SimHub plugin: Automatic steering wheel hardlock/softlock (SimuCUBE, Thrustmaster)

I wrote a simple plugin for SimHub that sets your wheel rotation automatically depending on a selected car.

This way you can achieve 1:1 wheel rotation and a proper hard lock.

https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/hardware-steering-lock-simhub-plugin.39309/

Currently it works for:

• MMOs
• all SimuCUBEs (1, 2S, 2P, 2U)
• Thrustmasters (300, 500, TGT, TMX, TSPC, TSXW, TX, F1)

It should also be possible to implement Logitechs (as ContentManager supports), but there is some more magic needed and I'm not really proficient in C#. The code is available (both mine and CM's) if someone wants to do a pull request.

 

that is promising news! If this could go for TM and Logitech, me and my T300 would be very happy

 

I'm too soft-hearted ;-)

Please test it, it should support all TMs that CM supports. If I didn't break anything. Let me know, I want to know if that works before I release it.

See the link from the first post for howto. Remember to set the rotation in game to 0.

EDIT: Attachment removed, newer version is on Race Department, download there, Thrustmasters are supported.

 

Oh oh! gotta have to test this!

but first... need to download and setup simhub
Never used this.

 

ok, tried Audi(720°), BMW (560°) and Porsche (800°) so far and it works just on point.


First I installed SimHub, then just copied the dll file from your zip in the SimHub installation folder.
Launched SimHub, looked in settings->plugins to make sure your plugin was enabled.
Started ACC,went straight into Options->Controls and set Steering Angle to 0°.
Then went into "Single Player", I selected the car, jumped in a practice session, clicked on drive and rotated the wheel a full revolution to either side. This matched the 720° for the Audio.
I quit the session, back in the Single Player Menu, selected the BMW, launched the practice session again, clicked on drive, rotated the wheel and I couldn't rotate a full revolution to either side anymore.
Then I got back, changed to Porsche, started session again, drive...yep, more than a full revolution.
It works!

Great work. Thank you!

PS: I have the TM T300 and you may want to change the thread title, it's not about only SimuCube anymore.

 

Wonderful, thank you for confirmation. You did everything correct.
In SimHub you can also look in the System Log (last option on the left). There will be lines starting with "AccSteeringLock: " telling what is happening with the plugin. What wheel it detected, what car you drive, what rotation it tries to set, etc. Do you have a line that detected your wheel?

I'll post a little bit updated version soon on the github and probably will make a race department mod. So get newer one there.
The list you posted has a little error, GT4 BWM and AMG are 490, not 500 ;-)

Have fun!

I will once I update the github.

 

Thanks for noticing. That was at a time nobody had the data readout yet.

My log for you to have a look in the attachment. Looks good to me.



PS:
This is alongside ACC Results Companion my favorite addition to ACC.
You made me really happy today.

 

Yep, everything's great. Thanks

Here's the list in the code:

https://github.com/Havner/acc-steering-lock/blob/master/Plugin.cs#L68

Happy to help. Believe me, I dreamed about this as well for a long time. I had a separate SimuCube profile for each rotation and changed them every time I loaded a car. Finally when I learned how to set the rotation programmatically I had to write this.

SimHub would not be needed per se for this, but I use it anyway (for dashes) and it saves me the effort of analyzing the ACC telemetry by hand as SimHub does that for me, that's why I went the plugin route.

 

@AndyK70 one more thing if you could help me. Set your TM rotation to something small (in the TM settings) like 360 and tell me please whether the plugin will be able to extend it. Make it larger, like 720 for Audi. Does that work?

EDIT: Race Department mod page created, there is a newer version than the TM test posted above:
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/hardware-steering-lock-simhub-plugin.39309/

 

This does not work. The setting in the TM control panel apparently sets the maximum rotation angle. Everything up to that rotation angle in the TM control panel can be set via your tool but not above it.

When I set 360° in TM Control Panel, started practice session with an Audi I wasn't able to rotate more than 180° in each direction.
When I set 900°in TM Control Panel, every car had it's own maximum rotation angle as supposed to be.
Interestingly I noticed that the 900° in TM Control Panel always stays and does not change, even when in the car it is limited to something lower. So it is actually a softlock.

I would suggest to change Title from "Automatic rotation hardware lock" to "Automatic Steering Wheel Softlock (SimuCube, Thrustmaster)", because softlock is the term what users are searching for.

 

The way I understand soft/hard lock is whether it's set by the driver/wheel or as an artificial effect by the game. And in those terms this is actually hardlock, as it's the wheel that sets that. Even though you don't see that in the panel. The code sends USB HID packet to the wheel. The panel might not be aware of this, but it's actually the wheel that limits that, not ACC.

Anyway, thanks for the test. Last one if I may. Does it matter if you set 900 or 1080? Does it work correctly in both cases? It will be limited, but will it be precise? Again, the easiest is 720 to see whether in both cases those are actually precise 2 rotations both ways.

 

ouch, I messed up in my previous test.

I was so keen to test I didn't made sure I have SimHub started.Normaly it sits in the system tray and the icon is not visible at first glance i have to click on that up arrow to show all icons and there it is.
In my previous test SimHub was not running, that's why my wheel was limited to 360° ingame as well.

I did the new test with 1080° in the TM CP and the automatic lock worked as intended on each car. In the Audi I could turn a precise full rotation in each direction. No extra degrees were allowed.

Then I thought... did I actually start SimHub last time?
And did the last test again with 360°in CP, went in game, started the session and in the Audi I could happily rotate one full rotation in each direction, which equals the 720° for the Audi.

So... I'll edit my last post, there is no need to have this wrong information still standing there.
[edit]dang it! cant edit the post anymore [/edit]

I'm happy to help out.
Feel free to ask me anything you want to help improve your tool.

 

In other words you can set it to whatever rotation in the panel and it still works properly?

 

correct

 

You can set it to start with Windows. Granted I use more of its functionalities than my plugin.

Strange, I can edit all my posts in this thread.

Cheers!

 

because you created the thread.

Yeah, I know. It was the first time I installed and used SimHub.
Got to dig a little deeper what other features are useful to me. Maybe a dash on my smartphone or something like this.

 

I have used the softlock plugin with simhub and T300 for ACC, and worked well, but after switch to TS-PC it seems not working. It is active on simhub plugin list, but feels no lock. I have to set the right angle in game and in TS driver too to get locked.
What can be the problem? Is there any setting need?

Simhub is working, using for dash and shakers too, also forwarding data to fanaled for Dirt2.0, I do not know where can be the issue really.
Any idea? What to check/to do?

 

Firstly please check Content Manager + Assetto Corsa. CM has an option for hardware lock and my code is based on theirs. Check please whether hardware lock works for you there on TC-PC.

 

Hi, as the problem is for ACC (competizione) there is no CM This is why I have to use your plugin in simhub, which worked with the T300 but not working with the TS-PC now

 

The wheels lock is working in RRE, leave the driver on 1080 and the rotation lock is setting automatically by car. With the plugin+simhub and T300 I used the same way for ACC, if I sat in Porsche, it was 720 and in Ferrari it was 480 or 400 as I remember. Now I have to set the desired value in the driver and in the game to get the lock. Checked in Simhub, the plugin installed and enabled. I am going to check the log at next test.