@racer It was not, I still haven't added support for different in-cockpit sounds. Now that I've been moving everything into bundles, I plan to change how the audio is setup which will make it harder to mod.

@normallard1 The problem is that you likely copied a newer build on top of an older one. There were some changes to the audio file structure with the bundle system updates.

@picko I got on yay

@jseven27 Click on the button on the top left of the screen that looks like a speedometer. Then to start the boat you have to press and hold the "I" key. You can remap the ignition to any button you want in the settings menu.

@picko There's currently a league race going on, thus the password. Normally, there is no password for the official servers.

@cp65 Thanks for answering this. Just to follow up, I'm currently in the process of re-working how the game loads race courses and boats, so that these things can be updated without having to update the entire game and make everyone re-download it. Nothing is going to be removed, I was just running into some file size limits with the git repo I store the game in, and so I've decided to split it up into pieces to address the issue.

@eatmywake What game is this?

Good question, I never really played with Unreal, I don't think it was free when I started all of this. I think Unity had a free version, but it was very limited. I actually started out using a game engine called Torque 3D, but struggled quite a bit with it.

I started messing with Unity in 2016 after playing Design It Drive It Speedboats made in Unity by Todd Wasson. I found that Unity's Asset Store made it really easy to get started. At the time the water assets for Unity were much better. I'm not sure if this is the case anymore, but at this point I don't think switching engines is an option.

I'm pretty sure that both Unreal and Unity use the NVIDIA PhysX engine for physics, so there isn't really a difference there. All the boat physics is custom code calculating forces that just feed into the physics engine.

@mickey Thanks for the reply Mickey I will try that. I don't think I will run Hydrosim much longer on my laptop as heat is an issue and it gobbles up the battery. Otherwise it's pretty impressive!

Thrustmaster T248 seems to work in the tester

@scott-przybylski
Thanks Scott.

I actually been able to get my pedals to work. Now. When I up on the course, I have a very hard time to keep the boat going straight. It always seems to want to go left or right.

But the bottom line is my thrustmaster is not the best wheel to play this mod.

Thanks for the help.

JP

@rileyroo1997 Join our discord (and message a mod admin on discord when you do so they can give you a role so you can see and post stuffer in the channels) and feel free to ask. The main guys that are really good at making boats Matt Johnson, Craig Montgomery, and Chris Porten, though there are others who know how as well. Discord is where most of the community is rather than the forums these days.

@craigmont
I disagree. First of all you can’t even compare Hydro Thunder with Hydrosim.
IMO it think it would appeal and introduce a fresh new racing sim to a lot of different race enthusiasts.
I grew up in the Tri-Cities and around the hydroplanes. It was something that everyone in that area and from all around the Northwest look forward too every year. And there is a variety of other courses through hydroplane history that could be utilized. Tri-Cities is just one location. And the potential hull DLC throughout history would be amazing. With that said and not to kill a dead horse, this genre of racing gets into people’s blood fast and becomes almost like a new pass time.
It’s NASCAR on water with a completely different racing dynamic that racing enthusiasts would embrace.
Maybe just a pipe dream, but I have a friend that works for a major game developer. He has stated that their development department is always looking for new game ideas.
Respect to the Hydrosim developers in what they have accomplished with this sim.
Upmost respect to this sport. No disrespect intended in this post, just passionate about hydroplane racing and racing in general. Cheers

Yes, I do plan on adding vintage boats. Currently working on GP boats though.

@scott-przybylski hey mate cheers I can see everything now. All good.

Hopefully get out on the water soon 🤙🏼

@connor Sorry I didn't notice this post, what exactly is the problem? As far as I know Xbox 360 or Xbox One controllers should "just work" in windows. Maybe you need to install additional drivers? Which Xbox controller is it?