Apps AC_TrackCycle 2.8.3

ThomasGocke · Mar 3, 2017

Hi Andre,

-no, voting is not possible

-Changing to a specific track is possible either using the TrackCycle GUI by selecting the track from the list and pressing the button "change to selected track" or using the admin command
/change_track spa
or
/change_track ks_nordschleife,endurance
for tracks with different layouts (no space between track and layout, just a comma)

Best Regards,
Tom

AndreD. · Mar 3, 2017

Hey Tom,

Thanks for the fast reply first of all.
Do you plan to add that feature? This one would be awesome to have, sometimes they want to changes tracks and they cant because I cant be online 24/7

What I was trying to say is like a queue, like you mark a track from the list to be the next one in queue even though its not the next on the list.

Best Regards
AndreD.

ThomasGocke · Mar 4, 2017

ThomasGocke updated AC_TrackCycle with a new update entry:

AC_TrackCycle

2.7.3 (2017/03/03)
- trying to write the server log messages in correct order
- allowing /change_track with index
- added /queue_track admin command
- added /list_tracks command
- added /vote_track command
- removed change_track_after_every_loop config option, now always changing track after every loop

Read the rest of this update entry...

ThomasGocke · Mar 4, 2017

Hi Andre,

I added some new admin commands

/list_tracks command
/queue_track admin command
/vote_track command

It's now also possible to use the id shown in the track list with the commands, makes it a little easier.
The vote is very basic:
-you can only vote once per cycle, it doesn't matter when you vote (practice/qualify/race)
-the track with the most votes will be the next track, unless the server admin chooses something else
-if two tracks have the same amount of votes, none of them is used
Please let me know if it works.

Cheers,
Tom

ThomasGocke · Mar 4, 2017

I suggest letting the users know about the /list_tracks and /vote_track in the welcome message.

AndreD. · Mar 4, 2017

ThomasGocke said:
Hi Andre,

I added some new admin commands

/list_tracks command
/queue_track admin command
/vote_track command

It's now also possible to use the id shown in the track list with the commands, makes it a little easier.
The vote is very basic:
-you can only vote once per cycle, it doesn't matter when you vote (practice/qualify/race)
-the track with the most votes will be the next track, unless the server admin chooses something else
-if two tracks have the same amount of votes, none of them is used
Please let me know if it works.

Cheers,
Tom

Server is running with this new version. I'll let you know if I encounter some bugs.

Thanks for your support
Best Regards
AndreD.

AndreD. · Mar 4, 2017

I think I found something, when users try to vote its says "You are not Admin on this server".
Best Regards
AndreD.

ThomasGocke · Mar 4, 2017

that's a message coming from acServer, nothing I can do about it. Just ignore it.

DrDoomsLab · Mar 6, 2017

Hi, I'm having issues with adding tracks. It seems to work with the example tracks you put into the readme but i'm just trying to add donington. Like this

TRACKS=doningtonpark,7,gp;spa,5;ks_nordschleife,endurance,3;mugello,7;nurburgring,7;silverstone,7;imola,7

But it does not work. keeps saying the string is wrong. What am i doing wrong? Where am i ment to get the track names from? i just thought it would be the track DIR? Any help would be fantastic. Cheers.

ThomasGocke · Mar 7, 2017

Hi,

you mixed the order, it is [track],[config],[laps]
try this
TRACKS=doningtonpark,gp,7;spa,5;ks_nordschleife,endurance,3;mugello,7;nurburgring,7;silverstone,7;imola,7

Cheers,
Tom

DrDoomsLab · Mar 7, 2017

Hi Tom,

Thank you very much. That worked perfect. Must have been my dyslexia kicking in again. I compleatly missed it being the wrong order. Thanks again,

Cheers,
DrDoomsLab

AndreD. · Mar 9, 2017

Hey Tom,
I am confused how to install plugins through the app. Can I add any plugin? If yes, how so?


Which line should I use?

Second question, I was trying to find one but I couldn't, maybe you know something, is there any way (app/plugin) to have on the server to get the Km/Miles driven by each player?

Best Regards
AndreD.

