[MOD/Script] LI Freight Distribution Network (FDN) - v7.2 21/11/2010

[StormMagi]

@ LA OK I think I understand.

You have an FDN-N in one sector and the relays will link it to other sectors. But then to have something available to the FDN-N/Relay it has to be within range of the node/relay or an adv satellite in the sector.

Going by this if I wanted to mine out Aldrin I would just need to place adv satellites around the ore belt to make sure all the mines/spps are in range of the satellites and everything would be available to the node at the jump in point (or relay if I wanted to link to an FDN-N in a diff sector)?

If that is the case would I need to make a chain of adv satellites to the FDN-N from the ore belt circle ( so there is a visible path to/from it to the FDN-N) or would that not matter since the mines/spps are already visible to the adv satellites?

[stealthhammer]

I believe a ring around the belt so that the mines are visible to the relay. not needing a chain to the relay/node. I'm about to try the same thing since I took over a sector, don't worry its not your Aldrin system. Yet...

Also I'm having trouble with my second FDN trade station, its coming back as 0 out of 0 space for wares anyone else have that problem? I have it in a system with it and a relay and also tried this with a second node and both came back as no space for wares.

LA - I found out that I had a couple freighters that did not get recalled I don't know if that would interfere with FDN or not though.

[StormMagi]

I will give it a shot but atm I am waiting till 2.0 before trying it as I don't want to invest in such a plex only to have it broken in 2.0 (because it is Aldrin)

[amirite]

Also I'm having trouble with my second FDN trade station, its coming back as 0 out of 0 space for wares anyone else have that problem? I have it in a system with it and a relay and also tried this with a second node and both came back as no space for wares.

I also had this. Try using DWM to add/remove the ware you're having trouble with. If that doesn't work try using the cheat menu to recreate the station. I forget which of these worked for me but it eventually did.

[stealthhammer]

I rebuilt it and got the FDN menu to work but still got no space for the ware.

I really hope my game will not brake my game when that becomes download able, I spent to long on those complexes to break em.

[apricotslice]

v2 patch, currently still in beta.

[stealthhammer]

Ya, I need to read the X news more often...

Will this have an adverse affect on your FDN when a player builds a Aldrin station?

[apricotslice]

I cant see that it would.

Player stations shouldnt be affected by the plot.

[stealthhammer]

Ok, I'm not sure how it works. Takes info from an array or so? I was thinking the array would have to be updated with stations that could be built and used. I haven't modded in months, last one I did was Doom 3.

[Logain Abler]

EDIT: Okay the problem was having the relays in the same sector with the node. As soon as I removed the two relays, leaving just the node and the dock, everything works fine. So basically this entire thing was never really a bug. My bad, and godspeed on those additions

Great news & thanks for the update. Won't get much done this week unfortunately as I'm on late shift and covering on-call

LA

[Logain Abler]

If that is the case would I need to make a chain of adv satellites to the FDN-N from the ore belt circle ( so there is a visible path to/from it to the FDN-N) or would that not matter since the mines/spps are already visible to the adv satellites?

Adv Sats data without them being chained together, same goes for Nodes & Relays.

The only limitations is that the any Station/Complex/Dock need to be within Adv Sat range, so you could have two Station/Complex/Dock at each side of a sector with a Node/Relay in the centre. The Node/Relay doesn’t need to be within Adv Sat coverage but you would need two Adv Sat’s to cover the separate Station/Complex/Dock.

This is all good and will make it into the User Guide’s FAQ


LA

[Logain Abler]

Also I'm having trouble with my second FDN trade station, its coming back as 0 out of 0 space for wares anyone else have that problem? I have it in a system with it and a relay and also tried this with a second node and both came back as no space for wares.

LA - I found out that I had a couple freighters that did not get recalled I don't know if that would interfere with FDN or not though.

Is that the in-game trade station? Yet me know which one & I'll have a look after work.

I have tested with HQ, EQ, Trade Stations & Hubs, if it's modded there could be an issue.

FDN has to calculate storage differently between HQ stations and other docks, if it's returning 0/0 it will be an issue with this part of the script.

LA

[Logain Abler]

Once the final v2.0 is released I will test FDN and release a compatible version ASAP.

The only issue I see is any changes to the TDock, HQ and T file, if there are no changes that impact FDN there should be no issue.

LA

[Logain Abler]

Once the final v2.0 is released I will test FDN and release a compatible version ASAP.

The only issue I see is any changes to the TDock, HQ and T files, if there are no changes that impact FDN there should be no issue.


LA

[stealthhammer]

It's the FDN trade station, sorry.

The first one that I built after the patch is correctly showing the space. so I was thinking it was something on my end. I got the node in Montalar with the first FDN trade station and I put the second one in a sector south west of it something conclusion I believe.

[Logain Abler]

It's the FDN trade station, sorry.

The first one that I built after the patch is correctly showing the space. so I was thinking it was something on my end. I got the node in Montalar with the first FDN trade station and I put the second one in a sector south west of it something conclusion I believe.

I take it you have a Relay in the same sector and it’s within range of an Adv Sat...

I'll have a look when I finish work later this evening.

LA

[stealthhammer]

I do, I don't have a screeny up yet. Also going to readd the latest patch.

To an earlier post you asked about mods, the only station I have that is changed is the HQ and I used apricot's Extended Storage script on that.

[Logain Abler]

I do, I don't have a screeny up yet. Also going to readd the latest patch.

To an earlier post you asked about mods, the only station I have that is changed is the HQ and I used apricot's Extended Storage script on that.

Been able to do some testing which as for all fault (fix faults for a living) is step one, try and replicate the reported issue. Unfortunately I’ve not been able to do this with the (0/0) storage display on the Trade Posts

This is Trade Post that is within Node coverage:
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This is Trade Post that is not within Node coverage:
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Trade Station that is not within Node coverage:
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Equipment Dock that is within Node coverage:
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HQ that that is within Node coverage:
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This is what you will see when the Dock is within Node coverage but there are no wares in the Node:
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(By Node coverage I mean Node/Relay or Adv Sat)

Scratching my head on this one

LA

[stealthhammer]

I'm not worried about it, like I said I think its on my end. I had used an script I got on here to create gates and I linked my node to the Pat. Conclusion by this means and I don't know if the FDN took that into account. but after the gate was moved I got the FDN not within coverage afterwards. Like I said, I'm not worried about it, long as I got one that works. Thanks for trying though.

[apricotslice]

the only station I have that is changed is the HQ and I used apricot's Extended Storage script on that.

Does FDN mod make any changes to hq.xml ?

If so, then this will contradict my HQ mod, with the one loaded last being the one used. If mine is last, then the extensions for EQ's for example, would be lost.