SimTools v3 Public Beta

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Hello everyone

Today I decided to share with you my humble experience about the problem that happened to me, which really exhausted me,
and how I was able to solve this problem... I hope that this experience will be of benefit to everyone.


//////////////// The problem /////////////////

Error message "Microsoft .NET Framework"




See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): Application not found
at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithShellExecuteEx(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
at SimTools.Frm_SimTools._StartGame_IfNotRunning(String OnlineID, List`1 ProcessesNames)
at SimTools.Frm_SimTools._StartEngine_Step1(Int32 PluginIndex)
at SimTools.Frm_SimTools.PicMenu_ClickedButton(Int32 ButtonID, ButtonClicked ButtonClicked)
at SimTools.Frm_SimTools.AllStartButton()
at MyBannerStopButton.MyBannerStopButton.MyBannerStopButton_MouseDown(Object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseDown(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

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//////////////// The solution /////////////////

#0_video in my youtube channel




#1_Download and install programs :

Download .NET Framework 4.8

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework/net48

Download .NET Framework 4.8.1

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework/net481

Download .NET Framework Repair Tool

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30135


#2_Activation .NET Framework :


#3_Download the PLUGIN.ZIP file from the official website :

https://simtools.us/plugin/?varname=167


#4_Decompress and rename the file PLUGIN.DLL And Banner.JPG

To "NoLimits2_GamePlugin.dll"

To "NoLimits2_Banner.JPG"

#5_Compress the file to .ZIP :

file name "NoLimits2_GamePlugin.ZIP"


#6_Open the program SimTools3 And Drop the file "NoLimits2_GamePlugin.ZIP" in to it :


#7_Create a shortcut to the game application and rename it :

Name shortcut to "NoLimits2"

And Right click Properties > Shortcut > Target :
And at the end of the path, "space" and paste "--telemetry --telemetryport=15151"

And click Apply and OK

#8_Copy a Shortcut file "NoLimits2" to path :


C:\Users\"your User name"\AppData\Local\SimTools3\LaunchShortCuts

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#Enjoy the game

I tried that, and it didn't work :-( It just shakes like crazy even when not running, and even when I get back to main menu.

can you post the entire motion_tools section?

According to the settings in SimTools3 it should listen to 4123.
And the settings in the xml-files SimTools3 modifies is setting the port to 4123 on <udp />. It does not modify <custom_udp/> at all.

@yobuddy , you wrote:
"This is because the dirt 2.0 plugin for v3 has been updated to use the newest api for the game."

Can you please bring some light on how it should be configured? Can you post what the settings should be in the XML-file please? I unpatched Simtools2 plugin, removed the plugin from Simtools3 and installed it again, but still doesn't work.

Matt,

This is the way I have it setup and it finally got it working for me.....
<motion_platform>
<dbox enabled="false" />
<udp enabled="true" extradata="3" ip="127.0.0.1" port="10888" delay="1" />
<custom_udp enabled="true" filename="packet_data.xml" ip="127.0.0.1" port="20777" delay="1" />

After doing more testing today....it seems that the apps udp settings can be set to either 20777 or 10888 and I get motion in dr2.

I get motion with this line set to <udp enabled="true" extradata="3" ip="127.0.0.1" port="10888" delay="1" /> or I can change the 10888 to 4123 and I'll still get motion.

The next line <custom_udp enabled="true" filename="packet_data.xml" ip="127.0.0.1" port="20777" delay="1" /> works whether set to true or false.

What seems to make all the difference is v3 dr2 udp settings.... Setting it to either 20777 or 10888 works for me. NO MOTION when it's set to 4123, only ramdom, spastic movement.

I think I would leave the line code alone and try just changing the game app udp to either 20777 or 10888. Good luck!

Hello! I can download the previous version of EA WRC from somewhere, because it felt like it worked better for me?

yobuddy, I don't understand it either......No simhub installed on my side or anything else that I'm aware of. Just simtools 2.6 and now v3. The games plugin, if set to 127001 and 4321, I'll get ramdom spastic movement that doesn't stop until I close out the game and will also crash v3 at times. If I switch the port 4123 to either 10888 or 20777, then everything works as it should. ???????

Maybe it's just my setup or even something else that I'm unaware of, but other people are also experiencing the same spastic movement problems as I had. So I'm just passing along what fixed it for me, atm anyways!

Hi i have a question : simtool V3 can run with 2 pc because my simulator run with 2 pc
Thanks
leonaikikai

Matt....Dirt2 or Dirt Rally 2? I'm only asking because a few posts later, you're showing DR2.

Finally got it to work! Thanks @yobuddy and @Hobbs77

When I wrote Dirt 2.0 I of course mean DirtRally 2.0, not Dirt2 - Sorry for being unclear.

After reading the source and yobuddy's message I found out why it behaved the way it did. I had the relay port (Wifi-icon) set to 4123 also. So that was why I got the weird shaking, because every message was recursively sent back to the game plugin.

The game plugin ONLY listens to 4123, it's hard coded. So to get the other ports to work you need SimHub or another program relaying to 4123.

If you use SimHub and SimTools then you could set relay-port in SimTools3 to 20777, and ignore the warning in SimHub that the game is not configured.

Or... you could configure SimHub, and in SimHub add relay to port 4123. Then it should also work.

A suggestion is to not allow relay to 127.0.0.1:4123 in the plugin, it could be dangerous if you can't exit the game or stop the plugin.

Another suggestion is: When you install the plugin the plugin tells me where the directory for DR2.0 is, why not pre select it for me, instead of forcing me to navigate to it manually? Just check if the directory already exist and if it does then use that as default.

Hey Matt.....The funny thing is, I don't have simhub, never did and I only thought about it just for wrc. But when I saw it didn't have anything to offer me for my scn100 actuators, I passed and waited for a dedicated v3 plugin.

What's the "relay port (Wifi-icon) set to 4123" you're talking about? And where is that located? Thanks in advance!

Clicking the green wifi-icon top left allows you to set a relay address/port.


Here is how it's configured on my machine:
- DR2.0 Sends UDP-telemetry to port 4123
- Simtools3 Listens to the UDP on port 4123, on every message it forwards a copy to udp port 20777 and then processes the telemetry and moves my simulator.
- SimHub listens on UDP 20777 and uses the data for my DIY-buttkickers.

If you only use SimTools3 then you should click the green wifi icon, remove address and port. Then configure DR2.0 in the xml-section to use port 4123.

The DR2 app had an update tonight......I updated and that left me without motion with the settings I was using.

Here's my setting now for motion

<motion_platform>
<dbox enabled="false" />
<udp enabled="true" extradata="3" ip="127.0.0.1" port="4123" delay="1" />
<custom_udp enabled="false" filename="packet_data.xml" ip="127.0.0.1" port="20777" delay="1" />

and the dr2 port app only works for me now when using 20777. Again for me port 4123 just produces random, spastic movement.?????

Thanks yobuddy.......I guess that was the problem all along then, well at least for me anyways! I cleared all the port numbers, and everything is working as it should.