ThomasGocke · Mar 9, 2017

You would normally use the external plugin line, see here http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/ac_trackcycle.109505/page-8#post-2358255

TrackCycle should create a sessionresults folder next to the exe with all session results, in there you have info about the driven distance of each driver. I'm sure there are other plugins which do that, it's pretty easy, if you are familiar with .NET, you can take a look here https://github.com/flitzi/AC_SERVER_APPS

basthard300 · Mar 11, 2017

I wish I could do the automatic start of the service to restart the mime dedicated server, you can? without having to physically press the start button, you can? thank you so much

ThomasGocke · Mar 11, 2017

basthard300 said:
I wish I could do the automatic start of the service to restart the mime dedicated server, you can? without having to physically press the start button, you can? thank you so much

if you don't want to use the 'user interface'/'press buttons' just use the command line version of track cycle.
I might think about an auto start in the GUI for the next version, but I currently have no release plans.

Andrew Foley · Apr 6, 2017

Hey Tom, I use your app for start my server and to contact drivers by chat tab, I never used it for qualifying and race sessions... until a few weeks ago and unfortunately I had a problem with the transition from qualify to race session. Only some cars were slowly loaded on the grid and the other drivers they had to leave and return the server to be able to see the other drivers on the grid... have any suggestions about this bug? Thanks and sorry for my english!

ThomasGocke · Apr 7, 2017

Hi Andrew,

if the problem was solved by "client reconnect" I very much doubt it has anything to do with TrackCycle. And the transition from one session to another shouldn't be a problem either.

Please, if it happens again, check the server logs for any strange messages and check the CPU occupancy of the server and how much AC_TrackCycle.exe uses.

Cheers,
Tom

Captain_Bigzy · Apr 17, 2017

Good Evening! I need some help, I rent a 20 slot server and trying to get this running on it but nothing seems to be working.

Basically I have my folder for main server then another folder for this plugin which is under a different port as the main server.

I have followed the README as best as I could and have set the filedirectory path correct and as far as I know the ports and IP's are also correct but when in game no commands work and no sign of the plugin working.

The host has tried to setup a 6hr track rotation but still no commands in game working, here below is what the server console says regarding this plugin:

188374 No laptime available, use car index for grids
21:02:42.188374 POS: 1, SessionID:0
21:02:42.188374 POS: 2, SessionID:1
21:02:42.188374 POS: 3, SessionID:2
21:02:42.188374 POS: 4, SessionID:3
21:02:42.188374 POS: 5, SessionID:4
21:02:42.188374 POS: 6, SessionID:5
21:02:42.188374 POS: 7, SessionID:6
21:02:42.188374 POS: 8, SessionID:7
21:02:42.188374 POS: 9, SessionID:8
21:02:42.188374 POS: 10, SessionID:9
21:02:42.188374 POS: 11, SessionID:10
21:02:42.188374 POS: 12, SessionID:11
21:02:42.188374 POS: 13, SessionID:12
21:02:42.188374 POS: 14, SessionID:13
21:02:42.188374 POS: 15, SessionID:14
21:02:42.188374 POS: 16, SessionID:15
21:02:42.188374 POS: 17, SessionID:16
21:02:42.188374 POS: 18, SessionID:17
21:02:42.188374 POS: 19, SessionID:18
21:02:42.188374 POS: 20, SessionID:19
21:02:42.188374 SENDING session name : Practice
21:02:42.188374 SENDING session index : 0
21:02:42.188374 HTTP server running @ :8081
21:02:42.188374 SENDING session type : 1
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 SENDING session time : 1440
21:02:42.188374 SENDING session laps : 0
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:42.188374 Error listening %!e(syscall.Errno=536870951)
21:02:45.165545 [System.Exception: Received unexpected MessageType (for a plugin): ACSP_GET_SESSION_INFO]
at acPlugins4net.AcServerPluginManager.MessageReceived(TimestampedBytes data)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Regards

Captain_Bigzy

ThomasGocke · Apr 17, 2017

Could it be that acServer.exe is already running when you start AC_TrackCycle?
AC_TrackCycle is not a plugin in the conventional way that just listens and writes to the acServer UDP ports, but it has to start the acServer.exe itself.

Captain_Bigzy · Apr 17, 2017

ThomasGocke said:
Could it be that acServer.exe is already running when you start AC_TrackCycle?
AC_TrackCycle is not a plugin in the conventional way that just listens and writes to the acServer UDP ports, but it has to start the acServer.exe itself.

It very well could be, will send your reply to my host and get back to you, thanks for the fast reply!