Race Engineer
Apr 16, 2016 17:37:09 GMT
Post by scoops on Apr 16, 2016 17:37:09 GMT
There is a standalone programme called PIEFree that converts game controller inputs into keyboard presses. It's the same principle as mapping keys in rFactor 1 or 2.
But there are a couple of features of the programme that mean it's worth a look.
1. you can map a series of keyboard presses to one controller input
2. It has a built in voice recognition that you can link to keyboard presses.
The result is when you run it you can speak to you "Race engineer".
It's setup for rFactor 2 initially, see the video below where he asks his "race engineer" what the temperatures are.
youtu.be/9h-cJ29R1zs
So I though it would be useful for the endurance race in rFactor 1 to setup the pit stops. So you can tell the pits whether you need tyres, fuel repair damage or not etc.
Download the results below
Race Engineer
Unzip the contents and save the folder wherever you want to it will work wherever.
The next bit if your not confident then give me a shout and I'll sort it for you next time you're on teamspeak shouldn't take long.
In order for this to work you need to either edit the RF1 A file which is the script that picks up the commands and executes them, have the same setup as I have or let me know some buttons that need mapping and I'll edit the file for you.
Currently I have the following setup (it's easier if you stick with these but if you want something different let me know it's only a couple of minutes to change)
H for headlights
3 for mirrors
up and down arrows for up and down LCD menu
left and right for decrease and increase
0 for request pit
You will also need some additional buttons probably from your wheel.
One is essential and that is your pit radio to talk to the engineer. Mine is Joystick3.Button12 in the Rf1 A file. So if you change the script to the button you want change this file to whereever it says Joystick3.Button12 to whatever you want.
Second is to have a button on the steering wheel for lights on for me it's Joystick3.Button7
Last is for the endurance race to flash lights at slower cars as per Le Mans for me its Joystick3.Button11
So change the rF1 A file for these three to what ever you want on your wheel.
Once that's done and it's longer to type this than it takes to do you need to test.
In race engineer > GlovePIE there is a program called PIEFree, double click to run. Then once in PIEFree click file and you want to load the rF1 A file that is in the VoiceScripts folder in GlovePIE. Once loaded you will see a list of commands like "keyboard.H = true" etc if you have loaded the correct file.
Press run at the top of the page and it should be running. Press your button for the pit radio and you should hear a beep and some static. If you do all is well.
The next step is to hold the button down and say "Hi Sam" this should enable the pit radio, if you don't you won't get any joy from your pit crew. You will get a reply if you speak clearly enough. Once you know they are talking to you can start up rF1 and goto the track.
Once on track press the radio button and say "Hi Sam" again to make sure they are awake.
Once they are press the radio button and say the following to try the following commands.
"Pitstop" - sets up the pitstop menu
"No Tyres" - stops the tyres from being changed
"No Fuel" - the same for fuel
"Full Tank" - fills the tank to your set level
"3 more/less litres" - increases / reduces the fuel by a small amount
Similar for 5 and 20 liters
"Don't repair" stops the repairs from taking place
All of the above need you to have fuel highlighted in the pit menu. You can navigate with
"Up" and "Down"
and change values with
"More" and "Less"
To cancel the pitstop you can say "Cancel pitstop"
Additional commands are
"Motec" - which presses Ctrl + l which is the default turn on command for Motec
"Mirrors" - which presses 3 to toggle through the mirrors.
This really is a useful bit of kit for the endurance races for setting up pitstops and really isn't as difficult as it sounds, it's certainly much much easier than trying to manually change details on the pitstop menu when you have cars around you and you don't have a 3 mile straight on the track.
If you have team viewer I'm happy to sort for you.
But there are a couple of features of the programme that mean it's worth a look.
1. you can map a series of keyboard presses to one controller input
2. It has a built in voice recognition that you can link to keyboard presses.
The result is when you run it you can speak to you "Race engineer".
It's setup for rFactor 2 initially, see the video below where he asks his "race engineer" what the temperatures are.
youtu.be/9h-cJ29R1zs
So I though it would be useful for the endurance race in rFactor 1 to setup the pit stops. So you can tell the pits whether you need tyres, fuel repair damage or not etc.
Download the results below
Race Engineer
Unzip the contents and save the folder wherever you want to it will work wherever.
The next bit if your not confident then give me a shout and I'll sort it for you next time you're on teamspeak shouldn't take long.
In order for this to work you need to either edit the RF1 A file which is the script that picks up the commands and executes them, have the same setup as I have or let me know some buttons that need mapping and I'll edit the file for you.
Currently I have the following setup (it's easier if you stick with these but if you want something different let me know it's only a couple of minutes to change)
H for headlights
3 for mirrors
up and down arrows for up and down LCD menu
left and right for decrease and increase
0 for request pit
You will also need some additional buttons probably from your wheel.
One is essential and that is your pit radio to talk to the engineer. Mine is Joystick3.Button12 in the Rf1 A file. So if you change the script to the button you want change this file to whereever it says Joystick3.Button12 to whatever you want.
Second is to have a button on the steering wheel for lights on for me it's Joystick3.Button7
Last is for the endurance race to flash lights at slower cars as per Le Mans for me its Joystick3.Button11
So change the rF1 A file for these three to what ever you want on your wheel.
Once that's done and it's longer to type this than it takes to do you need to test.
In race engineer > GlovePIE there is a program called PIEFree, double click to run. Then once in PIEFree click file and you want to load the rF1 A file that is in the VoiceScripts folder in GlovePIE. Once loaded you will see a list of commands like "keyboard.H = true" etc if you have loaded the correct file.
Press run at the top of the page and it should be running. Press your button for the pit radio and you should hear a beep and some static. If you do all is well.
The next step is to hold the button down and say "Hi Sam" this should enable the pit radio, if you don't you won't get any joy from your pit crew. You will get a reply if you speak clearly enough. Once you know they are talking to you can start up rF1 and goto the track.
Once on track press the radio button and say "Hi Sam" again to make sure they are awake.
Once they are press the radio button and say the following to try the following commands.
"Pitstop" - sets up the pitstop menu
"No Tyres" - stops the tyres from being changed
"No Fuel" - the same for fuel
"Full Tank" - fills the tank to your set level
"3 more/less litres" - increases / reduces the fuel by a small amount
Similar for 5 and 20 liters
"Don't repair" stops the repairs from taking place
All of the above need you to have fuel highlighted in the pit menu. You can navigate with
"Up" and "Down"
and change values with
"More" and "Less"
To cancel the pitstop you can say "Cancel pitstop"
Additional commands are
"Motec" - which presses Ctrl + l which is the default turn on command for Motec
"Mirrors" - which presses 3 to toggle through the mirrors.
This really is a useful bit of kit for the endurance races for setting up pitstops and really isn't as difficult as it sounds, it's certainly much much easier than trying to manually change details on the pitstop menu when you have cars around you and you don't have a 3 mile straight on the track.
If you have team viewer I'm happy to sort for you.