Posts made by Scott Przybylski

This version has some big changes, especially with physics, so while the physics is being tuned, beta versions will be linked here.

Note: The boats engine no longer starts automatically, you must press the ignition button / key (Default is I, can be re-mapped in the Input dialog).

v0.7.0.0-b13

Fixed

• Fixed bug where the skidfin spray emitter was rotated 90 degrees.
• Fixed bug where the clock on the client wasn't syncing to the server correctly.

Updated

• Canard now acts as a total lift multiplier instead of changing input velocity.
• Shrunk the width (front to back) of the rudder
• Tweaked water dynamic force properties

Added

• Added ability for server admin to change the wind speed which also affects the water roughness.

v0.7.0.0-b12

Fixed

• Fixed a bug where pausing the replay, then joining the course would cause emitted particles to freeze in place.

Updated

• Physics tweaks to try and make turning faster, less bouncy, a little easier to keep the boat from flipping.

v0.7.0.0-b11

Fixed

• Fixed VR issues at several courses.
• Fixed reflection probes at all courses.
• Fixed bug where turning the engine off and then back on would act as a brake.
• Changed how timing is calculated to hopefully fix the time dilation issues on the server.
• Tweaked netcode prediction code to try and make it more accurate.

Updated

• Completely re-modeled the hydroplane physics mesh using real world measurements. Re-positioned rudder / prop (will need to de-couple this from the rendered model).
• Tweaked engine torque curve and other physics properties a bit.
• Change shaft angle range back to 6 - 8 degrees.
• Added ability to adjust left/right runner angles in the setup.

v0.7.0.0-b10

Fixed

• Fixed bug where boat would sometimes sink to the bottom of the water after leaving and re-joining the course.
• Fixed a long standing bug with the tunnel physics on dedicated server.

Updated

• Tweaked tunnel physics some more, should be a little more forgiving, boat still seems to bounce too much sometimes though.
• Updated water physics to increase fluid density based on velocity of the triangle, this should make the water feel harder when the boat is going faster.
• Tweaked some of the netcode smoothing now that some tunnel issues are fixed.
• Prop shaft setup range is now 4 - 6 degrees.
• Skidfin angle range is now 12 - 20 degrees

v0.7.0.0-b9

Note: This update drastically affects the way the boat flies and how the canard control works. It should be more realistic now.

Fixed

• Fixed a bug with audio in replays.
• Fixed some broken Team.xml files.
• Fixed a bug with the tunnel physics that wasn't properly taking into account the orientation of the boat.
• Unity version was updated, Cross-compiling to Mac works again, so I've created a Mac build (I still do not own a Mac to test this with)

Updated

• Updated the physics mesh to better reflect the model at the back-end of the boat.
• Canard now affects the input velocity into the tunnel simulation instead of just being a multiplier on the output.
• Tweaked tunnel and propeller physics properties some more.

v0.7.0.0-b8

Updated

• New engine and propeller physics simulation. Huge thanks to @ToddWasson for helping me implement this! The propeller is now simulated by spinning a semi-propeller shaped mesh and applying forces on the submerged triangles. This then provides a load to feed back into the engine simulation.
• Lots of physics changes, trying to make cornering more realistic (faster and less slidey).
• Updated Cinemachine, has fixes to help smooth out some camera jittering.
• Updated Crest water library.
• Tweaks to default water properties, made more directional.

Added

• Added boat setups, can now change the prop pitch, diameter, shaft angle, gear ratios, and skidfin angles.
• New spawning system, added trailers to spawn boats in the pits when joining the server. Spawn location can be changed by pressing Ctrl+S .
• Added engine ignition (Defaults to I key, can be re-mapped in the Input dialog).
• Added ability to reload textures while in game to help with painting boats, you can update the DDS files in the Team folder and then press Ctrl+R to reload the textures of the boat that is the camera target.

Fixed

• Fixed issues with timing planes at Lake Havasu.
• Performance issues caused by terrain when zooming in really far.

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@ThatOneAmerican I'll take a look, I haven't tested the VR in quite a while.

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v0.6.9.0

Added

• New course: Miami!

