Can anyone give me a heads up on how to setup the various animation states for a FSX propeller using 3DS MAX?I made three props for my aircraft:* a still feathered state* a version with solid blades that I rotated 360 degrees* a blurred state with a transparent prop disk that I also rotated 360 degreesUsing the FSX Animation Tool I assigned keyframe animations 0-100 to each prop using the following tags:* prop0_still* prop0_slow* prop0_blurredWhen I view my aircraft in FSX I see all three states at once. Any tips on how to set this up so that I get just one prop state at a time?

>* prop0_still>* prop0_slow>* prop0_blurred>>When I view my aircraft in FSX I see all three states at once.>Any tips on how to set this up so that I get just one prop>state at a time?You must also use the Attachpoint Tool to add the "Visibility" conditions for each of the prop0_xxx parts, using the picklist, then click on "Attach to Mesh" ;)BTW, prop0_still should also be rotated 360 degrees...Be sure to add a keyframe at 90, 180, and 270 degrees (keyframes 25, 50, and 75) as well...

Ahh ha! That's what the Attachpoint Tool is for. Very cool thank you once again Bill.Here's the result...http://www.scipie.com/games/fs/images/prop_states.jpg

>Ahh ha! That's what the Attachpoint Tool is for. Very cool>thank you once again Bill.>>Here's the result...Looking good! Yes, that threw me for a loop the first time around myself... ;)Actually, there are a LOT of things the Attachpoint Tool is used for, but Visibility and Mouse Rectangle are the two I use most often with aircraft models.To be perfectly honest though, I still prefer the FS9 XML schema, which simply automatically associated the XML code to the partname. I see no good reason why they had to change that.This is the single most annoying change... having to shut down GMax or Max to make changes/additions to the modeldef.xml file, then load GMax or Max with your saved project to try yet another export... *:-*