Release Elite G19s Companion app (with simulated space traffic control)
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Hi there, could be a couple of things. First off, it may be that the app thinks its displaying on a Logitech keyboard while it is not. You can then manually open a separate window. If the app is running, there should be a little icon in the system tray (where the date is, the volume icon, etc) looking like an Elite logo. If you right click this icon a menu pops up and allows you to open a new window.
Does that work?
Alternatively, it could be that the app tries to open a window, but fails. In that case I would expect two files in the directory C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\EliteG19s: options.json and log.txt. The latter might give a clue as to why it doesn't work, and the first has the options.
In the options file, you might want to search for a line that starts with "IsUseDirect3D" and make sure that value is set to false. It seems to be the most common issue why the app might fail to start.
You also might want to change the value on the line that starts with "IsLogEnabled" to true to enable additional logging.
Importantly, make sure that you kill off any "ghost" versions of the app using the task manager before you edit the options.json file to make sure your changes aren't accidentally overwritten.
If things still fail, feel free to email me your log.txt file. Details on contacting me can be found in the troubleshooting section of the manual.
Yeah, my server that hosts my copy of the EDDB database had some issues today which seems to have caused all these issues. It should be all fixed now. Nothing to do with 2.3 luckily
Thanks for letting me know!
Nope, but I am planning to release an update to the app later today, however this should not affect the VoiceAttack profile. So feel free to make changes! If you want to share, I'm happy to update my profile with yours?
Media keys can already be used by the app! I must admit, I only found out today
You can set hotkeys in the options.json file, and you can also use the media keys as the key: "VolumeUp", "VolumeDown", "MediaNextTrack", etc. A full list can be found in the Microsoft documentation here.Will work on it in a bit, just cosmetic changes to the codes
MagicMaw:
Suggestion for update: Small change: on the panel for setting for "Space Traffic" is the text readout of who is saying what and text scrolling.... I would like to see that as a option to shave it sow in the lower part of the main "Status" window.
Note BUG:
On opening the app I get asked twice for my email in a popup, since I am on VR that is SERIOUSLY annoying.
Fix: Ultimately you should be able to set the email as a default so it DOESN'T ask more than once ever with a option for user email section if they need to change it. Maybe a small 10 sec display on load app saying the current user is : (not defined) or email, so you want to change this click yes. If not you can hit no or wait 10 seconds. This can be changed at any time in the 'options'
Suggestion for update: Small change: on the panel for setting for "Space Traffic" is the text readout of who is saying what and text scrolling.... I would like to see that as a option to shave it sow in the lower part of the main "Status" window.
Note BUG:
On opening the app I get asked twice for my email in a popup, since I am on VR that is SERIOUSLY annoying.
Fix: Ultimately you should be able to set the email as a default so it DOESN'T ask more than once ever with a option for user email section if they need to change it. Maybe a small 10 sec display on load app saying the current user is : (not defined) or email, so you want to change this click yes. If not you can hit no or wait 10 seconds. This can be changed at any time in the 'options'
Hi Fox, good suggestion. Will add it to the list, and add an option to show the traffic "subtitles" instead of the commodity info.
Regarding the bug: it should save your email and never ask for it again. What options do you usually enable? Can you give me the values for the following settings from the options.json: IsEDSMLogUploadAllowed, IsMarketDataDownloadAllowed, IsMarketDataUploadAllowed and IsJournalUploadAllowed?
This will help me finding out why it's not working for you!
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I will just do a clean install when you put out the update in a bit and delete the old one
Version 2.3.0 released!
Earlier today, I released version 2.3.0 of the app. The main new feature is an in-game orrery view:
I'm not going to say it's scientifically correct, but it looks OK to me However, if you encounter any issues or bugs, do let me know. The orrery is on its first version after all and there's bound to be things I've overlooked.
One of the things that often goes wrong is that data for a given system is not available, especially in the bubble.
The orrery view uses data from the EDDB database. Since mid 2016 the database has been filling with astronomical bodies. Unfortunately a lot of the systems in the bubble do not require scanning and are thus never automatically uploaded to EDDB. If you encounter such a system, please try to update it manually in EDDB. The next day your updated data will be available in the orrery view for everyone.
