v21.10.01 Discussion Thread

Sim-plicity Dev

Unfortunately, we've had to divert development resource elsewhere to combat component shortages. Once these projects are delivered, the firmware release cycle will resume

Scoops

@sim-plicity-dev glad to here this hasn’t been dropped. Traffic on this forum has dropped which was a bit of a worry.

Sim-plicity Dev

@scoops

We did a ton of work last year based on components that have been unavailable for most of this year. We are now having to redo all that work for the components we have been able to secure in addition to building out our own SMT assembly line to eliminate our reliance on external stockholdings.

Fortunately, we are at the tail end of that process and will shortly begin to introduce some interesting developments.

Scoops

@sim-plicity-dev good to hear

thedozyone

@sim-plicity-dev

Is there any update on the firmware release. I noticed that you were also looking at Linux which for me isn't of interest but some development on the current platform would be good.

Thanks!

thedozyone

@Sim-plicity-Dev

Has development now stopped on the firmware?

Thanks

Mark

Sim-plicity Dev

@thedozyone

Not at all. All "new feature" development is being queued pending the hardware platform release referenced above.

Bug fixes are being handled within the 21.07.xx development stream

loermansa

@Sim-plicity-Dev
Any news? Progress updates? Plans? When writing this post the forum showed me this warning:

Which is ironic, really.

Regards,

Arjan

Pablo_uk

@loermansa it has gone very quiet

loermansa

@Pablo_uk
I don't mind waiting and I like buying stuff from smaller independant companies. But I do think that for the amount of money we pay, we are entitled to a little more feedback from the company. The software has hardly changed since I bought my wheelbase over 2 years ago, except for minor bugfixes. Promises about updates and timeframes have been made and broken.

Meanwhile most other wheels have a more complete software ecosystem, like a way to launch games with automatic profiles, a nice GUI with clear (less technical) description of the settings, a way to test forces and changes from inside the settings.

thedozyone

@Sim-plicity-Dev said in v21.10.01 Discussion Thread:

@thedozyone

Not at all. All "new feature" development is being queued pending the hardware platform release referenced above.

Bug fixes are being handled within the 21.07.xx development stream

@Sim-plicity-Dev

Any updates on this, it's gone very quiet I know you said about moving dev around but that was a while ago

loermansa

It;'s very quiet. Could @Sim-plicity-Dev give something of an update about what's being worked on, what's in the pipeline and if there is any timeline?

thedozyone

@thedozyone said in v21.10.01 Discussion Thread:

@Sim-plicity-Dev said in v21.10.01 Discussion Thread:

@thedozyone

Not at all. All "new feature" development is being queued pending the hardware platform release referenced above.

Bug fixes are being handled within the 21.07.xx development stream

@Sim-plicity-Dev

Any updates on this, it's gone very quiet I know you said about moving dev around but that was a while ago

@Sim-plicity-Dev @Sim-plicity_Admin

Is this forum dead now? No further development????

There's been nothing for a long time, would be nice for an update.

loermansa

I'll keep asking until someone replies; @Sim-plicity-Dev / @Sim-plicity_Admin ; no updates?

The latest alpha firmware is 21.07.02 and is from Nov 21, 2021
The latest beta firmware is 21.07.04 and is from Jan 31, 2022
The latest stable firmware is 21.07.05 and is from Aug 17, 2022

The alpha branch is the oldest and the stable branch is the most recent, but hasn't been updated since august 17th 2022. That's over a year without any activity or updates whatsoever. Am I missing something?

Is there a way to run the control electronics on open source drivers? Like from the OSW project?

Regards,

Arjan

loermansa

@loermansa Replying to myself; still nothing from @Sim-plicity-Dev @Sim-plicity_Admin. I've asked them via their support email address and haven't gotten a reply.

Regards,

Arjan

lokcy

@loermansa hi, oh well, that means no firmware update for wrc ea..:(

thedozyone

@lokcy @Sim-plicity-Dev / @Sim-plicity_Admin

I don't think anyone is doing any development on the product now. It seems that nobody has replied in a long time!

I mean to be fair the product is fairly faultless but some updates would be nice as it still has the odd niggle.

loermansa

@thedozyone I disagree with you. I've spent a considerable amount of money on them in the understanding that it would be supported for a long time. The hardware is indeed fairly faultless (I really love it), but the software leaves a lot to be desired. Just look at the offerings of other suppliers; a more intuitive (and better looking) UI, software that is signed to work in Windows (it's a 'fingers crossed' affair right now), better working profiles with a games launcher, and then there's the (lack of) support for future titles if nothing is updated.

I love buying stuff from smaller companies and supporting them, but their lack of cummunication and updates leaves me wondering if it was a smart move.

Does anybody follow their Facebook group? I don't use FB but perhaps they're sharing information there.

thedozyone

@loermansa

That's fine for you to disagree, I too made a considerable purchase (I purchased mine around 2020 at the covid price increase) I just think maybe someone needs to take a look.

For me it would be nice for a better UI but it's not a showstopper for me.

I'm on the FB group but don't think there's anything extra up there. I will try pinging them a message there.

loermansa

@thedozyone I purchased my SW20 V3 in march 2021 and I agree to some extent that its not a showstopper if the UI doesn't improve. As long as the base performs as it should. But without updates its only a matter of time before something stops working.

Thank you for checking the Facebook group. Pitty that communications is silent there also...