Peripherals Part 1: What a load of tools!

Aired 2 May 2017
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Crew Members
Head of health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward – Cmdr Eid LeWeise
2nd Technician : Chris Forrester – Cmdr Fozza
Head of Entertainment : Chris Jarvis – Cmdr Thane
Chief Archivist : Colin Ford – Cmdr phoenix_dfire
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott – Cmdr Psykokow

Show Notes

• Development News
  • #support3rdparty
    • Why a load of 3rd party sites were shut down
    • Captain’s Log, Coriolis EDCD Edition ED-Board,Elite: Dangerous, Codex,Elite: Dangerous Database (EDDB),E:D Shipyard,Elite: Dangerous Star Map (EDSM), INARA Were all shut down on 27th April for the May day weekend. This also included the Weekend when Drew is running his in game event.
    • Ed’s Response
      • Did they cave in? Ed says “No”
      • Was it extortion?
      • Will what FD do ever be enough?
    • Howard Chalkley’s response
• In Game Events
  • The Generation Ship Hyperion has been found
  • Generation ship Odysseus has been found
  • Unknown ship found fleeing the scene in Maia
  • Found Generation ships
  • The Salomé Event
• Newsletter 172
• Main Discussion
  • Addon Websites
  • External API Apps
    • Trucker Tracker
    • ED Discovery
      • A 3rd party tool that can track your Elite Dangerous travels, combat, trading, rank etc. Before Elite Dangerous 2.2 it could only track travel, now with 2.2, EDDiscovery tracks much more! It can now log other data such as rank, commodities, materials, scans and all host of other data.EDDiscovery also gives you a 3D map and 2D maps of the galaxy, showing travel history and data from EDSM and EDDB to aid your journey through the Elite Dangerous galaxy.
    • Elite Dangerous Market Connector
      • EDMC is a 3rd party app that will make a note of System and station data and then allow you to upload that data to other sites such as EDDB or Elite Trading Tool.
      • Please note that this app uses the original ios API which requires your ED Log in details. It’s not doing anything nefarious with those details (it’s open source so go check for yourself!) However it’s something to be aware of.
    • Elite Companion App
      • Originally an official iOS app, now discontinued
    • ED Engineer
      • Makes a note of your materials and then will help you showing what upgrades you can get or what commodities you need. It DOES need a little setting up since it makes a guess about your commodities but it’s just a best guess so you need to check and fix it.
  • Configuration websites
    • Coriolis.io
    • EDDB.io
    • Inara.cz
    • EDSM.net
      • Takes the navigation data apps like ED Discovery uploads and uses it to log your travels
      • i.e. https://www.edsm.net/en/user/flight-logs/id/5386/cmdr/Eid+LeWeise
    • EliteTradingTool.co.uk
      • Used to be called Thrudds
      • Quickly and Easily find routes and commodities.
    • ED Board
      • Really interesting. Takes log uploads from your saved game folder and populates a series of great-looking reports.
      • Provides calculated distances from your current location to Pristine Metal Rings
      • Allows tracking of permits
      • Sorage for Coriolis and EdShipyard blueprints
      • Manual log/diary
      • Trade run diary
      • Timer to calculate credits earned per hour, if that’s your thing
      • Has its own set of Achievements! http://en.ed-board.net/?m=achievements
      • Links to recommended ship builds
      • Wishlist of places to visit (uses Elite Galactic Wiki “A database of real places inside Elite Dangerous)
      • Links to radio players
      • Pilot’s “Licence”
      • Really great looking 3D MAP of systems you have explored.
      • Not so great report for Fozza on his PvP Kill Ratio. 1 Kill and over 30 Deaths (The Kill was an accident on an Live Episode of LR! Sorry Cmd Ashley Wilkinson)
    • ED Toolbox
      • https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/216543-ED-ToolBox-A-companion-app
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2yixjcuiFQ
      • Has voice companion like EDDI. Random quotes from famous people.
      • Features list: http://edtb.xyz/?q=features
    • https://ruins.canonn.technology/
      • Website for navigating around Alien sites
    • ED Codex
• Community Corner
  • Cmdr Plater is running a 24 hour stream will on june 3rd at 12:00pm running for 24 hours. It’s called “Combat for Cancer” and all proceeds will be going to the British Thyroid Foundation. I will be joined by various different Youtubers and Streamers with; ObsidianAnt, VindicatorJones, Ghost Giraffe , Josh Hawkins, Mini, Shabooka, Down to Earth Astronomy, Paroxsym and DJTruthsayer all confirmed. Ed Lewis from Frontier will also be putting an appearance. I will also be doing some give aways for viewers..  https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/CMDRPLATER
  • Chris is finally streaming Holy Potatoes! We’re In Space!? Tomorrow at 9pm UK http://twitch.tv/holdmykidney
  • Three crowdfunds!
    • https://tinyurl.com/figpoint Phoenix Point funded! Still a few weeks to get in on the action and help with awesome stretch goals like vehicles and a mobile player base (which can be assaulted by monsters)
    • Exo One https://tinyurl.com/exo-one Spaceflight with planetary landings and momentum – think Spindizzy with a morphing spaceship
    • Galaxy Crash – modest kickstarter to get art assets by one of the Elite Dangerous community – Bubble. https://tinyurl.com/bubblecrash
• Shoutouts
  • Lavecon 2017 is Sponsored by ED:RPG and ED Tracker!