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Discussion in 'New users start here - FAQ' started by fermevc, Jun 20, 2009.

  1. topgearfan

    topgearfan New Member Gold Contributor

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    Hello guys,
    I'm Ivan from Italy. I built a 4dof simulator, which you will see a tread of in the next days. I was able to build it also thanks to this forum so for this reason I will show you my work in the next days. I'm more keen about the mechanical part of the simulator, while software and computer have never been my strong suit.
    Thanks for having me.
    Best regards.
  2. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @topgearfan.

    I look forward to seeing your thread and hearing more about your rig.
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  3. polybasss

    polybasss Member Gold Contributor

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    Hola a todos, soy Poly de España, compré un simulador de movimiento 2dof y estoy esperando que llegue, así que pronto tendré muchas dudas, gracias a Dios esta gran comunidad es, gracias a todos.
    Saludos....

    Hello everyone, I'm Poly from Spain, I bought a 2dof motion simulator and I'm waiting for it to arrive so I'll soon have a lot of doubts, thank goodness this great community is, thank you all.
    Regards....
  4. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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  5. Tagda

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    Hello everyone, my name is tagda and I live in France.
    I would like to buy or build a dof4 and I think I have found the paradise of simulation.
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  6. Giodred33

    Giodred33 New Member

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    Ciao ragazzi, sono qui di nuovo, sto usando X-Sim e sto impostando la dinamica 3DOF su RBR, ma non riesco a trovare e preparare buoni Plugin. Qualcuno mi può aiutare o mi puoi dare consigli?
  7. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @Tagda.

    Doing some research and planning is time well spent, and the community here can help you out as you formulate your ideas about what you want to build and even where you can source parts from.

    Have a look at existing member builds, that may help you refine your own project: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    You can also browse through the commercial rig section: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/commercial-simulators-and-peripherie.52/

    For a DIY project you will find plenty to get you started in the FAQs, from design software, dimension of sims, to PSUs, pots, motors, JRKs, Arduinos and Motor Monsters and more: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    We have a glossary for all those acronyms we tend to use, which will help you decipher some descriptions: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/glossary-of-acronyms-and-names.66/

    When you are ready please start your own project thread here: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    Feel free to ask questions, the members here give freely of both their time and expertise.

    Good luck with your project.
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  8. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Please be aware that you can dual language post but it is part of the Forum Rules that you also include English, doing so via Google Translate is fine: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/forum-rules.9527/

    I have done that for you this time, Google Translate:
    Hi guys, I'm here again, I'm using X-Sim and I'm setting the 3DOF dynamic on RBR, but I can not find and prepare good plugins. Can someone help me or can you give me advice?

    Your questions should really go here: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/new-users-start-here-faq.62/

    But to answer briefly I don't knao about X-Sim but SimTools has a RBR plugin here: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/marketplace/richard-burns-rally-sse-plugin.77/updates
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  9. pedro henrique gomes

    pedro henrique gomes New Member

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    I wanted to thank the forum staff for the help and support of my project

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  10. pedro henrique gomes

    pedro henrique gomes New Member

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    much difficulty but with the help of his friend edson lourenso gave the greatest help
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  11. pedro henrique gomes

    pedro henrique gomes New Member

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    with a lot of fighting, learning how to configure a lot of learning
    with great forum help adjusting my project

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  12. pedro henrique gomes

    pedro henrique gomes New Member

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    And that's good, then, welcome, congratulations.
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  13. Apocrathia

    Apocrathia New Member Gold Contributor

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    My partner and I were having the conversation the other day about motion simulation and how she would love to build something like that, as she's really into flight sims. I took it as an opportunity for a new engineering challenge, and started doing some research. After stumbling around the Internet for a few hours, I came across the Stewart platform design and said "that's it! that's what we need to build!" Having a basic idea of where to start researching on the hardware, I started looking for software; that's when I found this forum. This is why I love the Internet. If there's anything cool, someone way smarter than me has already figured out how to do it way better than I will ever be able to. I lurked through a lot of the build logs on here, and decided to sign up and start asking questions. So, over the course of the next few months, I'll probably be doing that and I'll try my best to document my own project for anyone else to learn from the inevitable mistakes that I'll make.

    I guess my first really big questions are:
    • Is anyone doing this with Linux? (I don't own anything running Windows)
    • Is any of the control/interface software open source? (SimTools is the joint project of this forum, but it's only supported on Windows)
    Also, thank you so much for doing that acronym glossary. That has already cleared up so many questions of "wtf does *that* stand for?!"
  14. noorbeast

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  15. Apocrathia

    Apocrathia New Member Gold Contributor

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    I've been considering buying a license for SimTools just to try to run it on Wine and see how well it works. I'm curious as to what other options are out there.

    I didn't want to start a build thread without having any real plans to present.
  16. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    You can download the free test version of SimTools for testing with Wine, it comes complete with the fully functional plugin for Live For Speed, specifically for testing purposes.

    It is helpful to create your own thread, even while testing and kicking around ideas. The community here gives freely of their time and expertise, plus if you are trying different things then we can all learn from that.
  17. kakasi

    kakasi New Member

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    Hola buenas, Soy de españa y me gustaria montar un simulador con 3 motores, 2 que muevan el asiento y el tercer motor que simule la perdida de traccion.
    Espero recibir y dar toda la ayuda posible
  18. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @kakasi

    Please be aware that you can dual language post but it is part of the Forum Rules that you also include English, doing so via Google Translate is fine: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/forum-rules.9527/

    I have taken the liberty of doing so for you this time:

    Google Translate:
    Good Hello, I'm from Spain and I would like to set up a simulator with 3 engines, 2 that move the seat and the third engine that simulates the loss of traction. I hope to receive and give all possible help

    You will need to create your own build thread and post your questions on it, as this is the welcome thread: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    You will find plenty to get you started in the FAQs: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    We have a glossary for all those acronyms we tend to use, which will help you decipher some descriptions: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/glossary-of-acronyms-and-names.66/

    Good luck with your project.
  19. pedro henrique gomes

    pedro henrique gomes New Member

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    segue a nova cara do meu novo projeto

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  20. pedro henrique gomes

    pedro henrique gomes New Member

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    gostaria de agradeser ao edson lourenzo pela ajuda no forum