DOF Reality M2 Manual

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During initial assembly don’t tight bolts completely, do it at the end. First you need to assemble
full frame and fight screws and bolts after.
The following arrow highlights the spot on the diagram or details that you need to pay extra
attention:
If you use a flight simulator, then in the settings Axis Assignments - instead Extra1 (Traction
Loss) must be used Yaw effect
Please check and if needed put back the motors power and sensors plugs as they were to match
the colors. This is very important. Never change wiring. Mixed of colors in connectors can damage the
motors and platform controllers. If you think that you need to reverse one or more motors, do it in
SimTools software.
Don’t put ANY controllers on the platform before it is completely tested and proven to be
working as desired. After assembly attach the seat only. Nothing extra. When you ensure proper
behavior start adding controllers one by one, doing movement tests with person seating at the pilot seat
after implementing each new add on to platform weight.

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4. Software installation
Please check and if needed put back the motors power and sensors plugs as they were to match the colors. This
is very important. Never change wiring. Mixed of colors in connectors can damage the motors and platform
controllers. If you think that you need to reverse one or more motors, do it in SimTools software.
Follow this video guide to set up all you need in 5 min https://youtu.be/6V7hxBXzaLE
a) you will need this setup file http://dofreality.com/DOFREALITYSetup.exe
b) run Games Plugins updater http://dofreality.com/DOFRealityPluginsUpdater.exe
there are no viruses or anything harmful in this file, but sometimes antivirus is too aggressive and
prevent you to run it and if you can’t even do it with the exception download this file
https://dofreality.com/AllPlugins.zip and drag and drop this zip file to the SimTools Plugin
Updater. This file gets automatically updated every day with all latest released plugins and their
versions, so if you need new plugin version or new plugin for recently released game redownload
the file and drag it to the Updater.
c) Enable auto start –open Game Engine -> Tools and Check Start with Windows
You can get suggested presets settings for popular games from here:
https://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/dof-reality-platforms-presets-profiles-and-tips.11273
When all is moving and working, and you mounted all your game controllers on the platform it is perfect time to
Balance it. It is very important and crucial steep to get best performance and lifespan from your platform.
To check the balance, disconnect both front motors arms. get one
or two strong friends to help you. Ask them to hold your seat from
the back left and right while you are getting in seat.
When you in the seat at your usual pilot posture. platform should
be almost perfectly balanced (not diving to the front and not to
the left) so it is easy to hold it for your friends and it is leveled
with minimal effort. The goal is for you to move seat and other
parts to the COG balance point described above. The better you balance it the better and longer it will perform.
You might find advice online to balance it with counterweight. This is strongly not advisable as making better
balance you add unnecessary weight for the motors to lift and momentum to fight with while changing
directions. The best counter balance is you own weight. When you are done you can put motor arms back and
check the performance.
For some games such as Dirt 3, during patching you need to provide path to the game folder inside your
windows Documents folder, not the actual game installation folder. You can check the specifics of the game
plugin installation details at: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/marketplace/categories/game-plugins.2/
For more SimTools settings understanding watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m76rkAmur_k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkWuMlL9Gz0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2cybJHNUAU and check https://youtu.be/gz8i9lYWZcY?t=418
For the SimTools updates, Video Ride Creator, Video Ride Recorder, Video Ride Player, Game Vibe (control your
shakers and bud kickers) and others use this official download page: https://simtools.us/downloads-links/

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VR
You can use any VR headset. We have different ways to provide motion Compensation cancellation. In some
articles you may find two terms - motion Compensation and motion Cancellation used to describe the same
goal. However, motion Compensation is the proper term to define the actions to compensate the head
movements caused by motion simulator so it doesn’t affect the players view. You can use any VR set with or
without the external reference tracking camera like (Rift or Vive). We have many users reporting better results
when camera(s) mounted in front of the platform making sure it is always visible from any helmet location.
We include mounts for Oculus as Vive is easy to mount on the top of the seat
Oculus VR Motion Cancellation https://dofreality.com/OpenVR.pdf
HTC Vive - Vive Pro VR Motion Cancellation Setup Guide https://dofreality.com/HTCMotionCancellation.pdf
Another Vive option: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPmo5kmk5CY .
VR Motion Cancellation on motion platforms details:
https://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/vr-motion-cancellation-time-to-test.10241/page-22#post-160590
https://www.xsimulator.net/community/attachments/htc-vive-vive-pro-vr-motion-cancellation-setup-guide-pdf.53774/
https://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/htc-vive-vive-pro-vr-motion-cancellation-setup-guide.311/
Depending on where your camera is placed (On or off rig) you may encounter the image inside the HMD (Head
Mounted Display) "Jumping around". This is due to the camera and the headset working against each other as
the hardware is not designed for use in motion platforms. There are a few ways to resolve the problem,
however none are ideal nor official.
Method 1.
Attach the camera on the rig and blinding the camera (cover it with something). This disables the 3D
tracking preventing the camera at jumping around in game. This method also disables the rotation
tracking meaning, if the simulator turns 90degrees IRL, you will have to turn your head 90degrees to
look forward in game. That is why we suggest limit Yaw/Extra1 to 5 - 10% making the rotation just
enough for you to feel but you will not notice having to turn your head to look forward in game.
Method 2.
Placing the camera off rig. this will yeld the same results as above, however you are able to get off the
rig and move around (also in game). You might move slightly around ingame depending on the settings
of the simulator.
Method 3.
Placing the camera on rig. If you wish to place the camera on rig and you do not wish to blind it to get
the full experience, you might need to turn down movement on the simulator to a rather low setting.
This will minimize the "hopping" and will give you a smooth experience with the HMD.
Some customers prefer it on the platform, some off. You need to try and choose the one that suits you best.

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Only if you still have issues with software installation and settings, so you still can’t get
platform working follow the instructions in this chapter:
If you have issues with this installation, follow this manual setup guide https://youtu.be/EfJej9J1usw
4.1 Plug in the USB cable to PC
4.2 Install the following driver: http://dofreality.com/drivers.zip
4.3 Check that you get a COM port installed in windows Device Manager. This will help you properly
setup Simtools GameEngine later. Please note the COM port number
4.4 Download the latest version of SimTools from https://simtools.us/downloads-links/

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4.5 Install it
Make sure you choose “Full Installation”.
4.6 Open SimTools registration and register your copy of SimTools with the license key sent
to you over e-mail. For registration always use our email [e-mail], not your
personal one.
4.7 Download latest file https://dofreality.com/AllPlugins.zip and drag and drop
this zip file to the SimTools Plugin Updater.
This file gets automatically updated every day with all latest released plugins and
their versions, so if you need new plugin version or new plugin for recently
released game redownload the file and drag it to the Updater..
4.11 Download DOF Reality Presets http://dofreality.com/Presets.zip
4.12 Run Simtools GameEngine from the start menu. This is the main tool to do all needed
configuration.