Discussion Request: Update the Journal to add Powerplay 2 events and information

Mastadon623

Mastadon623
Frontier,

I would like to request that new journal events be added to the Elite Dangerous Journal to document the various Powerplay 2 events that can now happen so that the community can write tools to analyze Powerplay 2 events and happenings. Here are a couple of journal entries I'd like to see added:
  • A "Powerplay Merit earned" event detailing what the CMDR did to earn merits and how many merits were earned.
  • A "Powerplay system detail" event created upon entering a system or logging into a system that lists the current powerplay ownership status, expansion statii, CP info, tug-of-war status, and what the threshold for the next lower and higher control thresholds, as appropriate.
I'm sure other tool authors / aspiring tool authors have other ideas on what should be added to the ED Journal events to enable processing of Powerplay 2 progress. I encourage folks to add their suggestions for what events they'd like to see added to the Journal to enable them to write tools to analyze Powerplay 2 events.

Thanks in advance!
 
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Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
They did the most important part - I'm just joking: Denoting ejected cargo as such as in the second structure here.

{
"timestamp": "2024-11-18T06:12:41Z",
"event": "EjectCargo",
"Type": "drones",
"Type_Localised": "Limpet",
"Count": 1,
"Abandoned": false
}
{
"timestamp": "2024-11-19T03:31:52Z",
"event": "EjectCargo",
"Type": "imperialprisoner",
"Type_Localised": "Torval Political Servants",
"Count": 1,
"Abandoned": false,
"PowerplayOrigin": ""
}

There was also a PowerplayJoin when I pledged

Heh heh yeah hopefully they are still working on it further too.

For example, when a merit is earned, you could play a ding.

Or a ding for each ejected imperial prisoner we can already do
 
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Mystler

Mystler
I fully agree but also want to add to this. I think adding detailed journal events to allow 3rd party developers to create their own tools that at least try to minimize the hamstringing effects of the terrible Powerplay UIs is the minimum if FDev wants to convey that they care about organized PowerPlay communities. (Right now it seems like the intention of PP2 is explicitly NOT for players to play together and figure anything out - and as reality shows again and again, if you blackbox the system, it will not stop players from trying to figure it out, the only practical effect is that knowledge becomes power and tribalized, making the game less accessible for casual players in turn).

However, I want to note that even with more journal data, due to the sheer amount of PP2 systems, any 3rd party tool will still be susceptible to delays and outdated info based on what systems are actually visited and how quickly. In order to move things towards giving players an actually useful and up-to-date way to get information about the state of the galaxy, I would love to get the "War Room" view that was shown in the April Livestream demo inside the actual game. The galaxy map is full of flaws and filters not even working close to expected. We need a proper list of systems and activities. The War Room WIP screenshot appeared to be just that. Why was it silently scrapped? On top of that even better would be an official online API that returns system states in real time, I know that this may be asking for a bit much at once though.
 

Protium32

P
I'm coming back to this game after a long break. One of the things I love about it is tinkering with things that add immersion. Game glass, RGB lighting driven by parsing the journal, custom controls, etc, etc. There are tons of examples of elaborate DIY cockpits online. With the developer's current push to breathe new life into this game I am baffled that we are still missing a proper API.

So many people would do amazing and creative things with an API, it actually makes me sad.
 

Falcon911

Falcon911
Mastadon623 said:
Frontier,

I would like to request that new journal events be added to the Elite Dangerous Journal to document the various Powerplay 2 events that can now happen so that the community can write tools to analyze Powerplay 2 events and happenings. Here are a couple of journal entries I'd like to see added:
  • A "Powerplay Merit earned" event detailing what the CMDR did to earn merits and how many merits were earned.
  • A "Powerplay system detail" event created upon entering a system or logging into a system that lists the current powerplay ownership status, expansion statii, CP info, tug-of-war status, and what the threshold for the next lower and higher control thresholds, as appropriate.
I'm sure other tool authors / aspiring tool authors have other ideas on what should be added to the ED Journal events to enable processing of Powerplay 2 progress. I encourage folks to add their suggestions for what events they'd like to see added to the Journal to enable them to write tools to analyze Powerplay 2 events.

Thanks in advance!
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Took the liberty of taking your statement and putting it in a Issue ticket. Hope that was ok sir. Did not see anything in current issues that match your description. Please forgive me and tell me if I over stepped.

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