ED ToolBox

ED ToolBox is a companion web app for Elite Dangerous that runs on the user's computer, allowing a virtually real-time updating of location based data.

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The best way to enjoy ED ToolBox is to run Elite Dangerous in borderless window mode and have a second monitor for ED ToolBox so you can see information at a glance and interact with ED ToolBox easily. Run ED ToolBox in full screen mode (press F11) for maximum coolness. You can even access ED ToolBox from a secondary device such as your smart phone or tablet as long as it's in the same local network.

Key features

• Real time system and station data based on your in-game location (data downloaded to the user's system from ED ToolBox server, which in turn gets its data from EDDB)
• General & System specific captains log
• Two maps: Galaxy Map and a dynamically updating "Neighborhood Map", both showing your visited systems, points of interest and bookmarked systems + some other stuff.
• Add Points of Interest
• Bookmark systems
• Find nearest system/station by allegiance, power, or what modules or ships they are selling
• Read latest GalNet news
• Screenshot gallery: screenshots automatically converted to jpg and categorized by the system they were taken in. Option to upload to imgur straight from ED ToolBox
• VoiceAttack module: Meet "Marvin", the foul mouthed ship computer; get information about current system, closest station, latest GalNet articles + more with voice commands. Marvin really hates the Federation, so don't have any little kids or stuck up adults around when you're in Federation space.
• A notepad for taking some quick notes (mission directives, kill orders, etc.)
• Show currently playing song from Foobar2000 or any player that can store the current song in a text file, or from VLC Media Player using the web interface.

Installation

The ED ToolBox installer installs a basic web server on the user's computer (Apache, PHP and MySQL)

Before installing, review the requirements below.

• Download the latest release and uncompress the file.
• Start EDTBManager_x_x_x.exe and follow the instructions in the setup wizard.
• After install is successfull, start ED ToolBox. This will start Apache webserver and MySQL database server.
• A tray icon will appear. If the tray icon turns blue, that means the MySQL service is running.
• Right click the tray icon and choose "Open ED ToolBox". This will open the app in your web browser.
• An install prompt will appear that will quide you trough the rest of the process.

Requirements

• ED ToolBox requires the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 - 32 bit version vc_redist.x86.exe -- Without it, you'll get a missing dll error during install.

• Latest version of Google Chrome browser recommended for optimal experience. Latest versions of Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge also work but to a limited degree.

• VerboseLogging needs to be on. To do this, locate your AppConfig.xml file.

  • In Elite Dangerous: Horizons the file is located in the elite-dangerous-64 folder, which is located in one of the following folders, depending on your install:
    • C:\Users%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Frontier_Developments\Products
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Frontier\EDLaunch\Products
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Elite Dangerous Horizons\Products
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Frontier\Products
  • In Elite Dangerous 1.5 it's located in the folder named FORC-FDEV-D-XX which will be located in one of the above locations, once again depending on your install.

  • Open the file in a text editor and scroll to the bottom. Replace this part:

    	<Network
    	  Port="0"
          upnpenabled="1"
    	  LogFile="netLog"
    	  DatestampLog="1"
    	  >
    

    • with this:

    	  <Network
    	  Port="0"
          upnpenabled="1"
    	  LogFile="netLog"
    	  DatestampLog="1"
    	  VerboseLogging="1"
    	  >
    

    • and save the file.

• VoiceAttack feature requires VoiceAttack