mranderson17

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

universal-pidff is working on support for many wheels. I believe they are also working on upstreaming.

Thrustmaster hid-tmff2 is a module that supports some common belt drive wheels. (I had a t300 but upgraded, see below)

OpenFFBoard is fully supported without any extra drivers/modules in Linux. Even the configurator is just python+qt and works fine (This is the wheel I use).

Running the drivers in wine won't work, or at least there is no benifit that I've seen. Oversteer provides some udev rules which improve logitech support, you should install that and reboot even if you don't plan to use it. The udev rules initialize the wheel correctly, set permissions on the sysfs components, etc. AFAIK the Logitech Driving Force GT is fully supported by the in-tree logitec driver link. Can you post more details about the issues you are having, maybe with screenshots?

EDIT: I forgot that oversteer recommends using new-lg4ff for most logi wheels. So definitely give that a try as others said.

Lastly there's sim community https://infosec.pub/c/[email protected] (the creator of openffboard is the mod of that community) if you're interested. It doesn't see that much action but there's a little here and there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'd suggest a decongestant, looks like you've got a lot of snot going on there =]

In all seriousness though, we all have to start somewhere. Just keep practicing, you'll get the hang of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That Dirt 3 performance improvement though...

Game 	Upstream 	ntsync 	improvement
Dirt 3 	110.6 	        860.7 	678%

Might have to go dust off that game just to experience the speed

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

wow... I hadn't thought of that until you mentioned it but a trackpoint in thumb's reach on a steamdeck-like device is a great idea. And good marketing continuity for Lenovo

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In addition to everything everyone else has said, the launch option: PROTON_LOG=1 %command% (from the wiki). It will create a steam-<gameid>.log in your homedir which can have lots of good wine/proton specific information in it.

You can also rename the user-settings.sample.py file in a given proton version in $HOME/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Proton - <version>/ to user-settings.py and uncomment the additional wine debugging options (PROTON_LOG is already set in this file, but it is not active until it's renamed or passed directly on the Launch Options line).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Someone posted this https://webvm.io/alpine.html in another community and it made me think of this post. I've never used webvm and I suspect there are many downsides but seemed relevant and the demo seems to be able to run a full desktop environment. You have to find a CAD software that supports Linux though which is a controversial topic at best.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

There is also Cascade Studio (Demo). Sadly development has stalled, it was a really cool project.

Probably not at all what OP is looking for though since TinkerCAD is just sketch/primitive type workflow, not like openscad.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

The really hilarious thing to me is that the NextPush app (unified push provider that can be run on your nextcloud server) is unsupported by nextcloud talk. But it is supported by a bunch of other competing applications.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago

This probably won't help with EA and the like adding kernel-level anti-cheat 6 months after release....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

works for me both on my archlinux machine and my steamdeck with steam and non-steam games. I've even played NFSU2 with it =] . I don't think it required any more configuration than just pairing for me, no special drivers or tools. Maybe it needs a firmware update (I don't know if that's a thing, just a thought)?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Ah, I see. I imagined your use of that sketch differently. Looks good!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

When I do what you did but select "Create Symmetry Constraints" I get a fully constrained result as soon as the Sketcher Symmetry tool is finished. No other action is required.

 

I'm receiving periodic 500 server errors when viewing posts for about the last week. It's pretty infrequent but definitely still happening.

I've also noticed that viewing some images has been problematic, sometimes requiring a few tries to get them to appear. Likely the same issue there.

Anyone else noticed this?

 

Got the TM R383 Mod wheel all mounted and everything is working. I'm doing more driving than debugging which is a sign that I think it's near done.

The OpenFFBoard has shift register support so with no modification to the wheel other than a coily cable I was able to get all the buttons working. I designed some adapters to mount to an ebay QR (highly recommend this one called "For Racing Simulator Simagic Moza 70mm Steering Wheel Quick Release+Wheel Base" on ebay) which is rock solid. I was all ready to machine the adapter flanges out of metal but I put the prototypes on to check the fit and they were so rigid there's no point in taking the time to do it. It feels easily just as solid as my real car. Kindof amazing considering the threads are even printed into the PLA, no heatserts or anything.

Feel free to let me know if you want the FreeCAD models, I suspect at least the 70mm wheel side adapter would be compatible with other TM wheels too. I use the RT FreeCAD branch so they won't work in normal FreeCAD unfortunately.

It's running at about 14Nm right now, I don't have a thermister on the motor coils so I'm trying to be a bit conservative however I'm pretty sure 14Nm peak is way way more than I need personally. The motor and supporting hardware should technically support about 22 but I don't think I'll ever push it that hard. 14Nm is scary enough.

