Fahr M66 will not offload.

[radar2670]

I have run into an issue with Combi mode where I cannot get the havester to dump into the tipper I am towing. I have tried changing the offset to something below the 4.4m but it resets back as soon as it gets near the combine.

Here is my info. I have the latest developer version as of today. Hopefully you will be able to recreate it. This only started very recently.

Field: F15 and 16 combined into a single field Harvester: Fahr M66 with Cutter attached Tractor: Buhrer 6135A Tipper: Giliber 1800 Pro

Course was generated from the NE corner heading West and ending on the SE corner. Settings for course generation: Working Width: 3.0m Starting Corner: NE Starting Direction: West No return to start and no headland.

Here are several screenshots that may help:

If there is any other information you need I would gladly try and supply it. Thank you very much for this great mod.

[JakobTischler]

First off, I think the Gilibert is a slightly too tall trailer for the Fahr... there would only be a very small horizontal cushion area where the pipe end would be above the trailer, with the trailer itself not hitting the pipe.

Do you ever actually set the offset to manual? In your pictures it's only shown as auto. Once it's set to manual, it shouldn't revert to auto. If it actually does, please tell us at which exact point that happens.

[radar2670]

Thank you for the quick reply. I have attached several new screenshots.

This one is set to 4.2 offset and Manual

As you can see here, it reverted back to 4.4 offset. It still indicates that it is in Manual mode but I did not change it. The setting was changed right as the tractor started its turn to move along side the harvester.

I pulled along side the Mahr 66 myself here after stopping the tractor driver.

This same setup worked with no issues previous developer versions of Courseplay. Of course, that was before the offset kept reverting to 4.4m. Hope this helps!

[JakobTischler]

In mode2.lua, replace the following:

Lines 358 and 359 currently

--print("offset not saved - calculate")
courseplay:calculateCombineOffset(self, combine);

replace with

courseplay:calculateCombineOffset(self, combine);
print("offset not saved - calculate, self.auto_combine_offset=", tostring(self.auto_combine_offset), ", offset=", tostring(self.combine_offset));

and

Lines 361 and 362 currently

--print("set saved offset")
self.combine_offset = combine.cp.offset         

replace with

self.combine_offset = combine.cp.offset         
print("set saved offset, self.auto_combine_offset=", tostring(self.auto_combine_offset), ", offset=", tostring(self.combine_offset));

Then please report back with the log entries.

[radar2670]

I tried to complete what you asked. This is all completely new to me but I extracted the mode2.lua file from the zip. edited it with word pad, placed it back in the zip then started FS2013. I ran a trial run of sending the tractor back to the harvester changing the setting to manual and 4.1. It had the exact same behavior as before.

The log file you spoke of was the log.txt in the Documents > My games > Farming Simulator 2013? Here is the contents of that file.

GIANTS Engine Runtime 5.0.1 (build date: Feb  1 2013)
Copyright (c) 2008-2012, GIANTS Software GmbH (www.giants-software.com), All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (c) 2003-2012, Christian Ammann and Stefan Geiger, All Rights Reserved.
Application: FarmingSimulator2013
Main System
  Core(s): 8 @ 2.0 GHZ
  OS: Windows NT 6.1 64-bit
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Input System
  Keyboard enabled
  Mouse enabled
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  Force Feedback disabled
Sound System
  Driver: OpenAL
  Version: 1.1
  Device:  Generic Software
  Max. sources: 256
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  Driver: OpenGL
  Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
  Renderer: GeForce GTX 460M/PCIe/SSE2
  Version: 4.3.0
    max_texture_layers: 8
  OpenGL initialization successful
Hardware Profile
  Level: Very High (auto)
  View Distance Coeff: 1.300000
  Shadow Quality: 2.000000
  Skip Mipmaps: 0
  LOD Distance Coeff: 1.300000
  Terrain LOD Distance Coeff: 2.000000
  Foliage View Distance Coeff: 1.600000
Farming Simulator 2013 INT
  Version: 1.4.0.0 RC15
  Available Languages: en de fr es it ru jp
  Language: en
Game vehicle types loaded
Mod directory: C:/Users/Radar/Documents/My Games/FarmingSimulator2013/mods
Load mod: atv
Load mod: ZZZ_courseplay
### Initialized 27 Courseplay files
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offset not saved - calculate, self.auto_combine_offset=false, offset=4.4
offset not saved - calculate, self.auto_combine_offset=false, offset=4.4
offset not saved - calculate, self.auto_combine_offset=false, offset=4.4

I deleted the dozens of copied of the offset not saved - calculate, self.auto_combine_offset=false, offset=4.4 line from here but there were pages and pages of that same entry in the log.txt file.

