Commodity Logistics; Auto Trading

[Lionheart]

Hey all,

This is a thread on Commodity Logistics. Its an addon for X3TC and enables you to program trade routes with extreme amounts of settings.

Presently I have it installed but really havent been able to figure it out. Some people have a real blast with this. It has some wild features and details, including creating some pilots (AI) that have seniority levels. The system even puts them on payroll, etc.

Presently I am trying to get a Freighter to supply my HQ base with Energy Cells, Ore, and Computer Components. Havent found a way to have the system drop things off at HQ yet. arrgh.. I'll keep you updated.

This is the download and informations pages on CL at Egosoft;
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=221815&highlight=commodity+logistics


Bill

 

[Chacha]

Thanks....

I need this....

 

[GT182]

Yeah me too. Anythign to make it easier to earn more credits. I still haven't gotten the hang of it yet. I end up buying stuff that I have a hard time getting rid of.

I gotta print out the manual so I can figure things out more better. Tho 61 pages will absolutely kill my ink cartridges if I don't or can't get rid of the background color.

 

[Chacha]

Yeah me too. Anythign to make it easier to earn more credits. I still haven't gotten the hang of it yet. I end up buying stuff that I have a hard time getting rid of.

I gotta print out the manual so I can figure things out more better. Tho 61 pages will absolutely kill my ink cartridges if I don't or can't get rid of the background color.

Copy paste it, and print it on black and white... :isadizzy:

 

[Lionheart]

ChaCha's right,

Copy the pages (selection with mouse cursor) and paste them to Notepad and print Notepad.



It does seem too huge to learn, at least for me. I cant figure it out. I hate to spend several hours on something that I will not use that much, only on learning how it works. It should be a little bit easier. Thats my humble two cents.



Bill

 

[GT182]

I tried the copy paste bit but it turned out a jumbled mess in Notepad. It's taking a long time to get it all straightened out before I print it. For some strange reason game info and credits all got mixed in together. Other info is all intertwined too. But I'm working on it.

 

[Chacha]

I tried the copy paste bit but it turned out a jumbled mess in Notepad. It's taking a long time to get it all straightened out before I print it. For some strange reason game info and credits all got mixed in together. Other info is all intertwined too. But I'm working on it.

Gary,

Just copy the instructions.... not the graphics that goes with it.... and it will be fine..

Copy it one subject at a time, excluding the pictures or graphics... a lot of job but worth the hassle... :isadizzy:

Try copying it on Word...

 

[Craig Taylor]

Hey all,

Bill, thanks for bringing this up. This sounds like a very efficient way to sort of 'auto-manage' your economy once you have it going.

I read through the first few pages on the linked thread on Egosoft, and was curious about something mentioned called "CAG." It sounded like a different "product" with its own advantages. Is that part of this mod? Has anyone else run across it?

 

[Craig Taylor]

Presently I am trying to get a Freighter to supply my HQ base with Energy Cells, Ore, and Computer Components. Havent found a way to have the system drop things off at HQ yet. arrgh.. I'll keep you updated.

Bill, might this be your issue?

but if the homebase produces energy, ore and whatever, you can add ONLY stations which are producing also the same things - so it's not possible adding a station which produces silicon.

so, if the hombase ONLY produces all shields ( 1MJ up to 2GJ), cls1 can collect from all your stations all type of shields to bring them wherever you want them. but it cannot collect 'Phased Repeater Guns'....

got me?

with cls2, you can tell your vessel, collecting all the shields from here, all the minerals from there, .... and so on to bring them whereever you want.
it's like public transportation, a subway does not cares if people are waiting in a station or not - it will come, open the doors, close them and goes on...

If I understand the posts in the Egosoft thread correctly, CLS Mk1 limits what a carrier can haul to whatever its home base produces, and further limits how many types of product can be hauled based on a pilot's CLS rank.

However, with CLS Mk2 you can carry whatever you want to wherever you want, without that home base product limitation. I have a feeling, though, that there's still that pesky pilot rank/product type limit to deal with.

Anyway, just some random thoughts. I really enjoy the 'think' aspect of this game!

 

[Lionheart]

Craig,

Thats awesome! Thanks very much. I really need this to keep my factory stations running smoothly so I can manage everything else.

awesome...

I'll check it out later tonight and see how it works.



Bill

 

[Craig Taylor]

Bill,

My pleasure! I've learned a lot from your posts so I was glad to be able to give something back in return.

I found "CAG" on the mods/scripts thread that I posted the link to in the other thread. It's for "Commercial Agent." I'm thinking that's the one I want to try out. Seems to be more on the buying/selling side, whereas CLS seems to be aimed at keeping your factories resupplied (at least CLS Mk1). The amount of thought and detail that these modders have put in to the game is amazing, as is the flexibility of the game itself.

