FlyPT Mover

Hey , you can watch some videoS ( flyptmover on you tube ) one of this video help a lot with those filter ( Dirt Rally 2 )

@Pierre Lalancette ,

UDP data when received is consumed, and it's not available anymore.
So, what you are doing, is when getting it with SimTools, she's consumed and Mover is not going to get it.
But in Mover you can receive it and resend it again (forward).

Now, we receive data in a port and can send it again on another port (not the same)

SimTools uses a fixed port, I think it's 4123.
So what you need to do is to get data into Mover by using another port and then forward it to port 4123 like this:


To receive the data in Mover (on the port 20777), you have to edit the config file.
Go here:

C:\Users\xxxxxxxxxx\Documents\My Games\DiRT Rally\hardwaresettings

and edit the file: hardware_settings_config.xml



In the marked text above, you need to have the udp enabled line just like I show above.

Now you get data in Mover through that port and send it again on 4123 to be used by SimTools.
Not sure SimTools uses that extradata=3. This makes Dirt send some extra data I use in Mover, and if SimTools doesn't recognise the data, it might be a problem.

If the idea is to compare values and setups, that's the only way you can do it.

You can also do it the other way, that is using SimTools, and send the data to Mover by using the SimTools source in Mover. But that way, data received in Mover is already transformed by SimTools, that's not the original game data.

Yes, I had it figured out. It is exactly what I'm doing. I guess you missed my last picture.

But thanks for the respond and your good work, as always. Sorry that I took your precious time away from your next version of Mover.

I will look at the video that Flymen post about the filters of Dirt 2.

Did anyone tried condor2 source?

I am noticing something very strange with the longitudinal and lateral accels.

@pmvcda (aka FlyPT) can you make a source for Condor 2. The Simtools plugin is not working properly.
I could help with the source if you let me know what must be done - i'm programmer.
Can be made a generic configurable source for the games using UDP?
Thank you!

It's still in the beta.
I need to work on it. Made the connection, get the data but did not test it.
Might have directions swapped or even world vs local coordinates.

@kunkurus , I'm working on a generic hook source.
That might transpose to an UDP and Shared memory one.
But I can think of a way to make a kind of plugin. Have some ideas, but nothing implemented

Transducers almost ready for the first beta:



Need to add some default effects.
And it's possible to send the frequency, noise and amplitude of the sound wave through the outputs.
This allows the creation on the controller side of those effect in the actuators, or the creation of mechanical transducers besides the usual audio transducers.

We are going to have one window for each effect (for now), and they will show in the main window like this:


Trying to make a release tomorrow. Let's see if I'm able to do it .
But I think I will make multiple releases adding bit by bit and correcting bugs.
All sources need a good review and the addition of extra data.

Can you help me understand some practical use cases for "transducers"?

I just use mine for some minor road texture and sometimes grip. There is tons you can do that compliments actuators

@Mark Pattison and @Trigen ,

I added the transducers with actuators in mind, but making it allows also the use of it in audio transducers, because the logic is the same.
Using just serial to send data to actuators, might be a problem to achieve high frequencies, so the idea here is to send the needed data to the actuator and let him handle everything to generate that frequency.
That way, we can generate that vibration wave perfectly on the actuator controller.
If you send it by serial, you might end sending always the same value of the wave, or erratic values.
Making it this way, we might achieve higher frequencies and more detailed. We just need the controllers to support it.

You can also send the data to control a simple motor that rotates at a speed related to the frequency, with an eccentric mass to generate vibration.

Or send it to an Arduino or similar connected to a bass shaker.

Or the usual one, an audio board on the PC, connected to some bass shakers.

This is still Beta and needs more testing.
Also the interface is not fancy like simhub or others, but we can:

-Add the effects we want with any value received in Mover, by adding extra windows

-We can mix effects in the same channel

-We can use the same value more than one time in multiple transducer modules

-The values can be converted with the Mover filters.
They should because amplitude should be between 0 and 1, just like noise
And frequency between 0 and 200

-We can control noise, frequency and amplitude separately manually or through the filters (something I think is not available in other softwares).

I know many are going to look at it a run away has fast as possible, because they might think it's to complicated, but it opens many possibilities.

I'm working on a special filter that allows the user to define the response curve with points on the curve.
But it has to be for another update. It's more complicated to integrate it than it might look at first.

Stay tuned, hope to release the new build today (lacking many of the features I have been speaking) that will be followed by many more in the next days/weeks.

Starting from a new static rig, I would like to follow a progressive path.
is there a tutorial for using FlyTP Mover for only 1 DOF?
like harness tensionner for example?
Or did someone manage this and would mind to share?
Thanks!

