Advice on AI Heli rotor animation

Question

Hi,

Is there any way to trigger the rotor animation of a helicopter when it is created as an AI Object? How come the rotor animation plays out fine when I'm flying the heli as a user aircraft but "disappears" when it is created as an AI Heli? :(

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me shed light on this!

Answer 1

Hi, Unfortunately, there is no way to put the rotor in action (helicopters are NOT recognized by the AI engine of ESP/FSX)...but there is a simple trick which actually works well : when you export your helicopter, export it as a propeller aircraft (i.e. propeller aircraft animations and propeller aircraft engine names). This is what we did and it works well (but it's tricky I admit it).