EmoTracker - autotracker-support

Guide to Autotracker Setup (Bizhawk) Bizhawk Prereqs (You need this before you install Bizhawk proper): https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk-Prereqs/releases Bizhawk: https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/releases Note: You specifically need a version of Bizhawk that supports Crowd Control. The currently supported versions of Bizhawk can be found at https://crowdcontrol.live/setup#support. After downloading the emulator: - Open Bizhawk and go to Config > Cores > SNES > BSNES. The autotracker only works with BSNES core. - Go to Config > Customize. In the Advanced tab, set the Lua core to "Lua+Lua Interface." - Restart Bizhawk. This is very important as it reloads the Lua core correctly. - Open Emotracker with a package that supports autotracking. Right click on the robot in the bottom right corner and set it to "Lua," then start the autotracking. (it'll come up yellow, that's ok) - In Bizhawk, go to Tools > Lua Console. Open the script in the Emotracker install directory (probably something like C:\Program Files (x86)\EmoTracker\Connectors\bizhawk\connector.lua) - Run the script. If everything is working correctly, the console will output that the connection was established, and the robot will change to cyan. Leave the Lua console open in the background. - Then it should work. Hopefully. (edited)

3

2

Pinned a message.

So small issue I noticed when I gave it a try earlier. Once I did Lumberjack, a few things, such as one of the 'locations' in Lost woods, unchecked themselves as 'done'

Had you manually cleared them?

22:55

Or did the autotracker clear them?

Autotracker cleared the lost woods one

22:56

if it helps I'll replay the seed to see if it re-occurs and give an exact answer on what happened and what it effects?

Also, just so I know... Emulator or SD2SNES?

BSnes through bizhawk

22:57

Thanks for the report. There have been a few related reports, all on emulator. I will be looking into it over the next couple of days.

no problem at all, I just wanted to make you aware. Thank you for the work you put in on top of all the other stuff within your life that takes time

is there anything i would need to change on the streaming PC to get it to talk to BizHawk?

Whichever PC is running Bizhawk, that will need to have the edited connector.lua loaded

23:03

The streaming PC, with the tracker, should require no changes

its still saying failed to open socket ;/

Make sure you've followed all the directions in the pinned message

23:05

Have you verified that it works with an unmodified connector.lua script on a single PC?

yes

23:05

i did that first and foremost

K. You may want to try making sure that there are no firewall restrictions affecting either app on both PCs. The port in question is 43884.

23:06

Beyond that, unfortunately I haven't run this config myself, so I can't provide much help beyond that.

opened an incoming rule on the streaming pc and an outgoing rule on the gaming pc

If all else fails, and you'd like to run both apps on your gaming PC, then I recommend using NDI to capture the broadcast layout. That will allow the tracker to stream its video (at relatively low cpu usage) to your streaming PC with OBS/Xsplit, etc. As a bonus, you get full transparent capture, with no need for color keying. Details on NDI can be found here: https://emotracker.net/blog/2018/09/13/emotracker_2_1_release_notes/ (edited)

EmoTracker v2.1 Release Notes

The connection was established. Unable to find domain: System Bus, falling back to current Warning: Attempted read 8257696 outside memory domain size of 131072 in readbyterange() NLua.Exceptions.LuaScriptException: [string "main"]:47: bad argument #1 to 'char' (number expected, got nil) this is the message i get when connecting

01:53

and its not tracking

Follow all the directions in the pinned message here

i did

You have missed some steps

01:58

That tells me you are using the wrong core, and I believe the wrong Lua interpreter as well

the robot icon is cyan

01:58

and im using bsnes

The robot connected, but is failing to receive responses

01:58

Because of that exception

do i have to change the core every time i launch bizhawk?

You shouldn’t, so long as your settings are getting saved. (edited)

ok well you were right it was using snes9x or whatever its called

thank you

@EmoSaru fyi, my "manual" bug last night was specifically related to right clicking Zora Ledge

Minor issue, I was playing a standard seed last night and auto-tracker didn't clear the Uncle location when he gave me the hammer. Only other issues I had were due to my user overrides and I got those figured out. Excellent work on this!

I have never worked with lua before I did some quick reading but I am trying to make it work from my gaming pc and connecting it to my stream pc. As of now I know my two computers are mapped and talking correct I am looking into an issue where i am getting a failed to open socket. This happens once I change from localhost to ip or computer name on the network. (edited)

Any chance of everdrive support?

@Spleebie uncle might be being counted as part of hyrule castle dungeon

09:48

that's the only explanation I can think for it not behaving

It was just weird because it cleared the chest near uncle but not uncle himself. First seed I tried with the auto-tracking though, so I'm not sure if it was just a fluke.

I feel like I am being a dummy here but how do I activate NDI?

hum that's odd. well it may just be a fluke, or could be a real bug

I have emotracker active and the broadcast view up then the game running as well.

"failed to.open socket" means the script can't find emotracker. if you're changing the IP of the other computer, it makes sense

yeah I gave up on that one