Yes!
I'm watching it with Race Director, because I don't have Eurosport 2, and it's worth it in itself. I've watched a few races before but my interest always drifted away. But this year I am really getting into it. I was riding with Justin Wilson for the whole Houston race - that circuit is just a little bit bumpy
Oh right, I didn't think of that! It makes perfect sense. Thankyou!
:bananalla
Another quick question - what's the ^L in the messages? It's a bit difficult to search for
:bananalla
Another quick question - what's the ^L in the messages? It's a bit difficult to search for
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Fujiwara, Ian... thanks for the information. I am learning with every post 
I don't think I really explained it right though. At the moment die is ending the script. What I want to do now is to change it so that it doesn't stop... I want it to keep looping and echoing any messages it gets, if that's possible. I have tried removing die and putting echo in its place, but it seems that it's not as simple as that.
I don't think I really explained it right though. At the moment die is ending the script. What I want to do now is to change it so that it doesn't stop... I want it to keep looping and echoing any messages it gets, if that's possible. I have tried removing die and putting echo in its place, but it seems that it's not as simple as that.
So I have a loop waiting for a chat message:
This works okay. But of course it will only show one message and then end the script. How do you keep it running? I've had a look around and tried print() (because echo() is not actually a function 
), but it seems that without having die() there it never displays the message. I can't see why. I guess this should be going on a PHP forum really 
<?php
while(TRUE) {
$packet = fread($socketIn, 1024);
if(rtrim(substr($packet, 0, 4)) == "MSO") {
$in = substr($packet, 4, 128);
$out = trim($in, "\0");
die($out);
}
usleep(100);
}
?>
IMHO the proper racing servers should go above the cruising ones, this is meant to be a racing sim first and foremost after all. I'm not starting an argument, I like the city driving servers as much as anyone
This is great idea. When it's done it needs to be made a sticky. It could go in the wiki too.
Haha, thanks, I just had to choose now to do this didn't I!
Oh well, I'm learning PHP at the same time too. It's all good practice...
Oh well, I'm learning PHP at the same time too. It's all good practice...
Thanks for your help guys. Now I know some of the basics I can do some fiddling and start to learn some more
As the Top Gear guys would say, it would need tonnes of oak trees and girders to keep it from going floppy
Maybe when body flex is implemented it will have an effect...
That should be okay
Then try to connect to the same IP:
(edit: and the port you are using too )
Then try to connect to the same IP:
(edit: and the port you are using too
)
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I would say something even simpler, like a quick fade to to the logo and back to the replay. A few years ago the F1 replays would fly in and out in a 3D box, but now the logo flies across the screen and the replay fades in.
I can upload a quick example of what I mean if it's okay for me to borrow a few seconds of the video
Yes, I know what you mean. I can fit 4x almost-one-hour highlights of the F1 races on a DVD, but it is quite low quality. On a standard TV you can't really tell much though, it's only when you watch it on a computer monitor that it's noticeable, but still watchable. I'm too stingy with myself to use more than four DVDs for the season
Being able to buy DVDs, well that will just be cool
Ah yes, just had a look, so you are encouraged to use headlights instead, and honking is equivalent to flipping someone off. But Becky allows it because it helps give the drivers personality as it is virtual racing. It would be nice if they weren't used at all but Becky's reason (of course) makes sense
When I say a DVD, I don't mean just the Windows Media files put on a disc, I mean a proper video DVD that you could watch on a TV. Maybe that's what you meant anyway
When I say a DVD, I don't mean just the Windows Media files put on a disc, I mean a proper video DVD that you could watch on a TV. Maybe that's what you meant anyway
Absolutely brilliant. Again. 
I love how you talk about if the stewards have seen people do things and how they are looking at data. And no comment on drifting!
One thing though - maybe you feel different about it - but shouldn't honking your horn be a similar offence to, say, telepitting while still racing? When you watch real life racing on TV, how often do you hear the drivers honking their horn? To me it just sounds silly.