Fixed

• Fixed a bug where timing info wouldn't show up when driving the Piston Unlimited.
• Tweaked server netcode a bit, should help with buoys, still not perfect.
• Fixed a bug where multiple Jump the gun penalties could be assessed.
• Spread boat texture loading across multiple frames to try and mitigate stutter when boats join the water.

@radinsky Thanks for the update, I'll try and sort this out before the next update.

@radinsky Hmmm, I haven't noticed this, but I can take a look. If you could figure out steps to reproduce that would be great.

Also, the game saves a log file that can help me track down issues sometimes. If this happens to you again, could you attach the log file here? You'll need to grab it after you exit the game, if you start the game again, it will get overwritten.

It's located at C:\Users\<username>\AppData\LocalLow\HydroSim\HydroSim\output_log.txt

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v0.6.8.1

Fixed

• Fixed a bug causing errors when several boats were out on the water.
• Gun jump penalties should be fixed now.

v0.6.8.0

Updated

• Added lots of new scenery to San Diego.
• Updated San Diego course layout with real world coordinates.
• Changed how wake foam is rendered to look more realistic.
• Changed the hardware template so that the plexifin on the boat can be textured.

Fixed

• Attempted to fix gun jump penalty issues where it would count the lap, but also give a penalty.
• Fixed some memory leak issues with the replay list.
• Fixed a bug when viewing replays loaded from files that would cause extra CPU usage.

Added

• Option to add salt water scoops to the turbine boats. (Opacity slider in graphics settings for the TV Cockpit view).

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v0.6.7.0

Updated

• Added lots of new scenery to Seattle
• Updated Seattle cameras.
• Updated U-440

Fixed

• Bugs with gun jump and 1 minute buoys should be fixed.
• Fixed bugs with netcode prediction that were happening on the server.
• Tried to smooth out boat rotation more with netcode / replays.

Added

• U-1 Miss HomeStreet
• U-7 Boitano Homes

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v0.6.6.0

Added

• 2 new courses added. Evansville (sort of an odd D shape) and Lake Havasu (Tri-Oval).

Fixed

• Made netcode interpolation smoother, fixed issues where the boat would completely stop due packet loss/delayed packets. The replays use the same interpolation code, so the replays should also be a bit smoother.
• Fixed some performance issues with global illumination and reflection probes (may see an fps increase). May also fix some frame stuttering issues.

Updated

• Updated the Crest water library to latest.
• Playing around with making the water rougher at Detroit.

This is mainly a scenery update. Lots of scenery added to Tri-Cities. Started adding buildings using real world data to multiple courses.

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v0.6.5.1

Fixed

• Bug with runtime building generator causing CPU usage to spike (this was causing the server to choke and timing was getting out of whack on certain courses.)
• FPS network stats readout was spewing errors in host mode causing intermittent framerate drops.

7/10/2020 Dedicated Server Hotfix (same version number)

NOTE - If you're running a dedicated server, I recommend re-downloading the game, I updated the archive with a server hotfix for Detroit/Madison.

v0.6.5.0

Fixed

• Cloth physics was running for all levels of detail of the flag at Tri-Cities at the same time.
• Fog is now applied to the water shader.

Added

• Buildings generated using real world data for Tri-Cities, Madison, and Detroit.
• Added trees, cranes, towers, canopies, etc to Tri-Cities.
• Added secondary camera for rendering far away background objects (Mt Rainier, Rattlesnake Mt, downtown Detroit).
• Added additional graphics settings for setting the draw distance of buildings and course details. Setting either of these to 0 will disable rendering of these.

Updated

• Enabled terrain tessellation at Tri-Cities, Guntersville, and Seattle.

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v0.6.4.0

Fixed

• Fixed an issue in the water shader that was causing a pretty huge performance hit.
• The exhaust guard on the turbine hydro hull was mapped to the wrong texture, it's now mapped to the Hull.dds
• Made roostertail length shorter to be more realistic.
• Fixed issue where roostertails would drift inwards in the turns.
• Fixed issues with roostertail physics.
• Fixed issue where boats would slide across the water when first spawning onto the course.
• Fixed a bug where the distance traveled along the race course was calculated using the center of the boat instead of the front. This was causing some issues with gun jumping penalties getting added for legal boats.
• Fixed an issue with the network stats in the ctrl+f debug display getting cutoff at certain resolutions.

