Have you ever been out in the dark and thought "I wish I could jump through unvisited systems only" ?
Well, you could, if you checked your next hop against EDSM to see if it had been visited, or you could (if you wanted) download the whole EDSM dump, extract all the system names, put them in an ImportStars.txt file and import it into the game. That's great, but ED imports 1 line of the text file every frame, so let's do some maths:
* INCOMING MATHS ALERT *
40,239,947 systems
The fastest I managed to get ED running was 500fps, but ignore that for a second and imagine your ED runs at 90fps
40239947 / 90 = 447110.5222222222 seconds, or 7451.842037037037 minutes, or 124.1973672839506 hours, or 5.174890303497942 DAYS to import the file.
At 500fps, you can import the file in 22.35552611111111 hours.
* CAUTION, BRAIN CRITICAL HEAT WARNING *
Not sure about you, but I can't be bothered with that hassle. So instead I wrote a system that gets all the data from EDSM, and generates a VisitedStarsCache.dat file that you can just drop into your relevant Cmdr folder, and the game will load it. It takes me 2.5 minutes to generate this file, so I just decided to do it every day.
You: Nice, thanks for all that blah blah text, rec, NOW SHOW ME PICTURES !
Sure.
This is SagA*. You can clearly see the route people take from Sol, and also the route people take from Colonia.
Wanna see the edge of Col70 ? I can show you that too
Here's the Running Man Nebula
I mean, you can even see people's routes:
I did an explore, 1000 or so jumps, and made ~700million credits in exploration data. Cool huh ? Now that you're sold on the idea, how do you get it ? SIMPLE ! Just go here:
http://www.visitedstarscache.space
You can also follow @StarsCache on Twitter to find out when a new file is generated.
FAQ:
1: Why are you so awesome ?
Cos, ya know, someone has to be
2: What about my own VSC ?
If you want to keep it, save the existing file before replacing it with mine. However, if you're reporting your data back to EDSM, then your data is included in the download, and everything you submit to EDSM will then be included in the next available file.
3: ???
4: PROFIT !
Yeah, this is being paid for out of my own pocket, and I don't really have an issue with the costs right now. If you want to give me money, give it to your favourite charity instead. I might consider donations if the cost goes a bit stupid per month.
5: Can I contact you/I have a question ?
@recrudesce on Twitter is the best way.
Enjoy
Well, you could, if you checked your next hop against EDSM to see if it had been visited, or you could (if you wanted) download the whole EDSM dump, extract all the system names, put them in an ImportStars.txt file and import it into the game. That's great, but ED imports 1 line of the text file every frame, so let's do some maths:
* INCOMING MATHS ALERT *
40,239,947 systems
The fastest I managed to get ED running was 500fps, but ignore that for a second and imagine your ED runs at 90fps
40239947 / 90 = 447110.5222222222 seconds, or 7451.842037037037 minutes, or 124.1973672839506 hours, or 5.174890303497942 DAYS to import the file.
At 500fps, you can import the file in 22.35552611111111 hours.
* CAUTION, BRAIN CRITICAL HEAT WARNING *
Not sure about you, but I can't be bothered with that hassle. So instead I wrote a system that gets all the data from EDSM, and generates a VisitedStarsCache.dat file that you can just drop into your relevant Cmdr folder, and the game will load it. It takes me 2.5 minutes to generate this file, so I just decided to do it every day.
You: Nice, thanks for all that blah blah text, rec, NOW SHOW ME PICTURES !
Sure.
This is SagA*. You can clearly see the route people take from Sol, and also the route people take from Colonia.
Wanna see the edge of Col70 ? I can show you that too
Here's the Running Man Nebula
I mean, you can even see people's routes:
I did an explore, 1000 or so jumps, and made ~700million credits in exploration data. Cool huh ? Now that you're sold on the idea, how do you get it ? SIMPLE ! Just go here:
http://www.visitedstarscache.space
You can also follow @StarsCache on Twitter to find out when a new file is generated.
FAQ:
1: Why are you so awesome ?
Cos, ya know, someone has to be
2: What about my own VSC ?
If you want to keep it, save the existing file before replacing it with mine. However, if you're reporting your data back to EDSM, then your data is included in the download, and everything you submit to EDSM will then be included in the next available file.
3: ???
4: PROFIT !
Yeah, this is being paid for out of my own pocket, and I don't really have an issue with the costs right now. If you want to give me money, give it to your favourite charity instead. I might consider donations if the cost goes a bit stupid per month.
5: Can I contact you/I have a question ?
@recrudesce on Twitter is the best way.
Enjoy
