VanGogh Gaming's TinyMiner EVE Online Mining Bot

Sure thing mate, drop me an email when that happens and I'll hook you up.

Yeah, all those suggestions are merely guesses as I have no idea what is causing this rare error. It is clear that TinyMiner was created from the beginning with the English language in mind and does not handle well foreign or accented characters outside the A-Z range in the path to the "My Docu...

1. At the moment you need to select the option to manage drones by keyboard shortcuts (TinyMiner's Advanced Options) rather than mouse clicks. That way you don't have to worry about missclicks. 2. You need to bookmarks asteroid belts or rather a carefully selected spot inside an asteroid belt where ...

The "one month" duration works as intended. I mean do you really want to wait 3 months before updating an order that isn't selling? :) As for your other issue, make sure to enlarge the width of the "Station panel" until you can see three items fitting together side by side on a r...

There isn't any such shortcut but you could use the "Pause" button on the main TinyMiner window to pause operation during the long mining cycles or when warping.

Your Eve window is too big in that screenshot. It is supposed to be 1024x768. Also the "Inventory" and "Drones" windows need to stand beside the "Neocom" not on top of it. The "Drones in bay" folder needs to be closed inside the "Drones" window. Plea...

It doesn't click on anything, it uses key strokes instead: F1 for the cloak and Alt-F1 for the MWD.

You could always start it when already inside a belt (ever since the first version more than 14 years ago!). Just have an asteroid already targeted and TinyMiner will start mining it right away!

What simple tweak are you talking about? Give an example.

The new TinyMiner v5.85 has just been released and it comes with an advanced option that allows you to unload ore directly into an Upwell cargo deposit without docking inside the citadel first. Please give it a try and see how it goes.

How do you know they are bots? I was referring strictly to high sec relic and data sites when I said it is a waste of time.

That would be a major waste of time for the peanuts you make running exploration and data sites. The only data sites that are worth something (like sleeper caches) can't be done automatically due to the complexity required!

TinyMiner will only take a break when it is in station after unloading the ore. It will not interrupt an ongoing mining run for taking breaks.

You can easily transfer your current license to the VM but first make sure to test it thoroughly with the trial version of TinyMiner to make sure the performance is satisfactory. There is no support or guarantee for running the program inside a virtual machine so you're on your own there.

TinyMiner is using mouse clicks and key strokes in order to pilot your ship in Eve Online just like a human player would. Due to this you would be hard pressed if you wanted to do other stuff on your computer at the same time. The most you could do would be to watch a movie on your other monitor whi...

You are correct, when mining with an Orca the drones mine all together the same asteroid. It would be micro-management hell to try and set them each on their own asteroid, not at all suited for automation when any number of things could go wrong! However if high-sec mining with an Orca is your thing...

When you set it up correctly the local chat window can accommodate roughly 20 pilots without scrolling. If your system is highly populated then you should definitely move somewhere else in a quieter system! Also you can add whoever killed you as a contact with terrible standings and it will appear w...

I told you that your Local Chat window is in the wrong position even before you posted your screenshot. Also the column with player names needs to have the minimum width. Sometimes I wonder if people are doing this on purpose... Please go over the tutorial one more time, a bit more careful this time...

It works flawlessly but most likely you have the local chat window in the wrong position. In order to take a useful screenshot press the PrintScreen key to capture an image of your entire desktop with the Eve Online and TinyMiner windows on it at the exact moment you experience your particular issue...

In the latest version v5.81 the detection of hostiles with terrible standings has been made more robust and it shouldn't trigger these false positive alerts anymore!

I suppose someone will have to kill it sooner or later. You should really prepare thoroughly in advance by reading the Wiki and other helpful online articles if you want to solo a FOB. Apparently there is a fit for a passive Rattlesnake which can undertake such a task!

