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[SAS~Storebror]

Alright, sounds good.
Can't promise when exactly I will get to creating an updated Selector, maybe tomorrow, maybe on christmas... schedules are floating atm.


Mike

[SAS~Storebror]

Hm...
Doesn't work as expected.
I've prepared a selector dinput.dll which will load il2ge.dll, either from the game root folder, or ilge/lib folder, or bin/selector/basefiles folder, in that order.
You can find the test version attached to this post.

Problem is: While it does successfully load il2ge.dll, the graphics extender doesn't seem to do too much in that case.
This is il2ge.log in "normal" mode, meaning only il2ge build 95547699 components installed with default selector 3.3:

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*** il2ge.dll process attach ***
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\bin\hotspot\jvm.dll
Loading bin\selector\basefiles\dinput.dll ...
Success.
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\bin\hpi.dll
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\bin\verify.dll
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\bin\java.dll
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\bin\zip.dll
LoadLibrary: wrapper.dll
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\il2fb.exe
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\DT.dll
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\pathfind.dll
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\il2_corep4.dll
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\SAS.dll
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\il2_usgs2.dll
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\mg_snd_sse.dll
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\jgl.dll
LoadLibrary: dinput8.dll
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\bin\net.dll
LoadLibrary: ws2_32.dll
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\bin\zip.dll
LoadLibrary: dinput8.dll
LoadLibrary: C:\Program Files (x86)\NaturalPoint\TrackIR5\NPClient.dll
This is the same thing with the new selector dinput.dll:

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*** il2ge.dll process attach ***
LoadLibrary: wrapper.dll
LoadLibrary: dinput8.dll
LoadLibrary: dinput8.dll
As I said: It does load, but doesn't do much.
The fact that it does load also gets reflected in the initlog.lst when you have the new dinput.dll in place (see timestamp 2018-09-07 18:49:13:533):

