Fine Tuning  

 

Courier bot uses several standard values to compute time required to finish missions and profitability of missions. By result of this computation bot may deside to finish current missions or spend more time for a visit to new agents and take new missions. In fact, new mission may as increase overall profit per time as descrease it, depending on the distance added to the current route and reward of the mission. If new mission decreases overall profit considerably, better to decline it and attempt to redraw mission or go to another agent. Now bot uses statistical approach to compare mission profitabilities. The longer bot runs missions, the better realizes what mission is good what is bad. Fine tuning panel will allow you to change AI of the bot and improve profit.

- "Path generation options" group of controls have timings of elementary actions. Bot uses these timings to estimate time required to complete mission and find most optimal way to visit several agents. Additionally timer "Delay After Undock" will add time after undock and before warp in order to not bump station. Default timings correspond to industrial ship without warp speed or inertia bonuses.

'Use mail links to talk with agents' and 'Use mail link to set destination' will speed up search function of the bot, but not looks like a human actions. Still no problems detected with these functions.

- "Mission Redraw Rules" group of controls has settings to redraw missions. When bot visits new agent and takes mission, it is possible that to finish mission bot needs to go to low sec or far away from the working area - current group of waypoints. In such situations bot declines mission and attempts to take new mission from the same agent. If both missions go to low sec, the first mission is always declined, the second mission is delayed to avoid standing hit. If second mission does not go to low sec, but not profitable to take, bot may or decline it or accept it. The setting "accept mission if second attempt failed" will force bot to accept mission despite of its profitability. Autodetect non profit missions checkbox will enable comparison of missions by profitability. Bot uses statistical approach to detect non profitable missions. In edit box from the right you may define percent of bad missions. Default 20% means that bot will compare all known missions and if new mission has higher root-mean-square distance to existing waypoints or less reward then 80% of all known missions, bot will define this mission as being outside of working area/unprofitable, decline it and try again. Disable autodetect non-profit missions if you run 1 level agents, because 1st level missions have all waypoints in the same constellation. If you run bot for standing increas, enable never drop standing option. Otherwise standing will not increase higher then 8 as bot will, sometimes, cancel missions. If you have positive standing with triglavians untick 'Avoid Triglavian Systems' checkbox.

- Every completed mission gives two kind of rewards - money (ISKs + LP) or standing. Using Profit Calculation Options you can set priority to standing leveling or money making. Activate Bonus Hunter if you want bot to make missions faster and receive time bonus rewards. Additionally define if your bot is in NPC corporation to subtract 11% tax and expected LP to ISKs conversion rate. Define average rewards (ISKS and LP) you have for each level of missions. You may calculate averaged values from statistics table. Default values correspond to rewards one may have with zero negotiation and distribution connection skill levels. You may override average rewards (set them higher or lower then average). If you set average rewards higher, bot will try to visit more new agents of this level. If you set prices lower then average, bot will try complete already taken missions faster. Reset button will set default rewards

General recommendations to speed up courier:

1) check shared settings->custom delays that your mouse speed is set to 7. If your computer does not lag, 7 is OK.
2) in shared settings->overview preset settings define the same name for stations and gates. Redo first run
3) in fine tuning panel tick 2 tickboxes: use mail links
4) level negotiation and distribution connections skill.
5) Use fast ship like Wreathe with inertia stabilizers fitted. This only valid for 1-2 lvl agents.
6) Dont forget about implants to warp faster and to start warp faster (WS-615 and EM-705).
7) Evasive maneuvering skills and navigation will also help to speed up your ship.