XP12 v1.0: cupholders!

Dozer

There's a snag with the cupholders - when they're in the default, forward position they block view of the station boxes in the sill panels:

But as of XP12 v1.0, they can only rotate through 120° or so, which isn't far enough and they're still in the way in this position:

Just for contrast, photos of BAe 146s with the station boxes relocated from the forward pedestal to the sill panels, the cupholders are generally swung round against the cockpit wall completely out the way:

Or removed entirely:

Can I suggest the rotation limit be fixed so it can rotate all the way to the cockpit wall - but also that this be the default position when the station box is in the sill panel?

It's not a huge deal as I think I can modify the .obj file and hide the whole thing easily enough!

Dozer

Yup, easy to remove the cupholders as a DIY mod, making it slightly easier to see the station box:

This procedure may violate the CAA Certificate of Airworthiness so proceed at your own risk:

open objects/cockpit.obj and objects/I7.obj in a good text editor e.g. Notepad++
search for TrayTable[0] and TrayTable[1]
in each file you'll find a block of text mentioning each, starting with ANIM_begin and ending with ANIM_end
after ANIM_begin insert a new line starting ANIM_hide as shown (note the wide spaces are single tabs):

	ANIM_begin
	ANIM_hide	0	0	thranda/aircraft/Variant

optionally add a comment to remind yourself what you've done, with a line starting #:

	ANIM_begin
# hide cup holder
	ANIM_hide	0	0	thranda/aircraft/Variant

be prepared to repeat this process when the aircraft is updated!

Dozer

In the spirit of minor snags... there's a number of Dzus fasteners not done up correctly on the pedestal, around the FMCs and on the oxygen mask boxes - these are quarter-turn fasteners and should be aligned vertically when the equipment is installed

Mark

Thanks for the feedback. I have passed this on to the development team of the 146 Professional (XP12) to consider for a future update.

Mark - Just Flight