latest version beta 6 doesnt seem to let me scan netlogs like you say in description... I only got the game a month ago and only just found your tool today through RustyDogs video and would very much like to input my netlogs and add that data to the program but I cant get it to work it doesnt give a option when i install and nothing works in menu to add the netlogs... other than that the tool works and is great but I really want to add my netlogs and data cheers please help me to do it cheers
Release [Explorer's Application] Captain's Log
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latest version beta 6 doesnt seem to let me scan netlogs like you say in description... I only got the game a month ago and only just found your tool today through RustyDogs video and would very much like to input my netlogs and add that data to the program but I cant get it to work it doesnt give a option when i install and nothing works in menu to add the netlogs... other than that the tool works and is great but I really want to add my netlogs and data cheers please help me to do it cheers
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Those instructions are for CL 1.x - I haven't had the time to write instructions for 2.x yet.
There are two different kinds of netlog - the pre-ED 2.1 netlog files, and the post ED-2.1 Player Journal files.
CL2 only works with the new Player Journal files - there is not enough information in the old netlog files to work with for CL2.
Importing in CL2 involves scanning all the Player Journal files into the currently active database in CL2.
If it doesn't appear to be doing anything, then perhaps you already have all info imported, or don't have a lot of Player Journal files.
But the import does work as I test it frequently.
Regards
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Something I'll add in when I get the time.
CL only has one developer and I'm rather busy at the moment
Regards
Something I'll add in when I get the time.
CL only has one developer and I'm rather busy at the moment
Regards
Thank you. I do have a work around. It involves Symlinks on Windows which is less than ideal, especially over a network. But it works, most of the time. So take your time and a huge thank you for your effort.
Hi Genar, Nice to see beta 6 out. I presume I can just carry on my journey with the database I was using in beta 5 right ?
I have made a video on your app as I think it's cool and should get it some extra attention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ioi2PdUNs
I wonder if it is possible to have an extra column on the GUI (next to the system and jump notes) where it tells you how many screenshots you have taken in that system and if you click that number, it can display the list of those shots so you can click on any and see the screenshots you made in any system you've been to. (If you don't ask, you don't get, right ?
Thanks again for a superb program which I am enjoying on my new journey out into the void.
EDIT: Also noticed a small issue when telling CL to store it's screenshots into a different location. It kept insisting on storing them in the default location.
The only way I managed to fix this was to manually edit the .ini file which then allowed CL to manage it's screenshots into the location I wanted.
Hiya Rusty o7
Great video - I've replied to it on your channel - thanks for that and as I'm pressed for time as usual, I'll try to be sorting out these wrinkles as and when.
Regards o7
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Those instructions are for CL 1.x - I haven't had the time to write instructions for 2.x yet.
There are two different kinds of netlog - the pre-ED 2.1 netlog files, and the post ED-2.1 Player Journal files.
CL2 only works with the new Player Journal files - there is not enough information in the old netlog files to work with for CL2.
Importing in CL2 involves scanning all the Player Journal files into the currently active database in CL2.
If it doesn't appear to be doing anything, then perhaps you already have all info imported, or don't have a lot of Player Journal files.
But the import does work as I test it frequently.
Regards
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Something I'll add in when I get the time.
CL only has one developer and I'm rather busy at the moment
Regards
I have a lot of data in the last 4 weeks 679 systems visited and I always scan, I understand the difference between the old Netlog and new Journal and also as there in different locations, I also use several 3rd party sites where I upload my data (journal logs) too and there is quite a bit of info on there I also use another where I upload just my netlogs which is basicially the same info but with less detail ity seems... but nothing what so ever comes up on this beta 6 nothing at all, so something isn't working for me... there is no option to tell the tool where to look for them, and after checking doesn't seem its searching for them... I removed the tool completely and all left over files and registry to give it a fresh new install, and I even created my own DB and selected it and have clicked the option to load my logs (also I have the tool running in admin mode since its installed in ProgramFiles(x86) and sometimes software needs permission when in those locations... I do a lot of tech and programming my self and have tried everything but nothing will show after its should of added my previous logs...
Can you help further I'm happy to send you them over and give you some debug info to help, but its not working for me... cheers
also like I said I'm using the Steam verison I understand the files are location in different locations unsure if the journal files are stored in the same place? mine are stored in C:\Users\xxxxx\Saved Games\Frontier Developments
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Gennar, I sympathize. Hope the power stays on. Mine was once out for 150+ hours, in a metro of 3 million.