Added

• Flags are now displayed on the HUD. This will help with awareness of penalties, start, last lap, finish, etc.
• Current position is now displayed on the HUD.
• Automated 1-minute pin penalties. The 1-minute pin is at the exit of turn 1 on all courses. This is disabled by default, but can be turned on in the server admin settings under Rules.
• New nose camera.

Updated

• Updated U-11 J&D's hull texture.
• Updated the cockpit graphics, mainly pulled some more models/textures from HydroMod and tried to clean it up.
• Updated Crest water library to latest.

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Big update! Several bugfixes and some new features for the H1 Unlimited's new E-League!

v0.6.3.0

Added

• Added Piston Unlimiteds! Each team (in StreamingAssets) has an xml file now that specifies which hull to use along with other info, so custom piston paintjobs can be added.
• Replaced all of the boats included in the game with the 2020 H1 Unlimited E-League teams.
• Added Madison 2 mile course.
• Added ability to specify server passwords.

Updated

• Completely re-vamped replay list menu. Allows sorting, deleting, renaming replay files.
• Re-worked netcode to make turns more accurate.
• Guntersville course layout updated to match the 2019 course more closely.
• Updated both Madison courses to have trees.
• New UI button style thanks to Matt Johnson.
• The nex/previous driver buttons for the camera now select the driver ahead or behind the current driver.

Fixed

• Bug where boats could collide with eachother in the solo-qualifying session.
• Fixed an issue with the logic when connecting to the server, handshaking is now performed before the course loads.

It does work, you need to copy the "HydroSim_Data" folder out of the zip file and into the HydroSim folder.

Not sure if this screenshot helps?

I'm not sure what the problem is, can you attach a screenshot of the error?

The server is currently hardcoded to use port 25144 on both TCP and UDP. If you want other people to be able to connect to the server on the open internet, you will need to open the port on your firewall. If you're behind a router, which is likely, you'll need to login to the router and forward the port to your computer running the server.

I updated the HydroSim page to mention this.

In order for people to connect, they'll need your IP address to put into the Join input field.

I plan on making a master server list, but haven't gotten around to it yet, hopefully soon.

@tjz5151 I put some recommendations in here: http://www.uhlhydroplanes.com/topic/198/what-are-the-system-requirements

That is for newer desktops, I'm not sure about laptop graphics cards or if you can even swap them out.

If you have an older desktop, the graphics cards listed in that thread might not work for you.

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v0.6.2.3

Fixed

• Fixed a bug that was adding a collider at 0,0,0 world coordinates which is in the middle of some of the courses. Hitting it would cause the boat to crash or get stuck.
• Fixed issue with the rpm / speed readout dissapearing at certain resolutions.

v0.6.2.2

Fixed

• Reverted Unity version. This should fix the crashes and server issues. I sent Unity bug reports, not sure anything will come of that.
• Also includes the VR hotfix.

v0.6.2.1 VR Hotfix

• This fixes a bug when using VR mode that would make it so you couldn't re-join the course.
  This download is completely optional and the fix will be in the next version.
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v0.6.2.1

Fixed:

• Fixed some errors that were happening on the dedicated server that was breaking lots of things.
• Fixed a performance issue with the detailed lap info.
• Fixe Re-Centering when using SteamVR.

v0.6.2.0

Added:

• Can now toggle Best lap time / speed with Total time / average speed.
• Can now display detailed lap info for each driver by clicking on their name.
• HUD is now displayed for some of the camera views in VR.
• Can now adjust steering sensitivy from the Controls tab in Settings.
• Many more controls are now re-assignable. See the Input tab when launching the game.

Updated:

• Replaced fps/ping (ctrl+f) with fps/memory/network info and graphs.
• Updated Crest to latest version.

Fixed:

• Bug with wakes/audio not getting disabled for boats on the course when watching replay.
• Fixed an error in the dedicated server.

@Andrew-Waring I've had issues where sometimes the wheel doesn't get picked up, but if I power cycle the wheel, and restart the game, then its fine.

Not sure why the Fanatec wheel wouldn't be working, as far as I know it uses DirectInput like everything else.
I'm using a Fanatec Forza CSR wheel and ClubSport pedals.