[MOD] AutoLooter (ver0.6 March 14 2015)

[GT500]

Hi manpapper & GT500

@ manpapper: All my mod are on Nexus but you will find mods of my mods on other sites like the Steam Worskshop.

@ GT500: That was the original idea but unfortunately firing the LRS is not covered by any event and hence I cannot use it as a trigger.

Cheers Euclid

Thanks for the Reply,

Ahh that it too bad about having no trigger to work from. May I make an adjusted suggestion with that new information in mind. Can you make a version of you mod that once you enter LRS mode, that it loops on a timer to check automatically every 5-10 seconds (or whatever time makes sense) for any loot near by?

[oliverjanda]

Thanks for all your great mods!

Would you mind putting your mods in the steam workshop?

What's the distance of the looter? 25km or 50km? (I'd like to make it a bit smaller)

best

[w.evans]

What's the distance of the looter? 25km or 50km?

I assumed it was zone-wide. Isn't it?

[euclid]

Hi oliverjanda

....
Would you mind putting your mods in the steam workshop?

Nope, sorry, all my mod are on Nexus only so there are no conflicts when other players publish their mods of any of my mods.

What's the distance of the looter? 25km or 50km? (I'd like to make it a bit smaller)

The range is 25km which is the radar range of the skunk. If you like to change that for your personal use then just replace the '25km' here:

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<match_distance object="player.primaryship" max="25km"/>

Cheers Euclid

[Apscondo]

bei mir zeigt der zwar an, dass crates da sind, aber der sammelt nie ein, hab genügend freien raum.

[oliverjanda]

Thx, found and changed the range.

More people would use your mods if they were available on steam. But that's your decision... I'm glad I found your mods.

Would it be possible to introduce a button for looting into the scanner sidebar? To make the looter (or even the autotrader, see YAT) activation more convenient.

Best

[euclid]

Hallo Abscondo

Es werden nur Munitionskisten und Inventarwaren eingesammelt. Wenn Du die Nachricht bekommst, dass Kisten nicht eingesammelt wurden, dann sind es entweder Waren die das Spielerschiff nicht transportieren kann, oder es handlet sich um Munition (Raketen) und Du hast schon zuviele davon.
Bitte ueberpruefe das mal und wenn es nicht daran liegt dan bitte schicke mir Dein gezipptes Savegame per Email.

@ oliverjanda: I am aware that there are some UI hacks out there but I prefer to wait for the developers to release an official tool/script command to include a custom sidebar menu.

Cheers Euclid

[YorrickVander]

Autoloot doesn't seem to collect 'unidentified artifacts', dropped from nividium asteroids in my test case here while hunting eggs.

[euclid]

Thanks Yorrick

Edit:

My initial test was flawed because the drop must come from an asteroid and not from the crate. So I've added a field of nividum asteroids and stated shooting. All drops including the artefacts were collected without problems.

So, in short, I cannot reproduce the problem you have descibed.


Cheers Euclid

[euclid]

New version uploaded - see OP for details.

Cheers Euclid

[NightlinerSGS]

It appears the Autolooter has stopped working in 3.50 RC1, I'm not getting the prompt to collect everything anymore after activating the long range scanner.
Edit: It was working fine as of Beta 3 though.

[dan92d]

It appears the Autolooter has stopped working in 3.50 RC1, I'm not getting the prompt to collect everything anymore after activating the long range scanner.
Edit: It was working fine as of Beta 3 though.

I confirm, with 3.50 Beta 3 there was no problem, but with 3.50 RC1 it does not work.

[NightlinerSGS]

It appears the Autolooter has stopped working in 3.50 RC1, I'm not getting the prompt to collect everything anymore after activating the long range scanner.
Edit: It was working fine as of Beta 3 though.

I confirm, with 3.50 Beta 3 there was no problem, but with 3.50 RC1 it does not work.

To be more specific: It says "Auto Looter: No crates detected" in the logbook, but there are collectible crates floating right in front of my ship.
Can you confirm this?

[euclid]

Thanks NightlinerSGS & dan92d

It seems the command

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<find_object_component name="$targets" object="player.zone" class="class.drop" multiple="true" >
  <match_distance object="player.primaryship" max="25km"/>
</find_object_component>

is not working anymore. If you substitute that by

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<find_object name="$targets" class="class.drop" multiple="true" space="player.zone">
    <match_distance object="player.primaryship" max="25km"/>
</find_object>

then it works fine. As a workaround for now please just delete "_component" (4 times in EuclidsAutoLooterStart.xml). If this is intended rather than a bug then I'll upload a corrected version.

Cheers Euclid

[dan92d]

Euclid: Thanks, now it works fine!!

[oliverjanda]

I read there is some kind of crates magnet in 3.5.
Whats the difference to autolooter?

[euclid]

New version uploaded - see OP for details.

Cheers Euclid

[Endeavour79]

euclid,

Sorry of these are stupid questions but can you please clarify a few things for me?

1. What kind of Loot is collected? Only dropped stuff from destroyed ships or additional crates, lock boxes, artifacts etc?

2. Does the AutoLooter work when used multiple times? Example I scanned with message nothing found, scanned again but no message anymore. Do I have to exit scan mode every time or does it work with multiple scans after? Update: just tested, I have to leave LRScan mode and restart LRScanner mode to be able to use again.

3. What's the difference to LootMagnet?

4. What are "not collectible" items?

Cheers, End

[euclid]

Hi Endeavour79,

1. Only inventory items and missiles (provided the Skunk has sufficient storage)

2. As your update notes read: you need to enter the long range scan mode to trigger the AutoLooter.

3. Not entirely sure because I'm using the AutoLooter Joke aside, it draws all loot near you, think the range is 1 Km, but you need to collect it manually.

4. Any crates that do not contain inventory items or missiles; you will find details in the player logbook.

Cheers Euclid

[YorrickVander]

The loot has to be close enough for the elipse to show around it for the magnet to work.