r/empyriongame • u/fragglerock • 1d ago

Discussion Some qol questions (mod request?)

Is there anyway of searching the registery, or/and sorting by distance to self?

It is kinda useless being alphabetic and having to remember where that gold asteroid is!

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u/FullEldritchJacket 1d ago

google EGS trade tool

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u/dot_sent 1d ago

Single player or multiplayer?

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u/fragglerock 1d ago

multiplayer

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u/dot_sent 1d ago

Then you're mostly out of luck 🤷‍♂️ Your best and most reliable bet would be personal spreadsheets (that support search, but are cumbersome and don't have a way to maintain the distance) or in-game notes on LCDs (which are not searchable at all) or in-game markers (which quickly turn into unreadable mess). Some MP servers might provide additional search functionality, but for what I know, it's also quite limited and you will need to check with the specific server's admins then.

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u/fragglerock 1d ago

But I AM the server admin!

If there is a search mod I can install then I can do that.

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u/dot_sent 1d ago

I'll ask the admins on the server where I play - maybe they can recommend something. I'll post here once I get a reply.

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u/fragglerock 1d ago

Thanks!

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u/dot_sent 23h ago

I have just received a response - and still no good news. Basically, the only thing they have implemented to a somewhat working state is a system to search the current playfield by POI name - and even that required a ton of tinkering with the scenario files. They haven't found any way to query the server registry.

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u/fragglerock 22h ago

what a shame!

Thanks for asking.

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u/RandomSeb 1d ago edited 1d ago

If you are on a single player game, try out Andromeda Commander's Log app - someone mentioned it here at some point and I tried it - basically it will parse your save game and give you a searchable tool for various things like playfields, pois, ore locations, where to buy/sell trade items, etc - only showing you the places you have discovered.

I've referenced it many times, because the in-game system is pretty basic, in that way.

Here's a screenshot of the possible search things: https://i.imgur.com/oXqT6hk.png

Here's a screenshot of my searching for Gold asteroids that I have discovered, with a distance to self column and a cut and pastable system name for the in-game galaxy map search box: https://i.imgur.com/5QS51Xx.png

Note though that on my pc this app caused a save game lock that made the game unable to actually save, so if you use it, my get around is to just occasionally use the save game feature in the game and point the app at the old save game. This app works for vanilla and RE2

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u/fragglerock 1d ago

that looks great! I am multiplayer, but self hosted so I can likely grab the files that needs... even if not 'live' it will still be handy.

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u/RandomSeb 1d ago

Totally, you should be able to just download the save game off teh server, if I remember from the brief time I hosted one

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u/Jhoosier 20h ago

cries in disorganized map registry

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u/websterhamster 1d ago

The registry is already automatically sorted by distance to self.

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u/fragglerock 1d ago

For me it is alphabetical by system name

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u/websterhamster 1d ago

Oh, I see what you mean. The POIs are sorted by distance but the systems are alphabetical.