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Elite Dangerous Horizons Plugin (Non VR Version) [Deleted]

Discussion in 'SimTools Plugins' started by value1, Dec 22, 2014.

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  1. RaceRay

    RaceRay Administrator Staff Member SimAxe Beta Tester

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    What error message you get when trying to update?
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    Sorry mate it was my fault I was not putting a Version number in when I was uploading a new file
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    Hi Craig @SilentChill

    Did you already made a version which works under VR conditions ? Including all 6DOFs ?

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    No not yet it's becoming an impossible task and very time consuming. I have surge heave and sway for spaceship but SRV is being a bitch
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    If you have surge heave and sway already done for the VR use case , would be nice to have it, SRV isn't so important for now...

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    There was a bit of bother about Frontier not supporting 3rd party developers on reddit recently :https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDange...ort3rdparty_why_we_temporarily_shut_down_our/

    Ed from support was quickly on the case and the end of his reply was :
    These ongoing communications will include developers from other third party websites who may be interested, not just those listed in the OP. If you are an active and established third party Elite Dangerous developer, get in touch with community@frontier.co.uk

    We all hope that clears things up!

    Thanks everyone,

    Ed

    I think its a good idea that everyone who wants Frontier to send standard telemetry data to send them an email.... hopefully with motion cancellation in VR a thing now they might realise that it's the best way to play their game....

    Additionally a decent, well commented block of code that does most of the work for them, that can just be dropped into the game would make it fairly trivial to get UDP telemetry data from virtually any game...
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    Already wrote an (emotional) mail to frontier.
    Hopfully it will help...

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    Thank you for this info! I wasn't aware of this. We'll check if there is any useful information in the (un-) official API.
    A quick search didn't reveal anything usable for our needs but you never know ;)
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    Hello to all.
    Do you have any advice for this plugin?
    I have no movement on the rig and I can not understand why (Project cars and Dirt Rally work dfine).

    • I installed the plugin (no errors);
    • Copied wow64etx.dll files & GetBaseAddress64.dll into the SimTools directory;
    • When launching the "Elite Dangerous Horizon 64" game, SimTools "becames blue" (so data should arrive on a software module, right? ...);
    • Obviously, Game Engine and Game Manager are running in "admin mode";

    I do not understand what's missing ... No sign of life on the simulator.
    I forgot something???
    Thank you!
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    Hi matey, you are running ED Horizons and not just ED ?
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    I've tried Elite Dangerous 32, Elite Dangerous 64 and Elite Dangerous Horizons 64 (from de launcher).
    Same result :(
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    Hi ilbiga.
    I've been using the plugin for the last few weeks, it works very well (I only use 2dof though and you must be on 64bit horizons). Are you sure you are getting game data? When in game are you seeing any movement on the sliders in game engine-output testing-virtual axis?. Game engine tuning center will also show you whether game data is being received. After you said you installed the plugin - did you patch it?. If not an out-of-date plugin will still show as blue when the game runs (I believe).
    I didn't copy any files to SimTools directory. Just used the plugin updater after un-patching the previous ED plugin and it worked. If I were you I'd try to reinstall and patch the plugin this way, then check that the same files in the zip file (names and dates) are the ones that 'plugin updater' placed in your SimTools folder (three .dll files, the banner and min/max cfg).
    Hope you get it sorted.
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    where is simtools installed?
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    I used the default location "C:\Program Files (x86)\SimTools o_O on a Windows 10 64 bit machine
    (standalone installation of SimTools with Game Manager & Game Engine on the same PC).
    Tks!
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    I seem to have Elite working but not as I expected.... in the tuning center


    Do you get any data in the tuning center? I had this issue last night and needed to change the values generally from 32k/-32k to 1/-1... the input data is a double float from elite so it seems like its not putting out anything if its expecting 32k and getting 0.2
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    Thanks for the indication. As soon as I can check it out!:thumbs
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    hello, Why on VR is not working?
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    So I've been trying to write my own Elite Dangerous plugin, and it's going pretty well. I've found what seems to be a 100% reliable pointer which also shows me -1 to 1 pitch plus roll, yaw, surge, sway and heave floats nearby. I've restarted a load of times and it always works.... no matrix required. And if they keep the same structure it's almost trivial to find again....

    I've created a plugin from the NoLimits example, which runs when I load Elite, installs ok, patches, says is a valid plugin and shows the name change for 'Extra1'. The only thing is it doesn't show my game data.

    Seems to work for VR and non VR, no SRV yet and FS hasn't been tested....

    So since Frontier love to patch so much I'm sure everyone would love a race to getting simtools working ASAP every update :)

    So can we maybe get a ED plugin example so I help out? There is no documentation about the getbaseaddress dll (if it's still needed) anywhere on the site.

    Do I also need a pointer for every single value? Can't I just take the initial pointer and add offsets to it to read the other values? Are there any examples for this?
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