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Motion Simulation Software SimTools SimTools v2.6.1

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  1. yobuddy

    yobuddy Well-Known Member Staff Member Moderator SimAxe Beta Tester SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    What do your max/min settings for the game look like?
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    +/-20 on the forces I’m trying to use. Those were the plugin defaults. But i tuning center there is no data coming through. When I do capture min max Then reset everything stays at zero.
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    Are you on a single or dual PC installation of SimTools?
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    yobuddy Well-Known Member Staff Member Moderator SimAxe Beta Tester SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    have you messed with any of the IP settings for game manger or engine?
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    I don’t think so, both are set at 127.0.0.1
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    "127.0.0.1 " that's correct.
    Looking at your pictures, you can see that game engine is not connected or running with game manger?
    Do you hear a Beep-beep when launching the game?
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    No, never heard a beep beep. Every time I launch iracing the game engine crashes. Same if I toggle the on off button in game manager.
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    Sounds like the game not sending correct data to simtools.
    I would un-patch the game.
    Then play the game once, and finish a race.
    Then re-patch the game and try again.
    let me know how it goes buddy.

    I personally don't have a IRacing account atm.
    So is anyone else having problems with this plugin?
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    I tried removing the patch, running a race and re-patching. no go. I also uninstalled and reinstalled iracing and I still get the crash as soon as I launch it.



    If I dont patch Iracing game manager stays running, but obviously no output.


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    I'm not sure buddy.
    That really does not give me any info to work with unfortunately. :(
    the plugin uses a memory mapped file I believe.
    My guess is its not finding that file, or the structure of the output file has changed.

    When was the last IRacing update?
    Maybe shut down your antivirus for a run and see if that helps?
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    something to do with my installation for sure, I just did an iracing simtools install on my windows 10 office computer and everything seems to be running just fine. simtools doesn't crash and I get a Game On notification in output testing.

    my racing rig is running windows 7

    So I will start uninstalling and reinstalling everything again.

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    @yobuddy i have similar problem: sometimes while playing Assetto Corsa in VR and motion i got "game engine has stopped working" error. This error is not consistent - it occurs sometimes. Sometimes 2-3 times during race, sometimes it just not existent and i play long sessions with no issues

    So it looks like this:
    i enjoy the race and suddenly my VR headset looses movement detection - the image in HMD became static and after 2-3 seconds it turns off - looks like disconnect. at this moment the race still live though - i should finish it by hot key, blindly. After i take off Rift i go to PC and see this pop up message

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    no error codes - nothing. i click "close program" and after this the HMD starts working again - without any addition actions from my side! so in order to play again i should resart GameManager and start GameEngine again - after this i can play like always.
    Is there any log written somewhere so i could read what is going all at least? Could it be usb related - maybe some usb contacts are influenced by cold (i have cold air during race sessions) so the metal loose contact therefore SimTools looses interaction with hardware and this error pops up?
    This error was present on win 8.1x64pro and now is here too on win10x64pro
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    I would be willing to bet its related to your interface.
    Add a dummy network interface to game engine, and remove the interface you are using now.
    They try the game again (of course with no motion), but if it does not crash, you found the problem.
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    Boom, Its Working!!!!!

    I did a full reinstall of windows and changed from windows 7 to windows 10. So far I only have the bare minimum installed. I will keep testing to make sure none of my other software breaks anything as I install it.

    Thanks for the help

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    Thank you! What do you mean by dummy network - something different from 127.0.0.1? Should it work with another?
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    I mean the interface settings for game engine.
    I was thinking his game engine / interface was causing the crash is all.
    By dummy network, I meant setup a UDP interface that really does noting.
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    oh i see - so this is not about my issue:D
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    I would remove the usb hub and try again buddy.
    It defiantly sounds like the interface is loosing connection.
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    you mean usb hub for VR? i use Vive link box and actually it's a lifesaver cause amount of such disconnects were reduced. but still - i can't understand how this SimTools (GameEngine) crash is related to VR headset?..
    Could it be that once VR looses connect due to bad usb connection the PC system tries to reenumerate usb ports and GameEngine can't handle such procedure? Could it be? This is just the only thing comes to my mind..:( wish i do know is it possible at all..