I only...sob...want my text logs. Goodbye weekend, manually keying them from CSV export into EDSM.
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I only have seven thousand notes to key.
I only...sob...want my text logs.
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I only have seven thousand notes to key.
I'm on non steam and my journals are in the same spot (I couldn't find them for ages, then I noticed EDD has a shortcut right to them
)Is admin mode on the same account? Ie, it's not inadvertently looking in a different %username% variable?
Edit; also, you've checked the game directory is corrrect in the config? Does CL detect the game is running?
Fwiw, I don't run mine as admin either. The *install* I will if there's any issues (rare) but not the tool itself....maybe try without?
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I use beta 5 with no problems. What is this and how can I fix it. I tried resterting a few times, running in admin mode, and restarting the computer.. still get this error every time.???
Genar, can you advise please. My Captain's Log stopped working 5 days ago (November 14th). When i make jump, it isnt recorded. When i scan a star, it issnt recorded either. Oddly, when i scan a planet, it is recorded. That was before i uninstalled the application and reinstalled it. Now it doesnt record anything.
Btw, i cant find the option to set the game directory/logs?
Btw, i cant find the option to set the game directory/logs?
Please provide:
1) Game version (1.7 or 2.2)
2) Steam or non-Steam version?
3) Version of Captain's Log you are using.
Thank you.
There's your problem right there.
I released 2.0 Beta 6 on the 15th (which is when the new ED 2.2.02 came out.
Upgrade to that and you should be fine - may need to to run the import to catch up with any missing data.
ED 2.2.02 suddenly introduced changes in the Player Journal files and it wasn't pre-announced and all us 3rd party app authors were caught out, hence the beta 6 release of CL2.
Ah i missed the announcement of Beta 6. Now it works again
Cheers Genar, thanks for the help.
Doesn't work for me?
I installed 2.0.0 beta 6. I see the main menu. I run elite and the main window disappears and I get a small overlay. The overlay seems to do nothing except say what sytem I just jumped into?
It says distance to sol: 174.67 Odometer: 2122.95 and then the system window. where I am). no other options are available? Right clicking does nothing.
I jump to a new system and the new name appears in the far right bar. No were to put notes or click on planets? I don't get it?
Is there a hot key or something that brings it up? out of the small overlay window?
I installed 2.0.0 beta 6. I see the main menu. I run elite and the main window disappears and I get a small overlay. The overlay seems to do nothing except say what sytem I just jumped into?
It says distance to sol: 174.67 Odometer: 2122.95 and then the system window. where I am). no other options are available? Right clicking does nothing.
I jump to a new system and the new name appears in the far right bar. No were to put notes or click on planets? I don't get it?
Is there a hot key or something that brings it up? out of the small overlay window?
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Also if I click COLOURS - it lets me edit ONE option and not any other then apply changes doesn't do anything?
So you've selected Overlay mode then. Working as intended. If you have read this thread's last few pages you will have learned of the ALT-C hotkey for Overlay mode - which brings up the main window.
You would also have knowledge of how the overlay mode has been re-worked recently such that when in Overlay Mode, the main window disappears and the small overlay widget is displayed. And when you exit the game, CL2 comes out of Overlay Mode and displays the main window as normal.
In other words, if you want to see the main window whilst the game is running, either take it out of Overlay Mode, or use the ALT-C hotkey.
CL2 is in beta - that means it's usable but there will be bugs. If you understood the amount of work that went into moving from 1.x to 2.x beta, with a single developer (me), then you might have more symapthy
I'll take a look at that - last time I checked the colour customisation worked fine, but if there's a bug I'll see if I can sort it out and thanks for the bug report o7
Lastly, I have been working on a new web site devoted to Captain's Log, and I plan to produce a manual for CL2 - when I get the time, which at the moment is rare.
Being a lone developer is hard when you have a life and family
Regards.
CL2 is in beta - that means it's usable but there will be bugs. If you understood the amount of work that went into moving from 1.x to 2.x beta, with a single developer (me), then you might have more symapthy
Seriously, Genar's not kidding, it's loads. The change from the old netlogs to the new journals has been pretty huge. I'm an active developer on EDD and what FDev have given us is pretty cool and we'll all be able to do some pretty neat things with it, but it's meant a load of work just to stand still.
The fact that a lot of the initial work on EDD was done before I got near it actually made me slightly (if a wee bit guiltily) happy that I don't have beta access so I had to wait....