Licensing

You will first need to generate a HostID

1. Get the host id generator from https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/support/gtac/ 
   
   you want to get the "COMOS Walkinside License HostID At Customer" item from the bottom of the quick links.   Note
   
   or  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ogS73DlBmvM431UHl3gGzFhdj2pNjBGr
2. You should end up with a file like so - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ugntxLZe-r-g9uuHns7AgKrF1eb_d_r4
3. Send that file to our Siemens sales person - currently - nigel.sams@siemens.com
4. With the license file you get back put it in - C:\Users\Igloo\AppData\Local\COMOS\COMOS Walkinside 10.2 (64 bit)\License   - Note that installation documentation (located in the Igloo google drive link above) specifies the wrong folder and says to put it in the start menu linked license folder which doesn't exist.  There is also a license fodler generated by walk inside in the all users COMOS folder but this also doesn't work.   If your license doesn't work look at the logs for which folder COMOS is checking for the license file.

Installation

General

The installer is located in company_drive\3.IglooSoftwae\third paarty\siemens\COMOS Walkinside just run it as a normal installer and follow the instructions for an all user install.

Igloo Configuration

Updated Controller Install

In the Igloo google drive link above you'll find a file called "SecuFEx_2018-06-22_03-37-34_5233551261160975510.zip" which contains the updates from Siemens.

Connecting the controller

Recent developments have led to Walkinside being controlled by a Dualshock 4 controller rather than the previous Xbox controller. This requires a few things

1. A sony DS4 dongle and a DS4 controller
2. A Bluetooth connection from the computer running Walkinside
3. The DS4Windows program

What the DS4Windows program does is it allows the DS4 to operate as an Xbox controller, effectively remapping the inputs. The process for the connection is as follows:

1. Set the controller to pair mode (Hold down the "share" button until the light on the back begins flashing:
2. Pair the controller with the machine through the windows settings - will appear as "Wireless controller"

3. Open DS4Windows

4. Open the USB game Controllers window, under the advanced tab, ensure that Controller (XBOX 360 for Windows) is the preferred device

5. With the DS4Windows program, you may see multiple controllers here - the one with the valid MAC address should be the DS4. The status should be the Bluetooth symbol. 

6. Under the profiles tab, you can ensure the functionality of the controller. Inputs should translate to things moving on the DS4Windows Window

7. Walkinside requires a custom set of controller dlls. These should be stored, by default, at c:\Program Files\COMOS\COMOS Walkinside xx.x (64 bit). A zip file containing replacement dlls and a replacement plugin folder should be taken on site. You must copy V4 first then V5 after for the replacement dlls

Walkinside Settings

Controller mapping

All Walkinside settings are edited in a Dialogue box under options → settings (alternatively, F7)

The first tab is under VR Hardware → gamepad. . Selecting the Controller (XBOX 360 For Wondows) allows you to remap the inputs within Walkinside. The options include movement around the terrain, Walking/Running and how to "fly" within Walkinside. The left stick always moves the cursor, so binding another input to the left stick will result in it performing 2 functions. This should be avoided

Performance settings

If you're experiencing poor performance, Overall → performance allows you to adjust the quality of the application. Under the "advanced settings" box, you'll see three sliders: Rejection, Occlusion and Tessellation.

Tessellation adjusts how "block-like" the textures appear. The Occlusion slider should be avoided. Rejection reduces the number of polygons that are drawn on screen, and seems to target first, polygons that are further away from the avatar.

You can increase the maximum memory that Walkinside can use at Options → Settings → General. As walkinside is the only thing running on the machine there's no reason why it can't be high enough to cover the entire model

Changing colours:

Zaid expressed that the initial model for Tangguh was too bright. Taken with you should be a tool called WSMaterialeditor.exe. Using this tool, you can open the material file within the model folder. Under the white filters tab, you can adjust the saturation and darken the colours.

The material file is stored within Tangguh \Model

Colour correction can be adjusted in Options → Settings → Rendering

Near Clipping Plane:

Under the "clipping" tab, you can adjust the disatnce of the near clipping plane. This removes objects that are close to the avatar, removing them from vision and from the collision plane, which may help with navigation in tight areas, This currently results in the loss of half the screens and should probably be avoided

Navigation

Allows you to adjust walking speed, and camera settings.

Gravity → Forces you to walk

Collision → Prevents you from walking into pipes and other objects. Or to also bring the camera in front of objects if the object has collision

Logo

Specify a logo to appear in the top right of the main screen. I don't currently know if it will open in the viewports

Toolbars

Allows you to select which options have quick-select toolbar icons

Skybox:

Skybox settings are visual settings that adjust what the sky looks like. Disabling would reduce computing requirement but shouldn't be an issue. The same is true for Ocean.

Additionally, you can change from Day to Night time.This adjusts where the origin of the sunlight comes from. There is a toolbar icon that will force the sun to shine from behind you. This is cool effect for the Igloo in 360

Compass

Determines whether a compass is visible in the top right of the main screen. Also applies to each viewpoint, with an inaccurate compass on 3 out of 4 displays

3D Options:

Allows you to choose the config file for startup. I'd recommend removing the .xmls that aren't for the required system

Scenario options

Some 3D objects are not tagged for use in the scenario. In this case, acknowledging the steps is achieved using the 'T' key. Furthermore, some steps do not have an interactive model associated, requiring the use of the T Key. It may be worth looking into taking a solution such as a wiireless keyboard as it's currently not possible to map this to a controller inpiut

On the main screen, you can turn on model tags in the "redlining" tab. For an individual redline you can also alter the distance at which you see the tags.

The Plus key "+" is used to climb ladders even with gravity enabled

Support

For support, email andoni.gonzalo@siemens.com, nigel.sams@siemens.com and gert.de_nul@siemens.com attaching relevant images, videos and log files. Log files can be found at C:\users\user\appdata\COMOS\COMOSWalkinside\Log

Logs