Animation control.
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The animations are in the .cmp file. You can use the utf editor or, I personally use adoxas utf-xml to edit them
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Sorry let me clarify my question. I do know the animations are in the cmp. My question is, how does fl know when to use it? Like the bay doors animation doesn’t do anything untill you dock with a base or jesstion loot so on so on. I’m trying to get a cmp to work with a section rotating. So I’ve looked at a base with a rotating section, and copied it into a cmp. Here’s a look at it:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n240/Alucard1_01/animation.png
Maybe you guys can take a look as only part of the ship shows up in UTF and Cmp.
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In selects_equip you have [InternalFX] elements, these have to be attached like engines to ships/bases (without hardpoint specification). These have animation and sound fx.
For docking bays, the animation is set after the radius of the dock point (see vanilla bases).
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Ok I’m following what your saying Skotty, but I’m not doing somthing.
I’m using the animation from : station_small_b_lod.cmp : as it has the rotation I’m looking for. It’s the base in the main menu screen with the 2 rotating planets. I followed what you said about the InternalFX. So I believe I have found it here:
[InternalFX] nickname = smallstation_animate2 use_sound = rumble_station_small use_animation = Sc_rotate ring ```This uses the Sc_rotate ring used in the cmp file. So I llooked in the solararch.ini for the station to see how it's connected, see here:[Solar]
nickname = smallstation1
LODranges = 0, 2000, 4000, 5000, 10000, 20000
ids_name = 60217
ids_info = 60218
type = STATION
DA_archetype = SOLAR\DOCKABLE\station_small_b_lod.cmp
material_library = SOLAR\Solar_mat_dockable02.mat
material_library = FX\envmapbasic.mat
envmap_material = envmapbasic
mass = 10.000000
loadout = smallstation
docking_camera = 0
solar_radius = 600
shape_name = NAV_smallstation
docking_sphere = berth, HpDockMountA, 10.000000, Sc_open dock1
docking_sphere = berth, HpDockMountB, 10.000000, Sc_open dock2
docking_sphere = berth, HpDockMountC, 10.000000, Sc_open dock3
docking_sphere = moor_medium, HpDockMountD, 10.000000
docking_sphere = moor_medium, HpDockMountE, 10.000000
docking_sphere = moor_medium, HpDockMountF, 10.000000
docking_sphere = moor_medium, HpDockMountG, 5.000000
docking_sphere = moor_medium, HpDockMountH, 5.000000
docking_sphere = moor_medium, HpDockMountI, 5.000000
docking_sphere = moor_large, HpDockMountJ, 5.000000
hit_pts = 999999961690316250000000000000000000.000000Only problem is I don't see it being added on anywhere in the solararch.ini file to anything. Also the number after the mount, what is that for? -
The animations are assigned in this case in solar\loadouts.ini
[Loadout] nickname = smallstation equip = infinite_power equip = ge_s_scanner_02 equip = smallstation_animate1 equip = smallstation_animate2 equip = sfx_rumble_station_small equip = Small_station_turret, HpTurret_S1_01 equip = Large_station_turret, HpTurret_S2_02 equip = Small_station_turret, HpTurret_S1_03 equip = Small_station_turret, HpTurret_S1_04 equip = Small_station_turret, HpTurret_S1_05 equip = Small_station_turret, HpTurret_S1_06 equip = Small_station_turret, HpTurret_S1_07 equip = Large_station_turret, HpTurret_S2_08 equip = Large_station_turret, HpTurret_S2_01 equip = LargeWhite, HpLight01 equip = SlowLargeRed, HpRunningLight01 equip = LargeWhite, HpRunningLight05 equip = LargeWhite, HpRunningLight06 equip = LargeWhite, HpRunningLight10 equip = LargeWhite, HpRunningLight16 equip = SlowXLargeRed, HpRunningLight07 equip = SlowXLargeRed, HpRunningLight08 equip = SlowLargeYellow, HpRunningLight03 equip = SlowLargeYellow, HpRunningLight04 equip = SlowLargeYellow, HpRunningLight09 equip = SlowLargeYellow, HpRunningLight17 equip = SlowLargeYellow, HpRunningLight18 equip = SlowLargeYellow, HpRunningLight20 equip = SlowMediumGreen, HpRunningLight11 equip = SlowMediumGreen, HpRunningLight12 equip = SlowMediumGreen, HpRunningLight13 equip = SlowMediumGreen, HpRunningLight14 equip = LargeWhite, HpRunningLight15 equip = Small_Station_E3_2001, HPDock01 equip = Small_Station_E3_2001, HPDock02 equip = Small_Station_E3_2001, HPDock03equip = smallstation_animate1
equip = smallstation_animate2the number is the distance at which the animation will start from the docking hp
