Halo Pelican, its VTOL System, and how to use it on a personal project?

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Hey all,

I was wondering if anyone has figured out how the VTOL system works in the new Halo Pelican and how one can use it in a personal project to have hover and vertical take-off on a plane project?

I do not seem to see how the vehicle ties into the coding for hover flight mode, which is triggered by afterburner. I see no form of controls coding, no special gauge that has the tech in it.

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Bill
Lionheart Creations

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No one has figured it out yet?

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I talked to a bud on discord, he hinted the logic is in the interior.xml - look out for “BOOST SWITCH” there.

The flight model itself is in flight_model.cfg under the section [PELICAN_FLIGHT_MODEL]

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Many thanks, Delta2k5,

I was able to check the Hover switch and found it was tied into Afterburners. I’ll check the Boost switch.

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Hey =)

i was the guy who gave the hint. and yes should be the “SWITCH_MODE_ACTION” here:

	** <Component ID="BOOST_SWITCH">
		<Parameters Type="Default">
			<NODE_ID>Switch_BOOST</NODE_ID>
			<ANIM_NAME>Switch_BOOST</ANIM_NAME>
			<L_VAR>XMLVAR_Toggle_Boost_Mode</L_VAR>
			<PART_ID>Boost_Switch</PART_ID>
			<IE_NAME>Boost</IE_NAME>
		</Parameters>
		<Parameters Type="Override">
			<INPUT_EVENT_ID_SOURCE>ENGINE</INPUT_EVENT_ID_SOURCE>
			<USE_INPUT_EVENT_ID>ENGINE</USE_INPUT_EVENT_ID>
			<WWISE_PREFIX>Boost</WWISE_PREFIX>
			<NO_ID_IN_PARTID>True</NO_ID_IN_PARTID>
		</Parameters>
		<UseTemplate Name="ASOBO_Interaction_Base_Template">
			<TOOLTIP_TITLE>AIRCRAFT.TOOLTIPS.SWITCH_MODE_TITLE</TOOLTIP_TITLE>
			<TT_DESCRIPTION_ID>AIRCRAFT.TOOLTIPS.SWITCH_MODE_ACTION</TT_DESCRIPTION_ID>
			<TT_VALUE>(O:#INPUT_EVENT_ID_SOURCE#_#IE_NAME#_Position, Bool) if{ (R:1:AIRCRAFT.TOOLTIPS.GT_STATE_CRUISE) } els{ (R:1:AIRCRAFT.TOOLTIPS.GT_STATE_HOVER) }</TT_VALUE>
			<TT_VALUE_IS_DYNAMIC>True</TT_VALUE_IS_DYNAMIC>
			<GET_STATE_EXTERNAL>(L:#L_VAR#, Bool) sp0</GET_STATE_EXTERNAL>
			<SET_STATE_EXTERNAL>
				p0 if{ 
					1 (&gt;L:#L_VAR#)
					(O:Saved_AP_state) if{ (&gt;B:AUTOPILOT_AP_1_On) }
				}
				els{
					(A:AUTOPILOT MASTER, Bool) d (&gt;O:Saved_AP_state)
					if{ (&gt;B:AUTOPILOT_AP_1_Off) }
					0 (&gt;L:#L_VAR#)
				}
			</SET_STATE_EXTERNAL>
			<NUM_STATES>2</NUM_STATES>
			<INTERACTION_TYPE>Switch</INTERACTION_TYPE>
			<LOCAL_VAR_TO_WATCH_0>#L_VAR#</LOCAL_VAR_TO_WATCH_0>
			<BINDING_SET_0_EVENT_ID>TOGGLE_AFTERBURNER</BINDING_SET_0_EVENT_ID>
		</UseTemplate>
	</Component> **

You can also just copy the [PELICAN_FLIGHT_MODEL] from the flight_model.cfg into any other plane and it will hover. Obviously it only hover then and needs the switch to normal mode :slight_smile:

I would guess the new hover mode is deeply intetragted into the game EXE

maxx2504/Michael

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Thanks Maxx2504! I’ll check that out.

Bill
LHC