Apps Steering Input Display (Esotic Mod) V1.2

Esotic · Jan 21, 2017

Esotic submitted a new resource:

Steering Input Display (Esotic Mod) - steering input display app from dJomp with a few modifications

The original Steering Input Display app is here:
http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/steering-input-display.11713/

Demo video of the Esotic Mod V1.0:

I found this great app after having a humorously bad start to a race where my wheel was not properly centered. I added an icon, max degrees of rotation, and a warning to let you know if you are sitting still and your wheel is not centered.

Cheers,

Esotic

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Esotic · Jan 22, 2017

@Vanisch @Trinacria

I tried a few changes to the colors, but so far I've not found anything I personally like. When I'm driving during practice or a race I'm rarely trying to read the numbers. The exception would be maybe during a long straight when the colors are in the orange, yellow, green or aqua ranges (something within 2 KMH of previous fastest). I feel like all those colors are easy to read. Anything in the red/blue ranges is far enough off that I've probably not found good consistency with the preceding corner(s). Below is the code that defines the colors being used:

colors = {
"white" : [255, 255, 255],
"yellow" : [255, 255, 0],
"green" : [2, 221, 20],
"red" : [252, 35, 35],
"purple" : [255,0,255],
"aqua" : [0,255,255],
"violet" : [255,150,255],
"blue" : [0,0,255],
"orange" : [255,140,0]
}

There's some more logic that decides when to use each color:

if False: # LapValid == 0 or (TimeOfLastOff > 0.0 and ((currentTime - TimeOfLastOff) < 5000.0)):
#not relevant for this app?
displayLabel.setFontColor(*rgb(colors["purple"], alpha))
#ac.setFontColor(displayLabel, *rgb(colors["purple"], alpha))
elif numDelta < -2.0:
displayLabel.setFontColor(*rgb(colors["red"], alpha)) #red
#ac.setFontColor(displayLabel, *rgb(colors["red"], alpha))
elif numDelta < -1.0:
displayLabel.setFontColor(*rgb(colors["orange"], alpha)) # orange
#ac.setFontColor(displayLabel, *rgb(colors["orange"], alpha))
elif numDelta < 0.0:
displayLabel.setFontColor(*rgb(colors["yellow"], alpha)) # yellow
#ac.setFontColor(displayLabel, *rgb(colors["yellow"], alpha))
elif numDelta > 2.0:
displayLabel.setFontColor(*rgb(colors["blue"], alpha)) # blue
elif numDelta > 1.0:
displayLabel.setFontColor(*rgb(colors["aqua"], alpha)) # aqua
else: # > 0 < 1.0
displayLabel.setFontColor(*rgb(colors["green"], alpha)) # green
#ac.setFontColor(displayLabel, *rgb(colors["green"], alpha))

Editing the values and logic should be pretty straight forward. If you come up with changes that you consider more appropriate I'd be happy to take your changes and add them as options.

Cheers,

Dave\Esotic

schnipp · Apr 19, 2017

Great idea.
Would it be possible to switch/fade-out the circle so it's invisible above a certain speed?
I don't really need the info while driving, but it's a very nice feature for the race starts.

Esotic · Apr 19, 2017

schnipp said:
Great idea.
Would it be possible to switch/fade-out the circle so it's invisible above a certain speed?
I don't really need the info while driving, but it's a very nice feature for the race starts.

This sounds pretty straight-forward to code, and I've added this to my ToDo list.

Esotic · Jun 10, 2017

Esotic updated Steering Input Display (Esotic Mod) with a new update entry:

new maxKMH for hiding the steering display

Near the top of the .PY file there is now a line that shows:

maxKMH = 999 #if the KMH is greater than this number hide the steering wheel, default is 999 (always on)

You can set this number to something like 20 if you'd like to hide the steering wheel once the car is moving.

Read the rest of this update entry...

Esotic · Jun 10, 2017

@schnipp please note the V1.1 has the feature you've requested.

Cheers,

Esotic

schnipp · Jun 10, 2017

Thank you.
I'll install it now.

schnipp · Jun 10, 2017

It works great:

Set it to 30 kph.

schnipp · Jun 10, 2017

Quick question, if I want to adjust the allowed zone before the circle turns red is it enough to change this:

Code:

        if (degrees < -10 or degrees > 10) and SpeedKMH < 1.0:
            showRed = True

to this:

Code:

        if (degrees < -25 or degrees > 25) and SpeedKMH < 1.0:
            showRed = True

or do need to adjust other things too?

