SimShaker - Wings support thread for IL-2 users

[Andre]

16 minutes ago, dgiatr said:

While me262 landing procedure I think what stresses exciters-bass shakers more must be stall effect from the three gear struts plus flaps. If i get it right "gear" and "flaps" vibrations are produced only during their up-down and vice versa movement. "Stall' effect vibrations contains all the stall-baffeting effects of the whole plane( plus gears and flaps ) is that right?

Yes, this is correct. When you have the gear down at a high speed the Aerodynamic Shake/Stall effect is pretty active. It's provided by the game through the telemetry output.

[Youtch]

Is there any way to check what are the changes from version 2.17 to version 2.18 for SimShaker Wings beta?

 

Where can I find potential new version of SimShaker Pad Hanlder? I am with version 1.7, but I don t know if it is the latest?

 

Many thanks in advance,

y.

[Andre]

2 hours ago, Youtch said:

Is there any way to check what are the changes from version 2.17 to version 2.18 for SimShaker Wings beta?

 

Where can I find potential new version of SimShaker Pad Hanlder? I am with version 1.7, but I don t know if it is the latest?

 

Many thanks in advance,

y.

Hello,
Please use these links

https://simshaker.com/news/flight/

https://simshaker.com/downloads/SimShaker_Pad_Handler_Setup_v1.9.msi

 

[Youtch]

1 hour ago, Andre said:

Hello,
Please use these links

https://simshaker.com/news/flight/

https://simshaker.com/downloads/SimShaker_Pad_Handler_Setup_v1.9.msi

 

 

What are the changes in Pad Handler from 1.7 to 1.9?

 

Many thanks!

Edited December 14, 2024 by Youtch

[Andre]

17 hours ago, Youtch said:

 

What are the changes in Pad Handler from 1.7 to 1.9?

 

Many thanks!

Minor changes. I haven't made a special press release on it.  Please excuse me.

[FTC_Nerfection]

Hi all. Need a little help with making the simshaker wings bass-speaker-only work.

I have a woojer vest which I'm wanting to use with the software. It accepts audio,  and works when I 'test shakers' with 'bass-shakers output' selected. The log window gives the 'good news' message about receiving UDP packets from Il-2, and I followed the guide in copying the sections into data/startup.cfg, but when I'm flying I get no feedback at all.

I don't have ASUS Sonic Virtual Mixer installed, as the troubleshooting said that could be an issue, and I've tried with both mono and stereo speakers (both settings work with the 'test' button).

I'm hoping I've just missed out a step, but any help would be greatly appreciated.



Here's my simshaker window when I'm running Il-2. What am I missing?

Thanks!
Nerf

[Andre]

6 minutes ago, FTC_Nerfection said:

Hi all. Need a little help with making the simshaker wings bass-speaker-only work.

I have a woojer vest which I'm wanting to use with the software. It accepts audio,  and works when I 'test shakers' with 'bass-shakers output' selected. The log window gives the 'good news' message about receiving UDP packets from Il-2, and I followed the guide in copying the sections into data/startup.cfg, but when I'm flying I get no feedback at all.

I don't have ASUS Sonic Virtual Mixer installed, as the troubleshooting said that could be an issue, and I've tried with both mono and stereo speakers (both settings work with the 'test' button).

I'm hoping I've just missed out a step, but any help would be greatly appreciated.



Here's my simshaker window when I'm running Il-2. What am I missing?

Thanks!
Nerf

Hi Nerf,

Please provide log box content having Verbose Log enabled and game running for a few minutes.

[FTC_Nerfection]

Here you go!

 

[Andre]

Thank you. It looks like your data/startup.cfg is not quite correct. Please re-check it.
And do not forget to disable the Verbose logging.

[FTC_Nerfection]

I double checked, and it looks correct to me. I tried deleting and repasting the sections again, but with the same result. I'm attaching a picture of my config file. Thank you for your help (and patience)!

 

[Andre]

2 minutes ago, FTC_Nerfection said:

I double checked, and it looks correct to me. I tried deleting and repasting the sections again, but with the same result. I'm attaching a picture of my config file. Thank you for your help (and patience)!

 

telemetrydevice port must be 29373

[FTC_Nerfection]

That's what I've got, isn't it?

I don't know what the other telemetry device is (the one at port 4422). Should I delete it?

[Andre]

5 minutes ago, FTC_Nerfection said:

That's what I've got, isn't it?

