Newcomer / Intro rare goods don't sell even after 170ly? [solved]

[redONE]

hello all,

i recently got back into ED and thought i do some rare trading. problem is that something must have changed the way they work (or i encountered some kind of bug). i'm currently sitting on 32 tons of various rare goods and i traveled around 170ly away from the systems i purchased them at but i can only sell them for a loss (they sell for slightly less than a purchased them for).

back when i first played ED the price of rare goods increased the further away you traveled from the system of purchase with a sweetspot at about 140ly or so. has something changed the way they work?

thanks for reading and your time.

cheers
tim

 

[Ozric]

hello all,

i recently got back into ED and thought i do some rare trading. problem is that something must have changed the way they work (or i encountered some kind of bug). i'm currently sitting on 32 tons of various rare goods and i traveled around 170ly away from the systems i purchased them at but i can only sell them for a loss (they sell for slightly less than a purchased them for).

back when i first played ED the price of rare goods increased the further away you traveled from the system of purchase with a sweetspot at about 140ly or so. has something changed the way they work?

thanks for reading and your time.

cheers
tim

Hi Tim, welcome back!

First question I'm afraid would be, are you running EDMC (Elite Dangerous Market Conenctor)? If you are it interferes with the game as far as rares are concerned (somehow:S) and they always show as a loss. If so, close it down and completely restart the game, launcher and all.

The optimum distance for rares is still 160-190Ly.

 

[Winterwalker]

I'm not sure the answer to this but one thing I would check is that the system isn't in a lockdown, civil war or anything. I don't know if that affects rare goods markets, but it definitely affects other things.

If anything has changed on the rare good distances, I imagine it might say something in the top right panel in commodities (info on the commodity) other than that, not sure myself.

 

[redONE]

thank you for you reply oziric.
yes i run EDMC. so thats the problem. is this only for rare goods or is EDMC interfering with normal trades aswell? also is there a fix for that problem?

 

[Ozric]

thank you for you reply oziric.
yes i run EDMC. so thats the problem. is this only for rare goods or is EDMC interfering with normal trades aswell? also is there a fix for that problem?

As far as I am aware it is only rare goods. I don't use it myself and to be frank I have no idea what it's doing that could cause the game to give you incorrect information, which in of itself concerns me.

I guess you could ask them, they must have a thread in the API sub-forum. Someone must know why, though depending on what it is you may or may not get an answer...

 

[redONE]

kind of a good point you got there regarding your concerns. i'm probably won't run EDMC then.

anyway. i succesfully emptied my cargo and made a lot of money. thanks again! if i ever see you in game remind to buy you a "virtual beer" or something. haha.

safe travels!
tim

 

[Ozric]

kind of a good point you got there regarding your concerns. i'm probably won't run EDMC then.

anyway. i succesfully emptied my cargo and made a lot of money. thanks again! if i ever see you in game remind to buy you a "virtual beer" or something. haha.

safe travels!
tim

Hehe, thanks, always partial to a Ceremonial Heike Tea

Fly safe.

 

[CMDR Mr. Boombastic]

Rares profits wiped out

Due to a bug in the server that supplies the data to this app, profit on any Rare cargo in your hold may be wiped out when you visit the in-game Commodity Market after having “Updated”.

If you're trading Rares turn off the “Automatically update on docking” setting and ensure that you visit the in-game Commodity Market at a station where you intend to sell Rares before hitting “Update”.

This problem is tracked as Issue #92.

From: https://github.com/Marginal/EDMarketConnector/wiki/Troubleshooting

 

[Ozric]

From: https://github.com/Marginal/EDMarketConnector/wiki/Troubleshooting

Hahaha. They are blaming FD for a bug that only appears if you use their app? Smooth.