SimTools v3 Public Beta

What causes 'out of range' in the virtual output?
I am playing Assetto Corza
My DIY rig is 6dof rotational using SMC3.

When an axis 'out of range', my rig stop moving and then resume moving when no longer out of range, which is make sense.
But how to prevent this out of range? What are the factors?

WARNING!!!!!!


I fired up my SFX-100 rig for a quick fly around the new afghanistan map.
Turned on the Thanos controllers and homed the rig as normal.
Fired up Simtools V3 and it asked if I wanted to update? I clicked okay without thinking and....

After the update finished the sfx-100 rose to its normal zero start point as if I had started DCS???

DAMN! How do I lower the rig back down? If I start testing in Simtools to "energise the drives to zero point" and they already are at zero point - will they drive even further up and crash at the top end. If I don't have control at the top end the whole rig will crash at full extended height! Not prudent!

I bit the bullet and shutdown Simtools. The Rig stayed at the "zero" point and didn't lower under any motion control. I had not choice but to hit the E-stop and watch the rig crash down. (It appears my rig is a little nose heavy if any good is to come out of this!)

I turned everything off for a minute and started the usual start up routine, hoping that any glitch would be flushed out.
Turned on the thanos controllers and the rig homed.
The front right didn't home right and read -92 while the others homed okay.

I turned everything off for a minute and started the usual start up routine.
Turned on the thanos controllers and energised the drives...
The rig went wild, bucking as different motors went from limit to limit at full speed. I hit the E-stop and rig crashed to the ground.

@yobuddy Would you please put a prominent warning on the update dialog to DO NOT HAVE YOUR MOTION RIG TURNED ON BEFORE UPDATING so that others may avoid whatever predicament I am now in.

Thanks.

@yobuddy I have never saved any parking location before as it always worked with the default settings out of the box with the Thanos controllers.

If you could somehow make it how it was before that there were no commands output until after the game app, or testing functions were activated? I think that is what you were getting at?

Should I uninstall and reinstall V3 afresh to make sure nothing is corrupted and at default settings?

Using these motion rigs has risks and it must be accepted that problems (sometimes major) may occur. For me the benefits far outweigh the risks for sure.

Cheers,

G'day @yobuddy,

Thank you for explaining the situation so that we can get an understanding on what is going on. It looks like you've got everything under control so please, there is no rush to get this out as far as I am concerned. I know it will be fixed when it is released.

Also after diagnosing my homing problem (Thanos controller and drives only.) I had found that an SFX-100 motor had crashed into its hard stop and jammed when the rig dropped. Hence it was sensing "home" stop but not physically moving off the hard stop resulting with a value of -93 on the drive display. Unjammed and its homing okay now.

Thanks for your continued outstanding support for us motion simmers over the years (as always).

Cheers,

Hi,

I'm having trouble getting telemetry from F1 24 to SimTools for my 6DOF setup. I've configured all axes (Heave, Sway, etc.), and the visualization moves when testing manually. However, no data is being received from F1 24 during gameplay.

I've completed a full race and even reinstalled the plugin, but there's still no telemetry. The .exe file is mapped in SimTools, and I'm launching the game via the play button.

I've read that the relay function in SimTools isn't the correct method for reading data. Is there any way to confirm if SimTools is detecting that the game is running? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

SimTools doesn’t seem to behave any differently whether the game is running or not. However, as requested, here are some screenshots of SimTools with the game running.

I’ve set all axes to 50% (no particular reason) and have Virtual Output enabled. When using "Test Settings," I can see it affecting the Virtual Axis. This leads me to believe the issue isn’t with the calculation settings but rather a lack of input from the game.


When it comes to the other screens for Min/Max Tuning, Axis Limiting, Parking Location, and Crash Detection, I haven’t changed much—if anything at all. However, here is the screens. I have also not added any filtering to the input signals as seen on the screen above.








For the SimTools settings, this is the only screen I see as relevant.


When I installed the plugin and was prompted to reference the save folder for F1 24, I pointed it to this folder. My question is whether I might be missing something, as I don’t see any connection to the two career modes I’ve started.


I will also try to get the same data from Assetto Corsa Competizione and EA SPORTS™ WRC, but I wanted to focus on one game at a time to troubleshoot properly. There’s still more work to do on other aspects of the project as well.

Once again, I appreciate the quick support and look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Best Regards, Mikal

Does this Input Field work for B-Axis Assignment?

I am launching the game by clicking the play button twice, it then launches from Steam but nothing else happens. Do you have any suggestions to where the issue may be?

Regarding the save location I linked during plugin installation, I noticed that the "savegame" folder is missing because my files are stored under the "remote" tab in Steam. Could this be the reason the plugin isn’t working properly? I’ve attached a screenshot of the folder for reference.

After trying a few things, such as reinstalling F1 24 and reviewing all related files, I came across SimHub, which I had previously installed and was also running for F1 24. After deleting SimHub and restarting SimTools, the plugin started up without issue, and I got the following screen.

I then closed the game, launched it through SimTools, started a race, but still, no motion inputs were being received.

This is progress, but I still require some help to understand why the motion inputs aren’t arriving.

I apologize for the spam on my end—I'm just eager to get this working.

That said, I finally got the telemetry data from F1 24 to display in SimTools, making the virtual axis respond correctly to the game. The fix came from a post by @yobuddy regarding the basic settings for where the game sends UDP packets: UDP port 4123. For some reason, this wasn’t the default value when I installed and launched the game.

After changing the UDP port to the correct value, the motion input activated, and everything started working as expected. I'm attaching the telemetry settings from the game so others can see the fix as well.

I confirmed that it works with SimTools 2, but it does not work with SimTools 3.
A and B move when I start SimTools 3, but they do not work with the game.

I hope to have an Assetto Corsa EVO plugin for SimTools 2.

YES, It works !!! after Captured Set #1 and Set #2 Thank you for your support.
We still want to set ID 0 and ID1 Speed and Acceleration separately on same COM because completely different actuator we use.

I have to switch between two profiles in Elite Dangerous, one for spaceship and one for the planet rover.

Is there an easier way to swap them than jumping out of the game, shutting down telemetry and manually doing it?

I'm thinking like a hot key or whatnot?

Or We would like to have a function where COM ports such as 7, 8, and 9, which are not used in (A) Axis Assignments, can be assigned to (B) Axis Assignments. This would make it a perfect motion software. Thank you.