You can check the current FOBs in Agency -> Encounters -> Pirate Strongholds. Avoid the entire "constellation", not only the system where they reside. FOB rats are hostile by default so they engage your ship on sight and your drones will shoot back if they are launched at the time. If you ...

Guys pay attention to your surroundings. You seem to have the same problem as the guy above. I have merged your threads since it's the same issue, namely a FOB (Forward Operating Base). These FOBs appear randomly all over and usually last about a week or until destroyed. They spawn special kind of r...

It seems to be a false positive of some sort. I'll have to tweak the code a bit to address it. In the meantime you could try moving to another system with a darker background without red clouds all over and see if it makes a difference...

In your log I see there "Pressing F10 to open the system map", however I see no map being open to provide a uniform black background all over. To clarify, this is about the old system map (uncheck the "Try the new map" option in "Eve General Settings" under "Experi...

If you attached a screenshot of your in-game setup you could've saved us a lot of guesswork but I believe your local chat window is in the wrong place and/or has the wrong size. It needs to be sized and positioned EXACTLY as shown in the tutorial screenshots. The program is looking for the standing ...

There isn't any bug, one icon is read, the other is blue, can't really mistake one for another. Probably your local chat window is not sized and positioned exactly as shown in the tutorial screenshots and so unexpected false positives can happen due to the ever changing space background in game.

I forgot my Windows Server 2016 Datacenter in my other pants so I can't say for sure but you could always test with the fully functional trial version of TinyMiner and see how it goes for you!

As long as Eve Online runs fine, chances are you're good to go!

Orca mining makes use of the "Mining Drones" feature (kinda obvious since Orca doesn't have any mining lasers) and this feature is exclusive to the TinyMinerPlus package. Once you upgrade your Classic license to the Plus package on the registration page, you'll have immediate access to tha...

It all depends how far are the drones at the moment when you recall them. If they are 20km away or more and busy fighting a distant rat then they won't have enough time to come back and will be left behind if the ship doesn't wait for them. Then you won't have any more drones so you're back to squar...

There are some things you can try although at the end of the day a Venture can only do so much. It helps if you could watch the program running for a while and see how it performs when the triglavians arrive in belt! 1. Do not use drones at all. This way you can eliminate the time wasted to wait for...

A skiff can manage the triglavian rats just fine as well. If you're using weaker ships then just configure the program to warp to another belt as soon as it detects rats in the Overview.

With a medium shield extender you are very likely to survive. Check the Venture fit shown in this thread: https://www.tinyminer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10#p9096 I don't know for sure the damage type employed by the roaming belt damaviks but maybe switch the rigs for explosive and thermal r...

Is this a frequently asked question or why are you posting it here? In fact I don't see a question at all... Read the log and you'll figure it out. As the soon as the number of cycles is over and the ship goes back to station to unload then a new run begins and the total number of runs is incremented.

Well, generally, mining drones add very little compared to strip mining lasers so you are better off using combat drones to kill those pesky rats instead. Mining drones are very much worth it for the Orca though. An Orca with mining drones is comparable with a Retriever barge in terms of mining yield.

You should have mentioned that you're trying to mine with an Orca or Porpoise (the only high-sec ships equipped with a fleet hangar). There are special instructions for mining with an Orca like setting the number of lasers to zero since you can't equip any mining lasers on an Orca and judging from y...

Why do I even bother to create an in-depth TinyMiner Tutorial with descriptive screenshots, where "survey scanners" are never mentioned, when nobody even bothers to read it?

I'm not sure you understood my previous post. If the asteroids are out of mining range then the lasers cannot be activated and the ship needs to approach the distant asteroids, yes? If you do not want to approach then the current belt will be marked as "empty" and the ship will warp to a d...

You can disable the option to approach the asteroids by orbiting them but that's not advisable because you will quickly run out of mining asteroids within range. There is an advanced option to stop the ship (ctrl-space) when the lasers are detected as being active (flashing green). You should use th...