I don't know what the other telemetry device is (the one at port 4422). Should I delete it?

Ah, you've got 2 of them. Looks strange.
Well, the upper one looks to be at a proper position. I'd rather changed its port than deleted.
IL-2 never keeps the telemetrydevice portion next to the motiondevice portion. So the bottom one looks like it was inserted a moment ago.

[FTC_Nerfection]

Aha! Editing the 4322 port to 29373 rather than just pasting the whole 2 sections in worked a treat! Thank you

Now all I need is to find the queue to order a jetseat and everything will be well in the world.

Thanks for your help, Andre! It all works now. Merry Christmas!

Nerf

[Andre]

11 minutes ago, FTC_Nerfection said:

Aha! Editing the 4322 port to 29373 rather than just pasting the whole 2 sections in worked a treat! Thank you

Now all I need is to find the queue to order a jetseat and everything will be well in the world.

Thanks for your help, Andre! It all works now. Merry Christmas!

Nerf

Great news! Merry Christmas!
JetSeat is discontinued. I've developed another vibrating seat. But I don't sell it worldwide due to the sanctions. I'm sorry.

[Charlo-VRde]

Hi @Andre and I hope you are well!

 

I've had a new issue pop up with SimShaker Wings, that doesn't prevent my Next Level Racing HF8 and the Buttkicker from working, but it is slightly concerning.

 

Now when I am in flight in IL-2 GB I see in the SimShaker Wings General Settings -> Text Log information window a continuous stream of "index was outside the bounds of the array" messages.

 

I'm using version 2.17, and I even deleted my previous version 2.17 and installed a new copy, but this same issue still persists.

[Aapje]

@Charlo-VR

 

He's said before that this is not really an issue and that he should just disable the messages.

[Andre]

7 hours ago, Charlo-VR said:

Hi @Andre and I hope you are well!

 

I've had a new issue pop up with SimShaker Wings, that doesn't prevent my Next Level Racing HF8 and the Buttkicker from working, but it is slightly concerning.

 

Now when I am in flight in IL-2 GB I see in the SimShaker Wings General Settings -> Text Log information window a continuous stream of "index was outside the bounds of the array" messages.

 

I'm using version 2.17, and I even deleted my previous version 2.17 and installed a new copy, but this same issue still persists.

Hi Charlo-VR,

Thank you for the feedback. What is the aircraft?

[Charlo-VRde]

2 minutes ago, Andre said:

Hi Charlo-VR,

Thank you for the feedback. What is the aircraft?

 

In this case the Gotha G.V

[Andre]

12 minutes ago, Charlo-VR said:

 

In this case the Gotha G.V

Thank you. I'm afraid I don't have this bird in my hangar to check it out immediately.

[Andre]

20 minutes ago, Andre said:

Thank you. I'm afraid I don't have this bird in my hangar to check it out immediately.

Just checked with a few planes from my hangar, it worked fine with Wings version 2.17/2.18.
Looks like not every airplane is affected.

[Charlo-VRde]

2 hours ago, Andre said:

Just checked with a few planes from my hangar, it worked fine with Wings version 2.17/2.18.
Looks like not every airplane is affected.

 

Yeah, I didn't see the issue with other FC planes, it didn't occur to me it might be a plane-specific issue 🥸

[Andre]

5 hours ago, Charlo-VR said:

 

Yeah, I didn't see the issue with other FC planes, it didn't occur to me it might be a plane-specific issue 🥸

IL-2 devs have kindly provided me with the access to the FC vol.2 planes in order to let me find and solve the issue.
I think Gotha G.V. and Handley Page 0-400 are affected at least. I'm going to fix the issue in the very next SimShaker Wings version.

[Andre]

On 1/15/2025 at 7:08 PM, Andre said:

IL-2 devs have kindly provided me with the access to the FC vol.2 planes in order to let me find and solve the issue.
I think Gotha G.V. and Handley Page 0-400 are affected at least. I'm going to fix the issue in the very next SimShaker Wings version.