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2018-09-07 18:49:13:507 (dinput.dll) : JVM Parameters injector activated
2018-09-07 18:49:13:508 (dinput.dll) : Applying JVM Memory Settings from IL-2 Selector...
2018-09-07 18:49:13:508 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xms444M
2018-09-07 18:49:13:508 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xmx444M
2018-09-07 18:49:13:509 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xss4096K
2018-09-07 18:49:13:509 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -XX:PermSize=64M
2018-09-07 18:49:13:509 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -XX:MaxPermSize=64M
2018-09-07 18:49:13:509 (dinput.dll) : Checking duplicate JVM Options...
2018-09-07 18:49:13:510 (dinput.dll) : Checking mandatory JVM Options...
2018-09-07 18:49:13:510 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Djava.class.path=.
2018-09-07 18:49:13:510 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xverify:none
2018-09-07 18:49:13:510 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xcomp
2018-09-07 18:49:13:510 (dinput.dll) : Final JVM Option List:
2018-09-07 18:49:13:510 (dinput.dll) : -Xms444M
2018-09-07 18:49:13:510 (dinput.dll) : -Xmx444M
2018-09-07 18:49:13:510 (dinput.dll) : -Xss4096K
2018-09-07 18:49:13:511 (dinput.dll) : -XX:PermSize=64M
2018-09-07 18:49:13:511 (dinput.dll) : -XX:MaxPermSize=64M
2018-09-07 18:49:13:511 (dinput.dll) : -Djava.class.path=.
2018-09-07 18:49:13:511 (dinput.dll) : -Xverify:none
2018-09-07 18:49:13:511 (dinput.dll) : -Xcomp
2018-09-07 18:49:13:511 (dinput.dll) : IL-2 Process ID = 00001010
2018-09-07 18:49:13:511 (dinput.dll) : Starting Watchdog at U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\bin\selector\basefiles\IL-2 Watchdog.exe 1
2018-09-07 18:49:13:526 (dinput.dll) : Watchdog process started.
2018-09-07 18:49:13:532 (dinput.dll) : Hooked "SAS_CreateJavaVM" function activated
2018-09-07 18:49:13:532 (dinput.dll) : Checking IL-2 Graphics Extender Availability...
2018-09-07 18:49:13:533 (dinput.dll) : Trying U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\il2ge.dll
2018-09-07 18:49:13:533 (dinput.dll) : il2ge.dll found, loading library.
2018-09-07 18:49:13:534 (dinput.dll) : IL-2 Graphics Extender loaded successfully.
2018-09-07 18:49:13:534 (dinput.dll) : Injecting JVM Parameters
2018-09-07 18:49:13:543   (watchdog) : IL-2 Parent Process Handle = 00000168, ID=00001010
2018-09-07 18:49:13:544   (watchdog) : IL-2 Watchdog started.
2018-09-07 18:49:13:544   (watchdog) : Splash Screen Mode = 1
2018-09-07 18:49:13:546   (watchdog) : Message Window Created.
2018-09-07 18:49:13:554 (dinput.dll) : Java Virtual Machine Initialization with additional parameters successful!
2018-09-07 18:49:13:558    (wrapper) : ProcessAttach, attached Processes =  1
2018-09-07 18:49:13:559    (wrapper) : Calling GetCommandLineParams()
2018-09-07 18:49:13:559    (wrapper) : MODS Folder = "#SAS"
2018-09-07 18:49:13:559    (wrapper) : No FILES Folder set.
2018-09-07 18:49:13:559    (wrapper) : Calling LinkIl2fbExe()
2018-09-07 18:49:13:560    (wrapper) : Trying to link back to U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 Modact 6.4\il2fb.exe through LoadLibrary()
2018-09-07 18:49:13:560    (wrapper) : Calling CreateModsFolderList()
2018-09-07 18:49:13:562    (wrapper) : Scanning #SAS folder took 2 milliseconds.
2018-09-07 18:49:13:562    (wrapper) : Total number of modded files = 381.
2018-09-07 18:49:13:562    (wrapper) : Calling SortList()
2018-09-07 18:49:13:562    (wrapper) : Sorting modded files list took 0.039 milliseconds.
2018-09-07 18:49:13:562    (wrapper) : Calling RemoveDuplicates()
2018-09-07 18:49:13:562    (wrapper) : Removing 0 Duplicates took 0.001 milliseconds.
2018-09-07 18:49:13:649   (watchdog) : Splash Screen Created.
2018-09-07 18:49:16:284    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  1
2018-09-07 18:49:16:286    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  2
2018-09-07 18:49:16:495   (watchdog) : IL-2 Main Window created: "Il2-Sturmovik Forgotten Battles" (MaddoxRtsWndClassW), Handle= 0x00030C2C
2018-09-07 18:49:16:503   (watchdog) : Activating IL-2 Main Window (0x00030C2C) using SwitchToThisWindow()
2018-09-07 18:49:16:567    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  3
2018-09-07 18:49:16:571    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  4
2018-09-07 18:49:16:581    (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads =  3
2018-09-07 18:49:16:594    (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads =  2
2018-09-07 18:49:16:594    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  3
2018-09-07 18:49:16:595    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  4
2018-09-07 18:49:16:601    (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads =  3
2018-09-07 18:49:16:601    (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads =  2
2018-09-07 18:49:16:601    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  3
2018-09-07 18:49:16:836    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  4
2018-09-07 18:49:17:058    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  5
2018-09-07 18:49:17:079    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  6
2018-09-07 18:49:17:081    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  7
2018-09-07 18:49:17:144 (dinput.dll) : DirectInputCreateA
2018-09-07 18:49:17:151    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  8
2018-09-07 18:49:17:152 (dinput.dll) : DirectInputCreateA
2018-09-07 18:49:17:196    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  9
2018-09-07 18:49:17:210    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  10
2018-09-07 18:49:17:238    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  11
2018-09-07 18:49:17:247    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  12
2018-09-07 18:49:17:268    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  13
2018-09-07 18:49:17:512   (watchdog) : Successfully activated IL-2 Main Window (Handle: 0x00030C2C)
2018-09-07 18:49:38:747    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  14
2018-09-07 18:49:41:053    (wrapper) : ThreadAttach, attached Threads =  15
2018-09-07 18:49:41:835    (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads =  14
2018-09-07 18:49:41:897    (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads =  13
2018-09-07 18:49:41:898    (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads =  12
2018-09-07 18:49:41:899    (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads =  11
2018-09-07 18:49:42:218    (wrapper) : ThreadDetach, attached Threads =  10
2018-09-07 18:49:42:298   (watchdog) : IL-2 Main Window destroyed: "Il2-Sturmovik Forgotten Battles" (MaddoxRtsWndClassW), Handle= 0x00030C2C
2018-09-07 18:49:42:298   (watchdog) : IL-2 main window (handle 0x00030C2C) disappeared, checking process status.
2018-09-07 18:49:42:371    (wrapper) : ProcessDetach, attached Processes =  0
2018-09-07 18:49:42:371    (wrapper) : Total files opened = 67567
2018-09-07 18:49:42:371    (wrapper) : Total search time consumed = 0.051 milliseconds (0.000051032723 Seconds)
2018-09-07 18:49:42:371    (wrapper) : Search Time per File = 0.755 nanoseconds (0.000000000755 Seconds)
2018-09-07 18:49:42:371    (wrapper) : Average Search Iterations required per File = 6.5
2018-09-07 18:49:42:376 (dinput.dll) : JVM Parameters injector deactivated

Mike

[slibenli]

Ah - that didn't work yet, because i2ge was waiting for jvm.dll to be loaded, which apparently already happened before il2ge was loaded.
But I think I can work with that.
If I'm not mistaken, you load il2ge before calling JniCreateJavaVM.

