In-Gameplay Web Overlays

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  1. ely cannon

    ely cannon New Member

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    Where does the argument -webdev -webHudUrl=****://localhost:4000/ actually get added? is this in the steam client?
     
  2. ravey1981

    ravey1981 Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    Yes. Right click the game in steam library and find where it says startup argument.
     
  3. KRodrig1

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    Steam>Steam Library>Right click Game>"Properties">Startup Arguments
     
  4. Nuno P

    Nuno P New Member

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    Hey fellas, i got the HUD working, but after a while it starts to stutter like crazy, any ideas?
    My PC
    i7 5930K
    1070ti
    16GB 3200
     
  5. Balrog

    Balrog Well-Known Member

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    I'd recommend using OtterHud instead, it's less demanding on hardware and also more advanced than the reference implementation.
     
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  6. Nuno P

    Nuno P New Member

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    @Balrog Thank you, i've tried both and always had probs, but for some odd reason it's working now :)

    EDIT: Nope, it's stuttering again :( Had one good race with no probs, now it started again, oh well :p
     
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  7. Arthur Spooner

    Arthur Spooner Well-Known Member

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    Are you sure the HUD is the problem? Do you use a Logitech wheel? Stutter after some time sounds like the dreaded GHub-problem. If not forget it, in this case I don't know...
     
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  8. Balrog

    Balrog Well-Known Member

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    FYI: I'm not using Logitech, but I've heard they fixed the ghub stuttering with the latest release.
     
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  9. Nuno P

    Nuno P New Member

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    I'm using a Thrustmaster T300 Alcantara, all other progs/games work just fine without stutter.

    EDIT: I found the problem, it's the MSI Afterburner, maybe this will help someone in the future :)
     
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  10. Fleskebacon

    Fleskebacon Well-Known Member

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    What resolution are you running? I'm experiencing stuttering when running the HUD in 4k, but not in 1080p.
     
  11. Nuno P

    Nuno P New Member

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    2560x1440 and 1920x1080 for me it stutterd so bad that i couldn't control the car anymore, but when i play without MSI Afterburner on it runs smoooooooooth :)
     
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  12. ravey1981

    ravey1981 Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    Afterburner is an absolute dog for this game. Don't use it.
     
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  13. Ceros63

    Ceros63 New Member

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    @J-F Chardon
    Hello, I have problems to get the webhud working. I was following all steps but no chance to to see the dash when are playing.
    What I am doing wrong?
     
  14. majuh

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  15. Albert77

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    My game is crashing when loading a race. This started when i tried the custom HUD. I did everything like it was said in description, and added the startup-command line in STEAM-options, and started the dash.exe and then the game, but it didn´t work, just crashed the game when loading the race. I shut down the dash.exe and removed the command line, and tried again, still crashing. I removeed the installation and re-installed, still crashing....What now???
     

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  16. Goffik

    Goffik Well-Known Member

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    I don't think this crash has anything to do with OtterHUD. It's been reported by others too in this thread, including me.
     
  17. Ela Six

    Ela Six New Member

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    Hello !
    In the Web Hud (dash.exe), the Overlay is configurable (for exemple, you can move Motec elements in the screen, etc ...).
    But where are these settings information stored on our computer?
    In the registry? In a file? I can't seem to find where this is stored.
     
  18. OtterNas3

    OtterNas3 Well-Known Member

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    It is saved in the Local Storage of the Game-Internal Browser Cache

    To be exact, it is a .ldb Database file, like Chrome uses also.
    Located here:
    Documents\My Games\SimBin\RaceRoom Racing Experience\BrowserData\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb
     
  19. Skidmark

    Skidmark Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for this great HUD!

    Is there any way of resetting best lap times? When a car's physics are completely changed it would be nice not to have the old lap times showing.

    Does the HUD get them from the game files (where?) or save them itself (where?)?

    Thanks in advance... :)
     
  20. Ela Six

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    Thank you for your answer ^^
    I did indeed find this file :).
    I see that this file (ldb) is locked by the game executable so that it is not possible to replace it on the fly (by stopping/restart only dash.exe and not the game).
    So I don't know how to solve my problem.
    In fact, from time to time, my dash element configuration resets itself without me understanding why. I then have to put all elements in the dash overlay which is not ideal on the start of a race :).
    I was thinking of doing a little script to be able to replace the configuration file with mine (when a reset occurs without my knowledge) but that will not be possible.

    Do you have a solution to do this?
    If not, would it be possible (in a future version of dash.exe) that we could save / restore a configuration (in a local file for example)?