[RELEASE] Slopey's BPC Market Tool! - New version!
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Thanks Slopey!!
Slopey
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Try updating your .Net Framework from 4.5.1 to 4.5.2 please and let me know if that sorts it.
It would be interesting to see some performance improvements for more serious number-crunching - specifically, ANY to ANY across all systems. It works well if you're limiting it by distance (e.g. filtering for results that are within 20 light-years) but is considerably slower when all of the results are being spammed into the output window, which suggests it's the UI widget's update that's slowing everything down. Perhaps setting limiters on trip profit (minimum 100,000Cr and such) could offer a similar sort of speed-up? Multi-threading would be very cool too 
Alternatively, I'm curious if anyone's tried making any standalone utilities for crunching through the BPC tool's databases? They seem straightforward enough to query.
Alternatively, I'm curious if anyone's tried making any standalone utilities for crunching through the BPC tool's databases? They seem straightforward enough to query.
Wonder if thats my problem will have to check tomorrow.
Just locks up with me have to ctrl,delete as its not responding.
Just locks up with me have to ctrl,delete as its not responding.
Slopey
Volunteer Moderator
It would be interesting to see some performance improvements for more serious number-crunching - specifically, ANY to ANY across all systems. It works well if you're limiting it by distance (e.g. filtering for results that are within 20 light-years) but is considerably slower when all of the results are being spammed into the output window, which suggests it's the UI widget's update that's slowing everything down. Perhaps setting limiters on trip profit (minimum 100,000Cr and such) could offer a similar sort of speed-up? Multi-threading would be very cool too
Limits don't help (aside from distance) as you still need to query the combination to see if it's within limits or not. You don't know the profit until after you run the calc, so filtering by profit can't be faster. The UI update doesn't slow it down that much tbh - the grid control is very good with sideloading data. The results are displayed as they come in because I got far to much negative feedback when it used to sit and churn (slightly faster granted) before displaying anything.
But the real issue is volume. The database is up to 900+ systems now. With around 55 commods each, that's 45000 rows (or near enough). An ANY to ANY is going to require a bit of oomph, which is why you shouldn't do it very much - or use the new commod filter.
If you set a distance, the BPC will go find all the systems in range, then only use those for the ANY <> ANY check, so that is faster.
Ah brilliant!
Any chance we can have have the ability to upload "old data" if the tool is in local only mode?
I have a ton of "old data" csv files many of which arent in your system/station lists..
I've been writing my own
but I'm lazy and wanting to play - figure I'll use the tools available in the interim 
Is the chat IRC based, or using some other chat protocol? I'd like to be able to load it up with something other than a web client.
Alright, I know this is going to sound like a stupid question, but I cannot get the BPC to pick up my location data to save my life. Not sure what I am missing, and if it is related to verbose logging (which is enabled), but if someone could advise the rookie that would be great.
FYI, seeing a lot of Dalton Gateway in LHS 3447 being misspelled as "Oalton Gateway", most likely from people using EliteOCR and not checking their spelling.
