B-Spec Grinder 2.5.2: Automate Remote Races

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soniae74
Thanks Yonis.
Incidentally, both my old version and the new logged in and ran 1st time.

Also, would it be possible to release a Linux version sometime in the future please?
Many thanks
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Is there a yahoo widgets available for Linux?
 
ABaMD
I tried to search and couldn't find any info, but what's the average accumulation for this method cr or exp / hr or min (roughly)
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Since you can only use one of your own drivers at a time, it depends largely upon how many friends you have running B-Spec Grinder.

I don't have any data for exp (I hit Level 40 a couple of months ago) but with a good setup, people are getting around 3,000,000 Cr. or more per day. I average about 750,000 Cr. per day, since I only have a few friends on PSN who grind regularly.
 
I ran the widget overnight and it looks like it stopped racing after 1 race. :(

The logs show the API was down for maintenance, and then the log fills with this until this morning when I manually forced reauth:

Code: 
2011.05.16 02:59:49.525: Resetting state.  Waiting for 1 minute(s).  Will not reauthenticate.
2011.05.16 03:00:49.986: Server sent bad data.  Retrying.  (Attempt 1)
2011.05.16 03:00:50.578: Server sent bad data.  Retrying.  (Attempt 2)
2011.05.16 03:00:51.148: Server sent bad data.  Retrying.  (Attempt 3)
2011.05.16 03:00:51.150: Could not successfully retrieve data!  Will try reconnecting in 1 minute.

Might want to put something in there where it tries to reauth after failing a few times without.
 
Yonis... with all of the PSN nonsense I feel sort of foolish for asking/mentioning this... but I'm getting a LOT of "temporary server issues". I'm using 2.5, and the US servers appear to be fine currently?

I've just been restarting the app every race since it will doesnt run consecutively without getting the TSE.

Thanks.
 
EivlEvo
Yonis... with all of the PSN nonsense I feel sort of foolish for asking/mentioning this... but I'm getting a LOT of "temporary server issues". I'm using 2.5, and the US servers appear to be fine currently?

I've just been restarting the app every race since it will doesnt run consecutively without getting the TSE.

Thanks.
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If you have issues like that, it might be best to either take the PS3 out of standby or start a race via gran-turismo.com. I had the same issue and by restarting the feed it worked fine and its worked fine for the past 3 hours now.
 
Not sure if it's due to the outage or what, but it told me to report it here, so i did :)
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There's a really large difference in the payout of the races (Le Sarthe pays double what Laguna Seca does). There used to be info on how to change the grinder to always use a particular race in the first post, but I think that's gone now. Below, I've tried my best to recreate the discussion about this the best I can.

To open the widget's "debug" mode.

soniae74
Sounds correct to me:
  • Close the grinder
  • Leave the Yahoo Widget running
  • Hold CTRL + Shift then right-click the Yahoo Widget taskbar icon
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  • Select 'Debug Mode'
  • Start the grinder
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What to enter in debug mode to change the race that will always be run with the widget from random to a particular race.

charule
got a ? about picking the race ID

this is what it says in post 1:
"Adds a hidden setting which lets you pick which race ID you want to use.

Put preferences.preferredRace.value = id; in the debug window, where id is the ID of the race you want to run.
Here is a list of race IDs.
Race IDs can be found in the source of the Remote Race page where you're selecting an event.
To clear the setting, use preferences.preferredRace.value = 0; in the debug window."

So since there is no debug window anymore I have to enable logging and put the preferences.preferredRace.value = id (5569 for US leman right?) in there?
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You must enter the correct code by race you want to run, and the country your PSN account is on. List of codes by race and country.

Halvstein420
Thanks! This will help a lot money wise, after what PD did with the 1.07 update.

EDIT:

Remote Race Country Codes: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc...NkMEdweGZUelc0VWc&hl=en&authkey=CKaL11E#gid=0

Put "preferences.preferredRace.value = id;" in the debug window, where id is the ID of the race you want to run.
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The id code for Le Sarthe 2009 (The highest payout race in Credits and XP) in the US is 5569. But it varies by country.

I think the above quotes are correct, but I don't know for sure. I only did this once about 2 months ago. But doing this should provide widget users with credits and experience at a much faster pace than the default random setting.
 
