Excellent tool very much appreciated +1
New Trading Tool - Cmdr's Log v1.1!
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Great app - thank you. Why, oh why, was something like this not built into the game? In context it would seem to be a trivial thing for the devs to add - a real asset with no downside I can think of.
Have some well deserved rep
Have some well deserved rep
OK just started using it but it's pretty much what I've wanted for ages - really liking it so far, have some rep from me.
Couple of requests/ideas...
- Could you put faction and a "has black market" check box in the station entries, and have them searchable? Maybe an "Anarchy" checkbox too, or a drop down "govt type"?
- Would it be possible to add "hotkeys" for the data types? My suggestion would be F1/2/3=Low/Med/High Supply, F5/6/7=Low/Med/High Demand, F9=None, F10=Illegal, F11=Not Set (Why those groups? Coz many KB's group the F keys in 3 groups so that'd be a demand, supply, and other group) and have them listed at the bottom of the "data entry mode window" as a reminder?
- Also some items need attention - "Marine Supplies" should be changed to "Marine Equipment", and it needs the following added: Battle Weapons, Personal Weapons, Atmosphere Processors, Slaves, Imperial Slaves, Toxic Waste. Have added them to my own manually (and changed the marine items in the two stations I'd already entered. Wasn't sure what would happen if items in the station data didn't match items in the commodity list). There may be other items too.
- Also I noticed a bug... I'd entered my first station's data and went to add a second, and the entries from the first were already present in the second - I had to reset them to "not set" myself.
Couple of requests/ideas...
- Could you put faction and a "has black market" check box in the station entries, and have them searchable? Maybe an "Anarchy" checkbox too, or a drop down "govt type"?
- Would it be possible to add "hotkeys" for the data types? My suggestion would be F1/2/3=Low/Med/High Supply, F5/6/7=Low/Med/High Demand, F9=None, F10=Illegal, F11=Not Set (Why those groups? Coz many KB's group the F keys in 3 groups so that'd be a demand, supply, and other group) and have them listed at the bottom of the "data entry mode window" as a reminder?
- Also some items need attention - "Marine Supplies" should be changed to "Marine Equipment", and it needs the following added: Battle Weapons, Personal Weapons, Atmosphere Processors, Slaves, Imperial Slaves, Toxic Waste. Have added them to my own manually (and changed the marine items in the two stations I'd already entered. Wasn't sure what would happen if items in the station data didn't match items in the commodity list). There may be other items too.
- Also I noticed a bug... I'd entered my first station's data and went to add a second, and the entries from the first were already present in the second - I had to reset them to "not set" myself.
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Brilliant.
My pen, pencil and desk just breathed a collective sigh of relief......Now I can finally get rid of the thousands of papers I have cluttered about!
~S~
My pen, pencil and desk just breathed a collective sigh of relief......Now I can finally get rid of the thousands of papers I have cluttered about!
~S~
This is a great tool , imo not so much a trade tool , defiantly a cmdr's log , i agree with others station services list would be nice , and maybe a outfitting list where you can add grade's found , so if looking for say pwr plant , search and it will list then by station and shows grade .
bugs
sometimes when adding new station , the list shows last stations inputs not all "not set"
can't add to notes box 'so im editing the system_data.txt , this is where im adding station services ie. black market etc
Requests
Form would be nice if resizeable
Graphically If possiable later down the road , would be nice if the form looks like ED Black bg orange lines ,txt etc , but might be pushing the boat on this one lolol
station services bullet points to show services at station
Outfitting list with grades columns maybe 5 columns for grade input
Prices input would be nice
hope you can add these , or alike great app loving it so far
good work and good luck
bugs
sometimes when adding new station , the list shows last stations inputs not all "not set"
can't add to notes box 'so im editing the system_data.txt , this is where im adding station services ie. black market etc
Requests
Form would be nice if resizeable
Graphically If possiable later down the road , would be nice if the form looks like ED Black bg orange lines ,txt etc , but might be pushing the boat on this one lolol
station services bullet points to show services at station
Outfitting list with grades columns maybe 5 columns for grade input
Prices input would be nice
hope you can add these , or alike great app loving it so far
good work and good luck
All righty. Lots of feeback this time around!
Definitely not doing any major overhauls, but I'll check out the bugs that are reported.
The features that I see most often showing up are indicator of a black market or not at a system (must be alot of pirates out there, that's it, I'm playing Solo).
