[SCRIPT] Manual Trade Extension v2.1.1 [2009-08-06]

[ThisIsHarsh]

Manual Trade Extension

Adds a new command to the Trade menu: [Best buy/sell loop].

This plugin allows you to order a ship to 'best buy' from a list of wares and 'best sell' from another list of wares. Optionally, the ship can buy for/sell from a homebase ship.

This gives four implicit modes of operation:

1. Independent trader - best buying/selling the same set of wares over and over.
   
2. Easily selling off scavenged wares.
   
3. Network of traders using a larger 'hub' ship as a storage depot.
   
4. Traders continuously buying wares to keep (e.g. weapons, ammo, etc), possibly dumping them at a larger ship

The traders can be configured to limit buying/selling individual wares by price, relative to the average price for that ware.

Jumpdrive will be used/refueled based on the ship's autojump and refuel settings.


This plugin is available in spk format:




NOTES

* Requires: Trading System Extension; Trade Command Software MK1; Best Buys Locator, Best Selling Price Locator; Transporter Device (optional - for using homebase ship as depot).

* Wares using the most volume in the cargo bay are generally given the highest priority for selling. Wares using the least volume are given the highest priority for buying.

* When buying/selling, if there are no valid deals the freighter will switch to selling/buying if possible, rather than sit and wait.

* Option [Buy until full] will continuously buy wares until the freighter's cargo bay is 4/5 full, or the freighter cannot find any more valid deals. The option only applies to the freighter, not the homebase depot ship (if one is used).

* Option [Sell until empty] will continuously sell wares until they are all sold, or the freighter cannot find any more valid deals. Again, the option only applies to the freighter, not the homebase depot ship (if one is used).





Changelog
v2.1.1:
- Fixed: workaround for issue with stock !lib.get.bestbuy/sell exclusion sectors.
v2.1:
- Added: 'buy until full' and 'sell until empty' options.
- Added: 'refuel from homebase' option.
- Added: tasks (buy only, sell only, buy + sell).
v2.0.1:
- Fixed: minor issue - added handling of null station return from lib.best scripts.
v2.0:
- Complete revamp, initial release.
v1.0:
- Initial release.

[999-JAY-999]

Hot off the press comes another fab script !

[corhen]

sounds great, look forward to trying it out

Keep up the good work

[juanitierno]

whats the difference with the "manual trade run" command (i think supply software gives it) with the "repeat forever" option?

[ThisIsHarsh]

[PaulP]

Why does this have two t files? 7103-L044.xml and 7103.xml, both are english and exactly the same inside.

Should I delete one of them?

[ThisIsHarsh]

[PaulP]

Haha, just playing around with it I made it so that this script used my Gateless Jumpdrive.

Talk about overpowered... the combination of the two scripts is just ridiculous. The ship jumps directly to a station, docks within about 20 seconds, jumps to the next station, docks within about 20 seconds. Even with the minor delays in buying and such the trader is probably doing a complete buy/sell every minute.

I was thinking about making a modification of the move scripts to make ships use the GJD when their auto jump was on and minimum jumps was set to 0, but after seeing this I'm thinking it would be too unbalancing.

[ThisIsHarsh]

Yeah I try to avoid scripts which modify the game mechanics to such a degree in general, not least for the reason you just mentioned. If you were to make such a change, you would have to balance it in other ways.

Already a lot of my freighters are on standby most of the time because they have milked the profits to be had for the given ware dry.

[rascalcmos]

EDIT: found it here:
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=224405&highlight=repeat

Hi,

I know this script exists (I remeber seeing it) - it basically consists in being able to repeat the "Remote Best Buy"/"Remote Best Sell" for a given product...

Problem is: I can no longer find it (tried the search without success).

The "Queue Command" script would be fine - but it doesn't seem to work yet with the 1.4 version I am using?

Thanks for pointing me to that script.

Rascal


{You did find, so I did merge. jlehtone}

[Crapgame]

[Crapgame]

Anyone using this script know?

[apricotslice]

The price would be whatever you set on the factory sell/buy price.

The jump range is set on the factory as well.

Not using it, so cant answer any of the other questions.

Re UT though, one would need to check that the command slots being used didnt conflict.

[Crapgame]

So I have to OWN the factory?

I didn't get that from the original explanation.

[apricotslice]

Sorry, cant help it, but that made my day !