Instgtr: I have 3 monitors and on one of my monitors, I've setup an excel spreadsheet with a lot of information that helps me in the game, one of which is a list of all of the items I have in my each of storage bins. I have to go look at each bin and "plug in" the numbers, which takes 2-3 minutes to do, but to me, it's worth the effort since the only way you can access that information is when you're physically next to the bins (which by the way I have set all in a big "U" and standing in the center, I can just turn to each one to see what they contain without moving).

Now for the question: I don't need to do this right away and don't know if there is actually even a way TO do it, but does anyone know if there MIGHT be a way to have my computer access the information that says how many of each item there is in my storage units (I would think that someone who creates "Mod's" probably knows how to do that...) Then I could setup a Macro that would go grab that information, rather than getting it "manually")

I would think there's a way to do this - but not sure where I'd begin...

Thanx,

Dennis
Instgtr

Instgtr: I have 3 monitors and on one of my monitors, I've setup an excel spreadsheet with a lot of information that helps me in the game, one of which is a list of all of the items I have in my each of storage bins. I have to go look at each bin and "plug in" the numbers, which takes 2-3 minutes to do, but to me, it's worth the effort since the only way you can access that information is when you're physically next to the bins (which by the way I have set all in a big "U" and standing in the center, I can just turn to each one to see what they contain without moving).

Now for the question: I don't need to do this right away and don't know if there is actually even a way TO do it, but does anyone know if there MIGHT be a way to have my computer access the information that says how many of each item there is in my storage units (I would think that someone who creates "Mod's" probably knows how to do that...) Then I could setup a Macro that would go grab that information, rather than getting it "manually")

I would think there's a way to do this - but not sure where I'd begin...

Thanx,

Dennis
Instgtr

dashiichi: The info is indeed in the saved game files. The files are JSON formatted, so they're plaintext and more or less human readable. There's an NMS save editor maintained by goatfungus (careful if you Google that phrase ;-) that allows reading and modifying the save files, including the ability to read the contents of the storage units.

I don't know whether there's anything out there which specifically addresses what you're looking for. It sounds do-able.

In the meantime, don't forget to add columns for storage in the exocraft, your ships, and in the freighter.

Instgtr: Gonna have some fun with this - thanx for the help!

Dennis
Instgtr

birdbathscuba: Goats sounds like a game trainer, or cheat. What OP and myself are hunting for is not a trainer, but a management tool, which exports data, for clear comparison, but doesnt cheat.

Something like chmod made for Dwarf Fortress. Called Dwarftherapist, it would export when prompted to, a new list of dwarfs, including enormous detail on each dwarf, it did this while game was running. I would ask that a Freightertherapist be made, myself. To keep track of Korvax, Vykeen, Gek and ghost vessels in the fleet.

dashiichi: Understood. I've never used it (wouldn't be sporting!) but it demonstrates that it's possible to parse the save file and extract the storage unit inventories.