Trying to get the word out to those that know how to make use of this....
The SC construction details are in your player journal files!
look for the tag,
"event":"ColonisationConstructionDepot", "MarketID":3956008962
Where the MarketID is your unique ID for the construction site build.
On these lines, you'll see listed all the required materials for the build, and what's been delivered.
For example it'll appear as...
{ "timestamp":"2025-04-15T19:48:00Z", "event":"ColonisationConstructionDepot", "MarketID":3956008962, "ConstructionProgress":0.703269, "ConstructionComplete":false, "ConstructionFailed":false, "ResourcesRequired":[ { "Name":"$aluminium_name;", "Name_Localised":"Aluminium", "RequiredAmount":491, "ProvidedAmount":491, "Payment":3239 }, { "Name":"$ceramiccomposites_name;", "Name_Localised":"Ceramic Composites", "RequiredAmount":539, "ProvidedAmount":0, "Payment":724 }, { "Name":"$cmmcomposite_name;", "Name_Localised":"CMM Composite", "RequiredAmount":4338, "ProvidedAmount":0, "Payment":6788 }, { "Name":"$computercomponents_name;", "Name_Localised":"Computer Components", "RequiredAmount":65, "ProvidedAmount":65, "Payment":1112 }, .....
Note the additional tags "RequiredAmount" and "ProvidedAmount"
;-) knock yourself out!
Every time you interact with the construction site location (dock and unload materials), it will write an update to the log files located on your PC:
C:\Users\%userprofile%\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous
Look into the most recently saved file, with the recent entries being on the bottom.
I have already successfully made a VBA-excel based data scraper that pulls the construction site requirements and current material need status from my journal files automatically. Those files are text based and delimited using commas etc... so you can break it apart to nicely display the 100% accurate material requirements for your build... what you need, what you delivered, even what you purchased at the stations before that.
Now go forth and conqueror!
(also originally present on Steam discussion,
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The SC construction details are in your player journal files!
look for the tag,
"event":"ColonisationConstructionDepot", "MarketID":3956008962
Where the MarketID is your unique ID for the construction site build.
On these lines, you'll see listed all the required materials for the build, and what's been delivered.
For example it'll appear as...
{ "timestamp":"2025-04-15T19:48:00Z", "event":"ColonisationConstructionDepot", "MarketID":3956008962, "ConstructionProgress":0.703269, "ConstructionComplete":false, "ConstructionFailed":false, "ResourcesRequired":[ { "Name":"$aluminium_name;", "Name_Localised":"Aluminium", "RequiredAmount":491, "ProvidedAmount":491, "Payment":3239 }, { "Name":"$ceramiccomposites_name;", "Name_Localised":"Ceramic Composites", "RequiredAmount":539, "ProvidedAmount":0, "Payment":724 }, { "Name":"$cmmcomposite_name;", "Name_Localised":"CMM Composite", "RequiredAmount":4338, "ProvidedAmount":0, "Payment":6788 }, { "Name":"$computercomponents_name;", "Name_Localised":"Computer Components", "RequiredAmount":65, "ProvidedAmount":65, "Payment":1112 }, .....
Note the additional tags "RequiredAmount" and "ProvidedAmount"
;-) knock yourself out!
Every time you interact with the construction site location (dock and unload materials), it will write an update to the log files located on your PC:
C:\Users\%userprofile%\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous
Look into the most recently saved file, with the recent entries being on the bottom.
I have already successfully made a VBA-excel based data scraper that pulls the construction site requirements and current material need status from my journal files automatically. Those files are text based and delimited using commas etc... so you can break it apart to nicely display the 100% accurate material requirements for your build... what you need, what you delivered, even what you purchased at the stations before that.
Now go forth and conqueror!
(also originally present on Steam discussion,
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