There's a whole thread dedicated to high sec orca mining!

In order to deal with the invading triglavian forces TinyMiner comes with advanced options to either engage rats with drones or warp to another belt when it detects rats in the Overview. Please refer to this thread for the advanced options concerning rats detection and management: https://www.tinymi...

Ok, just gathering information right now. What features would everyone want in an Intel Reporter application? A detailed bulleted list would be appreciated!

Let's see how this change will unfold first. If it becomes permanent or at least long term then, by all means, a solution for monitoring gate traffic will be implemented!

This bug has already been fixed in the new v5.77 build which you can go ahead and download from the sticky threads at the top of their respective sections of the forum. You can read more about it in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3502

Now you can keep your larger size for text and other items so that you can comfortably read and browse the web on your 4K Monitor or TV while TinyMiner continues to mine like a champ and fatten your ISK wallet! To do that you need to edit the properties for Eve Online performing the steps outlined b...

If you set TinyMiner to check for rats during mining and kill them with combat drones then TinyMiner will switch to the rats overview tab, target the rats and then press the "Alt-E" keyboard shortcut to engage the combat drones on the active target. So all drones will attack one rat at a t...

You got a "Weapons timer" after your drones started shooting back. It is of no consequence. I presume you either had a kill right on you or your corporation was at war. I don't understand why do you have two thermal hardeners and no EM hardener on your skiff? Either way you should have sur...

You can only make so much in the safety of a 0.9 or 1.0 system. You still want to maximize the time spent in belt before warping back to station to unload, so use a Retriever instead of a Procurer since it has almost double the capacity of the ore hold. An Orca would be even better if you have the s...

Start both clients docked and it'll work correctly. Alternatively if you want to start from space then make sure both the "Overview" and "Selected Item" windows are EMPTY (NO OBJECT SELECTED). In other words you are not near the asteroid field and everything will work just fine!

FOB rats are also known to roam systems near their base so if you notice a FOB (Forward Operating Base) in the Agency window then your best bet is to move to another constellation until the FOB is destroyed or disappears due to inactivity!

The approach option is not useful since you cannot approach at a given distance, it will always continue until it hits the target at zero and thus getting your ship stuck in the asteroid. The "Warp directly to the asteroids from bookmarks at 200km away in each belt" option can be further t...

I don't think that would work because the rats are colored in red and so the program is looking for a red color in the overview. You may be able to get it working if you set neutral players to be displayed with a red background in your overview settings. Let me know how it goes if you decide to give...

When the asteroid belts become sparse you should use the "Warp directly to the asteroids from bookmarks at 200km away in each belt" option as described on the settings page at: https://www.tinyminer.com/settings.html

Hey Tony, you have purchased TinyMiner Classic on February 1st, 2009. You can always download the latest version from the sticky thread at the top of the TinyMiner Registered Users section of the forum and follow the instructions to register it. Don't drink and drive!

Two Mackinaws would be the absolute best combo but if you mine the public belts then you'd be at a high risk of being ganked! The next best thing would definitely be two Orcas since the Hulks have way too little cargo space and are also a gank risk! Coming up in third place would be two Retrievers o...

Yes, Orca mining works very well with the "Stop orbiting" feature. It only orbits when the currently targeted asteroid pops and a new one needs to be locked! Set the cycle time to 50 seconds or so for maximum efficiency!

All the information and setup intructions about the TinyMiner "BlackOps DLC Pack" are posted in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3330

The false alarms are due to the wrong size and position of your local chat window. You have the exact dimensions in the tutorial screenshots so match them!

Is this a common issue only with some Upwell structures or is it widespread? Can you choose to detonate the moon chunk further away from the station or how does it work? I need some more details about this process so that I can implement a solution!

No, the TinyMiner "BlackOps" DLC Pack is meant to be used only in conjunction with mining and checking for rat spawns while you mine as well many other features that will enhance your mining experience! A separate product focused on ratting will be available shortly!

