Need Script Example or Ideas - Weedsprayer Control

[wacampbell]

So I've had a weedsprayer train car on my workbench for a while, and have been trying to think of a way so I can control the sprayer animation in the game. ie when spray is turned on, the arms swing out and the spray animation appears. When spray is off, the car runs in the consist with everything stowed. What features are available in Railworks to allow me to control this? Can I just map a key for this function and if so how do the messages get passed to this car? Are there any other animated cars that give the user control of the animation that I can use as an example? All suggestions welcome.

[BoostedFridge]

Hi Wayne!

Ian (Eyein12) has a pair of Hi-Cube boxcars included with his Seattle Route where their doors slide open and closed at a keystroke. They can only be used in conjunction with his SD60M loco, so there must be something in the script that must be in both the car and loco.

Hope that helps.

[Ericmopar]

Mike Rennie's FEF-3 tender has scripted hatches and tool boxes.

[gtrtroger]

Dick Cowens Snowplow as a similar function also with swing out snow deflectors.....

[wacampbell]

These are all good suggestions, I'll check them out for ideas.

Thanks

[wacampbell]

Looking at these examples it seems its quite complicated to do.

Loco
Set up a new key in the input mapper for a locomotive
Add a control ( real or virtual ) in the locomotive
Script the loco to hook the control and forward a command message down the consist

Car
Add a script to the sprayer car to capture the command message
and activate the animation

Hmmm..

[ricksan]

Loco
Set up a new key in the input mapper for a locomotive
Add a control ( real or virtual ) in the locomotive
Script the loco to hook the control and forward a command message down the consist

Car
Add a script to the sprayer car to capture the command message
and activate the animation

That's how you do it. Some time ago, Tom Pierce made an RPO car with left and right mail hooks which I scripted to operate using the M and N keys, respectively. This kind of thing only works for locomotive(s) that are set up for this purpose, and any intervening cars have to be scripted to pass the message to the sprayer car. Email me if more info needed.