WakeStriker
There's a really large difference in the payout of the races (Le Sarthe pays double what Laguna Seca does). There used to be info on how to change the grinder to always use a particular race in the first post, but I think that's gone now. Below, I've tried my best to recreate the discussion about this the best I can.

To open the widget's "debug" mode.



What to enter in debug mode to change the race that will always be run with the widget from random to a particular race.




You must enter the correct code by race you want to run, and the country your PSN account is on. List of codes by race and country.



The id code for Le Sarthe 2009 (The highest payout race in Credits and XP) in the US is 5569. But it varies by country.

I think the above quotes are correct, but I don't know for sure. I only did this once about 2 months ago. But doing this should provide widget users with credits and experience at a much faster pace than the default random setting.
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I just tried this and it seems to not be working right now. I opened up the debug window and entered the text "preferences.preferredRace.value = 5569" and then saved the changes and closed the debug window.

Are there additional instructions I missed somewhere?
 
SmileyOr1
I just tried this and it seems to not be working right now. I opened up the debug window and entered the text "preferences.preferredRace.value = 5569" and then saved the changes and closed the debug window.

Are there additional instructions I missed somewhere?
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I'd be interested in this as well...
 
Hi Guys,

Can any one give me a tip, of my problem?

In home I can run the widget 2.5, but my friends all disappear, but in my PC at work with widget 2.5 all my friends are there ?!?!?, What happen?

I really appreciate some help :D

I already log in PSN, and eu.gran-turismo site in both PC's

Thanks
 
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GT_TTIME
Hi Guys,

Can any one give me a tip, of my problem?

In home I can run the widget 2.5, but my friends all disappear, but in my PC at work with widget 2.5 all my friends are there ?!?!?, What happen?

I really appreciate some help :D

Thanks
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U tried loggin out from gt website at home ? I had the same had to log out and in on the gran turismo site and then i got all my friends
 
lol! I set an alarm on my iPhone to remind me to shut it off before I leave work so I can restart at home if needed. Glad I did this as I wan't sure it would matter.

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Mine seem to keep getting stuck at "Starting Race". Even if I do force reauth, it stays there. Last log entry is about reserving a driver and no entries for the last 15 minutes.
 
SmileyOr1
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I just tried this and it seems to not be working right now. I opened up the debug window and entered the text "preferences.preferredRace.value = 5569" and then saved the changes and closed the debug window.
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EivlEvo
Are there additional instructions I missed somewhere?
I'd be interested in this as well...
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close widjet reopen with debug window set preferences.preferredRace.value = 5569 hit return leave the debug window open start automatic race and should be OK
remember fill with your correct country code.
You can have the list https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlUzlPRmcOM1dEdFeUVWMzFvRXNkMEdweGZUelc0VWc&hl=en&authkey=CKaL11E#gid=0
 
Not sure what's going on but something's not right.

I have a race running now with just 3 drivers despite having 9 friends in 'Always use' all of which have 6 Bobs. The widget is set to leave just 1 free and one of those 'friends' is my own alt which nobody else has as a friend so all 6 Bobs will be free and available.

Shenanigans! :odd:
 
Ran it all day yesterday okay, but just tried switching it on and its saying 'Failed to connect to Sony servers'. Going via the official GT site and trying the remote races there, it all works!

I hope they haven't blocked it :crazy:
 
I actually get a site maintenance notice through the official GT5 website, trying to log in. The widget, however, is still running fine for me, presumably because I logged in prior to the maintenance.
 
I'm getting the server maintenance window on the website too. Perhaps it's overloaded. Does the widget spam clicks until it gets a response? (I have no idea how it works) if its sending to many commands it might slow down the servers.
 
The widget is not working for me. The gt website itself does work. So i'm using that at the moment.

I only have 2 friends on psn at the moment so i can race with a lot more bobs. My psn name is alwin22
 
SgtWhitten
I'm getting the server maintenance window on the website too. Perhaps it's overloaded. Does the widget spam clicks until it gets a response? (I have no idea how it works) if its sending to many commands it might slow down the servers.
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I go via the us site login - maybe that's why I can RR the official way but not via the grinder.

Looking at the logs the grinder produces, it tries once per minute so overload can't be the issue **worried face**
 
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Ahh great, good to hear its every minute. It should be running ok, maybe theres an incoming update that requires server maintenance.... start speculating now...

People have been reporting that they cant enter races online either so it's not just Bspec, looks like its across the GT5 network.
 

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