Added a new advanced option in the latest TinyMiner version v5.73 (called "Moon mining"). If you select it then TinyMiner will warp directly to the first asteroid from the Overview when undocking from a citadel equipped with a moon drill module that created a new asteroid field!

No, just make the bookmark near the rocks and it's basically the same thing. If there is enough demand for this feature to warp directly to an asteroid from the Overview upon undocking then I might look into it. When TinyMiner was first released you didn't have stations near asteroid fields. Even no...

I assume you are talking about the TinyMinerPlus Double client because the Single client should work just fine regardless of the asteroid field's proximity. The Double client does indeed expect the Overview to be empty upon undocking. In fact you have stumbled upon an unintended but clever way to ov...

Take a look at this thread: http://tinyminer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3310, that guy also had problems with these super strong rats. Apparently they are caused by a Pirate Stronghold (Forward Operating Base) spawning in your area (check The Agency window). If that is the case then, as sugge...

Orbiting is very helpful to approach distant asteroids. That coupled with the "Stop orbiting when lasers are active" setting from TinyMiner's Advanced Options, makes for very efficient mining!

Well, with the addition of the TinyMiner "BlackOps" DLC pack there's no need for all that hustle. You can now detect when rats are present in belt at arrival or if the rats have spawned while mining and you can decide whether you want to dispose of them with combat drones or simply warp to...

Yes, in the latest version v5.71 you can have a separate overview tab for rats right next to your asteroids tab and TinyMiner will switch to it and if it detects rats it can engage them with combat drones or simply warp to another belt, it's all up to you!

Another great feature included in the TinyMiner "BlackOps" DLC Pack is the ability to detect new Ore Sites and Ice Belts in the Probe Scanner window and warp to them directly!

Now in the latest version v5.71 you have the option to kill belts rats with combat drones or if you think they are too tough then you can avoid them altogether and warp to a different belt!

Well it's a bit hard to define what "a ton of damage" actually means, given that not everyone is mining with the same ship equipped with the same modules but nevertheless there is a new option that deals with rats found in belts and it will be released shortly in a couple of days so stay t...

Outside obviously or you can also bookmark it from the "People & Places" window.

It sounds like you made way too many bookmarks and they don't all fit in the window! Stick to a max of 15 or so bookmarks. Also regarding your docking issue you should bookmark the citadel the same as you would bookmark any other station, just right-click on it and select "Save location".

At the moment you need to bookmark the ice belt yourself and let TinyMiner take over from there. In the future it will be possible for TinyMiner to pick the ice belt from the scanning window though since it's no longer necessary to use scanning probes to detect ice belts!

No, CCP wants your money so upgrade to Omega Clones if you want to run more EVE accounts simultaneously on the same computer. For two trial accounts you need two computers or laptops, one for each trial account!

This feature has been suggested before in the past and the general consensus was that it's better to just mine everything and don't worry about ore types. Asteroids are not spaced out evenly so if you limit yourself to just certain types then there is a lot of wasted time navigating to the next aste...

On some lower end computers or slower Internet connection it can take a while for the game to load all windows after undocking so make sure to increase the waiting delay after undocking in TinyMiner's Advanced Options!

I'm glad you're enjoying the free ISK you get so far! Gankers in high sec are a perpetual nuisance in Eve Online. They are using cheap ships with fast targeting time and warp disruptors so your only bet is to tank your ship hard enough to survive until Concord arrives and kills them. You need to use...

As far as I remember, this rare error can happen when your Windows is in a non-standard language. By non-standard I mean all languages that do not use the latin alphabet (A-Z). In order to fix this error you need to go into your Control Panel -> Region and Language -> Administrative tab -> Change sy...

Yeah battleships were good for mining back in the day, especially for combat pilots who didn't want to train mining barges but still wanted to make some AFK profits. That article is still obsolete though, battleship mining was rendered useless by the introduction of the much larger "ore holds&q...