I think ability to search the Notes field will be a workaround to solving all the "finding information" problems. You could come up with your own standards and what not. You'll just have to spell stuff consistently
I'm still down for adding station specific features like blackmarket, government type, economy, etc, but that will take alittle more of a focused effort. As we all know I could spend weeks working on features for this thing. But... after Tuesday things are going to slow down alot!
Since Commodities are getting alittle crazy; I'll probably break down and put in a way to add commodities to the list without editing the file. That will take a bit of effort too; making sure it doesn't screw up saves somehow hehe.
I'm tempted to dump the little "help" section in the top right. It's taking up valuable space. I'm also tempted to dump the radio buttons ... does anyone actually use those? I just right-click...
Definitely not doing any major overhauls, but I'll check out the bugs that are reported.
The features that I see most often showing up are indicator of a black market or not at a system (must be alot of pirates out there, that's it, I'm playing Solo).
I think ability to search the Notes field will be a workaround to solving all the "finding information" problems. You could come up with your own standards and what not. You'll just have to spell stuff consistently
I'm still down for adding station specific features like blackmarket, government type, economy, etc, but that will take alittle more of a focused effort. As we all know I could spend weeks working on features for this thing. But... after Tuesday things are going to slow down alot!
Since Commodities are getting alittle crazy; I'll probably break down and put in a way to add commodities to the list without editing the file. That will take a bit of effort too; making sure it doesn't screw up saves somehow hehe.
I'm tempted to dump the little "help" section in the top right. It's taking up valuable space. I'm also tempted to dump the radio buttons ... does anyone actually use those? I just right-click...
All righty. Lots of feeback this time around!
Definitely not doing any major overhauls, but I'll check out the bugs that are reported.
The features that I see most often showing up are indicator of a black market or not at a system (must be alot of pirates out there, that's it, I'm playing Solo).
I think ability to search the Notes field will be a workaround to solving all the "finding information" problems. You could come up with your own standards and what not. You'll just have to spell stuff consistently
I'm still down for adding station specific features like blackmarket, government type, economy, etc, but that will take alittle more of a focused effort. As we all know I could spend weeks working on features for this thing. But... after Tuesday things are going to slow down alot!
Since Commodities are getting alittle crazy; I'll probably break down and put in a way to add commodities to the list without editing the file. That will take a bit of effort too; making sure it doesn't screw up saves somehow hehe.
I'm tempted to dump the little "help" section in the top right. It's taking up valuable space. I'm also tempted to dump the radio buttons ... does anyone actually use those? I just right-click...
Hey Arch. Thanks again for your efforts.
For me the black market would be a huge bonus as they're not listed anywhere. Station services not so much as you can find them in the system maps, it'd be nice but lower priority. Factions and industry types too would be lower priority as you can get that from the galaxy map.
Are they expanding the commodities further? I know there's a bunch of "specials" but you can only sell them at black markets or hand them over for missions so you probably don't need them... there's the "rare" ones too, though I've never seen them (I was overseas when they were being exploited).
I don't use the radio buttons, I'm a right-clicker too. I've got some ideas for GUI methods for selecting the value of each item but they'd be a bunch of work and right clicking is easy. The F Key idea I mentioned earlier would also be quite quick too. As for the help section, why not make that a help button that opens a little window?
I just opened the commodity_data.txt and added them.
I also moved the drugs category to below Industrial mats as that is the order you scroll down.
All seems to work fine, this is how mine looks now ArchV1... please tell me if this is wrong, I am a bit of a "fiddler" when it comes to things like this and have in the past "broken" stuff.
