Economic Summary

[ZaphodBeeblebrox]

One of the hardest things in any X game was working out exactly where to build a station. This was mostly due to a lack of any kind of economic summary.

It would be nice if we could see the inputs and outputs for each zone, sector and cluster. The summary would only contain the "live" data we have access to.

We need to have some idea of what volume of raw materials are required with the current average, minimum and maximum price per unit.

Along with the volume of production and the current average, minimum and maximum price per unit.

We need to be able to see where there are shortages and therefore demand, plus any oversupply and cheaper products.

[CorruptUser]

In XR we did get an economic summary. You'd look at either the total buying vs selling trade deals, or see if the total storage of the item in sector was increasing or decreasing. The AI never built stations though, so the universe never really changed too much...

[Hector0x]

They patched that in for XR. It is likely to be included in X4.

[ZaphodBeeblebrox]

Yes, you get a very detailed set of statistics, you can view your own stations and the NPCs and get a very detailed look at each station's performance.

But how do you get a summary over each zone, sector and cluster.

What I want is a quick way of seeing if there is a gap in the market without having to view every single stations statistics to find it.

[Hector0x]

It has been a while, but there should be a little button with a diagram in an upper corner of the maps. I'm fairly sure that i could look up the statistics for the entire system

[X2-Illuminatus]

It has been a while, but there should be a little button with a diagram in an upper corner of the maps. I'm fairly sure that i could look up the statistics for the entire system

Indeed, see the User Interface improvements section of the X Rebirth 4.0 / Home of Light Guide for reference.