From Joakim Simonsson:

"DOFAnimation's default state could now be controlled by the RW option.

    The option string is "dofAnimation"

    If the option string is omitted the default animation state is off."

src/osgPlugins/flt/FltFile.cpp

@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@ FltFile::FltFile(
     MaterialPool* pMaterialPool,
     LtPtAppearancePool* pLtPtAppearancePool,
     LtPtAnimationPool* pLtPtAnimationPool,
-    osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options)
+    osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options):
+        _useTextureAlphaForTransparancyBinning(true),
+        _doUnitsConversion(true),
+        _defaultDOFAnimationState(false),
+        _desiredUnits(ConvertToMeters)
 {
-    _useTextureAlphaForTransparancyBinning = true;
-    _doUnitsConversion = true;
-    _desiredUnits = ConvertToMeters;
+    
+    
+    
 
     if (pColorPool)
     {

src/osgPlugins/flt/FltFile.h

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class FltFile : public osg::Referenced
             MaterialPool* pMaterialPool = NULL,
             LtPtAppearancePool* pLtPtAppearancePool = NULL,
             LtPtAnimationPool* pLtPtAnimationPool = NULL,
-            osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options =NULL);
+            osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options = NULL);
 
         virtual osg::Object* readObject(const std::string& fileName);
         virtual osg::Node* readNode(const std::string& fileName);
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ class FltFile : public osg::Referenced
         FltFile::ConvertUnits getDesiredUnits() const { return _desiredUnits; }
         std::string getDesiredUnitsString() const;
 
+        void setDefaultDOFAnimationState(bool defaultDOFAnimationState) { _defaultDOFAnimationState = defaultDOFAnimationState; }
+        bool getDefaultDOFAnimationState() const { return _defaultDOFAnimationState; }
+
         int getFlightVersion() const;
         inline HeaderRecord* getHeaderRecord() { return _headerRecord.get(); }
         void getOrigin( double& latitude, double& longitude ) const;
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ class FltFile : public osg::Referenced
         bool                        _useInternalLtPtPalettes;
         bool                        _useTextureAlphaForTransparancyBinning;
         bool                        _doUnitsConversion;
+        bool                        _defaultDOFAnimationState; //< Default DOF Animation state
         ConvertUnits                _desiredUnits;
 
         std::string                 _directory;

src/osgPlugins/flt/flt2osg.cpp

@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@
 static int dprint = 0 ;
 #define DPRINT if(dprint)fprintf
 
-#define USE_PROXYNODE_FOR_EXTERNAL_FILES
-
 using namespace flt;
 
 unsigned int mystrnlen(char *s, unsigned int maxLen)
@@ -1103,6 +1101,9 @@ osg::Group* ConvertFromFLT::visitDOF(osg::Group& osgParent, DofRecord* rec)
                         p_data->dfYscale._dfIncrement,
                         p_data->dfZscale._dfIncrement));
 
+    // default DOF animation state
+    transform->setAnimationOn(rec->getFltFile()->getDefaultDOFAnimationState());
+
     // compute the put matrix.
     osg::Vec3 O ( p_data->OriginLocalDOF.x(),
                   p_data->OriginLocalDOF.y(),