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GhostRacer 2DOF

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by GhostRacer, Jul 8, 2016.

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  1. MarkusB

    MarkusB Well-Known Member Gold Contributor

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    Did you manage to solve your current issues?
    MarkusB, May 4, 2018
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  2. GhostRacer

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    YES YES YES YES
    I have both motors playing nicely together (motor 1 is slightly jerky) but both basically following a lovely sine wave in SMC3utils, I cant tell you how good that feels after sooooooooo many days of tinkering.
    Now to try opening Simtools in the morning

    not sure why with exactly the same settings motor 2 is smooth as silk following all the test outputs but motor 1 is slightly jerky but i'll live with it tonight.
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    GhostRacer, May 4, 2018
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  3. GhostRacer

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    currently too scared to open simtools, just in case I break something.......
    motors not connected to rig, but have pretty good movement in SMC3utils
    GhostRacer, May 4, 2018
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  4. GhostRacer

    GhostRacer Member

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    in sine wave motor jitters slightly(very slightly) on every change of direction but motor 2 is smooth as silk.

    where should my yellow line be, seems a bit erratic
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    GhostRacer, May 4, 2018
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    SimTools won't break anything, but does need its own tuning, as per previous advice.
    noorbeast, May 5, 2018
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  6. GhostRacer

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    I know, I know
    I'm just glad to get this far, silly I know but after banging my head against the wall for a week, if only I had two brain cells instead of one ..............................................now where was I ?
    GhostRacer, May 5, 2018
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    A lot of us use these. You can get them for around $15 to $20 and they're noiseless because they're non-contacting.
    hall pot.jpeg
    Since you can't reverse the output on hall pots by switching the wires that's why I just say reverse the leads to the motor because that works in either case @MarkusB.
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    BlazinH, May 5, 2018
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  8. GhostRacer

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    we have movement boys and girls in Live for speed...............finally !
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    GhostRacer, May 5, 2018
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    Congratulations! Then your next beer will probably be because of joy instead of frustration. :cheers
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    MarkusB, May 5, 2018
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  10. GhostRacer

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    A BIG Thank You to all of you for all your help and patience, got a lot more to do, like learning how to patch Project cars 2..... but yes first beer after getting rig to actually move tasted sweet !
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    GhostRacer, May 6, 2018
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  11. GhostRacer

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    Ok chaps getting there in LFS buy still cant work out how to patch Project cars 2, anyway had a great day playing with assignments, cant seem to get roll to work at all, and I have a grumbling motor when idle, motor 1 is behaving beautifully but motor 2 is a bit jerky and growling (very slightly)

    Ghosty

    desperate to drive project cars 2
    GhostRacer, May 6, 2018
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    I cant seem to find how to patch project cars 2, trawled trough search, have downloaded patch, but now stuck !!!!!
    GhostRacer, May 6, 2018
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    With SimTools closed go to your menu -> SimTools and open SimTools PluginUpdater, then just drag the Project Cars 2 plugin zip file on to that, which installs it.
    noorbeast, May 6, 2018
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  14. GhostRacer

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    GhostRacer, May 7, 2018
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    You also have to activate Shared Memory in PCars itself?
    JonBakhol, May 14, 2018
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    Last edited: May 18, 2018
    noorbeast, May 14, 2018
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  17. GhostRacer

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    Hi
    Simulator has been working great for a while now but since last nights Steam update my motion is completely off in PCars2 but fine in LFS, do I have to capture min/max again in tuning centre after a Steam update ?
    Cheers

    Ghosty
    GhostRacer, May 18, 2018
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  18. noorbeast

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    A Steam update should not change anything.

    But do check if a game update may have changed the PC2 in-game settings: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/projectcars.188/
    noorbeast, May 18, 2018
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  19. GhostRacer

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    deffo got shared memory on, tried removing patch and re installing, not capturing anything in tuning centre, values just stay at zero.
    GhostRacer, May 19, 2018
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    Have you tried verifying the integrity of the game files in Steam?

    Also try reinstalling the plugin.
    noorbeast, May 19, 2018
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