[RELEASE] Slopey's BPC Market Tool! - New version!

[8bitprophecy]

Do you have the Log directory set properly to the Logs directory in the ED program directory?

And have you added VerboseLogging="1" to the AppConfig.xml in the ED program directory under the "<Network" line?

done aaaaand still nothing.

 

[SwissSkynet]

Yeah - I'm trying to catch it. It's one of the threads misbehaving and locking the table. Just restart the BPC and it'll be fine. I'll have it resolved for the next release.

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You get me to do it, which I've just done. Go to options, clear your db, then force an update, and they'll be gone.

Thank you Now its the Correct Station.

 

[Slopey]

Oh right, it wasn't doing that before.
Also I want to update places I'm not at because I have information of places I'm not at

And this information of places you're not at - is it current? Because if someone else has updated the station while they're there right now, you're going to overwrite it with aged data.

It's like that to coerce you into only entering current data. I don't want everyone entering last week's numbers they wrote down into the BPC today tbh, so that's why it locks it to your current station.

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I understand what you are saying about the knowledge of markets on earth being so transparent. Supposedly the governments choose to control the information for there own purposes and additional income. Regardless, you could say this is blackmarket data. I don't care if you have a magic +5 laser; I'm just saying it is not necessarily more fun to use the easy way. To each his own I guess.

Advocacy and the discussion of such tools (of which I am not unique - please spread the love), in one of the many other threads devoted to the topic. If you don't like the BPC and aren't using it, there's no need to post here.

 

[Tihor]

just wanted to say thanks for the all the hard work Slopey. been using it since beta and made the game way more enjoyable for me being i only get to play in short sessions here and there.

same here - I think Slopey has done a cracking job here, for the community, peeps need to appreciate his efforts a bit more

 

[Ifandbut]

I did not look through all 11 pages of this thread so sorry if this has been asked before.

Is there a quick start guide on how to use this tool. I'm poking around but am not sure exactly what does what.

 

[Cmdr Sharky]

I understand what you are saying about the knowledge of markets on earth being so transparent. Supposedly the governments choose to control the information for there own purposes and additional income. Regardless, you could say this is blackmarket data. I don't care if you have a magic +5 laser; I'm just saying it is not necessarily more fun to use the easy way. To each his own I guess.

According to DBOBE, one of the purposes of the Pilot's Federation in the Elite universe is for pilots to share market information with each other. So, that is what we are doing.

 

[Icarus1]

Works Great! I'm gonna do some trading...

 

[Krusty McNugget]

Suggestion.. would it be possible down the road to make the "Best profit calculator" results appear in tabs? So when i do a new search i can quickly tab back to the old result? nbd if not, id find it handy thats all..

Thanks again Slopey.

 

[Cmdr blueeagle66]

Hi.

Apologies, but the only log file I can find is in C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous.
The filename is TelemetryCache.log.
This file is empty.
So does this file only update during open play? Or have I got the wrong log location for V1 of ED?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Slopey]

That's not it - search your machine for FORC-FDEV*, that should come up with a directory, and in there should be the EliteDangerous.exe, the AppConfig.xml and the Logs folder - it's that logs folder that you want

 

[SpiralRazor]

That's not it - search your machine for FORC-FDEV*, that should come up with a directory, and in there should be the EliteDangerous.exe, the AppConfig.xml and the Logs folder - it's that logs folder that you want

Is there a way you could implement a brake on the next version?? Something where you can input a range of returns? IE>..when i run a search i only want to see a certain range of numbers for profit, say ..only show me results over 100k round trip profit etc.

Right now when i run a decent search i get 2500 results lol...dont need to know all of them except the top 25.

 

[Otis B.]

It's like that to coerce you into only entering current data. I don't want everyone entering last week's numbers they wrote down into the BPC today tbh, so that's why it locks it to your current station.

Also this restriction has the effect of limiting the damage that a vandal can do.

 

[Berty Dastard]

I did not look through all 11 pages of this thread so sorry if this has been asked before.

Is there a quick start guide on how to use this tool. I'm poking around but am not sure exactly what does what.