Yes, TinyMiner version v5.70 works great with Ascension and brings the new "Orca Drones Mining Mode" for the ultimate peace of mind! http://www.tinyminer.com/images/orca-drones-mining.jpg As such the Orca and the Porpoise have become the "go-to" choices for high-sec AFK mining in...

It should go without saying but most people prefer to keep their mining ship a secret to avoid possible grief.

Yes, color themes are only available to paying Eve Online subscribers (i.e. omega clones). They don't make any difference for TinyMiner so don't worry about them!

The differences are outlined on the sales page at http://www.tinyminer.com/sales.html, just click the unfolding links to show the contents of each package.

Before starting the Hauler you need to load the cargo yourself for the first run, after that it will continue to load automatically during subsequent runs. Make sure you enter the correct number of jumps to the destination and check that you do not have additional waypoints set in between (clear all...

You need to select the option to start active modules only if shield damage is detected.

If you have a shield booster repairing the damage as soon as it happens then it won't be announced since it will never be detected in the first place... The first few lines of the shield need to turn red for the damage detection to kick in.

That's a good suggestion but as far as I remember you should already hear the warning "Detected shield damage" and it's marked as an important event as well so you should hear it regardless of your narrative setting!

You do not get a timer unless you shoot back so you are safe with logging off. However you should properly take care of tanking your ship so that you should never reach critical shields level.

Your question has been answered above. The new Eve Online launcher takes care of this problem by allowing you to have different profiles.

No, I don't have a 4K monitor to test (I got two 1080p ones :D) but it shouldn't make a difference at all when compared to other resolutions. I was referring to the size of text, apps and other items which should remain at 100% (Recommended) as shown in the screenshot below: DisplaySettings.jpg Don'...

What operating system are you using? Have you enlarged the size of text and other items in your control panel Display settings? You need to put them back at the default value!

You could've asked in the Help channel in Eve, those guys are always eager to help. Anyway the "Disable Autopilot at Each Waypoint" option has been moved in the Route menu. Click the "A" icon in the top left corner of your Eve window: DisableAutopilot.jpg This way the autopilot w...

This information has been made obsolete now by the new Eve Online Launcher which includes a profiles manager of its own to help you select which profile to use in your gaming sessions. You can download the new launcher here: https://community.eveonline.com/support/download

Yes, the latest TinyMiner and TinyMinerPlus versions can always be downloaded from the sticky threads at the top of their respective forum sections. Then just install them and use the registration keys saved in your private forum profiles. Thanks and have fun with TinyMiner!

You need to set a separate folder for the Eve Online Shared Resources in the Eve Online Launcher settings (see attached picture for details). Click the gear icon in the top right corner of the Eve Launcher window to open the settings. EveLauncherSettings.jpg After setting a separate folder for the r...

If you could post a screenshot when you are undocked I could take a look and maybe spot what's wrong with your setup. Also if you read the log file displayed below the Eve window it should provide some useful clues as to what's going on. Try to watch your mouse cursor (lower the mouse speed in TinyM...

Not many people are using mixed drones while in a fleet so I can't say this is a priority, especially since the bug is mainly with Eve reversing the menu order than it is with the bot. You could use only mining drones instead of mixing them with combat drones and have the Orca's drones on assist def...

Jettison cans have a very small capacity so it wouldn't make sense to use the same can not to mention that it wouldn't be always within range for unloading if your ship keeps moving. So TinyMiner will jettison a new can at the end of each mining run!

Try reversing the order of who starts the fleet and invites the other player to join his squad. That may be a determining factor in changing the order of menu options... Other than that I don't really know.

Yes I've witnessed this strange issue myself on a few occasions. There doesn't seem to be any logic behind Eve swapping the Assist and Mine options in the context menu so it appears to be a random bug. Most of the time these options are in the correct order so if they are not you could simply re-log...

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