Hope I did this correctly. If not, please advise and I will try again

[ThomasGaertner]

the offset for the fahr has been set fix to 4.4 to prevent problems finding the correct offset for this combine. sorry but we didn't expect that somebody tries to unload it with a trailer in which the combine could be transported....

[JakobTischler]

No, that's exactly the information I needed. Again, the trailer is probably way too big for the Fahr, but still there is the error that the automatic offset overwrites the manual set one.

To fix this, also in mode2.luaplease replace line 357

        if combine.cp.offset == nil or self.combine_offset == 0 then

with

        if self.auto_combine_offset and (combine.cp.offset == nil or self.combine_offset == 0) then

This will not be a permanent solution, it's just in order to see if the missing check for an activated automatic offset is the culprit.

[radar2670]

Thank you! Does the mode2.lua on the developer download page contain the fix or should I manually insert the line? I am at work at the moment but I will be glad to give this a go and report back to you this evening. It is evening for me anyway, US East coast here.

[JakobTischler]

The commit included the fix for the issue. If it still behaves oddly, give us a shout. But again, I want to remind you, the Gilibert is just much too big for the Fahr, that's why the automatically calculated offset of 4.4m won't work. Suitable trailers for the Fahr would be the Krone Emsland, for example.

[radar2670]

Uh oh, I inserted the line into the mode2.lua set it to a manual offset of 4.2 and the tractor made no attempt to turn.

Odd thing about the pic below is I had to tell courseplay to stop driver before it would even capture the image.

[radar2670]

Same behavior with the latest unmodified developer version. Should I delete the route and recreate it?

[radar2670]

I have tried deleting the course, removing and reinstalling courseplay, plus replacing Gilibert with the Krone Emsland. Unfortunately, I am still having the above issue.

[radar2670]

Update: If I leave the offset setting to auto the tractor will make the turn but on any manual setting the tractor will not turn

[JakobTischler]

1. Please use the 'edit comment' function instead of making multiple posts after another.
2. When having a manual offset, please check the log if any errors appear (you should always do that when something goes wrong).
3. Does the Drive next to combine message ever appear?
4. The line changes I sent you earlier, as I mentioned, were only temporary in order to see what's causing the problem. They were not a fix.

[radar2670]

Edit: This was not a wall of text when I typed it. the formatting was changed after I posted it.

Sincerest apologies about the multiple posts. It will not happen again.

Understood, I will do that in the future. Here is the error: C:/Users/Radar/Documents/My Games/FarmingSimulator2013/mods/ZZZ_courseplay/specialTools.lua(248) : attempt to index local 'workTool' (a nil value)

I never got the Drive next to combine message.

I was reading the issue page for this and noticed that you also mentioned the line changes you sent me. I may have misunderstood what you wanted from me with that. I inserted the line and that was when the issue started with the tractor not turning. I assumed the 2 were related. If not, I will gladly try again to insert the line changes after downloading the latest version and give it another go. I understand that the line changes are not a permanent fix. Do you want me to insert that line and report back to you with the results?

This is all very new to me. Your mod is a great program and I want to do all I can to help resolve this. I am sorry any mistakes or misunderstanding from my end, I meant no disrespect to anyone.

Thanks,

Sam

From: Jakob Tischler Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 6:00 AM To: Courseplay/courseplay Cc: radar2670 Subject: Re: [courseplay] Fahr M66 will not offload. (#80)

First off, please use the 'edit comment' function instead of making multiple posts after another. Second: when having a manual offset, please check the log if any errors appear (you should always do that when something goes wrong). Third: does the Drive next to combine message ever appear?

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[JakobTischler]

The lines I sent you were only for that one time, that one case. No need to add them again to the new commits, otherwise I'd add them myself.

Here is the error: C:/Users/Radar/Documents/My Games/FarmingSimulator2013/mods/ZZZ_courseplay/specialTools.lua(248) : attempt to index local 'workTool' (a nil value)

I assume you're not using the latest commited version then, because that error has been fixed - or so I thought. We're overhauling some major stuff right now, certain functions, certain variables, so you might wanna hold off with trying until further notice.

[radar2670]

Ok, thanks for clearing that up. You must have been in the middle of working the overhaul right as I was downloading this morning the version because the version I downloaded stops FS2013 from loading my save. Please let me know when you get things stable. I am looking forward to seeing the changes. Best of luck!

Sam

[JakobTischler]

While there still might be other bugs, the current version (https://github.com/Courseplay/courseplay/commit/adb37177b6989198ed40f26b7a0b183821a37583) should work fine.