Here is the quick start guide:

Download, install, start. Know your jump distance available (it's shown in the second tab of the galaxy map). Search for trades from your current, docked, system/station. Organise the results to top profit by clicking on the header of the profit column Limit the search to reasonable distance. If you want check for a round trip for max profit tick the box. Double check the price to buy in your system in game, noticing when the price was last updated in the tool. Whether the price is the same or different click on the update price button and fill the form in so you are sharing with others. Check the commodities tab and then the station you are considering jumping to for the time the price was last updated, and whether it makes sense ie. if the price is really different from previous prices be wary. Take a risk and buy a load, fly to the destination and see whether it works

 

[Slopey]

Is there a way you could implement a brake on the next version?? Something where you can input a range of returns? IE>..when i run a search i only want to see a certain range of numbers for profit, say ..only show me results over 100k round trip profit etc.

Right now when i run a decent search i get 2500 results lol...dont need to know all of them except the top 25.

For now, right click on any column header and use the filters.

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Also this restriction has the effect of limiting the damage that a vandal can do.

That too

 

[SpiralRazor]

Also this restriction has the effect of limiting the damage that a vandal can do.

There needs to be more of a catch then that....look at the data someone just entered for LHS 3505 to L 369-45.....whoever did that is a full , straight up. I entered two full stations on two new systems for the db, and was pretty careful on the entries for every item they had listed.

 

[Ahhzz]

So, quick question. I made it to page 8 before I decided I'd had enough fun I'm getting an error when I try to upload a CSV (finally figured out what to tweak on the EliteOCR to get it to work). Is that due to me not being in game at that moment, or even the issue with not being able to change/update a station where you're not currently located?

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[Ifandbut]

Here is the quick start guide:

Download, install, start. Know your jump distance available (it's shown in the second tab of the galaxy map). Search for trades from your current, docked, system/station. Organise the results to top profit by clicking on the header of the profit column Limit the search to reasonable distance. If you want check for a round trip for max profit tick the box. Double check the price to buy in your system in game, noticing when the price was last updated in the tool. Whether the price is the same or different click on the update price button and fill the form in so you are sharing with others. Check the commodities tab and then the station you are considering jumping to for the time the price was last updated, and whether it makes sense ie. if the price is really different from previous prices be wary. Take a risk and buy a load, fly to the destination and see whether it works

Thanks for the tutorial. I assume the distance box is in spherical light years? So you could enter a larger number then your max for one jump but it is possible there will be no path to that system with my current jump drive.

For entering data, is the easiest way just to use EliteOCR -> export to CSV -> import to ED:BPC?

 

[corvinus]

same here - I think Slopey has done a cracking job here, for the community, peeps need to appreciate his efforts a bit more

Well I know if he's ever in Oklahoma and needs a place to crash, or some cold beer he can just shoot me an e-mail. I hope he gets enough in donations to make it worth all the hassle. That prog has saved me countless losses in the market.

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Is this cheating?

No more than having someone e-mail you a spreadsheet with the markets filled in by other helpful people. All this data is donated by traders and aggregated by Slopey's program which he maintains in his spare time. I'm surprised the pirates aren't using it to find the traders. We go where the money is.

 

[undoreal]

Read up a bit - it's covered in depth earlier in the topic. Or pop into the BPC chatroom and someone will help.

You need to add VerboseLogging="1" into your AppConfig.xml, then set the log directory correctly in the BPC *and* in EliteOCR - (Elite OCR queries should be done in EliteOCR's topic please).

Hi Slopey, I tried to pop into the chat room but I do not have or want java installed on my machine...

My main question was not about the location but about the import function which is not working for me!
I run EliteOCR on a screenshot (doesn't matter if horizontal or not) -> The csv file is created sucessfully and when I open it in WordPad it seems to be ok.
Now I start Slopeys Tool and try to import it, I select and open the file but nothing happens... There is not error message displayed but it simply does not work... The data from the csv file is not imported to the BPC window..

 

[Space Dandy]

Hi Slopey, I tried to pop into the chat room but I do not have or want java installed on my machine...

My main question was not about the location but about the import function which is not working for me!
I run EliteOCR on a screenshot (doesn't matter if horizontal or not) -> The csv file is created sucessfully and when I open it in WordPad it seems to be ok.
Now I start Slopeys Tool and try to import it, I select and open the file but nothing happens... There is not error message displayed but it simply does not work... The data from the csv file is not imported to the BPC window..

You need to make sure the system and station names are spelled EXACTLY the same.

So if your in the mcc system you need to make sure capitalization is the same.

For example if in OCR when you manually put in the system if you put in MCC in slopey the system must show as MCC too. If in OCR it is MCC but in slopeys for some reason it show as Mcc or mcc it will not work and nothing happens.