Guys, the issue is fixed in SimShaker Wings version 2.19

Changelog:

Fixed: IL-2 Great Battles - telemetry data from aircrafts with 4-strut landing gear is now processed correctly.
Changed: War Thunder - edited the Engine data processing block so that the engine effect turns off when exiting to the game menu.
Changed: War Thunder - edited the algorithm for processing the Stall effect data so that there are fewer false positives, including when exiting to the game menu.
Changed: GUI - improved the color of the signal "lamp" when it is not lit, so that there is no impression of blinking Ground Bumps in War Thunder when the effect is not active.
Added: GUI - moving the sliders with the mouse wheel.
Changed: GUI - edited the Tick Frequency parameter for the Stall effect start setting slider so that it looks better and is easier to adjust.
Changed: GUI - for greater visibility, added the glow of the group box frames when the effect is active to the glow of the "lamps".
Added: when connecting the SimShaker Pad, the last known COM port is now checked first to speed up the process. In the config file, you can manually set a single port for working with the cape.
Added: Automatic adding of the plugin for Aerofly FS 4 and automatic removal of the plugin for AFS2 from this folder. The plugin, however, differs only in name for now.
Added: Separate preset file for Aerofly FS 4.
Added: Checking and saving activation can now work with S/N of physical drive C. The procedure for restoring a license from a backup copy will be able to survive formatting of drive C.
Added: SimShaker Diagnostic Tool.exe utility in the installation package.

At the moment this version is available in the beta channel.

I recommend to uninstall the previous version of the application in the same channel before you install the new one.

[Youtch]

Thanks Andre for these 2 new features:

 

Changed: GUI - for greater visibility, added the glow of the group box frames when the effect is active to the glow of the "lamps".

Added: when connecting the SimShaker Pad, the last known COM port is now checked first to speed up the process. In the config file, you can manually set a single port for working with the cape.

[Pat_McCrotch]

Hello.  I just purchased this today but I can’t get the audio right.  I’m using a a buttkicker plus and a quest 3 for speakers but the only sound I’m getting is loud static.  The bass is correlated to the static in the audio.  

[Andre]

8 hours ago, Ryanair_eatinbeefnachos said:

Hello.  I just purchased this today but I can’t get the audio right.  I’m using a a buttkicker plus and a quest 3 for speakers but the only sound I’m getting is loud static.  The bass is correlated to the static in the audio.  

Hello, have you changed the IL-2 config file as described in the Wings User Guide https://simshaker.com/guides/wings ?

[Pat_McCrotch]

7 hours ago, Andre said:

Hello, have you changed the IL-2 config file as described in the Wings User Guide https://simshaker.com/guides/wings ?

Do you mean the startup file?  I copied and pasted that.

[Andre]

36 minutes ago, Ryanair_eatinbeefnachos said:

Do you mean the startup file?  I copied and pasted that.

Yes, I mean the startup.cfg file.

Is what you pasted still there?

[Pat_McCrotch]

6 hours ago, Andre said:

Yes, I mean the startup.cfg file.

Is what you pasted still there?

It should be.  I pasted it at the end.

[Andre]

8 minutes ago, Ryanair_eatinbeefnachos said:

It should be.  I pasted it at the end.

Please re-check. Sometimes it disappears.

[Pat_McCrotch]

23 minutes ago, Andre said:

Please re-check. Sometimes it disappears.

Ok, will do.

[Pat_McCrotch]

Yes it is still there.

[Andre]

I'm' afraid it looks a bit weird. the game never keeps it together. do you have more than one IL-2 instance on the PC?

[Pat_McCrotch]

19 hours ago, Andre said:

I'm' afraid it looks a bit weird. the game never keeps it together. do you have more than one IL-2 instance on the PC?

It’s working now.  I switched USB jacks and restarted and that seemed to be what it needed I guess. 

[Pastro75]

Hi, I have a Next Level Racing HF8, but I'm not sure if I need to buy the base program and then an extension.

Edited February 14 by Pastro75

[Andre]

11 hours ago, Pastro75 said:

Hi, I have a Next Level Racing HF8, but I'm not sure if I need to buy the base program and then an extension.

Hi,

Yes, that's correct. Base level license + the option.

[Pastro75]

$40!!  I don't have the budget for that much.

[Andre]

11 hours ago, Pastro75 said:

$40!!  I don't have the budget for that much.

I'm sorry you're facing budget constraints, sir. I hope it's temporary.

Actually, it's $33 (21+12) at the moment. Is it still too much?

[Pastro75]

Please don't think that I don't appreciate your work. but if the original game costs almost the same as this software I find it hard to spend that money. maybe i don't understand paying for the upgrade to the hf8 seat.

Edited February 17 by Pastro75