a little .cfg help please?

[Club508]

Well, I decided to do some land vehicle time in my FSX, but all the vehicles I got had pretty poor steering.

[andy190]

If you have fsx Deluxe or Gold with the sdk, there should be a help file thing. In the start menu go to all programs/ microsoft games/microsoft flight simulator x/Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK & it should be in there. If you don't have gold or deluxe try google searching aircraft.cfg tutorial or something like that. Hope this helps.

[Xpand]

1st: Why are the gear bump values all zero? Those are really important for ground reaction.
Try these instead:

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gear_bump_nose_magnitude=6000            ; 0 - 10000
gear_bump_nose_direction=18000            ; 0 - 35999 degrees
gear_bump_nose_duration=250000            ; in microseconds
gear_bump_left_magnitude=6000            ; 0 - 10000
gear_bump_left_direction=35500            ; 0 - 35999 degrees
gear_bump_left_duration=250000            ; in microseconds
gear_bump_right_magnitude=6000            ; 0 - 10000
gear_bump_right_direction=00500            ; 0 - 35999 degrees
gear_bump_right_duration=250000            ; in microseconds
ground_bumps_magnitude1=3250            ; 0 - 10000

Also, add some height to the engine. The propeller might be hitting the ground...

[Club508]

1st: Why are the gear bump values all zero? Those are really important for ground reaction.
Try these instead:

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gear_bump_nose_magnitude=6000            ; 0 - 10000
gear_bump_nose_direction=18000            ; 0 - 35999 degrees
gear_bump_nose_duration=250000            ; in microseconds
gear_bump_left_magnitude=6000            ; 0 - 10000
gear_bump_left_direction=35500            ; 0 - 35999 degrees
gear_bump_left_duration=250000            ; in microseconds
gear_bump_right_magnitude=6000            ; 0 - 10000
gear_bump_right_direction=00500            ; 0 - 35999 degrees
gear_bump_right_duration=250000            ; in microseconds
ground_bumps_magnitude1=3250            ; 0 - 10000

Also, add some height to the engine. The propeller might be hitting the ground...

The reson for the gear bumps is because since it's a car, the landing gear doesn't extend or retract, and according to Microsoft, gear bumps don't happen in aircraft with fixed gear.

[Xpand]

LOL, really?
I was really convinced that it was a ground reaction thing, like the suspension or something...
Oh well, I guess I should have read the SDK documentation when I started to edit the cfg files... The thing is, 6 years ago they didn't tell much about the Aircraft.cfg file...

[Club508]

LOL, really?
I was really convinced that it was a ground reaction thing, like the suspension or something...
Oh well, I guess I should have read the SDK documentation when I started to edit the cfg files... The thing is, 6 years ago they didn't tell much about the Aircraft.cfg file...

the ground bumps have to do with suspension.  And I can imagine, but thank goodness they say a lot now, otherwise I'd have never made this thing in the first place!

[BrandonF]

I see why the camera views aren't showing up. What kind of GUID is that?!

[garryrussell]

Hi Club

Have you actually re done the suspension in the contact points.  That is where the main action is and it can be tricky to get working right. :-/