Release [Explorer's Application] Captain's Log

[SnugglySocks]

Afraid it's not speed related as my current 1134 star database loads in what I consider a reasonable time. I've done about 30 jumps since it last "registered" a change in system but it hasn't budged. It does show up as E running in the bottom right as well. I have tried a test database and this also does not register jumps.

well you seem to have done everything

clean db backup
log locations verified
ed is running
is verbose in the app config?
thats the only thing I can think of that would cause that behaviour. AppConfigLocal.xml was abandoned in a recent update, maybe your system has got caught up and not added verbose to the real AppConfig.xml.

beyond that it would be over to Genar for some deeper insights.

 

[Dante_C]

Thanks for cross checking the obvious, is appreciated as sometimes I may have missed something. Yeah, verbose logging was one of the first things I checked in case the most recent update of ED/Horizons killed it but that was definitely in there, apologies should have said that one from the outset.

Other stuff is picking up the log outputs, for example the Trade Computer Extension (I appreciate not much use while out exploring but I wanted to be sure that other stuff could "see" the logs created as I jumped).

Later this evening I'll uninstall completely, delete the log file after backing up the databases and then reinstall and once the default database has been recreated on the new install bring back in my existing database and see if it behaves then. Bit frustrating as I found a pretty cool, currently undiscovered, system while it wasn't logging the jumps. Been a brilliant tool to use otherwise and the image/screenshot manager is very useful (at least I know what that cool system is thanks to the screenshots I took and CL renaming the JPEG copies)

 

[Genar-Hofoen]

Thanks for cross checking the obvious, is appreciated as sometimes I may have missed something. Yeah, verbose logging was one of the first things I checked in case the most recent update of ED/Horizons killed it but that was definitely in there, apologies should have said that one from the outset.

Other stuff is picking up the log outputs, for example the Trade Computer Extension (I appreciate not much use while out exploring but I wanted to be sure that other stuff could "see" the logs created as I jumped).

Later this evening I'll uninstall completely, delete the log file after backing up the databases and then reinstall and once the default database has been recreated on the new install bring back in my existing database and see if it behaves then. Bit frustrating as I found a pretty cool, currently undiscovered, system while it wasn't logging the jumps. Been a brilliant tool to use otherwise and the image/screenshot manager is very useful (at least I know what that cool system is thanks to the screenshots I took and CL renaming the JPEG copies)

Is CL saying that "Elite is running, parsing logs" at the bottom of the screen?

Odd that it stops working now...

Also - have you tried downloading and installing previous versions of CL from my site? I keep a link for a previous version or two for download just in case this sort of Unexplained Phenomenon happens - though I'd test it like this: reinstall the current version. If it doesn't work, try a previous version. If that works, reinstall the current version and that's a surefire way of telling if it is in fact the current version that has the problem.

Regards

 

[Dante_C]

Genar-Hofoen,
May have found the problem by doing some digging; despite moving my Elite install (it's a Steam based one but I start via a shortcut to the launcher) to my primary hard drive (an SSD) after clearing some space on it, for whatever reason Steam kept the old folder structure including the logs folder on the secondary drive! I looked in both folders just to compare what log files should have been saved by each client and was like "hang about why am I seeing files from yesterday!"

So looks like CL may have been doing everything right, the user changed all the settings correctly to what you would expect them to be and then Elite and/or Steam have said "I don't want to do that". I will change the log path back to the old folder and take the Elite client outside for a good thrashing (once it's back up and running). So yes while it is Unexplained Phenomena it appears to be from FDev or Steam's side in terms of file handling!

Edit: And to further confuse issues it looks like the client was saving the log files in the "correct" location and then one day just went "nope I'm putting them in the old location again", oddly I have three netlog files from this morning where I've made attempts to see if the server is back up, one in the new location and two in the old location ... Software eh?

Edit 2: So, solved now, deleted the old Elite folder, ensured path in CL is the new location. Both logs being saved in "correct" location and CL picking current system. No idea why it was flipping between the two. Definitely a client/Steam issue not CL. Thank you Genar-Hofoen for your patience and Mungler for your thoughts too. Just need to add in the missing jumps somehow without doubling up on entries!

 

[Gerdofal]

Hi there!

Found a small bug in the way screenshots are handled. I use steam, which has it's own way of saving screenshots which I find much easier to use than the one built in game. It also has the option to save high-res shots in a specific folder, which I have picked.

Everything works fine with the rename (Steam saves images as PNG already, so it's probably doing more work than it needs actually, it really only needs to rename, not convert. But that's not the bug.)

The bug is that Captain's Log can't delete the original image. I'm not quite sure why. The name of the original image is: 419270_2016-02-01_00003.png

Maybe because of the extension it's failing to delete it?

Instead, Captain's log just sits there the whole time re-converting and then failing to delete this one file.

Lelna

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Actually, I take that back. The problem isn't only in the delete, it keeps trying to reconvert the same file even if I uncheck delete original. I guess there is some other difference between ED and steam screenshot naming conventions that's confusing it.

 

[Genar-Hofoen]

Hi there!

Found a small bug in the way screenshots are handled. I use steam, which has it's own way of saving screenshots which I find much easier to use than the one built in game. It also has the option to save high-res shots in a specific folder, which I have picked.

Everything works fine with the rename (Steam saves images as PNG already, so it's probably doing more work than it needs actually, it really only needs to rename, not convert. But that's not the bug.)

The bug is that Captain's Log can't delete the original image. I'm not quite sure why. The name of the original image is: 419270_2016-02-01_00003.png

Maybe because of the extension it's failing to delete it?

Instead, Captain's log just sits there the whole time re-converting and then failing to delete this one file.

Lelna

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Actually, I take that back. The problem isn't only in the delete, it keeps trying to reconvert the same file even if I uncheck delete original. I guess there is some other difference between ED and steam screenshot naming conventions that's confusing it.

I haven't had the time to look into it.

The screenshot facility was written with ED's screenshot in mind, and I haven't tested other eventualities like the one you described.

When I get the time I'll look into it. At the moment I'm having a rest and actually playing the game, for a change

Regards o7

 

[cidiantoby]

Loving the app to help keep track of what i scanned. However I noticed that it is lacking T Tauri Stars. Possibly Herbig Ae/Be but i havnt found one of those yet. Anyway i can add them?

 

[Genar-Hofoen]

Loving the app to help keep track of what i scanned. However I noticed that it is lacking T Tauri Stars. Possibly Herbig Ae/Be but i havnt found one of those yet. Anyway i can add them?

Those are Protostars, so you'll find that just like the galaxy map in-game, I lump all of those into the Protostar category.

Regards o7

 

[cidiantoby]

Those are Protostars, so you'll find that just like the galaxy map in-game, I lump all of those into the Protostar category.

Regards o7

Ahh okay.. Ill just make system notes on them for my records. I've been endorsing it to my clan because its highly useful than guess work.

Fly safe

 

[disorganise]

Errr. Oh. I been putting T Tauri's under "T" :/

 

[Genar-Hofoen]

Errr. Oh. I been putting T Tauri's under "T" :/

Heheh, no, those are not T Tauri

One of the great things about this game is that as you continue exploring, you start to learn a bit about star types.

Regards o7

 

[qq7]

Errr. Oh. I been putting T Tauri's under "T" :/

T are T-Dwarf

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I report here what I had already posted on scarygliders for other users.

Screenshot conversion:
I have the problem of many duplication of the same original. I set the output subfolder …\Pictures\Frontier Developements\Elite Dangerous\Capitain Log Screenshots\ , setted to convert to jpg (tried also png) … CL create (looping) many JPGs until I uncheck “Scrnshot”.

 

[Genar-Hofoen]

T are T-Dwarf

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I report here what I had already posted on scarygliders for other users.

Screenshot conversion:
I have the problem of many duplication of the same original. I set the output subfolder …\Pictures\Frontier Developements\Elite Dangerous\Capitain Log Screenshots\ , setted to convert to jpg (tried also png) … CL create (looping) many JPGs until I uncheck “Scrnshot”.

More information would help.

Windows version, are these ED screenshots or are they being created by some other screenshot taker, etc?

Regards o7

 

[qq7]

More information would help.

Windows version, are these ED screenshots or are they being created by some other screenshot taker, etc?

Regards o7

Windows 10
ED Horizons
ED screenshot
I have created a custom dir for CL converted images as shown in my previous post

tnx

 

[Genar-Hofoen]

Windows 10
ED Horizons
ED screenshot
I have created a custom dir for CL converted images as shown in my previous post

tnx

Oh! There may be a clue there...

Try setting a different custom dir which is outside of the Frontier Developments folder. I have a suspicion it's because the destination folder is inside the source folder, which would stand to reason, as CL is detecting changes in the source folder, and writing a file to s folder inside the source folder would probably count as a "change".


Regards o7

 

[Genar-Hofoen]

qq7 : did you try what I suggested above? If so, did it solve the problem for you?

Regards

 

[qq7]

qq7 : did you try what I suggested above? If so, did it solve the problem for you?

Regards

Sorry for the late replay, I was out of home
I have setted another output dir outside Frontier one as you saggested ... now IT WORKS
both jpg and png

Many thanks for the support.
Ciao

 

[certhas]

I think I found a bug. I can't add a Rocky (TC) planet. Nothing happens when I click on the icon. When I tested the other planets it also seems that the Water Giant button doesn't work either. When I check in Configuration->System Bodies I can't find an entry for Rocky TC or Water Giant in the table.

i've just noticed the same with water giants. i think its because they arent listed in the system bodies value list.

 

[Genar-Hofoen]

I think I found a bug. I can't add a Rocky (TC) planet. Nothing happens when I click on the icon. When I tested the other planets it also seems that the Water Giant button doesn't work either. When I check in Configuration->System Bodies I can't find an entry for Rocky TC or Water Giant in the table.

Oops! Missed your post!

i've just noticed the same with water giants. i think its because they arent listed in the system bodies value list.

Very very odd!

Have you been using CL for long? I'm wondering if that's a throwback from when I didn't have Water Giant or Rocky TC in CL's very early versions...

Have you tried to recreate the planet values table? That should create all the database objects. I have no idea why Rocky TC or Water Giant wouldn't be in that table - they're in the code which creates that database.

Procedure:

0) Exit from CL
1) Go to the CL database folder and remove the file called cl_values.db
2) Start CL - the planet values DB should be recreated on startup.

Please let me know if that solves this for you.

Regards.

 

[vaesir]

Mate...for the life of me...I can't find the download link on your website.