Release ED ToolBox - A companion app

sutex · Mar 12, 2016

Walter Harriman said:
You could configure both programs to use the same server.
You'll need to move the edtb_log database to the ED-IBE MySQL server and change the EDTB config file to match the user & password of that server, or vice versa.

Could you explain this please , moving the edtb_log database, Would like to keep your server as it has the tray interface , and move ED-IBE to use yours, Ive asked ED-IBE dev on how to get this working too

CMDR Boozeman · Mar 12, 2016

Suggestion:

Is is possible to adjust galaxy map colors? I want sometimes see my exploring route more visible. Rest is default gray, so it disappear sometimes.

Walter Harriman · Mar 12, 2016

sutex said:
Could you explain this please , moving the edtb_log database, Would like to keep your server as it has the tray interface , and move ED-IBE to use yours, Ive asked ED-IBE dev on how to get this working too

If you want to use the EDTB MySQL server, you'll need to do a couple of things from ED-IBE (ask the developer how to do them):

Export the database of ED-IBE
Configure ED-IBE MySQL server to use EDTB's username and password (username is root, password is in the data/server_config.inc.php file)

And on EDTB:

Import the ED-IBE database to the EDTB MySQL server:
- Gear icon->Database Management
- Log-in using the username and password from earlier
- Choose Import from the left panel and choose the file you exported from ED-IBE

CMDR Boozeman said:
Suggestion:

Is is possible to adjust galaxy map colors? I want sometimes see my exploring route more visible. Rest is default gray, so it disappear sometimes.

I think I'll be able to come up with something. Probably not for the next release though.

vernonator · Mar 12, 2016

I would like to encourage all the users of EDTB to go out and donate to Walter - he is doing a BOAT load of work on this excellent tool and deserves a bit of a reward. Just sent a bit myself.....

Thanks for all your hard work Walt!!!

Mark

Walter Harriman · Mar 12, 2016

vernonator said:
I would like to encourage all the users of EDTB to go out and donate to Walter - he is doing a BOAT load of work on this excellent tool and deserves a bit of a reward. Just sent a bit myself.....

Thanks for all your hard work Walt!!!

Mark

Thanks for the donation, Mark!

sutex · Mar 15, 2016

Walter Harriman said:
If you want to use the EDTB MySQL server, you'll need to do a couple of things from ED-IBE (ask the developer how to do them):

Export the database of ED-IBE

Configure ED-IBE MySQL server to use EDTB's username and password (username is root, password is in the data/server_config.inc.php file)

And on EDTB:

Import the ED-IBE database to the EDTB MySQL server:

Gear icon->Database Management

Log-in using the username and password from earlier

Choose Import from the left panel and choose the file you exported from ED-IBE

For those who where following this thread I did try changing the SQL server ports by hand but it had no affect.

So Duke as released a new version of ED-IBE that allows the SQL server ports on ED-IBE to be changed , thus allowing EDToolbox & ED-IBE to work at the same time.

Excellent

vic · Mar 18, 2016

Do I need Voice attack to use this tool?
All I want to do is get data like star system info read to me out loud after jumping, instead of having to actually read. Reading is not fun when using oculus dk2.

EDIT: So apparantly I would need voice attack, so then what is the difference between this tool(EDTB) and EDDI?

sutex · Mar 18, 2016

Hi the recording function in EDTB saying its recording , just I'm not hearing anything, on the playback, using Firefox , I have VA , so record works

also any plans in expanding the record function , to audio record specific events , like entering system, would be handy , to capture your words for the next 20 sec...

Walter Harriman · Mar 19, 2016

vic said:
Do I need Voice attack to use this tool?
All I want to do is get data like star system info read to me out loud after jumping, instead of having to actually read. Reading is not fun when using oculus dk2.

EDIT: So apparantly I would need voice attack, so then what is the difference between this tool(EDTB) and EDDI?

If all you want is a VA tool you should use EDDI. You probably can't use any of EDTB's other features with the Oculus anyway.

sutex said:
Hi the recording function in EDTB saying its recording , just I'm not hearing anything, on the playback, using Firefox , I have VA , so record works

also any plans in expanding the record function , to audio record specific events , like entering system, would be handy , to capture your words for the next 20 sec...

Are you seeing audio files in the EDTB/audio_files directory? If so, maybe you don't have the microphone/headphones enabled in Windows or something.

As for automatic recording, that's not going to work because of security measures. Your browser wouldn't let EDTB record your mic automatically.

sutex · Mar 19, 2016

Walter Harriman said:
Are you seeing audio files in the EDTB/audio_files directory? If so, maybe you don't have the microphone/headphones enabled in Windows or something.

Files are there nothing on them nothing been recorded ,blank.. mic works using VA , also could the audio files be auto named with system and date time

vic · Mar 23, 2016

Walter Harriman said:
If all you want is a VA tool you should use EDDI. You probably can't use any of EDTB's other features with the Oculus anyway.

No I don't have voice attack. What I would like is some kind of stand-alone tool that could simply read me out loud the system info(economy, population, controlling factions etc) and/or planet info when jumping to it, by push of joystick button . Is EDTBI tool good for this?

