 0.0 here)
the behaviour is the same with all other doors I tested.
Documentation:
I tried to document both the aircraft visuals + the commands / datarefs / menu state with screenshots. That way you see how the datarefs change during the tests. Screenshots 01-04 cover the open/close cycle via the checkbox click, screenshots 05-08 cover the copen/close cycle via the IXEG commands. Please find them attached:
01 - screenshot taken some seconds after clicking the "Open Forward Passenger Door" checkbox in the IXEG cabin crew menu
02 - screenshot taken after the door has opened completely
03 - screenshot taken some seconds after clicking the "Open Forward Passenger Door" checkbox again in the IXEG cabin crew menu to close the door
04 - screenshot taken after the door has closed completely
05 - screenshot taken some seconds after actuating the ixeg/733/open_fwd_passenger_door command from within DataRefTool
06 - screenshot taken after the door has opened completely
07 - screenshot taken some seconds after actuating the ixeg/733/close_fwd_passenger_door command from within DataRefTool
08 - screenshot taken after closing procedued stopped wth the door still open a bit
Conditions:
The aircraft is in go-around state at this test
I am running on the latest IXEG 737-300 on XP 12.2.0 RC1
Any help / recommondation would be awesome!
Best,
Stephan