Question SimTools 2.2?

We only had a small sound test really.
As it took me forever to get the sound working correctly for WinXP thru Win10.

It's really close to where everyone can beta test it thou.
I have finished all of the profiling and GUI work to where it all works and is useable.

What I have left to do, is to:
- Play with each effect one last time to make sure it works as i want it to.
- 3D cassis mode, I think i have made a even better bump detection, but need more testing.
- Add 3D to the Collisions, so the bumps happens where the collision happens. (may come after the beta has started thou.)
- play with a few ideas on bump detection.
- Adjust some timings.
- Final bug test.
- Move some tones to internal tones (so if people delete a note it does not break the app, may come after the beta has started thou.)

It's hard to know exactly when I will feel it is "finished", but I believe the GUI is done (as far as completely usable).
And everything we need is there.
It's hard to Not keep adding things i see as' required features', as people will ask me for them anyway. (I would)
And I would like to release something, that is as close as to the tool I imagined as possible.
It's just nice to hit the stage where it is mostly fine tuning!!

Anyway, how about some pics,
Main GIU: Profile Editor


Main GIU: Volume Settings


Sound Card Settings


Vibe Creation (Sound Effect editor)


GameVibe: Tuning Center (looks familiar , right?)


Anyway, there is a quick peek at the progress that is being made.
And maybe a hint of how it will all works.
Take care guys!
yobuddy

Exciting times ahead @yobuddy, thanks for the detailed update for everyone.

I think you mean Game Vibe, which is part of the SimTools Pro License.

Or upgrade your DIY license to Pro...
yobuddy

It would be a ton of work as SimTools.us and XSimulator.net are separate entities and not tied together.
(They don't share info internally)

It would be much easier if one just uses the signatures. We can not connect directly both system without a lot of work.

User with a Gold Contributor badge own a unlimited download plan. This does not mean that they are using SimTools Pro Version in any case. Its highly likely but not dead certain and can not directly deduced from ones gold supporter badge.

> As it took me forever to get the sound working correctly for WinXP thru Win10.

oh mate, i had the hope you would finally start with removing out XP support Such workarounds are error prone only and will give just you more headache in the future

Anyway, looking forward to the new release

It may have been an option, should Direct3D have worked for any OS besides XP lol.
It actually does work on other OS's, but the overall volume is limited to about 30%.
After looking up the problem, I found some older published games also have this problem.

So i started over with XAudio2 (a newer sound api) and it corrected the problem for the other OS's.
But since I already had both versions, may as well make plugins for both and have GameVibe load the right one when its launched.
Anyway, that's how that happened lol.
yobuddy

No, it will work for all kinds of games.
But I do need to make sure the notes play right for the incoming data type.

You see, how you make sound from the incoming data can change.
For example, with RPM, you make sound depending on the input value itself.
But for bumps, you make sound when the value changes quickly.
And with gear change, you make sound only for X amount of millisecond after the change.
Allot of it is trial and error, as far as what really works and what does not.

This is what I have so far:
Chassis (FL, FR, RL, RR)
Road Detail (Heave)
Collision L/R (Sway)
Collision F/B (Surge)
Rpm (Rpm)
Turbo (Turbo)
Afterburners (Afterburners)
Gear Shift (Current Gear)
Turbulence (Speed)

My idea is turbulence is really for airplanes, where you have a white noise simulating wind going over the body of the plane at high speed.
You can use the rpm for planes to, although it would be configure to be more of the hum in the background than a 'rip' of a engine rev like a car.
And Afterburners can be configured also.

@Spit40
Maybe you could look at game dash as to what kind of data you get from Flaps and Landing Gear?
As we will want both of those also.
My guess is they both go from a 0 (off state) to a 1 (on state)?
But do they 'flutter' when doing so, or is it just a 0 to a 1?

It may be worth adding Gunfire also?
Although I don't know of any game that outputs that data yet?

In the end its written in a way that we can add the ones that make sense.
(can be used with multiple games)

Chat soon,
yobuddy