Well, version 0.79 is out, look at the first post for details. This one should be rock-stable. A pretty soft rock, of course, but still

And I see pretty low activity over the past few days.. Was that last version that crashed all the time so scary?

Quote from static_x2003 :

Thats what im saying at drag strip it doesnt start counting when the green light goes. The car has to go past another sensor before it starts recording your time,

I think I already anwsered that

OK guys, I've fixed some threading problems and added some basic exception handling. In practice it means it should not crash at all now. But...

If you encounter any problem, type "/i debug" on the server (without the quotes) and send me the debug.log file AND your description of what went wrong!

And if you get "An Exception Occured" messages in the console window, even if nothing (noticeably) went wrong, still send me the debug.log.

Quote from static_x2003 :

But I noticed the better your rt is the faster your time is, which is not correct. Real drag strips there is a sensor you must go past before it starts recording your time. Just something i wanted to bring up

AFAIK that's "elapsed time" you are talking about. The time displayed is actually R.T.+E.T. i.e. the total time from green light to finish. If I'm wrong, though, correct me.

I'm aware of the issue. Probably it's the very same bug strato12345 discovered earlier. I'll do my best to release a fix today. But you can help and speed up the process a bit by sending screenshot of the program error. (example http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/9030/error4kv0.jpg)

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Btw, is there anyway to change the settings thru the dedicated server window?

Not currently. Although you can always set them in-game as an admin.

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I would like to hear from "Knu"

You can trust Fedorov.

Edit:

Version 0.71 out, fixed a critical bug leading to crashes. Do NOT use 0.7 for that reason.

Last edited by Knu, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 17:42.

0.7 out. It took so long because of some fundamental interface-related changes.

Top-list in the next version.

Quote from strato12345 :

Have some suggestions tho, first of all random lights. Dunno if it's random in RL but it sucks because I can get RT of "?" seconds :O I guess it means 0.00.

Try "Pro" or "LFS" lights

As for "?" seconds, I couldn't find the bug. Maybe later.

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But i have the same problem as "Lord Lugarsh" .. it says debug 11 here.. connects fine but dont see any interface.. it just say "InSim - TCP : ISRM" and "«Øs»ÐRäGK!NG», welcome!" and thats it

Fixed!

Hopefully I'll finish and upload the next version today.

Thanks everybody for bug reports and support

Quote from m4ccy :

it is less than perfect, occasionally the lights shut themselves off.

Care to elaborate what and when it actually happens? Does the program crash? If so, could you provide a screenshot of it?

A simple racing circuit, features both fast and slow corners, chicanes and of course 2 ramps . I tweaked it quite a bit, achieving what I think is nice flow and balance.

Inspired by CTRA B&J.

Enjoy!

It is a server-side application.
You should type "/insim 29999" only after creating your own server! You can create one in 'Multiplayer' -> 'Start new game'. But please discuss this kind of problems in other forum sections.

Are you saying it connects ok, but does not show the interface (the lights, etc.)? Wierd. The "debug - 11" message indicates that the practice already started, so everything should be in place. Maybe you start a single-player game instead of multi-player? :\

Fixed. I forgot to add this line of code

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if (this.Draw(c))

Your reports help a lot, thank you

The wheels slip a bit probably

So yes, not quite correct.

I see nothing wrong, the debug data looks correct.

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IIRC, the speed you see in LFS is the speed that your wheels are rotating at, whereas the MCI speed is the speed the car is moving at.

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* 0.003050082352223510034770938815348f

That's not accurate. You'd better use (32768 / 100) or at least 0.0030517578125

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Like if I'm driving 210 Kmh, this calculation will output something like 207.

IIRC, the speed you see in LFS is the speed that your wheels are rotating at, whereas the MCI speed is the speed the car is moving at.

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I also notices that when I'm standing still the MCI speed value is 3, and the output value is then 0.0329408869147301.

You mean, ~0.032 KPH? That's down to precision. What's the problem with that anyway? BTW, if you want to detect if a car is standing still, do NOT use "if (Speed == 0)"

Hope that helped.

Fixed.

Hello everyone,

New version is released, I hope the connection problems are gone now. But if someone has them again, please post your server configuration:

Your LFS server settings (setup.cfg for dedicated servers).
Your ISRM.exe.config.
Whether you have a local network and your IP's (local, external).