Code:Commodities { Chemicals { "Explosives" "Hydrogen Fuels" "Mineral Oil" "Pesticides" } Consumer Items { "Clothing" "Consumer Tech" "Domestic Appliances" } Foods { "Algae" "Animal Meat" "Coffee" "Energy Drinks" "Fish" "Food Cartridges" "Fruit and Vegetables" "Grain" "Synthetic Meat" "Tea" } Industrial Mats { "Alloys" "Plastics" "Polymers" "Semiconductors" "Superconductors" } Drugs { "Beer" "Liquor" "Narcotics" "Tobacco" "Wine" } Machinery { "Atmospheric Processors" "Crop Harvesters" "Microbial Furnaces" "Marine Supplies" "Mineral Extractors" "Power Generators" "Water Purifiers" } Medicines { "Agri-Medicines" "Basic Medicines" "Combat Stabilisers" "Performance Enhancers" "Progenitor Cells" } Metals { "Aluminium" "Beryllium" "Cobalt" "Copper" "Gallium" "Gold" "Indium" "Lithium" "Palladium" "Platinum" "Silver" "Tantalum" "Titanium" "Uranium" } Minerals { "Bauxite" "Bertrandite" "Coltan" "Gallite" "Indite" "Lepidolite" "Rutile" "Uraninite" } Technology { "Advanced Catalysers" "Animal Monitors" "Aquaponic Systems" "Auto-Fabricators" "Bioreducing Lichen" "Computer Components" "HE Suits" "Resonating Separators" "Robotics" "Land Enrich Sys" } Textiles { "Cotton" "Leather" "Natural Fabrics" "Synthetic Fabrics" } Waste { "Biowaste" "Scrap" } Weapons { "Non-lethal Weapons" "Personal Armor" "Personal Weapons" "Reactive Armour" } }
You should be able to safely rename categories all day long. I noticed it's no longer "Drugs" in game, it's "Legal Drugs" which is why it should now be under Industrial Mats. One way to resolve this would be to make the commodities list simply auto-sort by category when you select a station. This could get annoying though if you like to keep the list sorted a different way.
All righty. Lots of feeback this time around!
Definitely not doing any major overhauls, but I'll check out the bugs that are reported.
The features that I see most often showing up are indicator of a black market or not at a system (must be alot of pirates out there, that's it, I'm playing Solo).
I think ability to search the Notes field will be a workaround to solving all the "finding information" problems. You could come up with your own standards and what not. You'll just have to spell stuff consistently
I'm still down for adding station specific features like blackmarket, government type, economy, etc, but that will take alittle more of a focused effort. As we all know I could spend weeks working on features for this thing. But... after Tuesday things are going to slow down alot!
Since Commodities are getting alittle crazy; I'll probably break down and put in a way to add commodities to the list without editing the file. That will take a bit of effort too; making sure it doesn't screw up saves somehow hehe.
I'm tempted to dump the little "help" section in the top right. It's taking up valuable space. I'm also tempted to dump the radio buttons ... does anyone actually use those? I just right-click...
You could definitely get rid of the radio buttons. The stuff I end up having to put into the notes are: black market availability and shipyard inventory. It would be nice to have a searchable way to find those two things at the very least.
Great application, thanks for sharing.
Oh man I just fixed the "Adding a new station and the commodity list isn't correct". This was because when you added a station, it didn't actually select the new one you just added. If I was using this thing, I would have flipped a table over that bug
hehehe I did a semester of java at uni years ago and I remember making lots of simple mistakes like that myself. That's why we are beta testers.
Is there a way to transfer this over to my other PC and keep all the info I've collected on the main one? Do I just copy the whole folder or is the data stored elsewhere?
Occasionally (and probably more often over xmas when the family is in more) I will have to vacate this PC near the TV and move into the back room, I'd hate to have all my collected info missing.
Occasionally (and probably more often over xmas when the family is in more) I will have to vacate this PC near the TV and move into the back room, I'd hate to have all my collected info missing.
agree with the others radio button could go , adding commodity feature yes , stations services yes ,
great work , great response
great work , great response
Is there a way to transfer this over to my other PC and keep all the info I've collected on the main one? Do I just copy the whole folder or is the data stored elsewhere?
Occasionally (and probably more often over xmas when the family is in more) I will have to vacate this PC near the TV and move into the back room, I'd hate to have all my collected info missing.
Copying the whole folder would work. All the data you've entered is stored in the file "system_data.txt" so if you want to download and install the program on your new computer, just copying that one file across will move your data too.
Quick thought is it possible. To add a blank or black line betwen commodities sections in list ????
Well, a bit more use for me too, I did find that after adding a station or amending I had to shut the program down and restart it to refresh the tables, is this normal? I discovered it when I decided to sit in a system and edit all the illegal commodities, having done one station the same commodities showed illegal for all stations in my list until I restarted the program, I am guessing it is a limitation or is it a case of pressing F5 or something?
Come on you have a spare hour whilst the servers are down and then they won't be fit for purpose for another couple
Come on you have a spare hour whilst the servers are down and then they won't be fit for purpose for another couple
First off let me just add to the overwhelming thanks for this - I've used it for a few hours today and found it to be invaluable for running "go fetch" missions
I personally do use the radio buttons but I'd probably get used to right clicking if I had to. I'm not too fussed about a black market tracker unlike certain, less scrupulous individuals!
I personally do use the radio buttons but I'd probably get used to right clicking if I had to. I'm not too fussed about a black market tracker unlike certain, less scrupulous individuals!
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