Apparently nobody's made a list of sectors. I've yet to check in-game because I keep forgetting.
New Version of Cmdr's Log Available!
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True - and it's not always easy to decide in which sector a system is in - often it's more a guess than something.
Even then it may be a good way to group systems by proximity which can be used to filter trade routes
Hey Forecaster, any progress so far?
Not much unfortunately, I recently started an internship which has limited my free time.
I have worked a bit more on the interface, but I haven't had as much time for it as I'd have liked. I'd have liked to add all the features from the beginning, but I might have to do a bare bones GUI first, so I can get started with the back-end, then add additional features later.
I have worked a bit more on the interface, but I haven't had as much time for it as I'd have liked. I'd have liked to add all the features from the beginning, but I might have to do a bare bones GUI first, so I can get started with the back-end, then add additional features later.
Here's the current GUI, with the add system/stations dialog, to show that some progress has been made!
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Still IS the tool
Here's a question for you all:
Take a look at this image, then consider how important it would be for the station list, marked by the red bracket, to be variable width.
As you can see from this screenshot the app resizes, both horizontally and vertically, and the station list will resize to fit the height, but should it also fill up as much of the width as possible, keeping the sidebar with the station data at a fixed width?
Or should the list and the bar simply be fixed? Please tell me your thoughts on this!
It's not a priority right now, I'll probably leave it as is for now while working on more important things, but I'd still like to have some input on it!
Take a look at this image, then consider how important it would be for the station list, marked by the red bracket, to be variable width.
As you can see from this screenshot the app resizes, both horizontally and vertically, and the station list will resize to fit the height, but should it also fill up as much of the width as possible, keeping the sidebar with the station data at a fixed width?
Or should the list and the bar simply be fixed? Please tell me your thoughts on this!
It's not a priority right now, I'll probably leave it as is for now while working on more important things, but I'd still like to have some input on it!
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It probably makes the most sense to allow resizing in both directions (no reason not to really) and have the station list fill the space. Since the sidebar only needs a fixed amount anyway.
I'll probably not focus on that right now though, but in the future I'd want you to be able to fullscreen it and it'd still look good.
It already displays the full truncated name when you hover over it (using the native tooltip):
As for the imports, if you post an example file for any application you'd like to be supported I'll have a look at it!
(If they export to csv [Comma Separated Values] It'll be fairly trivial)
I'll probably not focus on that right now though, but in the future I'd want you to be able to fullscreen it and it'd still look good.
It already displays the full truncated name when you hover over it (using the native tooltip):
As for the imports, if you post an example file for any application you'd like to be supported I'll have a look at it!
(If they export to csv [Comma Separated Values] It'll be fairly trivial)
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Update! I just implemented combined text input and drop downs, similar to the original Cmdr's log. Since there is no native version of that available to me I had to create my own.
There is one drawback of these though. If the window is too short the drop down will disappear beyond the edge, since it's an element inside of the window. There is a solution to that, but it's a bit more involved and unfamiliar to me, so I will leave it like this for now.
There is one drawback of these though. If the window is too short the drop down will disappear beyond the edge, since it's an element inside of the window. There is a solution to that, but it's a bit more involved and unfamiliar to me, so I will leave it like this for now.
My personal opinion;
If the space on the right site isn't used for something (for example images, journalentries etc.) i would resize it to the width. But even if not... it looks realy promising - don't forget to implement the 'donation- button' [yesnod]
Journal entries will be written and managed through a separate window, similar to the "add system/stations one, though bigger. The journal is going to handle "posts" that are going to have a creation date, a body and an optional title, instead of simply being a text file that you edit through the app.
Speaking of that there is also going to be a completely new feature that I wanted the Cmdr's log to have, a profit log. I haven't designed the relevant elements yet, but it'll essentially be similar to the journal, but instead of writing text you can enter what goods you've sold for how much each, when you buy things (even ships, modules, fuel and ammo), and what station this was done at, and the app will be able to keep track of your current balance based on this data. This will be low priority for now, since the main features need to be added first so it becomes usable.
As for donations I hadn't considered that, but I suppose I can easily include that so I might as well...
Another thing i was missing in CmdrsLog was the ability to add/link images... and yea, you should put this donation button in - why not? Me personaly (and a lot of others i'm sure) are more than happy to gift someone which is delivering us with a tool like that 
Another thing i was missing in CmdrsLog was the ability to add/link images... and yea, you should put this donation button in - why not? Me personaly (and a lot of others i'm sure) are more than happy to gift someone which is delivering us with a tool like that
Could you please elaborate on the images thing? I can add in the ability to add images to a station, such as a mini-gallery of local files, as well as loading images from external sources, such as Imgur, but why? I'm curious what you'd use that for? To screencap the commodity market? Take scenic pictures of a station?
for example:
I went over to this new alien- side last weekend and, of course, made a proper journalentry about my journey - and what i was able to find there.
Now... wouldn't it been cool if i where able to ad a picture of the alienside right in de journal?
Of course, this isnt't exactly usefull... apart the fact that you can re-read it again in the future and look at the "photocraphy" as well.
I went over to this new alien- side last weekend and, of course, made a proper journalentry about my journey - and what i was able to find there.
Now... wouldn't it been cool if i where able to ad a picture of the alienside right in de journal?
Of course, this isnt't exactly usefull... apart the fact that you can re-read it again in the future and look at the "photocraphy" as well.
I've started a new thread for Cmdr's Log Continued so that I can stop hijacking ArchV1's thread!
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/306911-Cmdr-s-Log-Continued
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/306911-Cmdr-s-Log-Continued