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B-Spec Grinder 2.5.2: Automate Remote Races
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Well I culled some "GT planet friends" that weren't doing any remote racing, so hopefully this will help to load more drivers of you hardcore remote racing guys that have been running my bobs so much! 
Also, I sent you a small donation, Yonis, and if this makes it onto an Android app, I'll gladly donate again! 👍
Also, I sent you a small donation, Yonis, and if this makes it onto an Android app, I'll gladly donate again! 👍
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Awesome work! Using it now, working well.
It appears the issue is with the Free Up X Drivers. As soon as I set it to Free Up 1 Driver it fails with the error message below:
03/03/11 18:02:29.487: Race has started.
03/03/11 18:09:38.868: There's nobody to race!
03/03/11 18:09:41.964: ###############Server sent bad data. Retrying. (Attempt 1)
03/03/11 18:09:43.083: ###############Server sent bad data. Retrying. (Attempt 2)
03/03/11 18:09:44.739: ###############Server sent bad data. Retrying. (Attempt 3)
03/03/11 18:09:44.761: ###############Could not successfully retrieve data! Will try reconnecting in 1 minute.
03/03/11 18:09:44.836: Resetting state. Waiting for 1 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
The options for CONFIG.activeDriverCount = CONFIG.queueCount = 0 and the Race Length options don't appear to have any adverse effects.
Thanks for looking into it.
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- yonis
You're at least the second person to see this, so it's definitely a problem now. I have an idea, but I don't know if it's correct. Maybe Sony's servers are trying to redirect you to a server outside of the domains I've defined outside of my sandbox.
I'm going to put in an alert which tells you where the Widget is trying to redirect to if it's outside of the four domains I've specified in my security manifest.
For the record, when I received this exact popup, I was not running any other widgets.
On the plus side, my widget ran all night last night without any errors. 👍
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Time for a status update!
THE WIDGET IS VERY SLOW TO START RACES.
Heard you loud and clear. I just finished writing a queuing system which will let me start running 4 requests at a time again. This will be in the next version.
I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN IT'S LOADING/SELECTING DRIVERS.
A major rewrite is happening in this area which will hopefully make this not only more stable but much faster. The next version will still pick randomly from your friends, but it will not discriminate between friends based on their driver count; each friend will have an equal chance of having their drivers raced as long as they have more available drivers than your "free up" preference.
I WANT TO SPECIFY A SET OF FRIENDS TO FAVOR OVER THE REST OF MY LIST.
I want this too. This won't be in the directly upcoming version, but I'm laying the groundwork for this feature as part of the rewrite of the piece of the Widget I've mentioned in the previous section.
I WANT TO SEE A LOG OF RACES TO MONITOR HOW THE WIDGET IS PROGRESSING.
I want this too. Again, this won't be in the next version, but it is planned, and I will do it right. In the meantime, you can open the Debug Window using the instructions in the first post on this thread. It's janky, but it will do the job for now.
THERE'S A SECURITY ERROR POPPING UP SAYING THAT THE WIDGET ATTEMPTED AN UNAUTHORIZED ACTION.
I'm taking this very seriously. The problem is very likely that the Widget is trying to access a URL that is not defined in my security manifest and so it's freaking out. My guess is that Sony's servers are redirecting the Widget to a domain that I was not expecting. I'm putting an alert in which will intercept this, and tell you exactly where the Widget been told to go BEFORE the security error appears. If you have the debug window open, it will also dump the Widget's current configuration to it so you can copy it. This alert will be in the very next version.
THE WIDGET IS VERY SLOW TO START RACES.
Heard you loud and clear. I just finished writing a queuing system which will let me start running 4 requests at a time again. This will be in the next version.
I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN IT'S LOADING/SELECTING DRIVERS.
A major rewrite is happening in this area which will hopefully make this not only more stable but much faster. The next version will still pick randomly from your friends, but it will not discriminate between friends based on their driver count; each friend will have an equal chance of having their drivers raced as long as they have more available drivers than your "free up" preference.
I WANT TO SPECIFY A SET OF FRIENDS TO FAVOR OVER THE REST OF MY LIST.
I want this too. This won't be in the directly upcoming version, but I'm laying the groundwork for this feature as part of the rewrite of the piece of the Widget I've mentioned in the previous section.
I WANT TO SEE A LOG OF RACES TO MONITOR HOW THE WIDGET IS PROGRESSING.
I want this too. Again, this won't be in the next version, but it is planned, and I will do it right. In the meantime, you can open the Debug Window using the instructions in the first post on this thread. It's janky, but it will do the job for now.
THERE'S A SECURITY ERROR POPPING UP SAYING THAT THE WIDGET ATTEMPTED AN UNAUTHORIZED ACTION.
I'm taking this very seriously. The problem is very likely that the Widget is trying to access a URL that is not defined in my security manifest and so it's freaking out. My guess is that Sony's servers are redirecting the Widget to a domain that I was not expecting. I'm putting an alert in which will intercept this, and tell you exactly where the Widget been told to go BEFORE the security error appears. If you have the debug window open, it will also dump the Widget's current configuration to it so you can copy it. This alert will be in the very next version.
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Thank you very much, yonis, for this widget 
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I have 2 questions, Yonis. I started noticing a loss of performance from my home wireless network (my PS3 is connected wireless). I suspect that the widget is gobbling up the resources. Anyone else notice this? Do you think it's the widget, Yonis?
In trying to figure out what was causing the issue, I did a control-alt-delete to examine what was going on in my computer and saw that there are three B-Spec Grind widgets running. Not one, three. Is that normal? Why?
