Abandoned [RELEASE] Trade Computer Extension

[Bragolatch]

Sorry if this has been asked before, I did a search and read about 20 pages in the thread but couldn't find it.

If I try to set a key in the options for hiding/showing the TCE, it starts blinking but doesn't react on any key pressed. Even after restarting it continues blinking.
So what am I doing wrong? Did I miss something on that?

Thanks in advance, would like to use TCE "productively", seems like a great tool.

Sounds like it could be a stuck key on your keyboard.
If you look in your TCE.ini, what is the HotKey= set to ?
if it is something else the the one you wanted, check your that key on your keyboard !

or do you have any other program running that could be pressing that key for you like Voice Attack, a macro ... ???

 

[Klyd]

Sounds like it could be a stuck key on your keyboard.
If you look in your TCE.ini, what is the HotKey= set to ?
if it is something else the the one you wanted, check your that key on your keyboard !

or do you have any other program running that could be pressing that key for you like Voice Attack, a macro ... ???

First, thanks for you reply. No key is stuck on my keyboard. The setting in the ini is set to "Space". I use Voiceattack but it was closed by the time testing TCE.
I think I will just leave it as is and let it stay visible as suggested by badbud. Thanks though.

 

[eventure]

I've also had this problem when I tried it. I prefer to have TCE displayed all the time anyway so I've not used it since.

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There is something weird going on after adding a New Star System I encountered something similar last night, although I was only on for a short while so I haven't had time to investigate thoroughly.

Back with another error I'm afraid!

In my current data base I only have two stations but added a couple of stars. I dropped in to a system after adding one new star and it threw up an error :

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System was :

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Once restarted it allowed me to enter the system a second time without a crash.

EDIT : Seems to crash on every 2nd new system found. The new system can then be put in fine once you restart it.

Hi,

please post the codeline, where i have to look into.

First, thanks for you reply. No key is stuck on my keyboard. The setting in the ini is set to "Space". I use Voiceattack but it was closed by the time testing TCE.
I think I will just leave it as is and let it stay visible as suggested by badbud. Thanks though.

Did you select "space" as the key, or TCE selected it and starts blinking? Also, try to disconnect gaming gear for a moment, in case of problems. If the issue doesnt vanishs, i will exclude "space" as a hotkey.

Also, in the DB folder, there is now a file "TCE.mdb_tmp" that wasn't there before V1.37 Full.
Is this something needed or just a junk file we can remove ?


I believe the only 3 needed files are :

Languages.mdb
Panel.mdb
TCE.mdb


Right ???

The TCE.mdb_tmp is a clean (without any station and prices) database, that will be used to setup a new database, when importing an old database. So please, dont delete it. In next full version, i rename it to _clear, to be less confusing.

 

[Klyd]

Did you select "space" as the key, or TCE selected it and starts blinking? Also, try to disconnect gaming gear for a moment, in case of problems. If the issue doesnt vanishs, i will exclude "space" as a hotkey.

I didn't select "space" as a hotkey. I tried disconnecting my HOTAS and did a fresh start of the game and TCE. It just continued blinking. After that I entered another key in the ini file, still no success. I could get it to work again normally after deleting the hotkey in the ini file. As said, for the moment I will just let it stay open, but I am curious why this is happening.

 

[bAdbUd]

Perhaps i should move completely to mySQL, but i didnt know much about it. It will try to get into it.

Maybe this might help you: Common Use SQL Game Database Source It's a bit dated and I know very little MySQL so not sure how useful it may or may not be.

 

[eventure]

Update (V1.37e) released:
- New import routine (should fix the Runtime 1004 error)
- New position recognition routine (better acuracy, faster update)
- Bugfix in Station Database panel (when editing registered station)
- Removed "SPACE" key temporary from hotkey list
- Disabled Position panel temporary, now you can view the Star System Summary with a click

 

[Maedhros]

Back with another error I'm afraid!

In my current data base I only have two stations but added a couple of stars. I dropped in to a system after adding one new star and it threw up an error :

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System was :

View attachment 21905

Once restarted it allowed me to enter the system a second time without a crash.

EDIT : Seems to crash on every 2nd new system found. The new system can then be put in fine once you restart it.

I've had exactly the same experience a couple of times but there does not appear to be a specific reason why

Afraid I can't post any debug text as I am still at work!

 

[Klyd]

Update (V1.37e) released:
...
- Removed "SPACE" key temporary from hotkey list.

I am sorry to say this, but after updating, for me there are the same symptoms except having the key "PAGEUP" written in the ini file by TCE. I just clicked the button in the options dialog and pressed no key thereafter. Right after clicking the button, the overlay starts blinking but doesn't react on keypresses to bind a hotkey (second try this was). With the correct timing I can click the exit button and then delete the entry in the ini file. After that, TCE starts normally. If I don't delete this entry, it resumes blinking after starting up again.

It seems this problem doesn't show up to everybody, but I can't really narrow in what I am doing different or wrong.

 

[eventure]

I am sorry to say this, but after updating, for me there are the same symptoms except having the key "PAGEUP" written in the ini file by TCE. I just clicked the button in the options dialog and pressed no key thereafter. Right after clicking the button, the overlay starts blinking but doesn't react on keypresses to bind a hotkey (second try this was). With the correct timing I can click the exit button and then delete the entry in the ini file. After that, TCE starts normally. If I don't delete this entry, it resumes blinking after starting up again.

It seems this problem doesn't show up to everybody, but I can't really narrow in what I am doing different or wrong.