 

[Lionheart]

The amount of thought and detail that these modders have put in to the game is amazing, as is the flexibility of the game itself.

Roger that....

Could you imagine a 'world' of people getting together to make a flight simulator? How all those individuals pooling their efforts together could create such a power sim..

All you need is the platform and the ease of which to do it.


Bill

 

[Craig Taylor]

Roger that....

Could you imagine a 'world' of people getting together to make a flight simulator? How all those individuals pooling their efforts together could create such a power sim..

All you need is the platform and the ease of which to do it.


Bill

I thought we had that now, with all the additional aircraft, panels, gauges, scenery, airports, textures, etc. Granted its not an entire sim, but I am amazed and delighted with all the extra 'stuff' I have added to FS9 and FSX over the years.

 

[Lionheart]

lolol... You know, you are right.. Goodness.. Ive been in the forest so long, I couldnt see tree's anymore, lolol..

'where are they!'


Thanks for the correction on that Craig.

Its just overwhelming to see all these cool addons.


Bill

 

[Lionheart]

Craig,

I cant find that CAG program. I must be looking in all the wong places. I didnt find it in your other post either. Ive forgotten where it is.

I did find Commodities Trader extended, I think Build 2.1 last night. I am going to try it tonight when I get home if I can figure out how to unzip a 'man' file, what ever that is. The file is supposed to be a SPK file, but this has a SPK.MAN at the end. Something odd..



Bill

 

[Craig Taylor]

Craig,

I cant find that CAG program. I must be looking in all the wong places. I didnt find it in your other post either. Ive forgotten where it is.

I did find Commodities Trader extended, I think Build 2.1 last night. I am going to try it tonight when I get home if I can figure out how to unzip a 'man' file, what ever that is. The file is supposed to be a SPK file, but this has a SPK.MAN at the end. Something odd..



Bill

Bill,

Go to the Egosoft forum link I posted in the thread for Scripts/Mods. At the very beginning of the linked thread there are two posts with loooong laundry lists of mods and scripts, and links to their dedicated threads. I think CAG is in the "1/2" post. The links are grouped for easy browsing, but I don't remember the name of the group its in - something to do with trading, I suspect. I definitely remember seeing it.

There might be some troubleshooting tips in the dedicated thread for your other problem on the Egosoft forum, as well...?

Good luck sorting it out. I haven't had a chance to try out CAG yet. Too many domestic duties. Maybe tonight, or tomorrow. We're due for some 'significant' snow (at least by N. VA standards ) so we'll be cooped up in the house until Sunday. Hopefully I can get the 'honey-do's' out of the way early.

 

[Lionheart]

Thanks Craig,

I'll check it out tonight.

Same here with domestic duties.. A family member just had a knee replacement done. Getting things set up for a week or 3 of rehabilitation.

An amazing time we are living in. Bionic bone joints, installed in 2 hours... Incredible..


Bill

 

[GT182]

Gary,

Just copy the instructions.... not the graphics that goes with it.... and it will be fine..

Copy it one subject at a time, excluding the pictures or graphics... a lot of job but worth the hassle... :isadizzy:

Try copying it on Word...

Finally got it done Chacha. I wasn't doing it correctly.... File dropdown and "Save as Text" did the trick.

 

[Marlin]

Do you all have any updates?

I have three freighters sitting at a trading station and would like to put them to work, but I don't have a clue to how would be the best way to go about it.

I already have the cycrow cheat system installed, but I don't think there is any auto trade or universal trading.

Do you have to have the best buy best sell software installed to have your ships do there thing?

Here is another question, I thought that I saw a program that runs in the background that has what is for sale and for how much in all the sectors that you have visited at least once. I forgot who posted that tip, but does anybody have it installed and is it worth it?

 

[gigabyte]

Do you all have any updates?

I have three freighters sitting at a trading station and would like to put them to work, but I don't have a clue to how would be the best way to go about it.

I already have the cycrow cheat system installed, but I don't think there is any auto trade or universal trading.

Do you have to have the best buy best sell software installed to have your ships do there thing?

Here is another question, I thought that I saw a program that runs in the background that has what is for sale and for how much in all the sectors that you have visited at least once. I forgot who posted that tip, but does anybody have it installed and is it worth it?

Marlin you need best buy and sell plus I beleive the Trading system extension is also required. I know you need it to order ships to make trades with stations remotely when you are not on them. The trading system also will give you prices of all wares in all stations if you have ships in the sector or an advanced sat, if you have no ship or sat in the sector the information you see will be from the last time you or one of your ships visited the sector.