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WombiiActual asked virtuali commented

Modelattachments not interactive?

The Model attachment feature with their own xml files seem like it would be perfect for adding tablets, displays, instruments and switches to both default planes and our own aircraft.

Unfortunately it seems like objects/nodes in modelattachments can not be clicked on / pushed / interacted with, neither with the code in the main xml nor in the attached xml. Adding a panel material (to show a gps screen for example) also does not work. The panel material does not activate. These objects seem to be passive and can only receive variables for visibility or animation.

Is this intentional, is it a bug, is it me failing to use it correctly or is it just not implemented yet?


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"Is this intentional, is it a bug, is it me failing to use it correctly or is it just not implemented yet? "

I would also like to know (urgently need to know ) the answer to this one, as this not seeming to work is significantly holding up our development.

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I think the main issue to keep in mind, as explained in the SDK docs, is that attached models use the parent object simulation, they don't have a separate one on their own so, whatever variable they are using in their xml behavior, it's related to their parent.

No idea how this would affect interacting with them inside a VC, if it's even possible.

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But some of their XML behavior for these Sub-Models do work, ie Visibility, animation, so it is strange that some other do not. - or

(a) something is being missed by those trying to implement them
or
(b) The sub-Model feature is not yet complted, or is bugged .

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virtuali avatar image virtuali N6722C ·
Sure visibilities do work, but they are based on the variables of the parent sim. Meaning, you can't "set" an A: variable on the attached model, you set it on the parent, and whatever visibility or animation depends on it, it will work, but not independently from the parent.


This, of course, in case of A: variables. If you base a visibility on an L: variable, they are global for that session, regardless who instantiated them ( airplane, other objects, etc. ) and same for E: environment variables like time, etc., they'll work the same regardless if an objects is attached or not.

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