Compatibility with steam BeamNG.drive

Hi,

I have the Steam version of BeamNG.drive (currently 0.23.1.0) and am wondering if I am able to use BeamNGpy with just this?

I see the readme mentions that the Steam version should be compatible, however I’m not able to follow the setup instructions.

If I try and do the workspace set up, I hit an issue with it not finding a license file (?):

(beamng-env) >beamngpy setup-workspace C:\beamng_workspace_0.23
Could not set up workspace at <C:\beamng_workspace_0.23>.Note that this step is only neccessary for BeamNG.tech version 0.22 and above.

And if I continue with the example python code I get a connection error after calling BeamNGpy.open(). The game does launch, but it doesn’t connect to the server.

from beamngpy import BeamNGpy, Scenario, Vehicle

# Instantiate BeamNGpy instance running the simulator from the given path,
# communicating over localhost:64256
bng = BeamNGpy('localhost', 64256, home="S:/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/BeamNG.drive", user="C:/beamng_workspace_0.23")
# Launch BeamNG.tech
bng.open()

No workspace set up at userpath: <C:\beamng_workspace_0.23>
Setup is required prior to mod deployment.
ERROR:root:Error connecting to BeamNG.tech. 25 tries left.
ERROR:root:[WinError 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\beamng-env\lib\site-packages\beamngpy\beamng.py", line 512, in connect
    self.skt.connect((self.host, self.port))
ConnectionRefusedError: [WinError 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

... [repeats for 25 tries]

Looking at the code, BeamNGpy.read_effective_userpath(userpath) always returns None as it can’t find researchHelper.txt, presumably because the workspace isn’t set up.

Am I missing something in the setup or is more required than just the Steam version to use BeamNGpy?

Thank you.

[pascale-commits]

Can I close this issue?

[pascale-commits]

yes, the researchhelper.txt is supposed to contain this string “c:\beamng_workspace_0.23\0.23\” and is supposed to be placed into the <c:\beamng_workspace_0.23> Path 😄