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The Captain's log version 3 supports the following features:
1. As always, you can write notes to yourself and read them later, but now you get one page per system. Every system you visit will be logged when you enter it and added to a list in the order you first visited them. It is useful for navigation in a linear topology, but there is nothing stopping it from still logging its data in a non-linear one.
2. It will automatically build up a list of every station you have found in each system, (and display them for you). Enemy stations are red, anything else is green. below the stations is a count of how many of each there are.
3. when you dock with a station and it is willing to sell stuff it's inventory is logged so you can look at it later, you can see the inventory of every station you have docked with since the start. If that station is in the same system as you are you can get an arrow to it on your screen (when flying) with the "locate" option.
4. Not only can you browse station inventories in other systems, you can actively search them for an item if you know what you are looking for. the list of stations on the main screen can also be filtered to show only certain stations. (both occur at the same time with the "find" option)
If you log an unknown item, then identify it in another system, it will be identified in all the logs, but only the name is guaranteed to be accurate.
5. The event log will keep track of what you have docked with, and when, as well as when you have entered or exited which system.
6. It will determine a type for each system, (standard, binary, volcanic, rocky, nebulous, ice ring.) and display that too. It relies partly on system unids, but not entierly.
7. it lets you place a "blip" on the map anywhere you choose, with a name of your choice. You can dock with it to delete it (a 5x5 pixel flashing square). It will show up in the station list so you can see it from other systems.
8. It can memorize your target so you can recall it later, much like alterecco's signature memorizer that turned into the advanced targeting device.
I can't take all the credit, alterecco's system log directly provided #3 and #5, inspired #2 (which lead to #4), and the signature memorizer inspired #8.
Update:
1. It logs when the player destroys something, specifically non-shipwreck stations and ships over 1000 tons.
2. The events that are logged can be selectively disabled.
3. When something in the target log is destroyed and it meets the criteria from 1 its wreck can be targeted, else it is deleted.
4. The find item option returns every result, not just the first 8, and can be filtered by item type as well as name. (If you don't see the filter you want let me know so I can add it.)
Comments and suggestions are welcome.
