So basically, I started a pretty over engineered ETS2 Dashboard myself a while ago, originally intended for private use.
Now that this developed into something huge I started to consider putting it out for others to enjoy, but I ran into one issue:
I originally used your button textures and some of your icons from this specific dashboard, thinking I don't need to design my own if only I use it anyway, not knowing I might ever publish it or consider doing so.
Now that I've read you made them yourself I assume you wouldn't be too happy if I just blast them out there under my name, even with attribution on my documentation, so I was wondering if there was some way to either buy some sort of license / buy the needed elements from you or if you'd prefer me to take them out completely (which would be no issue at all, I just wanna make sure before you hate me)
Cheers, Ti
Aha!
OK. I paid for the use of the images and modded them to suit my dashboard.
Not a huge amount of money, but it’s my own time I used, but it’s still work. Lots of GIMP editing!
If you’re going to make regular money from your dashboard, then a credit to me and a percentage would be nice.
If not, then a credit to me and a link back to this thread would be enough.
Either way, it would be great if you’d send me your dashboard so I can have a look and of course if I implement any of your work in my future updates, then I would credit you.
If you want to discuss in more detail in private, I’m on the SimHub Discord server and I think you may be able to message me there.
Hey nigeuk, I really appreciate your work with this dashboard, but I am having some trouble regarding the Engine Start button.
I have already read the discussion and tried all the above solutions, but none seemed to work. I've read that while holding the foot brake, the yellow icon on the dash should disappear, but it doesn't. I've tried restarting both the game and SimHub and reconnecting the Steering wheel to the PC, but any of that made any change. Even if I press the foot brake from the key binded on the keyboard, there is no difference. It is a bit frustrating, because it is the only thing that is not working.
Any help would be much appreciated, thanks in advance
@eder-merino Hi there, which key is your foot brake bound to in the game?
Also, remember that the truck needs to be in Neutral gear AND the Parking Brake needs to be on, or the engine won’t start even if the foot brake is down.
The truck is in neutral and parking brake is engaged.
My foot brake is set as key B in-game, and it is aswell in the controls events SimHub tab
OK.
Is this ETS2 or ATS?
Which Make and model of truck?
How do you normally start the engine using the keyboard?
I (for ignition) then E (for engine). (automatic engine start needs to be off in Settings).
Also please could you post your SimHub controls page?
Which wheel and pedals do you use?
@eder-merino Another thing to check:
1. Start the truck using keyboard (should be I then E).
2. Press your footbrake. (try pedal, then keyboard key)
3. Does the brake light on my dashboard light up in each case?
If not, then there’s a discrepancy with your control assignments.
Ok thanks.
Please can you post an image of your Simhub keyboard emulations page. We just need to check the config is all good there.
Also, please check the following:
Press the Start button on the dash without touching anything else. What happens?
Also, you mentioned that your foot brake is set to key ‘B’, whereas I think parking brake is set to ‘B’ in my manual. Please double check that the keys which are set up in SimHub for the Start button are identical to those in the sim.
ETS2 or ATS?
Which make and model of truck? Add-on truck or scs vanilla?
@nigeuk If I press the Start Button once, Ignition is turned on, as it should, but if I press it again, instead of getting the engine started, I get nothing.
Yes, I have the button B assigned to the footbrake, and parking brake is mapped to the letter P instead. At first, I had the keys binded as in the manual (B for parking brake) and didn't work, but then I thought that it might refer to the foot brake, so I changed it. As I had no luck with it, I changed the bindings again to match the parking brake, so now in SimHub the reference is for the parking brake. Ignition and Start are I and E, as they were defined in the manual, and matching in the game.
As for the game, it's ETS2, with a vanilla truck, Renault T. I also tried different trucks, but non of them worked.
OK thanks.
I’ll look into this in more detail and get back to you.
It will be maybe 10 days before I can investigate further.
It may be something was broken by a SimHub or ETS2 update.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
@nigeuk Thank you. I really appreciate your support and help given. I'll also try something and tell you if it works
@nigeuk What I've noticed is that the footbrake input is only detected once the truck is with the engine running. When there is only ignition on, the brake symbol on the dash is blinking and doesn't detect the input, but once it's on, everything works just fine.
I don't know if it will help you in some way, but I'll leave here just in case.
@eder-merino Thanks. That’s useful. I did manage to recreate that behaviour once in ATS, but never been able to repeat it in ATS or ETS2.
It’s as if the truck has no brakes if the engine isn’t running, which is very weird.
I mainly use the new Actros in ETS2, and have had no issues, but every ETS2 update has so many changes it’s difficult to keep up.
Which wheel and pedals do you use?
I’ll definitely run some tests next week and definitely get back to you here with any findings.