Maybe you should start selling DVDs of the races
I love how you talk about if the stewards have seen people do things and how they are looking at data. And no comment on drifting!
One thing though - maybe you feel different about it - but shouldn't honking your horn be a similar offence to, say, telepitting while still racing? When you watch real life racing on TV, how often do you hear the drivers honking their horn? To me it just sounds silly.
Maybe you should start selling DVDs of the races
Type 'ipconfig' into the command prompt (start > run > cmd) on the hosting computer, and try connecting to the IP address it says it has. Or if you are running the host on the same computer, try 127.0.0.1 .
...and if that doesn't work, try a proper DOS bootdisk or a Linux live CD
I don't know if it will work, but try renaming it with DOS (well, as close you can get in XP)... go to Start > Run, open 'cmd'. Then type:
rename ^1[TC]^7>Chris<.ply blah.ply
Then if it works at least you can move/delete/whatever it.
rename ^1[TC]^7>Chris<.ply blah.ply
Then if it works at least you can move/delete/whatever it.
Ahh right, that makes sense then
So...
Have I got that right?
So...
insim format
byte S
word C
short c
unsigned C
int c
float fHave I got that right?
*wooshes over head*
NotAnIllusion - yes, it works! I am gradually understanding it. For the data types, for example the flags in the ISI packet, why in the line
is the pack format for the flags 'c'? According to InSim.txt, they are a byte - 1-byte unsigned integer - but in the PHP documentation the 'c' format is a signed char?
Also, so characters are okay just as strings, and integers need to be packed?
NotAnIllusion - yes, it works! I am gradually understanding it. For the data types, for example the flags in the ISI packet, why in the line
<?php
fwrite($socketOut, "ISI\0" . pack("Scc", 30000, 1+8+16+32, 1) . str_pad("aaa", 16, "\0"));
?>
Also, so characters are okay just as strings, and integers need to be packed?
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Wheee, I sent 'hello world' to LFS
First problem - I'm trying to get the version from LFS:
but there is no output. Also echoing $packet itself gives nothing. The problem's probably obvious to you!
First problem - I'm trying to get the version from LFS:
<?php
fwrite($socketOut, "VER\0" . pack("i", intval(0)));
$packet = fread($socketIn, 256);
$lfsV = trim(substr($packet, 4, 8));
echo $lfsV;
?>
@rooble
Thanks a lot, that's exactly what I wanted!
@st4lk3r
Yes, I have looked at your tutorial... but I'm trying to learn the absolute basics, just trying to get connected and send a simple packet for the moment. Now I've done that, your tutorial will be very helpful
Thanks a lot, that's exactly what I wanted!
@st4lk3r
Yes, I have looked at your tutorial... but I'm trying to learn the absolute basics, just trying to get connected and send a simple packet for the moment. Now I've done that, your tutorial will be very helpful
Very, very basic PHP
Hello... I am trying to learn how to use InSim with PHP. First question - can I do this with XAMPP on Windows? I have tried using the example code from the wiki but nothing happens. InSim is set to port 30000.
I'm a complete n00b with PHP, so all I want to do right now is to connect to LFS and send a simple packet. I'm not even worried about even sending the ISI packet yet. Am I right in thinking that LFS should complain about what I am sending to it?
If that's right, then should I just be able to use fsockopen and then send a packet with fwrite? Something like this:
Though that's probably completely wrong
I'm a complete n00b with PHP, so all I want to do right now is to connect to LFS and send a simple packet. I'm not even worried about even sending the ISI packet yet. Am I right in thinking that LFS should complain about what I am sending to it?
If that's right, then should I just be able to use fsockopen and then send a packet with fwrite? Something like this:
<?php
$port = "30000";
$tx = fsockopen("udp://127.0.0.1", $port, $errno, $errstr);
$packet = "aaa";
fwrite($tx, $packet);
?>
FGED GREDG RDFGDR GSFDG