At last! The moment you've been waiting for - NavBot is now available as Open Source! If you're interested in helping out, or really want to see your favourite new feature in NavBot, head on over to the project site and look around, then post a bit about your programming background as a comment to this post - simple as that :-) You'll need a GMail address - I can send invites if necessary.
Happy programming!
:-D
Sunday, 14 October 2007
Wednesday, 5 September 2007
NavBot Quick-Start Guide
Thank-you for your purchase of the NavBot-class trade assistant. This short guide will help you install the unit and connect it with your Pod's systems.
Installing NavBot
Download and extract the setup files, the run setup.exe. NavBot should automatically detect the EVE directories that link you to your Pod and will run in the system tray (bottom-right).
Your First Time with NavBot
Once NavBot is running in the taskbar, go into EVE and open the in-game browser. Either press Ctrl-V or type "http://localhost:9999" into the address bar, and press enter. This will connect you to NavBot.
To get the most out of NavBot, you need to make it a "trusted site". NavBot itself gives you links to do this, but sometimes the EVE browser seems to forget. You might have to open the list of trusted sites manually from the menu bar and check that http://localhost:9999 is listed as trusted.
Since this is your first time, let's take it slow. Ask NavBot to show you a list of market reports you already have (3rd option). If you have any reports, tell NavBot to remove them all - this places them in an Archive folder in case you want them again in the future.
Now, open the market in EVE and find "Reports" in the list of trade items. Select it, then click on the "Export Data" button.
Now go back to NavBot and ask to see how you can make money / start trading (1st option).
NavBot will ask you how much ISK you have available and how much cargo space you have available. Fill in these values and press "Enter".
Now for the best bit - the top trade routes! NavBot finds three kinds of routes:
Picking a route is easy - you can right-click on any of the links and choose to autopilot to them or even dock directly at the correct station, all from NavBot's report screen. The type and number of items to buy are shown too!
Finally, after each trip remember to re-export the market data for any item you've just sold, and to update your ISK in NavBot - the routes you get are only as fresh as the data you give it!
I hope this helps - please drop any feedback or questions as comments and I'll update this main post. Above all, happy trading!
Installing NavBot
Download and extract the setup files, the run setup.exe. NavBot should automatically detect the EVE directories that link you to your Pod and will run in the system tray (bottom-right).
Your First Time with NavBot
Once NavBot is running in the taskbar, go into EVE and open the in-game browser. Either press Ctrl-V or type "http://localhost:9999" into the address bar, and press enter. This will connect you to NavBot.
To get the most out of NavBot, you need to make it a "trusted site". NavBot itself gives you links to do this, but sometimes the EVE browser seems to forget. You might have to open the list of trusted sites manually from the menu bar and check that http://localhost:9999 is listed as trusted.
Since this is your first time, let's take it slow. Ask NavBot to show you a list of market reports you already have (3rd option). If you have any reports, tell NavBot to remove them all - this places them in an Archive folder in case you want them again in the future.
Now, open the market in EVE and find "Reports" in the list of trade items. Select it, then click on the "Export Data" button.
Now go back to NavBot and ask to see how you can make money / start trading (1st option).
NavBot will ask you how much ISK you have available and how much cargo space you have available. Fill in these values and press "Enter".
Now for the best bit - the top trade routes! NavBot finds three kinds of routes:
- The best (most profit per warp) single trade trip you can make, starting from your current system. This is what you'll usually use; it tells you how to maximise the amount of isk you're earning per hour.
- The best (most profit per warp) single trade trip between any two systems that NavBot can find. This gives you an idea of how much profit is available in the regions you've exported, and can help you decide whether to stay where you are or go to a different system to start trading there.
- The largest profit in total to be found between any two systems. This is perfect if you just want to stick the autopilot on, sit back and relax.
Picking a route is easy - you can right-click on any of the links and choose to autopilot to them or even dock directly at the correct station, all from NavBot's report screen. The type and number of items to buy are shown too!
Finally, after each trip remember to re-export the market data for any item you've just sold, and to update your ISK in NavBot - the routes you get are only as fresh as the data you give it!
I hope this helps - please drop any feedback or questions as comments and I'll update this main post. Above all, happy trading!
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
Release: NavBot rev. F
Here it is - NavBot revision F, fully-compatible with the 2.2 EVE patch. You can download it here!Changes include:
- Fixed disappearing market logs problem after the 2.2 patch
- New "Change export directory" option in tray-icon context menu
- No longer crashes if your current system can't be found in the map database (CCP haven't released 2.2 database dump yet)
As always, post a comment if you have any problems. I wanted to get this one out as quickly as possible, so some of the features I've been promising you all will just have to wait for a future release.
Until then - happy trading!
Latest EVE Patch
A quick heads-up - the latest EVE patch has broken NavBot support. They've changed the format of the log file filenames. You can expect NavBot revision F with a fix for this later this evening or tomorrow!
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Release: NavBot rev. E
At last, the highly-anticipated, oft-requested revision E is here, bringing full support for the revelations II patch - download now!Changes include:
- Revelations II suport
- Even easier setup and install - simply click and run!
- Quantity of items to buy displayed (at last, no more using the calculator)
- Fixed crash when using items with several "-" in the name
- No longer crashes if the clipboard is unavailable
Happy trading!
P.S. NavBot may require "Run as Administrator" to work under Windows Vista.
Monday, 9 July 2007
Coming soon... revision E
Sorry for the lack of updates recently - the graphics card in my laptop blew up and I'm reluctant to put out any new releases without being able to test them in EVE myself. HP wanted 10+ working days, so I'm expecting the laptop back in the next week or two.There's not a lot wrong with revision D, but revision E is already looking quite a lot better. A rather nasty bug that causes errors when you try to search for items with lots of -s in the name (such as most implants) has been fixed, and a few helpful tweaks have already been added, such as showing the quantity of items you need to buy.
Until then... happy trading!
Sunday, 6 May 2007
Release: NavBot rev. D
It's beautiful, it's simple, and now it's even faster than before! NavBot revision D is here. Here's 5 great things about revision D:
- It's like, 5 times faster.
- Your available isk and cargo are now saved, which means you don't have to keep checking what the cargo size of your Mk 4 Iteron is.
- Items with a "-" in the name now work. Long live implant trading!!
- The list of trade reports now caculates the age of each report correctly, instead of adding the time difference between you and GMT.
- You can click on a button to change the isk/cargo instead of pressing "Enter" and hoping.
I love it, and I hope you will too. NavBot is right here, waiting for you...
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