Thread: NextGen Speedcams in France

Originally Posted by osiris4isis

Yep, those are definitely speed alerts. Are the alert data from *.txt or *.spc? And that "rare" proggy version you're using is fully cracked?

From SCDB *.txt And presumably fully cracked, originally downloaded from GPS Power, but now I can't find the original post.

No need to get it. Alert data is not protected if from *.txt so it should work. I'm currently perplexed about the problem. It seems to be very discriminating (only for France) and half-and-half (shown on map but doesn't activate) It's not a skin problem (you said none was used)
Ok, do this test, see if France .spc works (you might have to restore the hva settings) If "dangerous zone" alert works from .spc then it's proggy problem.

Restored all of the HVA code that I had modified in the last few days in an attempt to get the speed camera warnings in France working.

Commented out this entry in igo_nextgen.ini in data.zip:

[speedcam.disabled_countries]
;_FRA=1,2,3,4,5,11,7
;_SUI=1,2,3,4,5,11,7

Also included the following entries in sys.txt:

[hva]
hva_countries=""

[warning.hva]
dangerous_zone_enabled=0
dangerous_zone_warn_type=0

Success !!! Using a GPS simulator, since I'm not in France at the moment, all of the speed cameras are now giving both audible and visual warnings whilst approaching.

This result will need to be confirmed when I go back to France with actual GPS data rather than simulated GPS data, although I feel sure that it will be.

Many thanks for all of the input and assistance.

Originally Posted by linknet

Success !!! Using a GPS simulator, since I'm not in France at the moment, all of the speed cameras are now giving both audible and visual warnings whilst approaching.

I assumed you used external GPS simulator since proggy simulator will not activate any speedcam alerts. Only real driving will.
What was the problem? BTW, I don't think hva has anything to do with *.txt, so you can remove those entries in sys.txt

Used Android App "Mock Simulator" to simulate the routes. With hva disabled alerts work fine, with hva enabled no alerts at all. Tested this several times with hva both disabled and then enabled.

In any case there is no way that I want hva warnings, just another annoying feature dreamt up by the French Government.


Edit: See following post for more details.

Originally Posted by osiris4isis

BTW, I don't think hva has anything to do with...

When enabled, and in France, the HVA setting replaces the "Speed Camera Types" menu option with the "Dangerous Zone" option as can be seen from the screenshots. Of course this is only a menu option, but with the test results I have obtained the program must also be using the HVA setting to enable dangerous zones and disable speed camera warnings irrespective of the [speedcam.disabled_countries] setting.

Spoiler: There is a definite difference between the result with this modification of Speedcam.zip:

sc_IsInHVACountry(pos) = function()
local hva_countries = sc_GetSysEntry("hva", "hva_countries", "")

Spoiler: And the result of disabling HVA by using this entry in sys.txt which appears to be used by the program itself:

[hva]
hva_countries=""

Only by disabling HVA by the second method in sys.txt do I get audible and visual speed camera warnings in France.



This is with HVA disabled in France showing the normal 'Speed Camera Types' menu option:

Spoiler: screenshot

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This is with HVA enabled in France showing the substituted 'Dangerous Zone' menu option:

Spoiler: screenshot

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Originally Posted by linknet

When enabled, and in France, the HVA setting replaces the "Speed Camera Types" menu option with the "Dangerous Zone" option as can be seen from the screenshots. Of course this is only a menu option, but with the test results I have obtained the program must also be using the HVA setting to enable dangerous zones and disable speed camera warnings irrespective of the [speedcam.disabled_countries] setting...

HVA is just an alert type of "Dangerous Zone", which when enabled AND there are data in *.txt or *.spc will show and triggered that alert type.
But I find it odd that your proggy showed Speed Camera alerts but doesn't triggered it; so I look at source code and it would seem the triggering mechanism is "provided" differently for Speedcam vs HVA. Furthermore, the triggering is not coupled with the displaying of the alerts. This is why you get a "half-and-half" situation.

Originally Posted by Hayrick

The version of iGO I use is the July17 one

Is this iGO Primo or iGO Nextgen ?

Originally Posted by Hayrick

Hey presto, everything works.

Have you actually tried this whilst in France and did you get speed camera warnings ?