The orrery view is also available as an audio visualization, which I think gives a very soothing effect:
[video=youtube_share;KawxeVs_0yQ]https://youtu.be/KawxeVs_0yQ[/video]
In the above video you will also notice another new feature: windows can now have a higher resolution than the standard 320x240 pixels. This allows for prettier orrery views, and other views are also larger. However, I have not yet fully optimized all other screens for the higher resolutions and I'm not sure that I will as the 320x240 view stays the default.
I am working on getting the orrery view to the Arx app as well, hope to have it up soon!
There are quite a few bug fixes and a few other improvements in this version as well:
Well, let me know if you find any bugs, issues, or have ways to improve the app further!
Earlier today, I released version 2.3.0 of the app. The main new feature is an in-game orrery view:
I'm not going to say it's scientifically correct, but it looks OK to me
However, if you encounter any issues or bugs, do let me know. The orrery is on its first version after all and there's bound to be things I've overlooked. One of the things that often goes wrong is that data for a given system is not available, especially in the bubble.
The orrery view uses data from the EDDB database. Since mid 2016 the database has been filling with astronomical bodies. Unfortunately a lot of the systems in the bubble do not require scanning and are thus never automatically uploaded to EDDB. If you encounter such a system, please try to update it manually in EDDB. The next day your updated data will be available in the orrery view for everyone.
The orrery view is also available as an audio visualization, which I think gives a very soothing effect:
[video=youtube_share;KawxeVs_0yQ]https://youtu.be/KawxeVs_0yQ[/video]
In the above video you will also notice another new feature: windows can now have a higher resolution than the standard 320x240 pixels. This allows for prettier orrery views, and other views are also larger. However, I have not yet fully optimized all other screens for the higher resolutions and I'm not sure that I will as the 320x240 view stays the default.
I am working on getting the orrery view to the Arx app as well, hope to have it up soon!
There are quite a few bug fixes and a few other improvements in this version as well:
- text-to-speech voices are being equalized to give them approximately the same volume
- added a Starfield audio visualization
- updated the Spotify Free interface
- screenshots converted to jpg will have the current location in the metadata again
- can now select screen to start with in the options
Well, let me know if you find any bugs, issues, or have ways to improve the app further!
Well, I had the old version of it and since i updated, It doesn't work anymore.
I have no g19, my PC runs win 7 64.
Edit: all good, was a conflict with the old option file and memory file. seems to be working now.
I have no g19, my PC runs win 7 64.
Edit: all good, was a conflict with the old option file and memory file. seems to be working now.
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Glad to read you got it to work. Did you have to delete the memory file, or did it fix itself? I made some changes to the memory file to differentiate between beta and live, and between multiple accounts. Maybe the automatic conversion doesn't work so well as I hoped...
I had to delete the memory and option files after uninstall and made a fresh reinstall afterwards.
The app works now, but somehow neither the TTS nor the system control chatter is working. tried different things in the option file but nothing seems to do.
Also, I am a steam customer so I had to change the game directory. maybe it's due to that.
The option file resets itself to the default path each time I start it up. Might be the reason why the chatter and TTS is not working.
The app works now, but somehow neither the TTS nor the system control chatter is working. tried different things in the option file but nothing seems to do.
Also, I am a steam customer so I had to change the game directory. maybe it's due to that.
The option file resets itself to the default path each time I start it up. Might be the reason why the chatter and TTS is not working.
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Make sure the app is closed when you change the options.json file. The app saves its settings on exit and then might overwrite your changes... If that doesn't solve it, would you please follow the steps here (https://apps.magicmau.nl/EliteG19s-v2/Docs/EliteG19s-Manual.html#user-content-Troubleshooting) to create a log.txt file and send that to me?
It should just work and if it doesn't, I'll work on it until it does
Hi, MagicMau!
Thanx for fixing the CD-Cover issue! Might seem a little thing, but I'm a music-maniac, for me it means a lot! The new visualizations are very fancy!
Thanx for fixing the CD-Cover issue! Might seem a little thing, but I'm a music-maniac, for me it means a lot! The new visualizations are very fancy!