An Overview Of Your Dominion!
Goal:
To provide up to the second information on the universe in an easy to read format, and to do it while providing only the information that you could find yourself through more painstaking research. This is NOT to be a cheat script and should be suitable for even a first time player.
Components (and a description of each):
Enemy Monitor: Retrieves the disposition of the ships inside your sensors range at activation and breaks down enemies by ship type... BUT WAIT: there's more! Can give you a sector by sector breakdown of enemy forces. Can provide an instant (color-coded, ASCII) map to give you a visual indication of where you are needed most. Also, takes special note of systems with fixed assets (stations). A prominent message will be displayed on activation of the monitor if enemies are detected near your stations. You can then access a special sector breakdown that only shows sectors under threat that have fixed assets.
NPCare(tm): Does GOD hate you? Keep him from destroying your neighbors by keeping them capable of producing goods. It checks for stations with too few materials to complete their next production cycle. This utility checks for "distress calls" from stations (that you have discovered) in sectors you have assets in. This does not require any special software because it does nothing that you couldn't do without it (except it does it incalculably faster). Search filters permit you to narrow results down by distance (in jumps) from a sector, by ware, or a combination of the two. *Profits earned by taking advantage of station owners in need is purely incidental.
SectorView: A fun tool for the analysis of sector traffic and production. It gives you a quick overview of conditions in the target sector, including: Traffic, Hazard Advisories (enemies), Station Listing, Sector Production and Consumption, as well as providing a fast means to scout out routes through our innovative "LUMINOX" technology, which allows you to switch the focus to another sector in a single click!
Abandoned Ships Locator: Evidently "Locator" isn't a word, but that won't stop us! This finds all ships that had pilots bail from them mid-flight. It can narrow the search based on class if you'd like. It ONLY gets ships inside the range of your scanners. Best used in conjunction with some sort of bailing script.
Asteroid Index: Having trouble finding that perfect asteroid you /know/ you scanned? Fret no more! Using SPACE-AGE list making technologies, you too can experience the zen of knowing exactly what you've scanned. With multiple search options including regional, type and yield searches, your knowledge is at your fingertips not behind an evil interface.
Service TL Listener: Need to place a station? Why pay upwards of 20 million credits when so many TLs fly empty? Galluskek Ltd. has a solution for you: this service polls you sensor equipped devices for the unique signature of the lumbering TL class of ships. Yet another way that Galluskek Ltd. can help you make the most of your fleet.
Features:
Color Coded: Its not a drab grey experience, but it also isn't a pride day script (not that there's anything wrong with that).
(Super)Low CPU Usage: Sure, its not the smallest scripts, but it only runs when you open it up, so there is NO performance hit at all. Unlike monitoring scripts, this keeps your advanced computer from the far off year 2004 chugging along happily. (My internal clock is not Y2k Compliant)
Fun To Use: Its convenient, you can bind it to a hotkey, or use Cycrow's (AWESOME) Community Plugin Configuration dealie to save keys. Open it anytime, and find the best place to cap an pirate M1 at 12AM.
Logging: You can export any page of data exactly as you see it into your personal logbook with a single click!
Not Complicated: Unless you open it up in the script editor, you'll never have to deal with difficult syntax.
Language Support: Because plugging a few lines into Google Translate is the least I could do (but its probably better than me doing the translation).
Coded While Listening To One Of Those 80's CDs Collections: Need I say more?
Why?:
Because after spending millions on a network of advanced satellites across the entire universe, you realize that the only time you learn anything from them is when they get destroyed. This script makes it an actual asset, and not such a pain to monitor. It uses custom menus to deliver content as fast as possible, and as neat as possible. Huge empire? even better.
How?:
Bind it to a hotkey, or open it through the Com.Plug.Conf. menu (its a hotkey too). Its meant to be accessed whenever, wherever, so opening the command console would be such a drag, man.
Installation:
REQUIREMENTS:
Cycrow's Community Plugin Configuration Manager
Cycrow's Plugin Manager(For the .SPK installation)
RECOMMENDED:
7ate9tin11s' Universe Explorers: Deploys satellites, and explores the universe. A perfect complement!
Double click the SPK file to load it with the Plugin Manager
OR
UnRAR the RAR file into your TC installation folder. Preserve the folder hierarchy. (Simply overwrite previously placed files to update to the latest version!)
Uses t/8502-L044 L049 and L048
Screenshots(By popular demand):
Author's request:
Use this thread for ideas for functionality to add to this tool, things you want to see, as well as for bug and spelling reporting. I endeavoured to make the program function well, and anything that could make it better will be considered for addition.
Author's non-productive comments:
Had the day off today, so I decided to spend it giving back to the community for a change
