GT Bike V 0.3.0.2
Description:
GTBikeV is a mod for GTA V that turns a Smart Bike Trainer, or cycling power meter, into the game controller, making your game time actual training time.
You’ll have a cycling workout immersed in the GTA V world environment.
The mod features a library that listens to the ANT+ wireless protocol signal from an ANT+ FE-C compatible trainer (Tacx, Wahoo, Elite, Bkool, Kinetic, Saris, etc…) or a Power meter, reads the speed and applies it to the vehicle your character is riding during the game. It reads the incline of the terrain, the roughness (material) and the wind in the game and sends all that information to the smart trainer so it can reproduce the hardness of the terrain you are actually riding.
The mod records your training into a FIT file, accompanied with periodic screenshots, that you can later upload to Strava or your favorite training app to track your progress. The FIT file is complete with fake GPS location to make your virtual training more realistic. A new fit file is created when you start moving after activating the mod and every time you change to a new course. The files are stored in the user data directory for GTA V, usually located at “My Documents/Rockstar Games/GTA V”
The mod by default spans a road bicycle and dresses your character with biking clothes.
As using your keyboard while riding the real bike is difficult, the mod features a course reader which auto drives you around Los Santos following
different routes of various difficulty levels. If auto drive is selected but no course is loaded, the character will roam freely around the map (be warned, that could lead you to some serious uphills). Auto driving uses the best driving skill level available in the game so you are not likely to hit anything, but you still can be ran over when driving in the freeways with heavy traffic. The mod will try to recover from that without needing you to use the keyboard.
If auto drive is not enabled, the vehicle can be controlled with the usual steering keys or with a game pad controller.
Some settings can be controlled from an ini file, including the bike model spawn on start, the scale of the slopes (the game present unrealistic slopes way harder than the real life equivalents), and the real world GPS coordinates of 0,0 in Los Santos map that are used to map the location for the FIT file.
Warning: this mod requires actual PHYSICAL EXCERSISE to be meaningful.
Remember mods only work in Story Mode, not in GTA V online
Requirements:
Hardware:
Smart trainer ANT+ FE-C compatible or ANT+ Cycling Power Meter
A bicycle compatible with your smart trainer
ANT+ dongle for your PC to communicate with the trainer
Software:
Most recent version of GTA V. This mod gets updated as soon as the updated Scripthook is available.
Alexander Blade’s ScripthookV
ScripHooktVDotnet V3.0.x
My ANT+ communication DLL (included in the package)
Guad’s NativeUI V1.9 (included in the package)
Newtonsoft json encoder/decoder DLL (included in the package)
If you don’t have them already, you also need :
Microsoft .net framework 4.5.2 or above ( http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42643 )
Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2015 ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53840 )
Installation instructions:
Copy ScripthookV.dll, ScriptHookVDotNet.dll in the GTA V installation directory. If you don’t have a scripts directory, create one and place there GTBikeV.dll, ANT_Receiver.dll, NativeUI.dll and NewtonSoft.Json.dll along with the rest of the contents of the scripts folder contained in the ZIP file.
If you want the routes available you should copy the route files (.json) to the user data directory usually located at My Documents/Rockstar Games/GTA V/ModSettings
If you don’t copy the ini file provided a new one with default values will be created in that same directory the first time you execute the mod .
Usage instructions:
Open the mod menu using F5 key.
Select the first option to activate the mod and initialize comunications with the trainer
Select the second option to toggle autodrive
Use the third option to select the desired route
Available Routes
Tour of Los Santos, close to 30 Km rolling terrain
Los santos hills, around 16 Km, hillyvterrain
Alamo sea, 10 Km, mostly flat, half of it gravel
The tourist, 17Km visit to the highlights of beautiful Los santos
Palomino heights
If you want to contribute with your own routes you can create them following the json scheme you’ll find in the included ones. Ping me on the comments to include them in future releases.
Contact and community
A fan driven facebook group has been created for solving your problems and troubleshooting your set up. It’s filled with ideas, answers and mod combination suggestions.
Acknowledgements:
Guad for NativeUI and all the forum posts about driving styles and of course Alexander Blade for ScriptHookV and Crosire for ScriptHookDotNet
Change log
V 0.3.0.2
– Mayor overhaul of ANT library
– Implements ANT+ Power Sensor. Can be combined with FE-C
– Implements ANT+ Heart Rate sensor. Stores the information in the FIT file and relays the display with cadence
– Implements ANT+ Cadence Sensor. If present, cadence from the cadence sensor is preferred, then power sensor cadence and finally trainer cadence
– Implements ANT+ Road feel for Tacx Neo trainers. Can be disabled in the ini file
– Virtual speed kicks in when using only a power meter, but can be activated for Trainers too from the ini file
– Braking is possible with the braking key (brakes the trainer if one connected)
– Fixes courses (thanks @defiancecp)
– Adds 2 more courses
– Fixes support for trainers using extended ANT ids
– Creates ModSettings directory if not present to avoid errors
– Smooth steering with keys Numpad 4 and Numpad 6
– Radio support while cycling (key Numpad7 to activate and skip stations )
– Error message added when a course is malformed or missing
– Invincibility mode only active when the mod is active not when it is loaded
– Incline is calculated in front of the bike instead of below the bike to anticipate and allow trainer time to adjust
– Numpad1 toggles autosteering without needing to get into the menu
– No more flying when going into the water
– Implemented drafting performance in the HUD (green leds)
– New menu option to disable obstacle avoidance in auto drive
– Waypoints color and size can be configured globally from the settings file and individually from the course file
– Includes a txt with help on the ini file settings
It is recommended to delete the contents of Scripts directory before installing as the FE-C library has been renamed
V 0.2.3
Fixed sudden slope bumps when entering tunnels or riding under bridges
Fixed typo in GPS coordinates in the INI file
Added menu option to configure user weight (for fine tune edit the INI file directly)
Added menu option for saving the current activity at any time, starting a new one
V 0.2.2
Garmin has politely asked to remove any resemblance to their product line from the mod, so the bike computer skin has been changed
Implemented imperial units in the bike computer. Can be set up in the ini file
There is an error in the INI file in this version. An extra “d” in the longitude value of the GPS coordinates. Remove it to make your FIT file work fine again
V 0.2.1
Fix for incorrect outfits in Franklin and Trevor
Menu options disabled until mod is enabled
Mod disabling / re-enabling
Fix for trainers which don’t report cadence
Fix for locale dependent ini file reading
ANT id can be set in the ini file if you have more than one trainer
V 0.2
Fix for the FE-C_Receiver_DLL not found problem.
Fix for the debug overlay problem
Rearranged files in the zip
Changed the default ini file to decimal point from decimal comma
V 0.1
Initial release