Works: https://gitlab.com/vrresto/il2ge/-/jobs/95769309 

[slibenli]

And if you wonder what map_viewer.exe does:

1. Create il2ge.ini with the entry EnableDump=1.
2. Create the folder il2ge_dump.
3. Load a map in the game, then exit.
4. Run map_viewer.exe.

[SAS~Storebror]

i2ge was waiting for jvm.dll to be loaded, which apparently already happened before il2ge was loaded
But I think I can work with that.
If I'm not mistaken, you load il2ge before calling JniCreateJavaVM.

Works: https://gitlab.com/vrresto/il2ge/-/jobs/95769309 

Yep that works, thanks a lot.
Indeed jvm.dll gets loaded before I can load il2ge.
This is because I cannot load ilge right when dinput.dll gets loaded because this would create the famout DllMain loader lock (if I would call LoadLibrary from within DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH) or it would create a race condition (if I'd do the same but from an unsynced Thread running when DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH exits) and that race condition would be severe as there's just some 50 millis to get there on my test system.
The next time I have an opportunity to load il2ge is when my hooked JniCreateJavaVM method is called, and at that time naturally il2fb.exe will have loaded jvm.dll already.
Nevertheless, I do load il2ge before I eventually call the original JniCreateJavaVM method.

What I'm gonna do from the Selector end now is to check whether inside il2ge there's a function "extern "C" void WINAPI Init()" (through GetProcAddress()) and if so, call it right after calling LoadLibrary().
That way you will not have to wait for anything special to happen and can just rely on the Selector calling you.
Or you can keep your own monitoring in parallel for safety reasons if you like


Mike

[SAS~Storebror]

...and finished.
Selector 3.4.1 is available here: https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,16403.msg176304.html#msg176304


Mike

[shardana]

Storebror, I was wondering what can we, BAT end users, do now in order to have this new great feature? shall we download exe 3.4.1 and something else or what? sorry to bother you......

[slibenli]

Storebror, I was wondering what can we, BAT end users, do now in order to have this new great feature? shall we download exe 3.4.1 and something else or what? sorry to bother you......

That + the newest build of i2ge: https://gitlab.com/vrresto/il2ge/-/jobs/95865990/artifacts/download.
No copying of dinput.dll necessary.

[shardana]

I Have copied the two complete files into one of my  BAT install, but unfortunately when I try to start the game it crashes. probably I'm missing something.... I'll wait when more users will manage to install it properly.... All the same thank you for this great job!!!

[SAS~Storebror]

It definitely works in the combo BAT 3.4 Linebacker + Selector 3.4.1 + IL-2 Graphics Extender 95769309.

IL-2 Graphics Extender 95865990 seems to have an issue though.
Initlog looks good:

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2018-09-08 16:27:54:007 (dinput.dll) : JVM Parameters injector activated
2018-09-08 16:27:54:008 (dinput.dll) : Applying JVM Memory Settings from IL-2 Selector...
2018-09-08 16:27:54:008 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xms444M
2018-09-08 16:27:54:008 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xmx444M
2018-09-08 16:27:54:008 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xss4096K
2018-09-08 16:27:54:008 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -XX:PermSize=64M
2018-09-08 16:27:54:008 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -XX:MaxPermSize=64M
2018-09-08 16:27:54:009 (dinput.dll) : Checking duplicate JVM Options...
2018-09-08 16:27:54:009 (dinput.dll) : Checking mandatory JVM Options...
2018-09-08 16:27:54:009 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Djava.class.path=.
2018-09-08 16:27:54:009 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xverify:none
2018-09-08 16:27:54:009 (dinput.dll) : Adding JVM Option: -Xcomp
2018-09-08 16:27:54:009 (dinput.dll) : Final JVM Option List:
2018-09-08 16:27:54:009 (dinput.dll) : -Xms444M
2018-09-08 16:27:54:009 (dinput.dll) : -Xmx444M
2018-09-08 16:27:54:009 (dinput.dll) : -Xss4096K
2018-09-08 16:27:54:009 (dinput.dll) : -XX:PermSize=64M
2018-09-08 16:27:54:009 (dinput.dll) : -XX:MaxPermSize=64M
2018-09-08 16:27:54:010 (dinput.dll) : -Djava.class.path=.
2018-09-08 16:27:54:010 (dinput.dll) : -Xverify:none
2018-09-08 16:27:54:010 (dinput.dll) : -Xcomp
2018-09-08 16:27:54:010 (dinput.dll) : IL-2 Process ID = 000021B8
2018-09-08 16:27:54:010 (dinput.dll) : Starting Watchdog at U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 BAT 3.4 Linebacker\bin\selector\basefiles\IL-2 Watchdog.exe 1
2018-09-08 16:27:54:023 (dinput.dll) : Watchdog process started.
2018-09-08 16:27:54:024 (dinput.dll) : Hooked "SAS_CreateJavaVM" function activated
2018-09-08 16:27:54:024 (dinput.dll) : Checking IL-2 Graphics Extender Availability...
2018-09-08 16:27:54:024 (dinput.dll) : Trying U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 BAT 3.4 Linebacker\il2ge.dll
2018-09-08 16:27:54:024 (dinput.dll) : il2ge.dll found, loading library.
2018-09-08 16:27:54:025 (dinput.dll) : IL-2 Graphics Extender loaded successfully, trying to call Init() method...
2018-09-08 16:27:54:025 (dinput.dll) : Init() method found, calling it now.
2018-09-08 16:27:54:042   (watchdog) : IL-2 Parent Process Handle = 0000019C, ID=000021B8
2018-09-08 16:27:54:042   (watchdog) : IL-2 Watchdog started.
2018-09-08 16:27:54:042   (watchdog) : Splash Screen Mode = 1
2018-09-08 16:27:54:044   (watchdog) : Message Window Created.
2018-09-08 16:27:54:145   (watchdog) : Splash Screen Created.
il2ge.log not so much:

