Elite Tools, Websites and Info

[albert]

This topic is to keep all the good tools and links in one place for Elite players to reference. In what I would call order of importance from my perspective.

General:
http://eddb.io/ - Elite Dangerous Database. Lots of info mined through the Frontier API into the game. Trading tool, System and Station info, Body info, Commodity info
http://inara.cz/ (http://inara.cz/galaxy-engineers) - Just an awesome page all round for info. Engineers section is recommended
http://roguey.co.uk/elite-dangerous/ - General site with loads of nice tools for shipbuilding, and other stuff plus new
https://ed-td.space/ - Another good general site, also includes outfitting locations
https://github.com/cmdrmcdonald/EliteDangerousDataProvider - Err dev stuff, including a full interface into the ED API, with voice attack integration, gui with lots of funky stuff (fanboys only!)
https://github.com/Marginal/EDMarketConnector/wiki - Little app that lets you share your market data each port you dock at with tha click of a button. the basis for the how many hours/ days old part of eddb.io! Sharing is caring!
http://arkku.com/elite/hud_editor/- Hud Colour Changer
http://elite-dangerous-blog.co.uk/ - Arithon's Blog, a good read any day of the week
Technical Issues:
https://support.frontier.co.uk/kb/faq.php?id=33 - How to fix wingmates or you not being visible when in a wing. IMPORTANT!
Bounty Hunting and Fighting:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DtPhESLs3DGpLVGoviLBQ6d5oA-0IEDh8sehACJt9b4/edit#gid=0 - A list of compromised Nav beacons, a place to fight and maybe die but get lots of rewards in the process!
https://steamcommunity.com/app/359320/discussions/0/483367798521097674/ - A guide to compromised Nav beacons by the guy who maintains the above list!
Trading:
http://etn.io/# - Trade Search Tool, very useful and fast, visual and utterly confusing first time out
Navigation:
https://www.edsm.net/ - Elite Dangerous Star Map, login to this and get an API key and it will track your movement around Elite, like captains log (Awesome info: https://www.edsm.net/en/galactic-mapping#2/0/0/25000)
http://www.spansh.co.uk/ - Neutron Star Route Planner
http://www.hotdoy.ca/edbearing/ - Finding areas on planet surfaces also with the co-ords to ruins and other interesting things!
https://cmdr.club/ - Route planner tool in case you want to see a few options, although the in game Galaxy Map is rather good now for up to 1000LY
Exploration:
https://github.com/EDDiscovery/EDDiscovery/wiki - EDDiscovery, log, track, map etc.
https://matthew149guy.wixsite.com/mysite - A tool to help map out a planet for searching the surface
https://www.fuelrats.com/ - Fuel Rats - hop into open play and wait for them to come and refuel you if you're stuck, requests made on this site
Ship Building and Engineers:
http://www.edshipyard.com/ - Build your ship on here, save you buying stuff just to find you are under powered or have a 2LY jump distance
https://coriolis.io/ - Ships built and shared by other players, using the ED Shipyard
http://inara.cz/galaxy-engineers - Very useful engineers guide
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wTmKrzLCXRIdHwKHaN-gXHq6YkS_JAnJKsyQp8P-j0Y/htmlview?usp=drive_web&usp=sheets_home&ths=true&sle=true - Detailed spreadsheet on Engineering
Mining and SRV Rock extraction:
http://wavescanner.net/ - Confused by SRV buggy scanning, this will help
http://edtools.ddns.net/ - Mining spot finder
http://ayashi.net/elite/edh-planetmats.html - Planetary Materials Search, eddb.io should also have all this but hey, choices
Voice Attack:
https://voiceattack.com/ - The tool itself
http://www.hcsvoicepacks.com/ - well made voice packs for Elite and Star Citizen
https://github.com/cmdrmcdonald/EliteDangerousDataProvider - EDDI voice integration, Voice Attack reads to you, system you are jumping into, the Galnet news, etc.
Frontier Forums and info derived thereof:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk - Main Forum
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn - Aliens, UA's, ruins, barnacles, UP's etc.
https://imgur.com/a/RVZBN#6XexGII - Ruins Site 1, 2 and 5 Map
https://imgur.com/a/1IN6E#He04HZk - Ruins Site 3 and 4 Map
Special Ship Builds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QCWTDpFChk - How to enhance your ship to get away from the most potent attacker, also some rather unknown features of your ship you might not have known!
Wing tactics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIsTAGXczLw - How to really play as a wing, or 3 wings. How far off this are we? Miles!
Engineering
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/259029-So-you-ve-run-out-of-inventory-space - What to throw away when you're inventory is full!
Power Play and Background SIM of Elite
http://siriusinc.enjin.com/home/m/35379595/viewthread/29164127-background-simulator-tldr- Background Sim explained in detail
https://cdb.sotl.org.uk/missions - How missions will have an effect on factions in a system

