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How do I make it so one set of thrusters shuts off and another turns on when I flip a switch?

1,261 Tuxedoman  one year ago

I am making a new fighter plane but I am running into a small issue, I am trying to make it so that when I flip a switch the primary thrusters on the plane shut off and another set of thrusters turn on, the problem is I can't figure out how to make this work and I don't know much about working with variables. Does anyone know how to do this?

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    40.2k Graingy

    @Mousewithamachinegun123 I HAVE GONE SO MANY YEARS HAVING NO BLOODY IDEA
    THIS IS P A I N

    one year ago
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    62.1k TheMouse

    @Tuxedoman
    Glad to help!

    one year ago
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    1,261 Tuxedoman

    @Mousewithamachinegun123 I finally got it all working, appreciate all the advice, thanks! :)

    one year ago
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    62.1k TheMouse

    @Graingy
    Ik, it’s really useful.

    one year ago
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    40.2k Graingy

    @Mousewithamachinegun123 I WILL NOTE THIS
    OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS MANY YEARS
    OOOOOOHHHH MY GOODNESS

    +1 one year ago
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    62.1k TheMouse

    @Graingy
    Yes. This infuriated me for soo long. But then I realized that if you go into overload on the jet, and set “zero on deactivate” to true (it is set to false by default) it will turn off as soon as it is deactivated. This is really nice for afterburners.

    one year ago
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    40.2k Graingy

    @Mousewithamachinegun123 OH MY GOD.
    ... wait, would that turn the engine off when AG 1 is on?
    Because that's always the issue with AGs. They toggle the controls, but not the engine itself.

    +1 one year ago
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    62.1k TheMouse

    @Tuxedoman
    Set that for the activation groups, and not for the input. The input should still be throttle.

    one year ago
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    11.9k oldmate52

    set on to activate 1 an the other ones to activate 2 then have two switch one set to 1 the other set to 2

    one year ago
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    1,261 Tuxedoman

    @Mousewithamachinegun123 thanks! It worked but how do I make it so I can still use the throttle to set the engine?

    +1 one year ago
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    62.1k TheMouse

    Set the switch to “activate 1”
    Then set the primary thrusters to !Activate1
    And the secondary thrusters to Activate1
    ! Means not, so if you have !Activate1 it will be on whenever 1 is off.

    one year ago