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*** il2ge.dll process attach ***
LoadLibrary: U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 BAT 3.4 Linebacker\bin\hotspot\jvm.dll
Loading bin\selector\basefiles\dinput.dll ...
Success.
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*** il2ge.dll initialization ***
ERROR: IL2GE was NOT loaded by IL-2 Selector.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Aborted.
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Error occurred on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 16:27:54.

Registers:
eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=5c902800 edi=00000178
eip=77cebd4c esp=0019f374 ebp=0019f3e4 iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz na po nc
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00000206

AddrPC   Params
77CEBD4C 00000164 00000178 FFFFFFFF  C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll!ZwSignalAndWaitForSingleObject
5C7D23D8 5C924060 5C903141 00000009  U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 BAT 3.4 Linebacker\il2ge.dll!printBacktracePrivate  [/builds/vrresto/il2ge/loader/src/backtrace.cpp @ 207]
5C7D17C8 5C924060 5C9036A8 0000002E  U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 BAT 3.4 Linebacker\il2ge.dll!abort  [/builds/vrresto/il2ge/loader/src/backtrace.cpp @ 287]
5C7D394D 00412829 00000000 00215000  U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 BAT 3.4 Linebacker\il2ge.dll!il2ge_init  [/builds/vrresto/il2ge/loader/src/main.cpp @ 136]
724417BE 0019FCB0 0019FCAC 004253BC  U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 BAT 3.4 Linebacker\bin\selector\basefiles\dinput.dll!SAS_CreateJavaVM  [u:\sources\vs2k17\c++\il-2 selector\2018-09-07\dinput\dinput.cpp @ 326]
   324: }
   325: TRACE(L"Init() method found, calling it now.\r\n");
>  326: Il2geInit();
   327: break;
   328: }
00402240 00000000 00000000 00000000  U:\IL2\CLIENT\IL-2 BAT 3.4 Linebacker\il2fb.exe!Java_com_maddox_rts_SFSInputStream_close
il2ge_all.log for reference:

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*** il2ge.dll initialization ***
ERROR: IL2GE was NOT loaded by IL-2 Selector.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Aborted.
current thread: 0x174
waiting for backtrace thread to finish ...
target thread: 0x174
Nevertheless, the previous IL-2 Graphics Extender 95769309 version works.
Installation procedure:

Extract Selector 3.4.1 to your game directory.
You may want to skip il2fb.ini in order to keep your old selector settings.
If you extract (and overwrite) il2fb.ini, make sure to run Selector.exe once after extraction to choose and apply your settings.
Then extract all contents from IL-2 Graphics Extender to your game directory.
In case of BAT, copy the contents of "#SAS" folder across your module folders "#DOF3", "#TGA3", "#WAW3" and "#JTW3".

That's it and this is what you get:






Mike

[Fresco23]

I've been following this with interest and decided to give it a try this morning. I Installed the new selector over 4.12.2 with modact, and it ran perfectly as expected.

Dropped in the graphics extender, and I get an immediate game crash as Shardana mentioned. The PC throws a message saying the program can't start because "mgwhelp.dll" is missing from the computer.

Game doesn't even attempt to start, and no log was generated.

Extender looks great BTW, can;t wait to get it working!

[SAS~Storebror]

Try again with the previous extender version linked in my previous post, that one works.