Walter Harriman · Mar 23, 2016

vic said:
No I don't have voice attack. What I would like is some kind of stand-alone tool that could simply read me out loud the system info(economy, population, controlling factions etc) and/or planet info when jumping to it, by push of joystick button . Is EDTBI tool good for this?

No you'll still need VoiceAttack.

Walter Harriman · Mar 23, 2016

ED ToolBox v. 1.2.1

Changelog

Added option to display Game time instead of Local time on the clock
Added filter for NearestSystems to filter stations by type (planetary, space, all)
Added option to store screenhots in a user-defined folder (See http://edtb.xyz/?q=tipstricks#screenshot_dir for instructions)
Changed website structure
Various bug fixes and small improvements

Download

bAdbUd · Mar 23, 2016

Walter Harriman said:
ED ToolBox v. 1.2.1

Changelog

Added option to store screenhots in a user-defined folder (See http://edtb.xyz/?q=tipstricks#screenshot_dir for instructions)

Download

Yeah, blooming brilliant, thanks for that, plus all the other hard work you've done thus far. Donation coming your way this evening.

vic · Mar 23, 2016

Does it report back planet/star body details (like size, gravity factor, etc) ?

Walter Harriman · Mar 23, 2016

bAdbUd said:
Yeah, blooming brilliant, thanks for that, plus all the other hard work you've done thus far. Donation coming your way this evening.

Thanks, always appreciated

vic said:
Does it report back planet/star body details (like size, gravity factor, etc) ?

Unfortunately the game doesn't share that information.

Strife · Mar 23, 2016

Hello Walter,

Although the update worked without any issue, something broke with screenshots.
I am not seeing an icon indicating I have screenshots where I know they exist.

I have tried adding both of the following to edtoolbox_v1.ini, uncommenting one at a time and restarting EDTB each time:

Code:

;new_screendir="P:\Program Files (x86)\Frontier\ED ToolBox\EDTB\screenshots"
;new_screendir="P:/Program Files (x86)/Frontier/ED ToolBox/EDTB/screenshots"

This didn't help.

I have found a workaround that does work, when changing static function has_screenshots in System.class.php to this:

Code:

    static function has_screenshots($system_name)
    {
        $system_name = strip_invalid_dos_chars($system_name);


        if (empty($system_name)) {
            return false;
        }


    //    if (is_dir($settings["new_screendir"] . "/" . $system_name)) {
        if (is_dir("P:/Program Files (x86)/Frontier/ED ToolBox/EDTB/screenshots/" . $system_name)) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

This works.

I am not sure why the setting new_screendir is not being picked up, hopefully this will help if anyone has the same issue and maybe lead to a fix.
Thank You for you continued development whilst also out exploring the galaxy

Walter Harriman · Mar 24, 2016

Strife said:
Hello Walter,

Although the update worked without any issue, something broke with screenshots.
I am not seeing an icon indicating I have screenshots where I know they exist.

I have tried adding both of the following to edtoolbox_v1.ini, uncommenting one at a time and restarting EDTB each time:

Code:

;new_screendir="P:\Program Files (x86)\Frontier\ED ToolBox\EDTB\screenshots" ;new_screendir="P:/Program Files (x86)/Frontier/ED ToolBox/EDTB/screenshots"

This didn't help.

I have found a workaround that does work, when changing static function has_screenshots in System.class.php to this:

Code:

static function has_screenshots($system_name) { $system_name = strip_invalid_dos_chars($system_name); if (empty($system_name)) { return false; } // if (is_dir($settings["new_screendir"] . "/" . $system_name)) { if (is_dir("P:/Program Files (x86)/Frontier/ED ToolBox/EDTB/screenshots/" . $system_name)) { return true; } else { return false; } }

This works.

I am not sure why the setting new_screendir is not being picked up, hopefully this will help if anyone has the same issue and maybe lead to a fix.
Thank You for you continued development whilst also out exploring the galaxy

It's missing "global $settings;" from the beginning. Thanks for reporting this.

PhilMackenzie · Mar 26, 2016

Greetings Walter,
First off, love ED Toolbox, it's a great addition which makes a great game even better.
I do have one problem however:
In version 1.2.0 the system map displayed images of stars and planets etc so we could add our own system maps for whatever systems we wanted. After upgrading to 1.2.1 the system map is there but no images are displayed. I tried uninstalling the whole program and reinstalling it but had no joy. I don't know php well enough to track down the problem but it seems that the script isn't picking up the image src.
I'm hoping its an easy fix and while the system map isn't essential I thought it was a really nice touch. Kudos for a great program.

CMDR Boozeman · Mar 27, 2016

That global $settings; fixed that "screenshot did not show in system" problem for me. There's another tiny thing after the latest release. I have own Prospecting table on database and there is data type as enum('','0','1') foreach materials.

When edit or add Datapoint > Prospecting, it shows those materials fields as text. Not pull down menus. Prospecting table view shows data correct as "oikein merkki kokeessa" and empty field as n/a. This occur only on the last version.