Aircraft Capture Tool isn't really user friendly

[FlyingRaccoon]

Hello @alxcpt90

Thank you for providing some feedback on this tool.

Before I address it, as indicated in the guidelines, please create a dedicated report per bug.
Some of these issues can be unrelated and addressed independently, so tracking each problem individually is better, and you can keep this one as a general discussion on the tool.

@alxcpt90

Create a project with the SDK, to get access to the above mentioned tool seems a bit unusual. Maybe it can be implemented as basic tool in the aircraft selection (just like the avatar capture tool).

Are you not creating a DevMode project for your livery package?
I’ll forward this feedback and we will review if this tool can potentially be used independently from any devmode project.

@alxcpt90

The capture is only available if you spawn a gate/ramp, I think this should be possible once selected the aircrafts livery in the menu.

This is a requirement from the tool. Some data/mechanics the tool needs are not available in the menus.

@alxcpt90

while capturing the thumbnails for the A310, the flaps, engines and main gear doors open, so basically you need to take the thumbnails twice, if you want the doors to be closed, happens both with custom and default liveries.

You can create a dedicated bug report, I have a repro and will add it to our bug tracking system.

@alxcpt90

after closing the project/aircraft capture tool, the sim goes wild.

That is something we are already tracking internally. You can create a dedicated report if you want to be notified when this is fixed.

@alxcpt90

if you load a second livery for the same aircraft, the aircraft capture tool is unable to show the livery, happens both with custom and default liveries. So you basically have to close the sim after every capture, if you want to take more than one set of thumbnails.

I am not sure what you mean by “load a second livery”, I would need a dedicated report with a bit more information about your reproduction steps.
Also, the Spawn Window allows you to select the SimObject you want to capture so you should be able to select your livery here.

Regards,
Sylvain