[MOD] Ground crew animated (prototype)

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 ^^

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

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

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

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

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 ;) )

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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:

outstanding

Looking forward to this

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

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: