DCS-SimpleRadio Standalone

I have a quick question: Can I install this program anywhere? Example. My C: drive?

Does it have to paired up with DCS files to work?

In your examples it shows (C:/Users//Saved Games/DCS.openbeta/Logs)

I don't have anything like this in my folders. I have not installed the program yet either.

Saved games? Is that where you DCS world is? Want to get it right the 1st time....

Thank you.

The other question: What about Team Speak?

Will others be using team speak, and I will not hear them?

1st time attempting this, Thank you

I have a quick question: Can I install this program anywhere? Example. My C: drive?

Does it have to paired up with DCS files to work?

In your examples it shows (C:/Users//Saved Games/DCS.openbeta/Logs)

 

I don't have anything like this in my folders. I have not installed the program yet either.

Saved games? Is that where you DCS world is? Want to get it right the 1st time....

Thank you.

The first line is at your own discretion so you can put that wherever you want, i.e. the install location of simple radio itself. The second line should point to you Saved games folder being:

C:\User\YourUserName\Saved games\

It should automatically point to the right folder but be sure it doesn't point to the DCS folder within Saved games...

EDIT: about teamspeak, not sure there but you should get the standalone version which shouldn't ask anything about teamspeak.. Thus you could still join a TS server & hear everyone.. Download is at the following site:

https://github.com/ciribob/DCS-SimpleRadioStandalone/releases

Download DCS-SimpleRadioStandalone.zip

not sure this is correct thread for my feedback, but I'm experiencing problems with current version 1.2.9.2

I've been with SR since 1.2.7, and am considering myself an experienced user of it

but with this new 1.2.9.2 version, I'm experiencing following problems:

After I power up my airplane (M2K's Battery Switch On), I choose main battle frequency, connect to the server in SR, toggle overlay and select the necessary radiostation. In 80% of such coldstart attempts I can't hear anything on the frequency. I perform a sortie, get back to the airfield, land and suddenly start hearing comms (sometimes even before landing, on my final). And it's working fine till my next respawn (another cold start). Sometimes breaks during a sortie.

Is it already reported ?

TS and SR are in no way compatible or anything, you can run them both at the same time though. If you do you should run them both as administrator.

Not sure where you're going with this, either you mean entering a domain name which I don't have or I'm missing something here.. Checking my ip is what I want to automate if you look at the code so guessing your advise is not going to work for me..

 

Thanks for trying though!

There were times when a hostname would resolve into an IP address, doesn't work here anymore but i doubt we're in the same country and on the same ISP. You could try to ping your hostname.

TS and SR are in no way compatible or anything, you can run them both at the same time though. If you do you should run them both as administrator.

 

There were times when a hostname would resolve into an IP address, doesn't work here anymore but i doubt we're in the same country and on the same ISP. You could try to ping your hostname.

Yeah I'm not sure I have a hostname assigned.. As mentioned in earlier posts, I could use noip but that's not exactly what I want.. I'm getting damn close to a solution here but for some reason the http request takes a dump on me so gotta figure out what the deal is.. once that's done I think it'll work just fine..

The other question: What about Team Speak?

Will others be using team speak, and I will not hear them?

 

1st time attempting this, Thank you

Completely separate from TS which is why it's great. Just as an example... in our group we meet and brief on TS, then once the server is up everyone logs into SRS, mutes their TS mic and jumps in game. We then meet back up on SRS on pre-planned freqs.

If there are issues everyone is still "listening" on the TS channel so the person with the issue can just un-mute their TS mic and we'll hear them.

Hi Ciribob.

Any news about an online test with other clients around for the audio mix distortion issue?

Thanks for your great efforts.

Yeah I'm not sure I have a hostname assigned.. As mentioned in earlier posts, I could use noip but that's not exactly what I want.. I'm getting damn close to a solution here but for some reason the http request takes a dump on me so gotta figure out what the deal is.. once that's done I think it'll work just fine..

Quick search on this and found this, in case you get stuck:

http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2010-04/msg00347.html

or this snippet:

-- Get the current WAN address for this machine 

function GetPublicFacingIP()   
local html = {};   
local request = http.request {     
url = "http://checkip.dyndns.org/",     
sink = ltn12.sink.table(html)   };   
html = tostring(table.concat(html));   
local ip = "";   
for match in string.gmatch(html, "([%d]+)([%.]*)") do     
ip = ip .. match .. ".";   
end    
return ip; 
end

Quick search on this and found this, in case you get stuck:

 

http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2010-04/msg00347.html

 

or this snippet:

 

-- Get the current WAN address for this machine 

function GetPublicFacingIP()   
local html = {};   
local request = http.request {     
url = "http://checkip.dyndns.org/",     
sink = ltn12.sink.table(html)   };   
html = tostring(table.concat(html));   
local ip = "";   
for match in string.gmatch(html, "([%d]+)([%.]*)") do     
ip = ip .. match .. ".";   
end    
return ip; 
end

It's basically what I'm trying but somehow it won't work when dcs executes the script.. I get very strange outputs when using pcall & checking the type of my html variable.. The only difference here is that you are using a sink but that shouldn't be the issue.. Nevertheless I will try it tomorrow & let you know what comes out but I have serious doubts if this will actually work.. As I mentioned in earlier posts, pcall says I'm trying to call a nil value which can't be the case.. Also I got a very strange output when asking sending tostring(http) to the log, which should give me an address pointing to a table but instead it says it's pointing to a JSON encode/decode object.. The weirdest past is that when I try to execute the essential part of the script locally then it all works fine.. I'm starting to think it's a bug from dcs itself or some outdated Lua-DLLs that dcs uses.. I'm seriously hoping I missed something on how to correctly use http requests in dcs' Lua but somehow I can't imagine it to be different from http's regular use.. As one would say in the Netherlands, Teringzooi! :lol:

Well, the country matches... Probeer 't vandaag zelf wel ff :)

OMFG finally, I got it to work! This is how my AutoConnectGameGUI.lua looks like now...

-- Version 1.2.9.2
-- ONLY COPY THIS FILE IS YOU ARE GOING TO HOST A SERVER!
-- The file must be in Saved Games\DCS\Scripts or Saved Games\DCS.openalpha\Scripts
-- Make sure you enter the correct address into SERVER_SRS_HOST below.
-- You can add an optional Port. e.g. "127.0.0.1:5002"

package.path  = package.path..";.\\LuaSocket\\?.lua;"
package.cpath = package.cpath..";.\\LuaSocket\\?.dll;"

function externalip()
   local http = require("socket.http")
   local json = loadfile("Scripts\\JSON.lua")()
   local resp,code,headers,status = http.request("[url]http://ipinfo.io/json[/url]")
   if code ~= 200 then return nil, "Failed fetching external IP; "..tostring(status) end
   local data, err = json:decode(resp)
   if not data then 
       return nil, "Failed fetching external IP; "..tostring(err)
   end
   if data.ip then
       return data.ip
   else
       return nil, "Failed fetching external IP; no ip field was returned"
   end
end

-- User options --
local SRSAuto = {}
local ipaddr, err = externalip()
net.log(string.format("%s:%s", tostring(ipaddr), "9987")) --verify your IP in dcs.log
SRSAuto.SERVER_SRS_HOST = tostring(ipaddr)..":9987" --change ":9987" to whatever port you're using
SRSAuto.SERVER_SEND_AUTO_CONNECT = true -- set to false to disable auto connect or just remove this file

-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW HERE --
SRSAuto.unicast = false

-- Utils --
local HOST_PLAYER_ID = 1

SRSAuto.MESSAGE_PREFIX = "SRS Running @ " -- DO NOT MODIFY!!!

local socket = require("socket")

SRSAuto.UDPSendSocket = socket.udp()
SRSAuto.UDPSendSocket:settimeout(0)

SRSAuto.logFile = io.open(lfs.writedir()..[[Logs\DCS-SRS-AutoConnect.log]], "w")
function SRSAuto.log(str)
   if SRSAuto.logFile then
       SRSAuto.logFile:write(str.."\n")
       SRSAuto.logFile:flush()
   end
end

-- Register callbacks --
SRSAuto.onPlayerConnect = function(id)
if not DCS.isServer() then
       return
   end
if SRSAuto.SERVER_SEND_AUTO_CONNECT and id ~= HOST_PLAYER_ID then
       SRSAuto.log(string.format("Sending auto connect message to player %d on connect ", id))
       net.send_chat_to(string.format(SRSAuto.MESSAGE_PREFIX .. "%s", SRSAuto.SERVER_SRS_HOST), id)
end
end

SRSAuto.onPlayerChangeSlot = function(id)
   if not DCS.isServer() then
       return
   end
   if SRSAuto.SERVER_SEND_AUTO_CONNECT and id ~= HOST_PLAYER_ID then
       SRSAuto.log(string.format("Sending auto connect message to player %d on switch ", id))
       net.send_chat_to(string.format(SRSAuto.MESSAGE_PREFIX .. "%s", SRSAuto.SERVER_SRS_HOST), id)
  end
end

DCS.setUserCallbacks(SRSAuto)
net.log("Loaded - DCS-SRS-AutoConnect")

Figured out that you must copy-paste some files within the DCS installation directory.. To get this to work, you must go to DCS-Installation-Folder/LuaSocket & create a new folder called "socket".. Then copy http.lua, ltn12.lua, mime.lua & url.lua into that folder.. All those files are available in the LuaSocket folder so it's really easy, but for some reason this particular script couldn't find it when it was in LuaSocket itself.. Beware, don't delete/move the files from LuaSocket cause they might be referenced from a different place so instead do a plain copy of those files into the "socket" folder that you've created in LuaSocket..

Well, the country matches... Probeer 't vandaag zelf wel ff :)

Actually, the country doesn't match, but close enough to know what "Teringzooi" means :thumbup:

Got it to work so no worries anymore, well, actually, you could try my solution & see if it also works for you cause maybe it only works for myself but yeah, can't really test that out :lol:

Ok cool :) Had a try myself too, the one thing that wouldn't work was the http request. If it's necessary to have those files somewhere else then it makes sense Servman had a copy of those somewhere other than under the DCS World directory. Nice job!

Ok cool :) Had a try myself too, the one thing that wouldn't work was the http request. If it's necessary to have those files somewhere else then it makes sense Servman had a copy of those somewhere other than under the DCS World directory. Nice job!

Not necessarily outside the DCS World directory, just within a new folder called "socket" within the "LuaSocket" folder that's located in the DCS World directory.. Anyway, up to the next challenge, getting rid of http and using UPnP to discover the external IP since I don't feel like being dependent on a website xD

not sure this is correct thread for my feedback, but I'm experiencing problems with current version 1.2.9.2

 

I've been with SR since 1.2.7, and am considering myself an experienced user of it

but with this new 1.2.9.2 version, I'm experiencing following problems:

After I power up my airplane (M2K's Battery Switch On), I choose main battle frequency, connect to the server in SR, toggle overlay and select the necessary radiostation. In 80% of such coldstart attempts I can't hear anything on the frequency. I perform a sortie, get back to the airfield, land and suddenly start hearing comms (sometimes even before landing, on my final). And it's working fine till my next respawn (another cold start). Sometimes breaks during a sortie.

Is it already reported ?

On which server? Is the server definitely running the latest version?

It sounds like it has Line of sight turned on which it why you're losing comms?

When you lose comms, what frequency is shown on the overlay?

Are you sure that the volume is up on the radio and Easy comms are OFF for the Mirage?

Hi Ciribob.

 

Any news about an online test with other clients around for the audio mix distortion issue?

 

Thanks for your great efforts.

Sorry, due to quite a big change in life circumstances, i've been unable to work on this for a while or organise a time for testing.... Sorry all!

On which server?

TAW EU-Server-3 Kaukasus Offensive

Is the server definitely running the latest version?

I'm not sure about that, I think it's running 1.2.8

It sounds like it has Line of sight turned on which it why you're losing comms?

no comms at all ! even with visual on players from my team

When you lose comms, what frequency is shown on the overlay?

251 - main battle frequency of that server

Are you sure that the volume is up on the radio and Easy comms are OFF for the Mirage?

yes, I am sure

I mentioned in my message that I considered myself an experienced user of SR

you probably won't believe it, but yesterday after another crash, I respawned, started up and my SR started working with overlay set to another radiostation (frequency 124.00)

when I switched overlay to radio station with main battle frequency (251.00), it stopped working.

I'm not sure about that, I think it's running 1.2.8

No, it is running 1.2.9.2

Line of sight OFF

Distance Limit OFF

thanks, HiJack

Since I have a dynamic IP I have a problem hosting with autoconnect..

 

SNIP

How about if you actually sign up with DYNDNS service of sort and use DN in auto connect?

not sure this is correct thread for my feedback, but I'm experiencing problems with current version 1.2.9.2

 

I've been with SR since 1.2.7, and am considering myself an experienced user of it

but with this new 1.2.9.2 version, I'm experiencing following problems:

After I power up my airplane (M2K's Battery Switch On), I choose main battle frequency, connect to the server in SR, toggle overlay and select the necessary radiostation. In 80% of such coldstart attempts I can't hear anything on the frequency. I perform a sortie, get back to the airfield, land and suddenly start hearing comms (sometimes even before landing, on my final). And it's working fine till my next respawn (another cold start). Sometimes breaks during a sortie.

Is it already reported ?

more observations:

I connect to the server, cold start, DON'T CHOOSE MAIN BATTLE FREQUENCY (251) in Overlay, I just don't touch it

can't hear anything on SR

I should die and respawn again and THEN it works on wrong frequency.

more observations:

I connect to the server, cold start, DON'T CHOOSE MAIN BATTLE FREQUENCY (251) in Overlay, I just don't touch it

 

can't hear anything on SR

 

I should die and respawn again and THEN it works on wrong frequency.

Can you get a recording? Twitch or YouTube?

After starting up, retune the radio to a different frequency and then back to 251 and try transmitting

Does the ptt light come on?

If you do a recording, make sure the overlay is visible.

Have you had this happen in any other place? I can't replicate at all....

Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Okay I'll try to make a video

How about if you actually sign up with DYNDNS service of sort and use DN in auto connect?

In my earlier posts I mentioned that I've used noip in the past which is basically the same thing.. But anyhow, I've got a solution posted in one of the previous messages so currently I'm sorted out..

@Ciribob could there be anywhere in the future where by this mod could possibly integrate into the radio system in dcs with out the overlay being open? Or is that a feature thats miles off or would never happen?