 

A quick test, without a wheel attached to the spindle, of the openffboard running on Linux in BeamNG.drive. It took a while to get here as I'm not very knowledgeable with motor drivers but it seems to work so far.

Next step will be to fabricate a bracket to mount it to my rig. Since this video I have mounted a wheel and done some driving. The feel is pretty good, the motor is only 6NM which in DD land is a little on the low side but it's incredibly smooth.

Hardware:

OpenFFBoard (purchased assembled) Project Link Github Link

ODrive S1

Baldor BSM90N-1150AFP (ebay auction for untested motor, was about 50USD shipped)

48v 10.5A power supply

 

I don't have a lot of space where my desk is but wanted a combo space combat and racing rig that was fully rigid except for the seat.

The chair sits in a wheel trough with some 3d printed wheel chalks that fit the wheels exactly so it doesn't really move much at all when braking.

Everything is running on Linux using a lot of SDL and input device spoofing hacks to get it all recognized correctly in games. I mostly play DirtRally2.0, BeamNG, AMS2, and Overload. Trying to get into Elite Dangerous but it's not really my type of game. Maybe it will be some day though. Also play a little RBR but not all that much.

List of gear:

T300rs with a R383 Mod wheel - tmff2 driver. I designed a "quick" release ring so it's not a pain to take the wheel off for flight.

Heusinkveld Ultimate+ pedals - protopedal or xboxdrv depending on the game

TH8A shifter - heavily modified to fit in the small space I had and with a 3d printed short throw plate that I designed. It's not ideal, but works for occasional use.

Some ebay handbrake - I use xboxdrv for this sometimes if necessary but most games can find it. I also modified it to be mounted under the plate for a bit more space on top.

Gladiator NXT EVO Omni Throttle (Left and Right hand models) - These are a pain in most games. I use a winehid hack where I adjust the registry values HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Enum WINEBUS VID_231D&amp;PID_{200,201} {Service, CompatibleIds} from xinput to winehid. This works but depends on the bus the device is currently connected to. Looking for a better SDL env var alternative but haven't got it working yet.

Acer Nitro 37.5" QHD+ 3840 x 1600 curved display

NextLevelRacing "Wheel Stand 2.0" - I made some steel parts for it on the mill to increase rigidity, 3d printed spacers for the adjustable arms to tighten them up a bit since the stock ones are a bit sloppy, and made some extra plates for mounting the sticks and other stuff out of 10mm aluminum plate.

VKB UCM-S drop mount brackets for the sticks. I modified these as well to fit under the aluminum plates. The left one is hinged so that it can be folded upwards to get in and out of the chair when the chair wheels are fixed in place.

annnd... yes I know the shifter and handbrake are reversed... I like it that way.

 

As the title says, @[email protected] do you have any backup and how can we support you as the admin of our instance?

Burnout on spare-time projects can be very real, especially when they suddenly grow or become more difficult to manage. We all appreciate what you are doing here. So even if there's nothing we can do directly, I'd just like to say thank you.

 

In Firefox I am unable to upload images either as the subject of a post, or as a part of the body using the image button. I receive the following error:

SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data client.js:2:1753277
    Hp https://infosec.pub/static/7197474/js/client.js:2
    (Async: promise callback)
    Hp https://infosec.pub/static/7197474/js/client.js:2
    n https://infosec.pub/static/7197474/js/client.js:2

I found a github issue about it but it's really old, so I'm thinking it's not that relevant, even though it pretty much describes the issue exactly:

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/403

There are some other issues in the lemmy backend repo:

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues?q=is%3Aissue+unexpected+character+at+line+1+column+1+is%3Aclosed

Anyone else noticing this or is it just me?

EDIT: Probably should have checked first but this happens on other instances running 0.18.1, so I guess it doesn't matter, seems to be an upstream issue.

 

I'm a member of the sim racing community on lemmy.ml.

https://lemmy.ml/c/simracing

If I go directly to that community there is a pinned post:

https://lemmy.ml/post/1703575

But if I browse the community from here on infosec.pub:

https://infosec.pub/c/[email protected]

The post is missing. Other new posts seem to be present and comments are working as expected since I was able to ask a question about said post in a different thread just now: https://infosec.pub/comment/591176

Has anyone else noticed this?

EDIT: In case anyone lands here with weird missing post or comment issues. I found that to work around this you can search for the direct link for both posts and comments which will force whatever instance you are on to find and show them. Probably not a great long-term solution but it works if you just want to reply to one or two people.

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