Grid Autosport plugin code line changes

I am looking at an external display to run a dash on and the software I am considering is from siminstruments.com
There is a line of code change
<motion enabled="true" ip="127.0.0.1" port="20777" delay="1" extradata="3" />
would it affect the motion perhaps?
@yobuddy . @value1 ?

crap, there goes that idea then , Hang on, @value1 has suggested a few things for me to try, I hope to get to it tomorrow.

@bsft I use a Sim Instruments dash and it is not compatible with Sim Tools

@value1 I would really love it if someone could convert the Simtools plugin to use Extradata=3.

Everyother program that I know uses Extradata=3 so I can use a UDP proxy to get everything going. But Simtools uses Extradata=0 and the UDP packet isn't compatible with any my other programs.

All these programs use Extradata=3. EK Sim SLI max, Dashmeter pro, Z1 Dashboard, FanaLEDs, Symproject SimDash, Sim Instruments, Sim Commander and many more. and Simtools is the only one that uses Extradata=0

At the moment I have the choice of running just my seat mover using SimTools OR running FanaLEDs for my wheel lights and Sim Instruments dash, Symprojects Sim Dash for my gauges and Sim Screens and Sim Commander for my Sim Vibe, GS-4 and fourth screen.

So I am not using my seat mover with codemasters games because I need to turn off all my other gadgets.

Here is a photo of all my other gear running in F1 2013. All the codemasters plugins would need to be converted so it would be a pretty big task.



and in Grid Autosport

I have the same problem in GRID Autosport since I also use fanalLed. If I use SimTools leds are not working on my G27

I dont even use the LEDS on my G27
As far as I know dash data is being worked on but is taking time as everyone behind simtools does it in their free time.
I am awaiting as well....

Yeah. I am not too fussed at them moment because I don't play much Codemasters games, and when I do I just don't use Simtools and my seat mover because I would prefer to use all my other stuff like my gauges, Dash, LED's, Sim Vibe and GS-4.

As you can see my rig is fairly complex and it can be a challenge to get so much stuff working together. So far this has been the first problem that I haven't been able to find a workaround for. Codemasters game are a pain because they use UDP. I need to use a UDP proxy to forward the packets to each program but because Simtools is expecting a different UDP format than all my other programs then there is no way I can work around that.

I think it would be quite a re-write because the UDP packets for the Extradata=3 are quite different. The only motion system that uses Extradata=0 is the DBox as far as I know so I think that was how this plugin was coded.

I think the 2 different UDP data packet use different fields or ranges because if I try to use extradata=0 with my other programs then I get a data out of range error. and If you try using Extradata=3 then all the values in the Sim Tools tuning center will flash up to something like 4095 for a split second then Simtools will crash.

Just started a thread about my DIY project.

I would certainly welcome the extradata=1 option in simtools very much. This would mean i can use simtools to move my seat together with the GS-4 and AF in all the ( future ) codemasters games (which i still love)