MarketObserver

Overview

marketObserver Main Station interface

marketObserver feat. mO-Commodity Markets and HyperCargo

marketObserver with in-system trade helper

marketObserver with mo-Commodity Markets only

This oxp enhances the market screen with valuable data. To keep this enhancement free, ads from various advertisers are shown in the market screen. Two optional addons are included, that will expand marketObserver.

Core Features

1. Market Reference Gatherer

This feature monitors the prices of markets and keeps a list of minimum, maximum and average prices seen in game. Average price is calculated from main station's market and data is collected when exiting witchspace. Only changed data is noted. Min and max prices from main station are collected at the same time. Min and max from oxp stations are collected when docking and entering the market screen. This data is printed to the market screen. Printing of this feature can be toggled on or off from the script. (this.$gathererFeat in Config/script.js file)

• Gathered market data can be resetted with resetMarketData variable in Config/script.js file.
• Untouched min/max values are slowly brought closer to the average to fade out peaks. Cutting starts, when values have been untouched for 10 days. Timeout can be altered from the script. (this.$timeOut in Config/script.js file)
• After 100 updates, the basis of average calculations is set to 100 to better reflect changing markets. The limit can be altered from the script. (this.$basisLimit in Config/script.js file)

2. In-System Trade Helper

This feature prints the prices of the main station to the market screen when visiting other stations. This feature can be turned on or off. (this.$inSystemTraderFeat in Config/script.js file)

3. Price Difference Viewer

This feature prints the difference of the prices compared to the averages as percentage to the market screen when visiting a main station. This feature can be turned on or off. (this.$percentageFeat in Config/script.js file)

4. HyperCargo Viewer

If HyperCargo OXP by Thargoid is installed, the contents of the HyperCargo system are printed to the market screen. This feature can be turned on or off from the script. (this.$hyperCargoFeat in Config/script.js file)

5. Purchase Log

Purchase log is collected from purchaces in the standard market. When selling, the log is purged starting from the most expensive purchases. Logs most expensive purchase is printed to the market screen. Printing of this feature can be turned on or off. (this.$purchaseLogFeat in Config/script.js file)

If cargo is lost, lost cargo is purged from the log when docking a main station.

6. Ads From YAH

Various ads from Your Ad Here! OXP are shown in the bottom of the market screen. This feature can't be toggled off, it keeps this enhancement free :).

Addons

1. Commodity Markets OXP addon (Overrides In-System Trade Helper and Price Difference Viewer features)

If mO-Commodity Markets OXP is installed, market screen's price column is divided to sell price and buy price. This adds a little bit of difficulty and realism to the game. Buy price is always a little higher than sell price.

2. Trader's Rating OXP addon

If mO-Trader's Rating OXP is installed, it monitors the profit you gain from buying and selling in the standard market and gives you a rating. Profit is calculated when selling a commodity that's purchase has been logged. No profit is calculated from salvaging or contracting etc, unless some purchased cargo is lost. Player is given a Trader's Rating based on profit made. Rating is shown in ships manifest.

First rank at 1500 cr. Highest rank at 1000000 cr.

Requirements

• Oolite version 1.77.
• Not compatible with Commodity Markets OXP by Thargoid, use mO-Commodity Markets addon.

Credits

• All ads are selected, cropped and resized from Your Ad Here! oxp. Ads are made by different Oolite players.
• mO-Commodity Markets addon is based on Thargoid's Commodity Markets OXP.

Download

• Download version 2.3.1 (for Oolite 1.79) from the expansion manager. Oxz version includes the trader's rating addon.
• Download version 2.2.3 (for Oolite 1.77) from the box.
• Only for the version 2.2.3. Download an update (1.2) to the Commodity Markets OXP addon from the box. This update preserves buy/sell prices over saves. Update by laxori666.

Installing

Install the OXP by copying marketObserver.oxp to your AddOns-folder. Install addons in similar fashion.

Quick Facts

Version	Released	License	Features	Category	Author(s)	Feedback
2.3.1	2014-07-18	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0	Statistics	Equipment OXPs	Spara	Oolite BB