Esotic · Jun 10, 2017

schnipp said:
Quick question, if I want to adjust the allowed zone before the circle turns red is it enough to change this:

Code:

if (degrees < -10 or degrees > 10) and SpeedKMH < 1.0: showRed = True

to this:

Code:

if (degrees < -25 or degrees > 25) and SpeedKMH < 1.0: showRed = True

or do need to adjust other things too?

That looks right to me.

Esotic · Jul 22, 2017

@leon_90 I do realize that not everyone is a coder, and I have not gotten around to creating an INI for this app yet, but if you open up the .PY file and look for the "setBackgroundOpacity" in the acMain, you can do something like this:

ac.setBackgroundOpacity(appWindow, 0.7)

The opacity can be anything between 0.0 and 1.0, with 0 being fully transparent and 1.0 being fully opaque.

Cheers,

Esotic

Davide Nativo · Jul 22, 2017

Esotic said:
@leon_90 I do realize that not everyone is a coder, and I have not gotten around to creating an INI for this app yet, but if you open up the .PY file and look for the "setBackgroundOpacity" in the acMain, you can do something like this:

ac.setBackgroundOpacity(appWindow, 0.7)

The opacity can be anything between 0.0 and 1.0, with 0 being fully transparent and 1.0 being fully opaque.

Cheers,

Esotic

Thanks for the help

however I tried but this setting seems to be doing nothing

I put 1 to drawborder instead, just to help me locate it better, but opacity does not work alas

Esotic · Jul 23, 2017

@leon_90 I forgot to check, and there is another instance of ac.setBackgroundOpacity(appWindow, 0) in the drawWheel routine, and that's the one that is doing the majority of the work. Sorry for not checking this the first time around (my coffee had not kicked in yet when I posted this morning).

Davide Nativo · Jul 23, 2017

Esotic said:
@leon_90 I forgot to check, and there is another instance of ac.setBackgroundOpacity(appWindow, 0) in the drawWheel routine, and that's the one that is doing the majority of the work. Sorry for not checking this the first time around (my coffee had not kicked in yet when I posted this morning).

Thanks, now it worked great! Gonna change my review in 5 star plus plus (ok just 5 star technically

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Esotic · Jul 23, 2017

Esotic updated Steering Input Display (Esotic Mod) with a new update entry:

now supports changing background opacity and app scaling

I have not created an INI file for this yet, but I have created a few more variables to help you control the behaviour of this app. You can now set the background opacity and draw border in one place, as well as adjust the overall size of the app if you need to scale it up for use with DSR.

From the top of the .PY file:

#THESE ARE VARIABLES YOU CAN CHANGE
maxKMH = 999 #if the KMH is greater than this number hide the steering wheel, default is 999 (always on)
backgroundOpacity = 0.0 #this...

Read the rest of this update entry...

Esotic · Jul 23, 2017

@leon_90 Thanks for the review! Sounds like you've already beaten me to upgrading your personal copy of the code, but the V1.2 should help make this easier for anyone else that wants to set the background, or scale the app up/down.

The new code would allow you to make the app square, so you don't have a bunch of extra background above the top of the "wheel". This is assuming you are using the pinHack to hide the AC app icons.

I always tuck my apps into the dash/cockpit, so I almost never notice that apps need a background opacity setting.

Cheers!

Esotic

Bruno32600 · May 1, 2018

hi, no working ferrari 312T

Esotic · May 1, 2018

Bruno32600 said:
hi, no working ferrari 312T

What's not working? Did you make sure to enable it in the settings? Is there anything in the log.txt saying it was not able to load the app?

Cyberman 3.2 · Sep 6, 2020

Hi, really like your app, great work.
But is there the possibility to select another texture or change something easy to even use a texture? Because I'd really like to use the "wheel" texture from D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\assettocorsa\content\texture.

Esotic · Sep 6, 2020

Cyberman 3.2 said:
Hi, really like your app, great work.
But is there the possibility to select another texture or change something easy to even use a texture? Because I'd really like to use the "wheel" texture from D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\assettocorsa\content\texture.

This app is not using a texture, it's actually "drawing" the circle and trapezoid using OpenGL commands, so that would not be a quick and easy change.