An example, the scale of values might be wrong, I don't have a seat belt tensionner:

Add a source, the game you want to use.
Add a simple direct with:

-Give a name to the actuator, maybe Belt

-Put the number of bits used by the controller to position the actuator, I used 10

-In the value for the actuator, use Longitudinal acceleration

-In range to bit range, we are going to map the values received to the actuator travel
I want it to move just for braking, not acceleration, so I would use 0 to 10m/s^2 (+-1g).
This means that for position zero of the actuator (bit value=0) we have 0 acceleration, and for the maximum bit value we have 10m/s^2.

-In the filter, use a logistic to limit the values to a range of -10 to 10 with infinitesimal approach to 10.

Any value above near or above 10, approaches more and more the limit of 10.
So with this we define how to move the actuator.
We will never use the -10 on braking, because we crop them on the actuator (remember 0 to 10 in the range)

-So now that we have an actuator, we need to output it's data with a serial output:


Just put the name of the actuator there, in this case <Belt>.
You need to setup it accordingly to your hardware.


Note: Might have accelerations swapped, maybe it should be 0 to -10
And the scale of the value might not be the best, but it's a way to start.

Cant wait to try the new build! Its better to have it and then people can just choose to use it or not. I see so many things that could have been awesome but cause the person created it just didn't understand why it would be a fantastic feature it was never done. Just because one does not see any use for it doesn't meant others wont!

We are all different and while some just want 5 sliders and a button us tweaker's get watery eyes from Pt Mover

Yes , need help with Condor2 ( simtool) roll and pitch are ok but Yaw ......

Just yaw?

I'm making a release but it has no corre tion on Condor

Yes , just Yaw , with Simtool we don’t have Yaw speed or acceleration but just Yaw position .
With COG like 800 mm back of you , you need only 3-4 Mouvement , the most important are ( pitch , roll and Yaw ) . I use surge for feel the rope towline when aerotowing pull me .... very good feeling !
With 800mm COG behind , your pitch made your *heave* like a Sailplane feeling

Mover 3.3 ALPHA

Download in the first post of this thread.

IT'S ALPHA!!! Missing many of the new features I have been speaking.

-New serial code! Might have broken something, some complains with Arduinos.
-New transducer modules, still WIP.

And many other changes, specially internally.
Will make a better description of the changes tomorrow

Mover 3.3 ALPHA

Some release notes:

- Added extra values to sources.
All sources need a review to update them. You can test it in F1 2020.

- Added text values to sources.
All sources need a review to update them. You can test it in F1 2020.

- Added some new sources, all WIP:
F1 2020
Condor 2
Aerofly FS 2
Star Wars squadron (uses hooks, so might already not work with the updates)
Other sources are all deep WIP.

- Added COR correction to poses.
This is becoming ridiculous in COR corrections.
You can do it in the rig for small distances.
In the source for big distances.
And now in poses to move each axis independently.

- Added new rigs.
All of the new ones are missing images, so hard to use and put measures.
Will try to solve it has fast as possible.
The 2 TL rig has still a problem with yaw.
COR where corrected in some rigs, but I need to review all of them. Some might need some work.

- Rearrange rigs and prepared everything to receive speed feedback to allow PID calculation in the rigs.
This is dependant on the outputs now.

- Outputs prepared to receive position feedback.
Due to changes in the serial code, this is now lost. Need more time on it and tests to see if it's worth to continue in the path of the new serial code.

- Outputs can now send any value of the sources. Those values are sent has floats.
They use 4 bytes in binary output

- Also added the output of the transducers

- Reorganised in cascading style the outputs (they are many now)

- Added first transducers implementation.
Like already said, you can output values on the outputs or send it to the audio hardware to drive transducers.
We can map any value to a transducer and work on it through the usual filters of Mover.
So we can play with frequency, amplitude and noise.

- Many internal code changes and bugs solved from previous versions

- Added some extra filters for units conversion (for custom hooks and maybe UDP and shared memory)

- WIP on special filter to generate custom response (LSPLINE=linear spiline and CSPLINE=cubic spiline) with graphical input (NOT WORKING!)

- Added BILOG filter. It's a logarithm. I call it BI, because it works has a mirror on the negative values.

win 10 2004

First one question. Sometimes even if i force quit or just quit normally i will get Mover is already running until i restart my computer and i cant see any service/exe in the task manager. Im not sure what has changed. It used to clear after 20 seconds or so previously. Ofc windows has become a buggy mess so its hard to say. What do i need to kill?

Mover 3.3

Unable to connect to serials. Ardunio uno SMC3 sketch and Ardunio Mega Cubex sketch
Connect only says starting and is yellow for 1 Uno SMC3 uno sketch of 3x serial outputs
Two are identical but can only start to connect to one but it wont connect properly.

Mover 3.3. on start

WaveBadFormat calling waveOutOpen

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just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

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New update today.
I think I have to revert the serial. Causing to much problems.
Hope it's not related to the windows update.

For the other messages, I think I know the problem.
Do you have more than one audio board?