Meet YAME: Yet Another Motion Engine

Hey

I've been working on my motion engine for the past year or so and it's coming to a point where one-by-one all the parts are coming together real nice.





So far, it's been working great! I've been driving my new rig with it for a few months now and I would love to have a few other people take a look at it, to get some feedback. You know how it is: Sometimes one is so deep into the weeds of something that it's hard to see it through a "virgin" users eyes.

The UI is still a bit rough around the edges, but the motion engine internally is looking solid. I'm fairly confident that it provides essential safety features for the user. I haven't had any "surprising hard-overs" in a while, because the software warns/blocks the user if he attempts anything too silly:


I am working on a manual, but that is still very sketchy, so only a few pics here:


The software is initially only aimed at X-Plane and DCS, because those were the simulators I used for development. They conveniently provide the required data. It looks as if FS2020 has been maturing lately and I will certainly support it as soon as I see correct data in the export interface. The last Asobo/MS developer Q&A looked rather promising.

I'm hoping to find maybe 2-3 users with a...

• 6DOF hexapod rig
  
• linear actuators
  
• DCS and/or X-Plane
• Thanos' AMC-AASD15A or Motion4Sim controller

...and are willing to provide some detailed feedback.

Oh,... and a PhD in aeronautical engineering, a test pilot license and a few years hands-on experience tuning FFS setups would really come in handy! But that's optional!

PM me, if you are interested to help out here.

Cheers, Dirty

i have a 6DOF and a background in Aerospace engineering

hower I am only really into driving sims

Ah,... too bad. Sorry!

I only support DCS and X-Plane at the moment. If someone wants to add support for other sims, I have absolutely nothing against that. All that is needed is get the sim to send data via UPD. If it provides an MMF interface, that can also be used if there's some documentation about it.

However, it is highly unlikely that I would modify the motion engine to cater for the needs of driving sims. It's only aimed at flightsims, because that is where I'm professionally rooted in.

no problem - I am sure i will venture in flight sims at some point in the future !

I have recently added support for MSFS2020:


It still doesn't provide the correct data natively right out of the physics engine, but at least the data that is there is now correct, so that the necessary values can be calculated easily.

YAME now has "convenience patching" (as I call it), where you can see and change the patch status of each sim with a single click:


Some minor changes under the hood as well as quite a few UI improvements.

Cheers,... Dirty

hello the interface for odrive will also be added? thx

That is planned, yes.

I have recently gotten an oDrive lent from @PeterW to play around with and it turns out it's really easy to interface with. I'm planning to add support for it in the near to medium term future. It's not the very top of my priority list just yet, but certainly a feature I want included.

Turns out I enjoyed playing around with that ODrive so much that I finished the module in one go:


So far, I only tested it with a single channel ODrive in a mock-up here on my desk, but not yet in a finished rig. Hope to be able to do that soon though

Cheers,....

Yes!!!! thank you

hey @Dirty , would like to try it

You can download the latest vesion here:
--> DOWNLOAD <--

It will prompt you whenever there's an update available.

I don't have a manual yet, but I made a few video tutorials to get people up and running with the software.

Here are two videos in which I highlight a few features around the motion software:



Feel free to PM me if you get stuck somewhere. I will then either change the software or add a section in the manual. Also, I am going to add tooltips all around the UI to make users life a little easier

Cheers,... Dirty

Added support for iRacing So far, I have only done a few cautious tests, but luckily found no surprises. The update will ship some time in January.


I will be tipping my toes into racing in the coming months, but since I have no professional experience in the field, it's going to be a learning experience


Cheers,.. Dirty

Hi Dirty,

are you planning on adding support for Condor2? it is a Simulator made specially for gliders. I know that Sim Racing Studio supports it. According to the Manual, they have a UDP Output ("[...] and additionally provides generic UDP output for custom built instruments and cockpits." https://www.condorsoaring.com/manual_de/)

I do not a have Rig yet, but i am planning to base mine on yours and I'd love to fly Condor with too!

Grüße,
Cedric

Any chance for SCN5 or SCN6 actuators? Thanks

I have no idea what those are. I will have to google them when I get back home. Do they get a serial command directly from the PC or are they driven by a motion controller like Thanos or M4S?

https://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/scn5-wiring-tutorial.5566/#post-57520 they are old actuators that still some seat movers use.

Hi
I looked into the Condor Soaring manual and the UDP export seems quite straight forward. I’m gonna add a few lines of code to receive the data and put it in the order that Yame processes it in. That seems to be all it takes

I will keep you posted here. Might take a few weeks though

OK. But how do you interface them? There must be some microcontroller that sends pulses to the servodrivers. All I can do is send some data via serial to this microcontroller. If you have a MC that controls these servos, let me know how to interface that and I might be able to support it.

Hey Cedric

I'm just looking into Condor Soaring. Do you know if the pro version has the same data in the export interface? Which version are you using?

Cheers

Hi Dirty,

the main Difference between Condor 2 and Condor 2 Pro is, that Pro includes all the additional Planes. I have the normal Version, and i bought:

1. ASK-21 (Easy to handle because its a trainer, the same one as I fly IRL)
   
2. DG808C (Because it has an Engine)
3. Stemme S12 (Basically a fancy motorglider)
4. EB29R (Very High Performance (best glider in the sim) and it also has an Engine)

For Beginers, I would recommend the ASK-21 to get Used to Condor2 and Gliding In General. The ASK-21 was designed in a way, so that you cant get it to spin. After that I would go with the EB29R (my "daily driver").

Hope this Helps in getting you started

Greetings,
Cedric

P.S: I am 99% sure they export the same data.