Interesting, I thought the program's too big for that. But, I could put an option in there to make it stay on top. After I fix the renaming problem.

I had a different name for the project when I was building it, but when I renamed the exe file, I noticed that it does what you say, maxes the CPU. For the time being, until I find a workaround or fix, rename the exe file to OutGauge.exe. You should then have none of the problems above.

What input and output are you looking for?

Quote from MIRAGGIO :

good idee...

Sorry..Help me??

Help me doesn't tell me anything, you have to give me more information than that.

Quote from burnsy1882 :

Did you right click to go to the options to get to the connection screen?

No, the program takes care of that for you, no need to edit the cfg.txt file. Guess I should put that in the first post. Once connected, you should see messages in LFS that it's connected.

Quote from Ant0niS :

I can't make it work.

You have to give me a little more than that. What happens? Did you right click to go to the options to get to the connection screen?

Quote from Shadowww :

Burnsy, nice, but is it allowed to distribute that font? :/

Was a standard Microsoft Font for me in the US. A dutchie friend tested it for me, and said the fonts looked weird, so assumed that that font is not standard in Windows for other countries. So, I wanted to include it, otherwise all the spacing would be very different.

Quote from Darkone55 :

Looks really nice. I'm just wondering. Would something like this work on a different pc outside the local network of someone who's racing? Say, a teammate?

I would think so. As long as:

1. You know the IP address of that person's outgoing IP
   
2. They have forwarded the ports on their firewall and router
   
3. They have enabled the insim on their client
   

I don't see why it wouldn't work. I have never thought of trying this, so if you do, please let me know how it works. Would be a very interesting exercise.

LFS MoTeC




I made this as an exercise for myself, and for use by myself, but figured it's time to release this to the LFS public. This program would be ideal for a secondary monitor. It's modeled, as far as I could, on the real MoTeC. Some features:

• Traction Control, Pit Speed Limiter, Oil Pressure, Redline Flags as lights.
  
• RPM Bar
  
• Fuel %
  
• Speed (configurable in options for MPH or KPH)
  
• Gear in use
  
• Previous Laptime
  
• Two Miscellaneous windows on the bottom:
  • Turbo Pressure
    
  • Eng Temp
    
  • Oil Pressure
    
  • Throttle %
    
  • Brake %
    
  • Clutch %
    
  • Best Laptime
    
  • Laps Remaining on Fuel
    
• Options Dialog Box (by right clicking anywhere on the program):
  • Connection Info (where you connect to LFS)
    • Program uses InSim to edit your cfg.txt file, no editing needed.
      
  • Colors: Choose a color scheme for the MoTeC.
    
  • Auto Rotate: Enable to auto rotate the Miscellaneous windows through the various options.
    
  • Speed Format: Change to MPH or KPH
    

Criticisms and suggestions welcome.

Download

NOTE: After confirming with another user, rename the exe file to OutGauge.exe to stop the program from maxing out your CPU. It's an unknown bug, by me, and I'm still researching how to fix that.

NOTE2: After my own research, it turns out that it was a dll I used that caused the CPU spikes, not renaming the program. Please update to the new version with the download link above.

Updates:
V0.9.8:

• Fixed CPU spiking
  
• Added requested Always on Top option
  

V0.9.7:

• Minor bug fixes
  

V0.9.6:

• More graceful exiting of the program in various circumstances of LFS exiting.
  

Last edited by burnsy1882, Tue 11 Aug 2009, 19:08.

If you're using VMWare Server, you just set up the VM's NIC as bridged. This way the VM get's it's own ip address from your router. If not using VMWare, then I don't know, but I bet it'll be something similar that you have to bridge the VM to the router.

Last edited by burnsy1882, Fri 16 Jan 2009, 01:05.

Quote from Ghfrirfk :

It says something went wrong what do i do?
Cheers,
Matthew

Nothing really went wrong. It says that when it tries to auto-connect to the ip and port that are configured when you first start up the program. Turn off the auto-connect option, save the config, then restart. Now it should work just fine.

Quote from haha360 :

i cant open it. it says "application failed to initialize properly"

You need at least .NET 2.0 for this program to work.

LFSName: burnsy1882
First and Last Name: Kevin Burns
Car Number: 36
Country: USA
Team Affiliation: CoRe Racing

Merry Christmas to all of the LFS World. Here's something that I hope you enjoy.

This is the christmas light show that a neighbor has put up. It's choreographed to music.

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyA7b9c6xBQ

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc60p8uJq4w

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCix7xw0Ww4

Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhhfsZPQpek

Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBqu5vIJGoQ

Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8kMVcv-aU4

Just had a LFS crash with Z5. Was spectating a racer with the F9 display showing and went to tab to another, and LFS crashes:

Last edited by burnsy1882, Sun 14 Dec 2008, 19:24.

Quote from burnsy1882 from Z3 Test Patch Thread :

Scawen,
I would like to request that an InSim Player flag be added for the ABS. This would be nice for leagues to use to restrict whether the use of ABS is allowed or not.

Quoted again. This is a must for leagues to be able to control.

Scawen,
I would like to request that an InSim Player flag be added for the ABS. This would be nice for leagues to use to restrict whether the use of ABS is allowed or not.

here are a few solutions after a quick google search. i use the last link myself, it's a dll that you pop into your program, makes real nice and easy gauges.

http://www.vbdotnetheaven.com/ ... 2005050220AM/ldGuage.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/A_Gauge.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/A_gauge_part_2.aspx

That you guys did . I'll watch out for you Lukasz .

Quote from Crady :

Do I have to run this program on my machine at home or is it possible to directly start it on the server (like the lapper) and activate it by a special command?

yes, you just upload it to your server and start it. if you have 500servers, ask the admins to upload it, and they'll put a link to it on your control panel.

the other question was already answered by dekojester.

Update to the program. Additions are detailed in the first post. Been a while since i've looked at this one.

Quote from danthebangerboy :

I would say victor will know what can and cannot be done with LFS, after all, he did develop it!

you don't think i didn't try it before posting the above? engage your brain before you talk. also, Victor does the websites and stuff, Scawen codes the game.

Quote from Victor :

ok even if that works then how do you suggest demo racers create that layout?

yeah, i know they can't. just saying that any S2 user who's wanting to run a demo server, such as us at FG can use this way to automatically have the shortcut checker. your idea of using the relay is a very good idea though.

Quote from Victor :

very wrong you are

demo hosts don't recognise the /axload command at all.

you don't need to use the /axload command to load a layout on the server. if you just save it as BL1_.lyt, move it to the layout folder, then start the server, it's automatically loaded with your single marshal where you need it.

go get the LFS TV Director from the addon's forum, backup the cam file for the track you want, then go delete all the cameras on the track, add your one camera where you want, and you're done.

the server needs a good restart, that should help the disconnection problems. i too was getting discoed a few times, and told Sander how to do it, but i think he didn't feel comfortable to do it. So, if one of the BTCC admins is reading, could you please do a hard reset on that server?

Quote from burnsy1882 :

i can make you a custom version of my LFSLC - Race Director for you. PM me a Proof of Concept (PoC) of what you would like added.

i said i would, but you must've failed to read it.