Absolutely, thats really nasty. I have included a delay of one second between keystrokes, so it is flashing, or hide/unhide it in a one second rythm?

 

[Klyd]

Absolutely, thats really nasty. I have included a delay of one second between keystrokes, so it is flashing, or hide/unhide it in a one second rythm?

It seems to me it is hiding/unhiding. But I really don't know what it could be. I already connected another keyboard, mouse and disconnected everything else from usb just to narrow it down. No success.

 

[mearmortal]

Eventure,
Thanks for the new update running it now tonight to see how it performs.

Found something I can't explain but it's been around for since i really started using the tool, it's not something new.
Cartography, Not sure why this is happening, the system Kanur exists great, and I can search for it, but Kanu1 doesn't exist in the game but it appears in your program as an unvisited system in range. How is this possible if the game doesn't see it.

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[eventure]

Eventure,
Thanks for the new update running it now tonight to see how it performs.

Found something I can't explain but it's been around for since i really started using the tool, it's not something new.
Cartography, Not sure why this is happening, the system Kanur exists great, and I can search for it, but Kanu1 doesn't exist in the game but it appears in your program as an unvisited system in range. How is this possible if the game doesn't see it.

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The data, FDEV released few month ago, was filled with doubles, tests and other names, that doesnt belong to a real star systems in game, so you found another one. I will change it to a new star system, that is not in the database currently.

 

[Maedhros]

Update (V1.37e) released:
- New import routine (should fix the Runtime 1004 error)
- New position recognition routine (better acuracy, faster update)
- Bugfix in Station Database panel (when editing registered station)
- Removed "SPACE" key temporary from hotkey list.

Sorry Eventure - after updating to 1.37e I still get the same '1004' error when trying to import my old database. In fact it is worse than 1.37d where I could at least get it to import one station at a time due to it stalling on importing the station prices. With 1.37e it just gives the '1004' error.

Don't know whether it makes a difference but I am running Office 2013 64bit.

 

[eventure]

Sorry Eventure - after updating to 1.37e I still get the same '1004' error when trying to import my old database. In fact it is worse than 1.37d where I could at least get it to import one station at a time due to it stalling on importing the station prices. With 1.37e it just gives the '1004' error.

Don't know whether it makes a difference but I am running Office 2013 64bit.

You can select the file, but when clicking on OPEN, you got the error, is that right?

Stop, please open the TCE.mdb, you want to import. You can see on the left the tables. There are names like "Stars" or "IMPStars"? If names like "IMPxxxxx", please use a backup of your database, that have not "IMPxxxxx" names in it, or rename them. Here are the list of all table names, that are required for importing:

Stars
Stations
StationPrices
Goods

 

[punkerich]

this is odd.

tried 1.37e, imported db from 1.37 beta 4, with new db option checked. import worked, but in the destination panel the imported stations do not show up, but many stations
i never have been to, only one one with trade data. when i open the db, i can see my stations with the correct update times.
really don't know what's going on here...

office pro 2013 here.

 

[eventure]

this is odd.

tried 1.37e, imported db from 1.37 beta 4, with new db option checked. import worked, but in the destination panel the imported stations do not show up, but many stations
i never have been to, only one one with trade data. when i open the db, i can see my stations with the correct update times.
really don't know what's going on here...

office pro 2013 here.

How about StationPrices, there are Stations x 81 (Goods) entries. Are they all there?

Perhaps you can send me your hole TCE folder, in case you dont figured out, what the problem is.

 

[punkerich]

How about StationPrices, there are Stations x 81 (Goods) entries. Are they all there?

yup. 3564 prices, div. by 81 that are 44 stations. exactly what it said it imported.

 

[bAdbUd]

Issues

Version 1.37e
Office 2010 Pro


Issue 1:

When changing the "Selected Destination" the "New Destination" screen show's profits in the negative, and due to which they don't match the "Trade Information" Screen.

See Screenshots.



ADDITIONAL:

I just landed at an Extraction/Refinery, added station data and scanned commodities and then the route planned was to an Agricultural world. This is obviously inccorect as I can go to many places and sell PALLADIUM, as can be seen in the screenshots below. I manually selected a station from my dataset.



At first I thought I was seeing things, took me awhile to realise something was wrong.

Issue 2:

I'm unable to change "Current Station" I used to be able too, but now when I click the box I get the "Star System Summary" screen

 

[eventure]

Issues

Version 1.37e
Office 2010 Pro


Issue 1:

When changing the "Selected Destination" the "New Destination" screen show's profits in the negative, and due to which they don't match the "Trade Information" Screen.

See Screenshots.

Spoiler

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ADDITIONAL:

I just landed at an Extraction/Refinery, added station data and scanned commodities and then the route planned was to an Agricultural world. This is obviously inccorect as I can go to many places and sell PALLADIUM, as can be seen in the screenshots below. I manually selected a station from my dataset.

Spoiler

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At first I thought I was seeing things, took me awhile to realise something was wrong.

Did you imported your database, or is it the one, i sent you?

Issue 2:

I'm unable to change "Current Station" I used to be able too, but now when I click the box I get the "Star System Summary" screen

Sorry, i forgot to mention, its temporary disabled. I connected it with the Star System Summary panel. However, its a relic from the early days to TCE, where no auto position recognition was possible. Please tell, why we should preserve it?

I want to transform it into a more detailed position information.

 

[BennyBoyW]

I'm having a really annoying problem at the moment - every OCR scan fails and just produces a black screenshot - no idea why.
I just updated my graphics drivers - is that a possible issue ?