Eve Echoes Mining Bot

List of possible changes or fixes that will be included in the next release.  
- Adding new option, safe mining check on local list
- Revising the safe mining check on other pilot
- Starting to design/codes to support mobile phone (resolution other than 1280x720)


*** Eve Echoes Bot Options ***

Maximum cycle/loop for approaching
* Bot will monitor/check that you are approaching the ore base on your "Miner range/distance setup".
When bot fails to approach, then this setup will be in place and assume that you are already near the ore.
Normally, you will setup this if you are ending up getting very near to the target ore (0-1 distance).
Also, if you see you are getting a lot of locked Ore then this is one of the setup that need to be adjusted.
If you are not getting any issue in approaching the ore then you can leave this as default.

Maximum cycle/loop for locking
* By default bot will do a default values of locking ore but for some scenario it takes time to get hold of the ore.
Some user stated that it depend on the Target skill level.
This setup is introduce to increase that wait time till the approach to the ore is enabled/available.
Normally, you will change this setup if you are getting stuck on initiating the approach to the ore (screen showing ore selected and approach on it).
Also, if you see you are getting a lot of locked Ore then this is one of the setup that need to be adjusted.
If you are not getting any mentioned above then leave the default setup. 

Miner range/distance
* Should be set -2 of your miner effective distance

Additional time to warp to xxx.
* If you are mining in some system wherein the mining belt/asteroid are far from the station this is where you get the warp issue.
When warping, bot will try to check and monitor that you reach/land on the target location.
A max wait time is in place so it will wait for the ship to arrive but there are rare chances that you also reach that limit.
Then this 3 options can be used to increase that wait time.

Mining in a Different System
* There are some bot users wherein they bot near their home system - which normally get visited by enemies.
User then want to mine on a different system to avoid getting killed always.
Although, with the new bubble and etc. introduced I'm not that sure if people still prefer to use this.

To use this option, below are the required steps:
- Assigned shortcut "Star Charts" 3rd slot (right to left - cargo slot on the 1st slot) Please check the PDF file in post #1.
- Enable "Mining on different system"
- Input the Target Mining System
- Input the Target Docking System

The Bot will do the search on 'Target Mining System' name and will auto warp.
While docking, it will search for 'Target Docking System' but bot will click or auto warp to the station instead.

Note:
Few things here, you have to manually do the search and check if there is conflict on the search results.
There are system name that will give multiple results.
It is recommended that you do the manual search - that you auto warp to your target station and auto warp back to your docking station.
I'm still trying to change and speed up this process of search i.e. using the historical search results which will speed up a lot of time.
Also, the search function in Eve Echoes seems to be buggy sometimes it doesn't give the results or take so long to show up the results.


Example:
Mining in High Security System Setup with Retriever
- Adjust Miner range/distance depending on your miner
- Disable Safe mining options (3)
- Mine all ore no priority
- if bot doesn't recognize miners count then setup (alternative miners check and distance/coverage)
- Max scroll/search on ore list, I normally change this to 3.
- Mine in the same system
- the rest of the setup leave it as default


Out of Mining Stuck in Minutes (0 = no limit)
- Default value is 25mins. This need to be adjusted to the time it takes your cargo to be unloaded or assumed unload time.
- It is assumed that bot should unload within this limit, if not then bot might be in a stuck status.
- Once this stuck time limit is reached, bot will move to a new asteroid belt regardless bot is stuck or not.


Minimize Warp to Celestial
- When enable, bot will try to warp to the mining area without going to the celestial body.
Although, this only applies to the initial run. When it moves to new asteroid, warp to celestial body will still happen.


Search System Name in the History List
- When enable, bot will not do the system search instead it will search from your historical search.

To make this work, you need the following:

• Target System and Docking System must be in your history search results.
  To do this manually search the System then make it your target destination this will be added in your history search results.  
  
• Populate the system images into the directory /image/system_map. Only images must be in the system_map not the directory. 
• You can download and copy the full system name images into the system_map or just copy the systems in a region. 

            System Name Download Link:
                bit.ly/SystemByRegion_25Nov2020
                bit.ly/FullSystemList_25Nov2020

    

I have tried it out on LDplayer. It works but the script not only selects asteroids but deselects them too. This happens especially when the belt is near empty.

Does the script have an option to just mine whatever there is instead of setting a priority? Because it makes you fly around a lot when it needs a specific ore. If there is, how do I select that option.

I have not yet seen the script successfully empty a ship.

Thx for your work so far

yup noticed that bug but it seems you are getting it always. 
uploaded a new version and fix that bug so let me know if you are still getting it. 
also, provided an option to farm all ore instead of specific ore. 

can you set the orbit less than the optimal distance of the miner. 
and also put your miners bottom right. (right to left)
and set your warp to minimum around 5 

hey happy...

the mine specific got a bug when I added the option to mine any ores.
will upload a new one to fix that specific mining to work again. 

thanks for the feedback. 

 

Thanks dakhun12 for the feedback.

I will try to fix and add those you mentioned. 
    - I'll check that docking but not unloading the cargo.
    - Currently, ore priority is to check all possible belts before moving to the next priority ore.
    - The approaching part need improvement agree on it. It should start mining as soon as it is within the distance of miner.  
    - With safe mode, is the other venture with the alliance? if not then it will dock. I'll change to include not to warp if it is venture regardless of corps. 
    - Afterburner will be added. 
    - Random belts will be added too. 

Okay, now I've let it run up to 12hours, my second feedback and what I noticed, hope it helps:
I've tried high and lowsec, mining all and priority
Settings: Default Orbiting + Autoattack
Highsec without prioritys runs really smooth for the most time, still just sometimes it stucks at the unload process, doesn't unload - warps back to belt, recognizes full cargo and back - Loops there until I give him a helping hand
Highsec - if the belt is empty, the bot doesn't really know what to do - have to give him a helpin hand aswell - straight warp to another belt where asteroids are and he will continue mining, problem is back if the belt didn't respawn so far, cause he starts always at the first of the belt list
Sometime he stucks at some high distanced ores aswell, so far couldn't really figure out when or why it happens, the bot locked a up to three different ores and approaches the wrong one , but is still targeting a different asteroid - so its out of mining range, cause it approches the wrong asteroid and is getting stucked in that kinda situation(Maybe a Lock reset/unlock function if the miner isn't running for a while?) or maybe let him approach the locked target?

Maybe, what I got in my mind, let the bot check, based on settings (if possible), what kinda ores are in range after warp, let the ship stop and just start to mine the ores in range (on mining everything setting), if its not getting to complex

In lowsec - well as I said, the venture problem, that the bot starts to panic when a stranger appears, even if it is just another miner - but there I noticed another problem, that he warps sometimes to a station without docking, stays in front of the station for a while, warps back to a belt, sits there for a while and warps back again to the station and is in a loop (sometimes the cargo problem appeared in that kinda situation aswell)

All in all, its running smooth if he is allowed to mine whatever he wants and in highsec, but would like to use it on lowsec more with a better panic function overall
Hope my feedback helps

Running the bot on 4 clients and the problems happen from time to time to every toon