Passive aircraft have missing animations/missing related model behaviors [2024]

ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

All passive aircraft used on offline ai traffic, live traffic or multiplayer for model matching have missing animations. Looking into the model definition using dev mode makes it appear most are not even defined as there is no engine related parameter used at all.
this is especially immersion breaking as we also now have a good variety of helicopters used for matching available which already only behave like small GA aircraft as well as a large variety of propeller driven aircraft. The issue itself also applies to business jets and some passive airliners (N1 not animated) but it’s not as immersion breaking as missing prop/rotor animations.

If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue:

Examples for missing prop animation model behaviors:

  • ATR family passive aircraft
  • Beechcraft King Air family passive aircraft
  • C172 family passive aircraft
  • Dash-8 family passive aircraft

Only some airliners like the B737 and A320 family aircraft seem to have working fan animations, on large airliners (like A350 and B787) the animation is also missing.

Missing rotor animation model behaviors example:

  • Robinson R44 passive aircraft

Missing door/cargo door related model behaviors

  • All passive aircraft I was able to monitor

Missing wheel rotation related model behaviors

  • All passive aircraft I was able to monitor

Missing flaps/spoilers related model behaviors

  • All passive aircraft I was able to monitor

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?

No mods installed which could alter/overwrite passive aircraft behaviors in these regards

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?

Always across all LOD levels

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Start a flight at Van Nuys airport during daytime with live traffic on
  2. Monitor general aviation traffic

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using, if relevant:

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[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

Same behavior using dev mode or not using dev mode

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

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[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?

RTX 4070ti Super

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?

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MEDIA

Please add a screenshot or video of the issue occurring.

ATR family passive aircraft moving down the taxiway without prop animation


Passive R44 sitting on taxiway with engine running but animations missing

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