Also, if the program crashes during the races, please take a screenshot of the program and the error message. This will greatly help in finding the bug.

And finally, if anyone wants to translate the program, feel free to do it and post the translation here.

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I think this would be a good time to disable insim in the demo version of LFS.

Sheesh!

I doubt anyone bought S2 only because of the drag strip. And, btw, I have no intention whatsoever to hurt LFS. I just use the tools given to us by the developers to make the world a bit better place.

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Meh, i was coming to the server to test it, but i see there is only one spot, could you make more spots for the server?

Sadly, no, I guess too little bandwidth for that.

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for future:
- turn off MCI if it not needed
- before get who wins need get MCI packet all drag racers

Can't understand. Reply in russian on liveforspeed.ru please

danowat:
I see it can't connect to localhost for some reason. If you are using it, try changing it your local or real ip.
Other than that, I can't reproduce this king of bug here.

ALL:
To see the program at work, you can join demo server "Marvel Drag".

Strange.
When do you get this error?
Is .NET Framework Installed?
Have you correctly entered IP : port and password?

Hello everyone, I'd like to present my first ever InSim app, ISRM.mod_drag, enjoy! In short, it's a system for drag racing (here's a good article on the basics: http://www.staginglight.com/guide/react.html). Look below for details and screenshots (a bit outdated though ).

It is a server-side application and will not work in singleplayer! If you want to try it out offline, you'll have to create a local server (Multiplayer->Start new game) and connect ISRM to it.

Attention! THIS ADDON IS NOT SUPPORTED ANYMORE! Source code was lost after a hard drive crash.

Patch Z Version is now attached due to demand! Only Tracks.txt changed.

Features:
- An automatic system - no admin needed!
- Fully-fledged Christmas Tree
- Staging and prestaging
- Realistic start detection (allows rollout)
- Accurate winner detection
- Jumpstart detection
- Hall Of Fame (the best times)
- Practice mode and competition mode
- 3 styles of starting lights - Sportsman, Pro and LFS-like
- 1/4 mile, 1/8 mile and even 1/2 mile distances
- Measures total time, reaction time, margin of win
- Measures 0-60 mph time and finish speed
- Interval timers at 60', 660', 1000', 1320' and 2000'
- On-screen options menu (Shift+I)
- English and Russian languages, with ability to add your own.
- Optional and customisable agreement screen
- Race on the BL1 backstraight and the AU3 drag strip, or...
- Set up your own drag strip in any part of any track!

Special thanks:
- Red Runner (for his wonderful LfsInSimLib)
- Sonyk, Leandrus, Sanchez, Lord Lugarsh, strato12345 - bug reporters

Last edited by Knu, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 20:52. Reason : for the sake of it

Try sending a 'dummy' RCM with a single character, like a dot:
/rcm .
/rcm_ply blabla

AFAIK there are even some blank characters, so you can use those instead of the dot.

Quote from Commands.txt :

Race Control Messages : (big text in centre of screen)

/rcm MESSAGE :set a Race Control Message to be sent
/rcm_ply USERNAME :send the RCM to USERNAME
/rcm_all :send the RCM to all
/rcc_ply USERNAME :clear USERNAME's RCM
/rcc_all :clear all RCMs

AFAIK, no special packet for this, just send those in the usual MSO packet.

Quote from Scawen :

I've made a note to consider these problems. They only affect InSim and nothing in LFS depended on this info being known to the dedicated host.

Great! And I still thought something was wrong with my code http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=25572

I have a very small suggestion: could you decrease the minimum car info interval? It seems fairly artificial at the current 100ms, and I need more precision for my purposes (measuring the time gap between cars in real time)

Thank you for all the hard work (specifically InSim ), Scawen!

Just in case it helps, my initial problem:


I ran out of ideas to try

Quote from GeForz :

I'm getting correct positions in NLP.

Perhaps show your code

I'm not sure which part of code you need? Because after I send an IS_ISI the problem is not in my code (as packet analyzer proves).


Edit: I'm also having troubles with IS_RST, which gives me Finish, Split1, Split2, Split3 all equal to 65535.
And yet again, the packet analyser gives the same info, here's the complete packet exchange (I hope that helps):
Maybe, someone would be so kind to replicate/confirm this?

Thank you

Last edited by Knu, Thu 7 Jun 2007, 20:35. Reason : add