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Products Support => GSX Support FSX/P3D => Topic started by: Oggie on July 16, 2014, 02:30:54 am

Title: Rude Marshaler
Post by: Oggie on July 16, 2014, 02:30:54 am

OK, I simply have to ask...When an aircraft is parked at the gate and the ground crew is waiting for instructions to commence pushback,  the marshaller stands next to the cab of the tug and, is either a fitness buff taking advantage of idle time to perform squats or is, for lack of a better term humping the tug.  So-which is it?  :o

Title: Re: Rude Marshaler
Post by: virtuali on July 16, 2014, 10:30:58 am

LOL, it's acting on the handle to release the gear!

Title: Re: Rude Marshaler
Post by: Oggie on July 16, 2014, 07:14:17 pm

Perhaps that is what HE told you he was doing but actually, this is occuring before he steps down from the tug and it is moved into position to be hooked up.
Personally, I have no objection to how he occupies his time between job responsibilities as he has proven himself every time to be eminently competent while tasked.  He just looks kind of silly standing on the tug and undulating.

Title: Re: Rude Marshaler
Post by: virtuali on July 16, 2014, 07:22:59 pm

Quote from: Oggie on July 16, 2014, 07:14:17 pm

Perhaps that is what HE told you he was doing but actually, this is occuring before he steps down from the tug and it is moved into position to be hooked up.

Ok, you mean the random movements before he start moving. It's a very standard practice, with any software featuring animated people, that you *never* have them exactly still at any time, because nobody is ever totally still, and it will look very unnatural so, it's common to have some kind of still pose loop running constantly, with some kind of oscillation around the balancing point.

And of course, since the object is very small on screen, that you don't usually notice small movements from your cockpit eyepoint position, the animation is a *bit* exaggerated, and that is also a very common method with human animations in software products.

Title: Re: Rude Marshaler
Post by: Oggie on July 17, 2014, 07:17:36 am

Thanks for the technical explanation.  While I am sure that is certainly the reason for his movement it is a bit of a letdown to learn he is not a bit of a pervert.

Title: Re: Rude Marshaler
Post by: streichholz on July 17, 2014, 03:56:21 pm

I always thought the same. :D Thanks Umberto.

Title: Re: Rude Marshaler
Post by: virtuali on July 17, 2014, 04:39:13 pm

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it is a bit of a letdown to learn he is not a bit of a pervert.

He's a dancing freak, though...

Title: Re: Rude Marshaler
Post by: Bruce Hamilton on July 18, 2014, 12:31:05 pm

Quote from: virtuali on July 17, 2014, 04:39:13 pm

He's a dancing freak, though...

You should loosen him up and make him dance more.  You need to park perfectly, and he only dances 20% of those times.   ;D