Tutorial How to write a Game Plugin for SimTools 1.0 - API documentation

Not Sure if you already solved the issue, but I got the same error if I forgot to build the application before compiling it (Build->Build Solution).

Ha! Thank you! That helped me a lot. I knew there was something wrong when it kept debugging and none of the files were been updated.

Kudos.

How could I know if a game use the telemetry needed to do a new plugin?(I would like to try with Midnight club racing II)

Hi all, I see that many want compatibility with FPS games, these games do not have telemetry rotation, only have positions x, y, z, if you want to develop plugins for FPS, I advise, find a way to extract information rotation of the bones, by the vast majority of the games are 2 essential bones, the base point and the hip, if you want to make a simulator for these games, use one of these bones to extract the telemetry, the best way would be to use the two hip to the rotation and the base point for the movement.

I hope you serve my answer ...

Further to that point, there is a cheat engine tutorial on youtube where he extracts the x,y,z positions of the main character:

Here are my errors....help please?

Code:

Severity    Code    Description    Project    File    Line    Column    Suppression State
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.GameEnd()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.GameName'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash10_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash11_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash12_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash13_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash14_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash15_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash16_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash17_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash18_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash19_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash1_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash20_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash2_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash3_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash4_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash5_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash6_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash7_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash8_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active
Error    CS0535    'GamePlugin' does not implement interface member 'IPlugin_Game.Get_Dash9_Output()'    iRacing_GamePlugin    C:\Users\Shannon\Desktop\iracing export\iRacing_GamePlugin\GamePlugin.cs    19    29    Active

am I able to decompile a dll and make changes then recompile?

Just in case you are developing a UDP plugin, this small tool can help : http://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/udp-record-and-playback-in-python.8686/
If I had it when making my first UDP plugin, it would have speed-up the dev/test a lot

Hi!Where i can see Memory hook adress in my game?

Do you sucess? Can u help me ?I really want to make a plugin for mxgp2.
https://www.xsimulator.net/communit...er-simulation-plugin.4777/page-23#post-111119
If u can't see my picture, like this?

Hi @AlexinChina
I mean, feel free to develop a memory hoock plugin for NLS.
However just to mention: The NLS plugin already provides surge, sway, heave acceleration, pitch, roll and yaw.
Also NLS provides a proper API (application programming interface) which is documented in the Help file of NLS

Yes I figured it out, no I cant help you.

If u can't teach me how to make it ,Can you give me the code of plugin for this game? I think it will help me also.

as I do a sonic plugin all star racing I already have some telemetry data grateful pointer ....

@yobuddy, great writeup!

Can anybody enlighten me as to which example to study for il2 cliffs of dover, do I look at:

1) UDP Packets,
2) Memory Mapped Files
3) Memory Hooks or
4) DDL?

Hello,

I'm trying to create a plugin for F1 2016, but while trying to patch, I am getting this error;


The game is installed, and I am attempting to change the LFS plugin. Being a Codemasters game, I would need to patch the F1 2016 folder in my documents, but no matter what I seem to type in the validation string, I cannot get it to patch. The plugin is nowhere near done, I was just testing to see if I could actually work out how to make Simtools create the patch in the correct location.

Go easy on me as I am trying to learn

Cheers for any help.

Hi I'm just starting to learn about plugins myself my best guess is there's something that still points the LFS left in the plugin you have made so it thinks it's not installed ( just a guess I'm new too lol)

Hi Daguru,

I thought that too, but can't seem to see anything. It would be handy to know the procedure with Codemasters games, as you are not pointing directly at the .exe

Thanks for the advice though

This is awesome! I had no idea that you can write your own. This may be worth a try. Thanks for the great tutorial