LFS Forum - InSim in Visual Basic 6.0

#1 - T-RonX

InSim in Visual Basic 6.0

Sat 7 Jan 2006, 10:37

Hello coders,

Im trying to make an InSim app in VB6.
LFS doesn't accapt my ISI packet, it comes with the message: "InSim : packet received before ISI packet".

I'm sending this:

Declarations:

'//The struct
Public Type InSimInit
   Id As String * 4
   Port As Integer
   Flags As Byte
   NodeSecs As Byte
   Admin As String * 16
End Type
Public InSimInit As InSimInit

'//Holds binary version
Public Type ISI
     Bin() As Byte
End Type
Dim ISI As ISI

InSimInit.Id = "ISI" '// + zero?? "ISI0"? help
InSimInit.Port = 3002
InSimInit.Flags = 16
InSimInit.NodeSecs = 0
InSimInit.Admin = "pass"

LSet ISI = InSimInit 'Create binary

WinSock.SendData ISI.Bin

There is something wrong with the packet content, but i don't know what. Could be the Data Types. Anyone?

#2 - dUmAsS

Sat 7 Jan 2006, 11:29

the packet id is ISI + char 0 (null)

#3 - T-RonX

Sat 7 Jan 2006, 11:55

With InSimInit.Id = "ISI" & Chr(0) or InSimInit.Id = "ISI" & vbNullChar it's not working.

It outputs this 24 byte binary package: "ISI ?Äpass " Is that correct?

#4 - T-RonX

Sat 7 Jan 2006, 19:01

I'v got it working

Stupid VB...

#5 - AJS

Sat 7 Jan 2006, 19:52

If you fill the byte array byte by byte and not with help of strings you should be on the safe side !

When you receive the data you´ll have to do deal with it anyway.

#6 - T-RonX

Sat 7 Jan 2006, 20:46

I tried byte by byte before, but all in seperate variables. Array works fine indeed

#7 - Stuff

Sat 7 Jan 2006, 22:11

I use InSim with VB6 too and made a few apps with it too.. Couple currently in development.

I posted a sample chat app here (post 30). Bob Smith later updated the OutSim program in the same topic so check for that too if you wanna do some OutSim.

#8 - T-RonX

Mon 9 Jan 2006, 09:24

Thx, but I already have everything working.

Don't need OutSim atm, but i I'v worked with it before.

I'm ready for coding some tools, any suggestions?

#9 - Messiah

Mon 9 Jan 2006, 19:52

Last time I was working on my project, I was doing some gap-message function, sending your own client some message about the driver in front of you and behind you about the gap + split/lap time. Quite more difficult than I thought

#10 - AJS

Mon 9 Jan 2006, 20:09

Is there an app which displays the (top ten) world record times and gaps for the sectors while hotlapping ?

That would be useful !

#11 - T-RonX

Fri 13 Jan 2006, 12:45

Messages to send are limited by 64k, some mods send (welcome)messages > 64k. How do they do that?

#12 - Stuff

Sat 14 Jan 2006, 01:36

Only way that I know of is to just break it up into multiple lines

#13 - T-RonX

Sat 14 Jan 2006, 20:11

I'v seen it in a single line, strage...

#14 - Messiah

Sun 15 Jan 2006, 01:06

MSO maybe?

Quote :struct MsgOutPack // 128 chars - LFS reporting displayed messages
{
char Id [4]; // MSO + zero
char Msg [128]; // displayed message, with colours removed
};

#15 - T-RonX

Wed 25 Jan 2006, 17:56

Nope, its not working with MSO.

#16 - vforce

Mon 14 Feb 2011, 12:30

can you post the source code ?

#17 - CodieMorgan

Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:36

..... why VB6?

Im pretty sure you could do a hell of a lot more using VB.Net for insim.