# Creating A Simple RTC<no value>
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When an animation on a plane is running and has reached a given point, an RTC (Real Time Cinematic) can be set to run. It's typically to show some "wow" cinematics when the player does something on the plane (e.g: turn on the lights...), and as such this is called a "Wow Effect". This basic tutorial takes you through the steps required to create such an RTC event.

 

 

### How To Set Things Up

There are three steps required to set up an RTC:

-   Retrieve the animation information from the **model** `<aircraft>.xml` (where `<aircraft>` is the name of the aircraft to target)
-   Edit the `<aircraft>.xml`
-   Edit (or create) the `RTC_<aircraft>.xml` (where `<aircraft>` is the name of the aircraft to trigger the RTC). This should be in a dedicated "rtc" folder beside the main aircraft XML file.

 

For example, if you wanted to add an RTC event to the [SimpleAircraft](../../../samples-tutorials/samples/simobjects-aircraft/simpleaircraft/) when an animation on the exterior of the plane occurred, you need to first find the animation you want the event on. In this case use the following from the `<aircraft>.xml`:

``` xml
<Animation name="r_aileron_percent_key" guid="77db62be-36d4-4c03-bea7-c4cc2a224d9d" length="100" type="Sim" typeParam2="r_aileron_percent_key" typeParam="AutoPlay" />
```

 

Now - still in `<aircraft>.xml` - we need to link an event to the animation that we got the details of above. For example:

``` xml
<AnimationEvent EventName="r_aileron" AnimationName="r_aileron_percent_key">
    <Time>100</Time>
</AnimationEvent>
```

 

That's the animation and the model linked using the `AnimationName` field to get the animation to link to, and then naming the linked event using the `EventName` field. Next we need to add a trigger into the mission file `RTC_<aircraft>.xml`, using what is called a `SimMission.AnimationEventTrigger`:

``` xml
<SimMission.AnimationEventTrigger InstanceId="{1B183DED-66DE-49B5-87F8-7128DAFE9CF7}">
    <EventReference>r_aileron</EventReference>
    <OneShot>False</OneShot>
    <Actions>
        <ObjectReference id="RTC-r_aileron" InstanceId="{76C395DE-773F-4B11-85CE-AD4AD744A68A}"/>
    </Actions>
</SimMission.AnimationEventTrigger>
```

 

The RTCSequencer is linked to the animation using the `EventReference` field, which tells the sequencer which `EventName` fom the animation event is being referred to (in this case it's the " `r_aileron`" event). There is no need to link this element to anything else, just write it and it will be automatically created and executed when the event is triggered.

 

For a full overview of the XML used for RTCs, please see the following page:

-   [RTC XML Properties](rtc-xml-properties/)

 

For a full description of how RTCs work, please see this page:

-   [Using RTCs](using-rtcs/)