This Trade Command Software addon lets you search for a specific ware in sectors that the player knows. You will get a message which tells you where the ware
you're looking for can be bought and how many units the factory has in stock. It also tells you how many jumps the factory is away. It adds a new command to the
Trade menu and requires Trade Command Software Mk2 to be installed.
New in V1.5:
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- Shiptype Locator: You want to buy a Nova Raider or a Nemesis Sentinel? You don't know which shipyard sells them? Stop checking each shipyard manually, this tool
does the work for you, just select the ship you want to buy, and you get a message at which shipyard it is sold. It adds a new command to the Trade menu and requires Trade Command Software Mk2 to be installed.
- Best Price Locator: This tool checks what tradeable wares you have in your cargospace and it finds the station which pays the best price for each of the wares.
If multiple stations have the best price, it will show the one that is closest to your current location. This tool adds a new command to the Trade menu and requires Trade Command Software Mk2 to be installed.
Install:
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Unpack the archive to your X3 root directory or manually copy the files to the matching folders.
Uninstall:
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Delete 448888.xml from your t folder
Delete setup.plugin.mtsFindProduct.xml, mts.sectorcheck.xml, mts.FindProduct.xml from your scripts folder.
Known Issues:
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None so far
To do:
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Improve formatting of the output.
History:
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1.5 Added Shiptype Locator and Best Sales Locator
1.01 small addition to the t file, so the command shows in the SE
the software only looks for wares in sectors that you already found.
The idea with the advanced satellites sounds good, but i came up with another idea:
When you have no satellite in the sector it doesn't show the amount of available wares. So you will only get the full info when having a satellite in the same sector as the factory is.
About your suggestion, i have something ready that looks for the best prices for the wares in your cargo hold and gives you the nearest station for each of those wares. If that is what you meant, i will try to finish it tonight and probably put it in the product finder package.
but I'm only able to get part of it working (I think), I go to trade and I only have 3 more options, Find Product, Find Shiptype to buy and Find best Price. In your readme it talks about a Best Sales locator
Best Sales Locator: This tool checks what tradeable wares you have in your cargospace and it finds the station which pays the best price for each of the wares.
If multiple stations have the best price, it will show the one that is closest to your current location. This tool adds a new command to the Trade menu and requires Trade Command Software Mk2 to be installed.
I'm sure it's me doing something wrong but could you just tell if it's working properly.
Hello there!
One of the best scripts I've ever been looking for, but... I can't see any new menu.
I have 1.3.2 Italian version... can this be a problem, or I simply am blind?!
I unpacked the .zip files to the correct dirs, I downloaded the Script Installer Package (ProductFinder-V1.5-02.02.2006.spkProductFinder-V1.5-02.02.2006.spk) and I installed it with the scrip installer software...
Hmm, i think for the italian version you need to adjust the textfile, i don't know which language number the italian one is, like 44 is english, 49 is german.
If you know the number, here's what you can do:
go to your ..\X3 Reunion\t folder, copy the 448888.xml to XX8888.xml, where the XX stands for the italian language number.
Then open the file with the editor (windows notepad) and change the 44 in the second line ( <language id="44"> ) to the italian language number. Save the file and it should work.
Apart from that, cool, you've done something that is quite close to what I am currently working on; this will help me with my own script. Going to check now.