[sulky_uk]

Someones getting bored telling people what to do


Good guide btw

[Chaosphere]

Albert can you include links to the current relic site maps? I am always looking through my history for those.

[Penfold]

Someones getting bored telling people what to do
Good guide btw

This is useful.

Thanks for Lib for getting me started in this game and for his help when I kinda ran out of fuel.

Sulks I get your point but suspect it's more a case of people having to be told repeatedly what to do as opposed to one offs.

 Part of being in a gaming COMMUNITY is that we help each other. Those helping others in one game may well be the ones asking for help in another. That's the way it works. I can understand having to repeat instructions several times could prove.... ummm frustrating. I know as I've had to do that in Ark but I've never baulked at helping someone start, tame or build.

[albert]

Someones getting bored telling people what to do


Good guide btw

Actually not, just it's hard to keep track of all these sources and they have changed since the early days so this should help keep us all current.

[albert]

This is useful.

Thanks for Lib for getting me started in this game and for his help when I kinda ran out of fuel.

Sulks I get your point but suspect it's more a case of people having to be told repeatedly what to do as opposed to one offs? Part of being in a gaming COMMUNITY is that we help each other. Those helping others in one game may well be the ones asking for help in another. That's the way it works.

Exactly right Pen, we are a community and help each other. Sorry I couldn't stick around the other night to help you settle in, if I play after 9/9.30pm UK time I'm not gonna sleep well for work in EU time the next day. Plus Lib was in super enthusiastic mode and we were just talking over each other trying to help so it made sense for one of us to duck out, no offence meant.

[OldBloke]

Essential listening ...

[RogueTaylor]

Essential listening ...

god damm you oldie this is brilliant lol

[Sneakytiger]

also

http://laveradio.com/

[Chaosphere]

Sulks is just living up to his namesake :woot2:

Thanks for the updates. Elite is currently my game of choice when I'm going to or from night shifts (adjusting my sleep pattern - or trying to). It's a great game for this as it can be so chilled and relaxing. I have recently just been exploring random systems performing surface scans and so on. These links are full of helpful info.. particularly trading is something I need to look more into as I still find myself struggling to make good cash.

[albert]

Important point for those toying with Engineering (Oldie).

https://steamcommunity.com/app/359320/discussions/0/351659808492158350/

If you roll an upgrade that you like the look of, apply it because you can basically keep rolling and from that point the engineering panel roll window (the one that has the sliders on it) will show your the +ve or -ve in comparison with the upgrade you have ALREADY applied, and not the default. Whereby letting you easily decide if your new roll is better than the old.

The little window at the bottom right is the defaults, but not the outcome of your new roll.

When you apply one upgrade over another, the original is removed completely including any experimental parts on weapons.

So apply the best one you get and just keep over writing it with better rolls until you're happy! No need to remove it before overwriting.

Hope this makes sense, it took me ages to get my head around what was happening.

[albert]

Ok so this just got me excited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqBg6xQDuYY&t=108s

[RogueTaylor]

Ok so this just got me excited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqBg6xQDuYY&t=108s

that does look awesome albert, you can watch all them ....videos... yes videos in space now :rumpy::flasher:

[albert]

I just tried it, worked exactly as it stated, I was watching a concert on YouTube in the top left of my windscreen

[Sn00ks]

Next they'll have mobile phones and then there'll be all the crashes. Don't come moaning when you toast your ship because you were engrossed in a video.