posted 05-10- 09:40 AM               

I'm trying to get obFunc and obExec to work on my Triplane with no luck. I put an obFunc on the middle aileron that tells it to detach: (obFunc (detach (obDetach))).

Then I put an obExec on the top aileron calling that function when the damage level reaches level 1: onDmg 1(obExec (Name 'MLAileron Func 'detach))

I can't get this @#$@#%^$ thing to work. What am I doing wrong?

jgro

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posted 05-10- 12:02 PM               

You could target the main Dr1 object from the aileron, or you could target either aileron from the main Dr1, but you can't go "outside the chain" of parts. Try this:

Put an obFunc under the MAIN Dr1 object. Have that obFunc detach the aileron. Then call the obFunc on the main Dr1 from the onDmg line of the first aileron.

Hehe and if you're trying to get the ailerons to stop working by detaching them, you can't A much more devious method is required...

posted 05-10- 01:14 PM               

jgro

posted 05-10- 02:58 PM               

From what I can tell, you can execute a function on the child from the parent, but you can't execute a function on the parent from the child. Is this true?

jgro

posted 05-10- 05:23 PM               

If you just want to "detach" the ailerons, there are several ways to do it. One is to create an obFunc under the Dr1 object, i.e. obFunc (AileronKill (obExec (Name 'aileron1 Func 'detach) (Name 'aileron2 Func 'detach) (Name 'aileron3 Func 'detach))) (Not sure I got those parentheses right) Then, on each aileron, have onDmg 1 (obExec (Name 'dr1 Func 'AileronKill)) That would knock the other two aileron OBJECTS off anytime the first one gets damaged.

Or, on the wing, add an "onChildDetach--aileron1--obExec--aileron2--detach" sort of setup.

Now if you want the ailerons to actually stop WORKING, it's complicated The "aerodynamic forces" of the ailerons are actually coded into the wings themselves via the wing properties. You basically have to either detach a section of the wing that "contains" the aileron properties, or replace the wing with an identical one, which has no aileron properties. If you have the new P-51D beta version, it uses one technique, and the F4U-1A beta (or the Aussie Spits) use the other technique. The DVII also has control surface failure I think, if you want to look at a biplane.

Probably better for you to look at those in OPS rather than to have me try to explain the whole process. Basically you create "phantom" wings which include the aileron properties, and then detach them with damage.