In trying to figure out what was causing the issue, I did a control-alt-delete to examine what was going on in my computer and saw that there are three B-Spec Grind widgets running. Not one, three. Is that normal? Why?
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Hey Yonis I'm having a problem where the widget is failing to connect to Sony servers after the 1st race completes. I've reloaded it and it works through one race again, but then fails to connect and the widget has me click to reconnect.
This isn't a real big issue if I'm at the computer, but I run the widget mainly when I'm at work/school, so in all reality I'm not getting any races hosted. Any idea why this may be happening? My connection is up etc.
This isn't a real big issue if I'm at the computer, but I run the widget mainly when I'm at work/school, so in all reality I'm not getting any races hosted. Any idea why this may be happening? My connection is up etc.
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Hello Yonis,
I was having problems with the widget. Uninstalled the widget and the yahoo widget launcher. I wanted to do a clean install of both. However, When I reinstalled everything, It kept all my settings. How do I completely remove the widget so it looks like a fresh install.
Thanks
I was having problems with the widget. Uninstalled the widget and the yahoo widget launcher. I wanted to do a clean install of both. However, When I reinstalled everything, It kept all my settings. How do I completely remove the widget so it looks like a fresh install.
Thanks
Slight issue with credits.
V.1 of widget.
Used the widget, all fine. Closed widget. Purchased some cars, thus reducing my credit on GT5. Re-ran widget but credits in top right corner of widget have not changed - it's still showing the old toatal prior to purchases.
Is this fixable locally?
Thanks
V.1 of widget.
Used the widget, all fine. Closed widget. Purchased some cars, thus reducing my credit on GT5. Re-ran widget but credits in top right corner of widget have not changed - it's still showing the old toatal prior to purchases.
Is this fixable locally?
Thanks
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Basically, PD/Sony/GT5 remote races are being hosted by a 3rd party company... The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, to name one.
The redirection to another URL that Yonis spoke of is most likely a normal redirect. I'm guessing that they are load balancing all the data requests between several physical and virtual servers. I'm no expert on the subject, but it stands to reason if one of these servers doesn't "hand-off" to another server cleanly, it can cause issues with connectivity.
This is further complicated by the fact that your PS3 is also part of this computing cloud. When you have your PS3 in remote server mode, it is connecting to this server cluster to report game status and outcome. This brings in yet another layer where instability can cause issues since the traffic between your PS3 and the server cluster is subject to the same problems as any other internet traffic.
The remote racing is a far more complicated scenario than the interface suggests.
The redirection to another URL that Yonis spoke of is most likely a normal redirect. I'm guessing that they are load balancing all the data requests between several physical and virtual servers. I'm no expert on the subject, but it stands to reason if one of these servers doesn't "hand-off" to another server cleanly, it can cause issues with connectivity.
This is further complicated by the fact that your PS3 is also part of this computing cloud. When you have your PS3 in remote server mode, it is connecting to this server cluster to report game status and outcome. This brings in yet another layer where instability can cause issues since the traffic between your PS3 and the server cluster is subject to the same problems as any other internet traffic.
The remote racing is a far more complicated scenario than the interface suggests.
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03/03/11 11:59:16.874: API is down for maintenence. Will refresh in 5 minutes.
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03/03/11 12:06:09.452: Failed to connect to Sony's servers. Make sure your computer can connect to the following addresses:
store.playstation.com
www.gran-turismo.com
eu.gran-turismo.com
us.gran-turismo.com
03/03/11 12:06:09.452: Resetting state. Waiting for 0.25 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
03/03/11 12:06:37.796: RAW STATUS: Racing.
03/03/11 12:08:42.155: Race has started.
Hi Yonis,
I am sure this is nothing to do with the widget, but it might be of some interest to you. The widget did try to restart several times before being succesful.
Thank you again for a great Widget
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03/03/11 12:06:09.452: Failed to connect to Sony's servers. Make sure your computer can connect to the following addresses:
store.playstation.com
www.gran-turismo.com
eu.gran-turismo.com
us.gran-turismo.com
03/03/11 12:06:09.452: Resetting state. Waiting for 0.25 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
03/03/11 12:06:37.796: RAW STATUS: Racing.
03/03/11 12:08:42.155: Race has started.
Hi Yonis,
I am sure this is nothing to do with the widget, but it might be of some interest to you. The widget did try to restart several times before being succesful.
Thank you again for a great Widget
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03/03/11 11:59:16.874: API is down for maintenence. Will refresh in 5 minutes.
...
03/03/11 12:06:09.452: Failed to connect to Sony's servers. Make sure your computer can connect to the following addresses:
store.playstation.com
www.gran-turismo.com
eu.gran-turismo.com
us.gran-turismo.com
03/03/11 12:06:09.452: Resetting state. Waiting for 0.25 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
03/03/11 12:06:37.796: RAW STATUS: Racing.
03/03/11 12:08:42.155: Race has started.
Hi Yonis,
I am sure this is nothing to do with the widget, but it might be of some interest to you. The widget did try to restart several times before being succesful.
Thank you again for a great Widget
Getting this as well.
I have this Error msg every time i try to start the widget can someone give me a solution?
Failed to connect to Sony's servers. Make sure your computer can connect to the following addresses:
store.playstation.com
www.gran-turismo.com
eu.gran-turismo.com
us.gran-turismo.com
Failed to connect to Sony's servers. Make sure your computer can connect to the following addresses:
store.playstation.com
www.gran-turismo.com
eu.gran-turismo.com
us.gran-turismo.com
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