[MOD] Ground crew animated (prototype)

[astazou]

Hello guys,

 

I'm interested in general to make DCS more "alive" with human activities. I was used to add ground vehicule/units in my missions, but now I'm want to go further. I want to make an animated ground crew!:pilotfly:

 

 

Before doing that directly, and spend time on 3D models/animations, I wanted to be sure it was going to work. So... I started a POC/POT (Proof Of Concept/Technology). It explains why my ground crew is so... minecraft inspired :megalol:

 

 

fullscreen: https://giphy.com/gifs/9PlM4r2H4gXN6gG1np/fullscreen

 

Anyway, I'm happy I did that, because I saw I need a small evolution from ED. I need a function to call animation on object (from a lua script). Or maybe it's already existing, but we don't know the name?

 

What you see in the video is half-fake, because different animations are caused by the distance (playing with LODS). What I really need, is a real function to call animations :smilewink:

 

I asked this function in this topic:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3795159#post3795159

 

 

If we get this function, I will be able to finish the prototype and start the real mod. For now, I keep my fingers crossed for ED grants my wishes :thumbup:

 

PS: yes, the 3D model will be the first thing I will do after I validate everything I want to do is possible ^^

Edited February 11, 2019 by astazou

[rrohde]

Great showcase of something that DCS really would benefit from! Thanks for sharing.

[petsild]

This element the DCS completely absent. Your project I'm a fan and thank you for the great report.

[RedBat07]

That would make airfields and taxing soo interesting! Fingers crossed! Good luck!

[Baco]

And on the carrier its invaluable, to hit the sweet spot for the Cat.

[astazou]

for the carrier, there is already an asset "crew deck" planned by ED, I'm not sure I need to focus on it ;)

 

And I will go step by step, first, complete parking animations from a ground crew, adapted to what the pilot is doing. If the POC is a success, we can image deck crew for departure, taxing, ...

 

But for now, I need to call a function for animations (posted in the wishlist section of the forum ;) )

[mvsgas]

If you are interested, Air Force Instruction (AFI) 11-218 will show you all the USAF, NATO, FAA and ICAO hand signal and meaning. You can find a copy in e-publishing.af.mil

[fl0w]

This looks really cool as a project and I am excited to see it get far. I wish you the best of luck on this! :thumbsup:

[JFCshloss]

outstanding

[shaggy]

Looking forward to this

[Highwayman-Ed]

Great idea. Hell, I'd just love some animated mechanics, refuellers and ordinance loaders to spice up the ramp.

[Strut]

Great idea. Hell, I'd just love some animated mechanics, refuellers and ordinance loaders to spice up the ramp.

 

 

 

 

What he said, great project please go ahead:thumbup: