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Major Klutz

Major Klutz
So my problem with ED Discovery taking a long time to start appears to be something unique to my PC.

With the help of robbyp, I tried starting with a fresh user database and even a completely new data folder.
But the slow startup continues.
I also copied my data folder to another PC and although it started slower (20 seconds) it was consistent. It's just a slower PC.

It's not consistent on my PC. Sometimes, in the mornings especially, it starts up quickly.
and for some reason, when I access my PC via remote desktop, it starts up consistently in 10 seconds every time, with the same data folder and configuration.
But when I get home from work and re-boot my PC before starting Elite, it goes back to taking 2 minutes or longer to start.

Fortunately I'm already in the process of building a new PC. My current system is a 4770K from 2013 and I was already in the process of ordering parts for a new 8700K system, so I'll be doing a fresh install of Windows 10 soon anyway.

Thanks for the help RobbyP
 

Orvidius

Orvidius
Wow, that's very strange. I wouldn't expect such inconsistent results, especially with it starting quickly via remote desktop. Something very, very strange is going on there. I suspect a fresh Windows installation is what will fix it, more than just the hardware. But that will be a decent performance boost anyway, going from a 4770K to an 8700K. That's similar to my last upgrade, too. I had a 4770K overclocked to about 4 GHz (later lowered that to 3.8 GHz when I suspected some stability issues), and then in April last year, the motherboard died and I decided to do a full upgrade, to the 7700K. I think you'll enjoy your new system. :)
 

Major Klutz

Major Klutz
Great Job on 10.1.
I limited my essential entries to 90 days and I also limited my Galaxy Map to just the bubble.
Testing over an RDP session from work, my startup went from 11 seconds to about 6.5 seconds.

An update on my slow startup times...
I built a new PC. Clean install of Windows. 8770K overclocked. Boot drive (and ED Discovery Database) is on an NVMe m.2 SSD.
ED Discovery was installed clean but I moved my database folder over from my old PC as it was.

I got everything re-installed last night and got to play ED for a few hours.
I didn't get a chance to test 10.0.4 last night but it did seem to still be lagging on startup.

Testing 10.1 at home tonight after a fresh reboot, my startup time is at ~6.5 seconds. No change after the PC has been running for a while.

The problem seems to be solved now, though it was somewhat variable before so I'll keep an eye on it for a while.

Thanks again for the help before and the startup improvements in 10.1

p.s. I tested 10.0.5 on my old PC again tonight and it started up in ~10.5 seconds consistently after a fresh reboot. So, yeah, not consistent.
I was hoping it would start up slow so I could upgrade it to 10.1 and test on the old PC but the gremlin must be napping.
 
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disorganise

disorganise
I think it my database causing lag. For me, lag is the time taken between an event (scan body, jump etc) and ED picking it up. Roughly 2 or 3 secs.
Tried portable to same db, same issue.

Started an alt in a different windows profile, bit otherwise same set up, and it's pretty much instantaneous so I can have voice enabled (voice is disabled on main now cause the lag is off putting).

Is there anything I can do to fix up the DB? Rebuild indexes or something? (just repeating what I heard DBAs say sometimes, no idea what it really means :p)
 

Orvidius

Orvidius
10.1 is looking great so far! I'm continually amazed by the feature set, and everything new that gets added. As a programmer, I know how much of a nightmare projects can become when more functionality gets bolted on over time. :D

I did end up making a github issue over some errors it's throwing, related to the ship list, when sending it to Inara. I think the problem is that my ship list is full of the ghosts of long-dead SRVs. I might just need a way to clear those out, but we'll see.
 

robbyp

robbyp
Ahh SRVs.. they should not be sent to inara, any ones marked def sold or is SVR/Fighters are not sent.

Might be an idea, since there is no 'SRV' death mark, to add a right click to mark dead. I'll have a think.
 

mpfj

mpfj
Been using EDD for a while now ... it's awesome, but I've been looking some of the extra features I've not yet touched on.

One is the Trip Computer ... I've clicked on "Start", assuming that it would start at the currently selected system (in the main History grid).

It does seem to put a green/red flag on the History grid, but when I try to change the "start" system, it just adds more green/red flags.

I can't seem to work out any sort of logic behind it.

Sorry if this is obvious, but my small brain just can't work it out !!

Can anyone explain it to me ?
 

iain666

iain666
mpfj said:
It does seem to put a green/red flag on the History grid, but when I try to change the "start" system, it just adds more green/red flags.

I can't seem to work out any sort of logic behind it.

Can anyone explain it to me ?
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You can have multiple trips, so when you 'Start' from the trip computer it puts a start marker where you are - if you had an earlier start marker with no matching stop it puts a stop on the previous one too. You can clear start/stop from any entry in the history or add start/stop but it knows on each row where it is.

So if your last marker was a 'Start' then you can set a 'Stop' and vice-versa. You can clear them from the rows they're on.

To move a start rather than split a trip in two just clear the Start and add it to a different system.
 

varonica

varonica
mpfj said:
Been using EDD for a while now ... it's awesome, but I've been looking some of the extra features I've not yet touched on.

One is the Trip Computer ... I've clicked on "Start", assuming that it would start at the currently selected system (in the main History grid).

It does seem to put a green/red flag on the History grid, but when I try to change the "start" system, it just adds more green/red flags.

I can't seem to work out any sort of logic behind it.

Sorry if this is obvious, but my small brain just can't work it out !!

Can anyone explain it to me ?
Click to expand...

There are things in EDD that even long time users don't know about, it's well worth exploring, I had to run some forumites through the stats tab a while back. They were looking for an app to do stats in ED for them, and it was already right in front of them, they just didn't know it was there!
 

robbyp

robbyp
30 odd panels, sure we can think of more to add..

Each panel is pretty simple levered off all the underlying code.

Next up I'm thinking of profiles.....
 

mpfj

mpfj
iain666 said:
You can have multiple trips, so when you 'Start' from the trip computer it puts a start marker where you are - if you had an earlier start marker with no matching stop it puts a stop on the previous one too. You can clear start/stop from any entry in the history or add start/stop but it knows on each row where it is.

So if your last marker was a 'Start' then you can set a 'Stop' and vice-versa. You can clear them from the rows they're on.

To move a start rather than split a trip in two just clear the Start and add it to a different system.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the info, but I still can't work int out :eek:

The "start" flag always seems to be the most recent and the "stop" seems to be earlier in your history .. this seems back-to-front !!

I want to "start" at an old system (where I *started* exploring) and for the trip computer to show me how far I've currently travelled, how many jumps, etc, and to update these stats every time I make a new jump.

Is this not what the trip computer does ?
 

iain666

iain666
If you've got a stop earlier in your history then there should be an even earlier start.

You can set the 'Event Filter' drop down on your travel history to just show FSD jumps, and then add a Field Filter like this:
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to get only the jumps with a stop or start marker. This should make it easier to figure out what's going on.

If you're still stuck then throw up a picture of those filtered results and I'll see if I can see what's going on.
 

NULUSIOS

NULUSIOS
One of the things I like about EDD, is the status bar actually describing what "it" is doing right now.
This haven't happened with anything involving INARA though.
It must work because (I think) I see updated INARA data, but other than a periodic "send 3 events to INARA" (or something), I don't know.
Clicking that Admin menu item that sends old data to INARA, doesn't produce anything in the status bar OR log window.
Is it because it is WIP?

Does EDD send data for example about my current material status to INARA now?
I am not sure when happens what, or what triggers things.
Every entry in ED log? Periodic check?
 

oscarmr

oscarmr
Is there any EDDiscovery version that works under ARM Linux (raspberry Pi)?

I would not mind having the program always open from the Pi so that the databases of these websites are synchronized every time when I turn on the game.
 
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