Question What is "ppsdk_windows_trace txt" ?

[MJS WARLORD]

I keep getting two files appearing in my Documents folder and no matter how many times i delete them they keep coming back.

This is a section of the text

[DEBUG] 08:34:15.676 (1564) [CPeapod::Log] [LIBEC] Init LIBEC
[DEBUG] 08:34:15.676 (1564) [CPeapod::Log] [LIBEC] LIBEC had been inited.
[DEBUG] 08:34:15.680 (1564) [CPeapod::Log] [LIBEC] CKinesisStream::Write {"_v":1,"app_version":"1.4.200","channel":"","country_code":"GB","customer_user_id":"1893721716","device":{"cpu":["Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6800K CPU @ 3.40GHz"],"memory":17179869184,"os":"Windows NT 10.0.19045","resolution":["1920*1080"],"video_controller":["NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080"]},"event_name":"Game_Start","event_value":{"UserID":32551299,"memory":16294,"userid":1893721716},"first_open_timestamp":1718779965263,"game_id":"11310107071","gpcsdk_context":{"game_id":"11310107071","udid":"c1b0ed73082d4cf2bc3f2f415fb1490fad54b3ba1F6E5445","user_id":"1893721716"},"install_identifier":"","ip":"86.172.222.247","language":"en-GB","lifecycle_id":"CCFD3510-D38D-48A3-A08B-4235534C1761","peapod_id":"584A4585-0A69-4008-A2F6-85697E459D80","peapod_key":"11310107071_2","platform":"windows","sdk_name":"peapod-sdk-unity","sdk_version":"1.3.0.215","selected_timezone":"UTC+00:00","timestamp":1722584055424}
[DEBUG] 08:34:15.693 (1564) [CPeapod::Log] [LIBEC] CKinesisStream::Flush...
[DEBUG] 08:34:15.694 (1564) [CPeapod::Log] [LIBEC] {"_v":1,"app_version":"1.4.200","channel":"","country_code":"GB","customer_user_id":"1893721716","device":{"cpu":["Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6800K CPU @ 3.40GHz"],"memory":17179869184,"os":"Windows NT 10.0.19045","resolution":["1920*1080"],"video_controller":["NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080"]},"event_name":"Game_Start","event_value":{"UserID":32551299,"memory":16294,"userid":1893721716},"first_open_timestamp":1718779965263,"game_id":"11310107071","gpcsdk_context":{"game_id":"11310107071","udid":"c1b0ed73082d4cf2bc3f2f415fb1490fad54b3ba1F6E5445","user_id":"1893721716"},"install_identifier":"","ip":"86.172.222.247","language":"en-GB","lifecycle_id":"CCFD3510-D38D-48A3-A08B-4235534C1761","peapod_id":"584A4585-0A69-4008-A2F6-85697E459D80","peapod_key":"11310107071_2","platform":"windows","sdk_name":"peapod-sdk-unity","sdk_version":"1.3.0.215","selected_timezone":"UTC+00:00","timestamp":1722584055424}

 

[Ralston18]

"ppsdk" - Post Processing Software Developers Kit.

Appears that Steam and some game is involved.

My suggestion is to delete the files again. Contingent on the understanding that deleting the files has done no harm thus far -correct?

Once the files are deleted leave the Documents folder open and work through the games you play and other things that you routinely do.

Go one-by-one, step-by-step.

Watch for when the .txt files reappear.

FYI (you can google for additional information as you wish and require.

https://www.navtechgps.com/septentrio_pp_sdk_post_processing_software/

Any Beta software? Add-ons etc. ?

Key is to discover what app is generating and saving the .txt files.

 

[MJS WARLORD]

Hi .. i have done a but of digging and worked out what game user id belongs to but just in case somebody looks at the posting i am not going to name the game

 

[Ralston18]

Try reinstalling the game.

Could be buggy or corrupted in some manner....

Also, with respect to the game user id - is there a strong password for the game site or the game itself?

If password protected - naming the game should not be an issue.

Just that an SDK appears to be involved and may be doing unknown things would cause me to delete the entire game, run scans, and hold off on further installs and playing.

And I googled some words in the text:

Peapod is an online grocery service.

LIBEC seems to be a tripod manufacturer.

I also spotted some IP addresses in the text....

Check your security.

 

[MJS WARLORD]

Try reinstalling the game.

Could be buggy or corrupted in some manner....

Also, with respect to the game user id - is there a strong password for the game site or the game itself?

If password protected - naming the game should not be an issue.

Just that an SDK appears to be involved and may be doing unknown things would cause me to delete the entire game, run scans, and hold off on further installs and playing.

And I googled some words in the text:

Peapod is an online grocery service.

LIBEC seems to be a tripod manufacturer.

I also spotted some IP addresses in the text....

Check your security.

Oh crap now you got me worried the game is called viking rise and a lot of the data is the build of my pc .... how did they get that ..... some some of program like belarc advisor ???

I am doing scans as i reply to you but not found anything.

I dont log in with a password as it is linked to my steam account

I dont see an ip address ???

Taking into account what you told me i guess thats why the devs wont tell me how the file has all that information.

 

[Ralston18]

The PC data may simply just be being stored (as text) so the gaming code will not always need to discover or otherwise "look things up".

So when you delete the .txt file the game may take longer to load and the .txt data gets stored again.

Many apps and games do similar things: System specs, user preferences. Those "in the know" could make changes using a text editor versus some EUI. One of my simulation games (Cold Waters) had quite a number of such files - many being background settings and conditions. Likewise for Flight Simulators or other simulators.

If you search your system for .txt files you may find other similar files for other apps and games.

Is Viking Rise legitimate? Regular game versus playing a Beta version?

Looking back I searched "Peapod" not "CPeapod". New search ended up with the same results.

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As for getting all that info: many ways and very easy. BelArc being one tool.

Powershell can really dig out details via Powershell's many "Get" cmdlets.

E.g., Get-ComputerInfo or Get-NetAdapter

Get-CimInstance win32_VideoController will tell you all about your GPUs.

Many third party tools and apps just use Microsoft's own tools to pull data then just change the UI display showing the results.

Overall, unless there are other issues I would just leave that txt file alone. And I doubt that the information in the file is going to be of much use to anyone.

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That said:

Google "What is my IP".

https://whatismyipaddress.com/

If you see that IP address in your posts delete it in the post. Leave the IP address alone in the .txt file(s) saved on your computer.