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[BanjoDubs]

Has anyone else tried this sim?

http://kartracing-pro.com/?page=about

It's pretty good and is gaining some momentum. It would be nice to have support for this in xsim. The developer has a telemetry dll and example code on his site. Is anyone else already working on support for this?

[bvillersjr]

I think the demo is free. The demo seems to be the same as the full version. You just enter a license code into the demo to make it a full version.

I can buy a copy for the community if it is needed.

http://kartracing-pro.com/?page=downloads

[BanjoDubs]

Yes the demo does not support the telemetry feed. I have the full version so I am willing to test the plugin.

I am led to believe that this game is not compatible with any rFactor stuff. Am I wrong in thinking that the telemetry.dll in the plugins folder is what the example .c file is calling?

[BanjoDubs]

Yep that makes sense, useless sending me a build you have no idea will work.
I am also willing to pay for a license if required. You do make a good point about the release version, its early days for the sim.

I have cleared up how the telemetry works, it appears as though the sim fires off a call back to your code and sends the data, this would cause blocking of the sim if not returned immediately. I asked the developer if they would consider another method like a memory map so that the blocking would not occur.

[BanjoDubs]

Key received, thanks Bernard
No, there is no blocking, because my code generates a async memory mapped files like you explain and do the rest in the sender plugin dll file.

Sorry mate, I wasnt saying xsim would block, I was just saying that KRP waits for the return of the callback before continuing with the processing of the sim, he does not fire those of async.

[BanjoDubs]

The telemetry.dll plugin file is a sample dll that the developer made to log the telemetry to a file. To my knowledge its not required. I'm also trying to get my version of the test code working at the moment but can't see my output file. Ive made a simple dll in C++ express using just the sample code but cant get it to work either.

[BanjoDubs]

I can see that the original dll is in C and mine is C++. Its got some weird stuff in the function names and also has different entry points. Are you able to make it work? I'm not that great with c++, im a delphi guy.

[BanjoDubs]

Yeah mine is something like ?Startup@@YAHXZ. Not sure why this is happening, like I said im new to c++. If you get a solution let me know, please?

[BanjoDubs]

So after doing some reading im guessing im on the right track that there needs so be some code or compile option regarding name mangling?

[BanjoDubs]

I got the functions displaying correctly in dependency walker by changing the code from:

__declspec(dllexport) char *GetModID()

to:

extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) char *GetModID()

I will try and get it working with the sim