EVE Technology Lab

Version 7.1.4 is out.

• Changed the error message to warning when the plan has some issues that can be ignored (routes with 0 product transiting,...).
Now a warning popup will appear and list all the problems in the plan. The structures with problems will be ignored when running the plan.
Note: the warning will show each time you try to run a plan with problems unless you check to ignore it. (To un-ignore it, just restart the UI)

• Fixed a couple of potential exceptions

have you added your tool to http://3rdpartyeve.net yet?

Version 7.1.6 is out.

I fixed bugs reported by Arriaz related to prefilled storages and running the plan.
Things should be ok now.

I managed to fix that error - if you look in the 'Details' It's probably trying to find the EVECacheParser.dll - it can be downloaded from https://bitbucket.org/Desmont_McCallock/evecacheparser/downloads (You'll want the 1.01 version if I remember rightly - just put it in the same folder as the .exe)

Although more recently I'm getting a Secified cast is not valid error whenever I try to refresh the cache data:

System.InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid.
at o.a(KeyValuePair`2 A_0, Dictionary`2& A_1, Dictionary`2& A_2, Dictionary`2 A_3, Dictionary`2 A_4, List`1& A_5, DateTime A_6)
at o.a(String A_0, Dictionary`2 A_1, Dictionary`2 A_2, Dictionary`2 A_3)
at am.a()
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Sorry for the lack of update/support lately.
My wife is soon due to deliver our twins, so with our 2 year old son running everywhere I am quite busy taking care of everything at once.
Still, I am working on a major update of the tool.
I have hope to be able to have it ready in a couple of month (it is THAT major).
I will still try to fix bugs whenever I have time.

Hi Ideki,

I've been doing Planetary Interface since it was released, and I tried out your tool.

One of the very first things I noticed, is the volume capacity for Storage Facilities is still set to the beta/release capacity of 5000m3 - however the current storage facilities in game are at 12000m3!...

A minor detail given the tool will never show what is inside, but still relevant enough that you may want to change it.

Also, your tool does not highlight the "Doughnut Hole" between the processing of Tier 3 and Tier 4 commodities, with if left unaccounted for will cause idling of the High Tech Processor on the assembly planet. Including this discrepancy may not be relevant to what you are trying to do with your tool? But it is very often missed by less experienced pilots doing PI at Tier 4 - so just thought I would mention it.

Additionally, it would be helpful in calculating costs, to add a editable box for the Custom's Office tax rate. As an in game practical example, I set up a colony system for a 6 planet Tier 4 Advanced Commodity but forgot to check the Tax Rate for the low sec custom's offices -- it's so high that I will have to decommission the colonies in system and rebuild them else where all over again... Having this feature might go a long way to in directly remind the user to check the tax rate for the customs office of the planet that they are simulating a colony for?

On a technical side, a Installer would be a nice addition if you can swing it?

Those are just some observations you might want to consider.

Otherwise the tool seems nice for what it does.

Regards,

I fixed the storage capacity of the Storage Facility to be 12K

Well people, we have our answer from the mouth of the devs...



You can read it by yourself there New API dev post

If you want PI tools to have access to your real setup and provide more accurate results, please go there and make yourself heard.
We want a PI API!

Ideki,

Could you share some insights on this warning that Norton is giving about the planner ?

http://s5.postimg.org/fe6vyk447/screenshot_194.png

PS - this is from a fresh download.

Thanks for the response. Ive been using this tool for ages and figured it was a case of Norton being silly. Good call on applying for the white-list. Hopefully that will prevent future users from going "hrmm" :)