Manage Content Sync

Use this guide when paired simulators need to receive venue content or recover from a content sync problem.

Content is venue-global. Adding or removing cars, tracks, layouts, liveries, or skins immediately changes the selected content for every paired simulator. There is no separate version to apply.

Add Content to the Venue Library

1. In the venue dashboard, open Content.
2. Select Add content, or open Cars or Tracks and select Add cars or Add tracks.
3. In the catalog, choose the content type and search for the uploaded item.
4. Select Add beside an item marked Available.
5. Confirm its status changes to Added and it appears in the venue library.

A super-admin upload publishes content to the shared catalog. Each venue must add it to its own library. Included by curated list means the venue already includes it; Add parent first means you must first add the car or track that owns the livery or layout.

Before Checking Sync

• The simulator is paired.
• Pista Agent has reported recently.
• The venue has selected content for the game.

Automatic Installs

When selected content is genuinely missing, Pista Agent downloads and installs it automatically. Newly selected content does not require an operator to visit each Windows machine.

Existing files that do not match are different: Pista reports the change and waits for an operator instead of overwriting them automatically.

The simulator-content page shows:

• Which machines are in sync.
• Which machines are downloading or updating.
• Which machines need attention.
• When each machine last reported.
• The latest failure message for an affected machine.

Repair Changed or Failed Content

1. Open the venue's simulator-content page.
2. Check the affected machine's status and latest message.
3. Fix any machine issue named by the message, such as low disk space or a blocked download.
4. Select Repair All to reapply the venue's currently selected content.
5. Confirm the affected machines report In sync.

Repair does not choose another version or change venue content. It only asks paired machines to reapply the same selected files.

Change Incorrect Venue Content

If the selected content itself is wrong, remove or replace it in the venue library. The new selection becomes current immediately, and genuinely missing files install automatically.

Confirm It Worked

The venue is healthy when paired machines show In sync, report recently, and show no active content failure.

Avoid manually editing Pista-managed content folders unless support asks for it. Manual changes are reported as drift and require repair.