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LFSLib.NET 0.13b released

This version of LFSLib.NET takes advantage of all the new features of Live For Speed S2 0.5X (as well as the X2 test patch additions). The new version can be found here and the release notes are here. There is a new binary distro with a winforms Tester app, which is located here, but in general the tester app does not provide full coverage and will eventually be replaced with a better example and test harness. The highlights are:

• TCP connections (more on that below)
• Multiple InSim Connections at the same time
• Custom Button system
• Lots more tracking events

I've run it through its paces, but as InSim coverages is getting quite large now and I don't have an automated test suite, I cannot claim to have full test coverage. In general, if something doesn't work, assume it's LFSLib.NET, not LFS and let me know. Contact me via the email on the left, blog comments or posting about LFSLib.NET on the LFS programmer forums (which I monitor fairly consistently).

Moving the documentation to SandCastle has taken more time than I hoped. The new doc system is now a dynamic web application and provides a (IMHO) much improved interface thanks to Dave Sexton's excellent DocProject. This has required my moving of the docs off this server to a new host, so the docs and future information for LFSLib.NET from now on lives at lfs.fullmotionracing.com.

About TCP & UDP

Labels: .net, c#, InSim, LFS, LFSLib.NET, live for speed, OutGauge, OutSim

posted by ether @ 6:39 AM 1 comments

Simple OutSim & OutGauge samples

In the meantime, especially, since the Tester app I include is really just something to exercise the lib, not to learn coding from (i.e. worst winforms code patterns example), I thought i'd throw out some simple code examples until i build a proper test suite. Now, these samples, with their use of straight up static methods are also nothing to learn program design from -- they're just API illustration. These examples work with the current and new release, so they're not tied to 0.13b.

The tricky thing to note about both OutSim and OutGauge is that the cfg.txt values take precedence. I.e. you can get both sent via InSim, but not if they are already set in the configuration file. Generally, I suggest sticking to manually configuring these two and going through the dedicated handlers for both and keeping them separate from your InSim handler.

OutGauge

static void Main(string[] args)
{
  // Assumes the following settings in LFS cfg.txt:
  //    OutGauge Mode 1
  //    OutGauge Delay 100
  //    OutGauge IP 127.0.0.1
  //    OutGauge Port 26020
  //    OutGauge ID 1

  OutGaugeHandler outGauge = new OutGaugeHandler(26020);
  outGauge.Updated += new OutGaugeHandler.GaugeEvent(outGauge_Updated);
  Console.WriteLine("created handler");
  outGauge.Initialize();
  Console.WriteLine("initialized handlers");
  Console.WriteLine("Press RETURN to exit");
  Console.ReadLine();
  outGauge.Close();
}

static void outGauge_Updated(object sender, FullMotion.LiveForSpeed.OutGauge.Events.Gauge gauge)
{
  Console.Clear();
  Console.WriteLine("OutGauge -----------------------");
  Console.WriteLine("Time:     {0}", gauge.Time);
  Console.WriteLine("ID:       {0}", gauge.Id);
  Console.WriteLine("Car:      {0}", gauge.Car);
  Console.WriteLine("RPM:      {0}", gauge.RPM);
  Console.WriteLine("Speed:    {0}", gauge.Speed);
  Console.WriteLine("Message1: {0}", gauge.DisplayMessage1);
  Console.WriteLine("Message2: {0}", gauge.DisplayMessage2);
}

OutSim

static void Main(string[] args)
{
  // Assumes the following settings in LFS cfg.txt:
  //  OutSim Mode 1
  //  OutSim Delay 100
  //  OutSim IP 127.0.0.1
  //  OutSim Port 26010
  //  OutSim ID 1
  OutSimHandler outSim = new OutSimHandler(26010);
  outSim.Updated += new OutSimHandler.PhysicsEvent(outSim_Updated);
  Console.WriteLine("created handlers");
  outSim.Initialize();
  Console.WriteLine("initialized handlers");
  Console.WriteLine("Press RETURN to exit");
  Console.ReadLine();
  outSim.Close();
}

static void outSim_Updated(object sender, FullMotion.LiveForSpeed.OutSim.Events.PhysicsState physicsState)
{
  Console.Clear();
  Console.WriteLine("OutSim -----------------------");
  Console.WriteLine("Time:     {0}", physicsState.Time);
  Console.WriteLine("ID:       {0}", physicsState.Id);
  Console.WriteLine("X:        {0}", physicsState.PositionX);
  Console.WriteLine("Y:        {0}", physicsState.PositionY);
  Console.WriteLine("Z:        {0}", physicsState.PositionZ);
}

Labels: LFS, LFSLib.NET, live for speed, OutGauge, OutSim

posted by ether @ 4:05 PM 0 comments