Eve Online Mining Bot

The Mining Bot Alpha Owl-Edition is a Python program developed to automate mining in EVE Online. This bot utilizes the pyautogui framework to simulate user inputs.

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Features

• Automated mining in EVE Online
• User-friendly GUI for configuration
• Easy control of bot start and stop (even a panic button)
• Display of the current mouse position on the screen
• Cross platform (Windows, Macos and Linux), albeit no EVE window recognition on Macos and Linux
• Can take screenshots of mining progress
• Logging to console and log file

Requirements

To run this bot, you must install python first! You can find several Tutorials on youtube.com. The best is to instal python from their official website, both for macos and windows.

If Python is working on your machine correctly, you must install the necessary Python modules. Use the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

It has been tested to work on Python 3. No progress will likely be done to make it backwards compatible with Python 2 (if not already compatible). Depending on your setup you might need to make aliases from pip3 and python3 to pip and python, or just change the commands.

Usage

1. Ensure that you have installed the required modules as per the requirements.

2. Initiate the program by executing the main.py file.

python main.py

3. Configure various settings in the user interface:

   • mining runs: Specify the desired amount of mining runs you want the bot to complete. This will be a part of the calculation for how long the bot will run.
   • Undock Position: Set the mouse coordinates for the Undock button on the station.
   • Clear Cargo Position: Specify the mouse position for unloading cargo. This transfers the ore to the inventory window above. Use Test Button to make it work correctly.
   • Mining Hold: Set volume from your mining cargo.
   • Mining Yield: Set mining rate of your mining laser. Check the Calculation below.
   • Target-One Overview Position: Set the first mouse coordinate to the asteroids in the Overview.
   • Target-Two Overview Position Position: Define the second coordinate in the Overview.
   • Mouse-Reset Primary Position: Specify the position for resetting mining targets (an empty space location with no windows, elements or brackets).
   • Home Bookmark: Set the coordinates for the Station Bookmark.
   • Belt Bookmarks: Enter the coordinates for your Belt Bookmarks (one line per bookmark).

   For all the settings above, you can click into the text field, move your mouse into the eve interface and type Ctrl-i to insert the current mouse position in the text field. For text fields the contents will be replaced, for the text area a new line will be appended. You can test the positions of the coords with the test button.

4. Click the "Save" button to hold the entered coordinates so that they persist across sessions.

5. Set Mining Laser to High Power Slot 1-2.

6. Set Shield Hardener to High Power Slot 3, if using a venture that have three high power slots. For a retriever this will be different and you need to configure hardener_keys under [SETTINGS] in properties and set it to Alt-F2, for ex if you set the hardener into the second medium power slot. You can also disable shield hardeners by setting hardener_keys to blank in config. You can also supply more with commma separation, for ex "Alt-F2, F3, F4" etc.

7. Make sure you set shortcuts on default, but if you want to override "Unlock all targets" under "Combat" in "Shortcut" under "Settings", you can configure unlock_all_targets_key under [SETTINGS] in properties and this will make the bot properly unlock all asteroids with one command instead of using a lot of time to cancel selections for target one and two.

8. If you are ready, dock up and click the "Start" button to initiate the mining bot.

9. Click the stop button if you want to end the bot prematurely. It will complete the current mining cycle and then stop flying into the belt.

10. Click the panic button if you want to immediately call back drones and dock to station. This will exit the bot.

Display of Mouse Position

The GUI application continuously displays the current mouse position on the screen. This can be helpful for accurately determining the coordinates for the positions mentioned above.

Mining Hold Loading Calculation

The "Mining Hold Loading Calculation" refers to the time required to deplete the cargo volume in your mining ship using your mining laser rate (Mining Yield).

Assuming you are using a Venture with a cargo volume of 5000 m³ and two mining lasers, each with a mining yield of 1.5 m³ per second. The calculation would be as follows:

Mining Hold Loading Time = 5000 m³ / (2 * 1.5 m³/s) = 1666 seconds

In this case, it would take approximately 1666 seconds to deplete the entire cargo volume. Set the mining hold and yield and the script automatically calculate the loading time for you.

Using something else than a Venture

For a Retriever this config will work, given you have two strip miners that both yield 7 m3 per second. This is an example and only contains the [SETTINGS] section and not the [POSITIONS] section:

[SETTINGS]
mining_runs = 6
mining_hold = 33000
mining_yield = 14
mining_reset_timer = 180

# rest of the config

Warping Time

This value indicates how long the ship takes to reach the corresponding bookmark (belt) after undocking. From experience, we've set the value to 70 seconds. This is sufficient for most distances; however, we've provided you with the option to adjust this value if it's not enough.

[SETTINGS]
warping_time = 70

Take screenshots

A handy feature that takes a screenshot after each time it unloads cargo in station before undocking for next run. Defaults to False.

[SETTINGS]
take_screenshots = True

Tip: place and run the bot inside Dropbox folder and you can monitor progress remotely.

Disable auto reset of miners

This is useful if you have disabled auto repeat on the miners. If you have auto repeat off, you dont need to cancel miners before activating the miners again, because if you have a matching mining duration, for ex 180 seconds, for strip miners, the miners will be finished on the next reset. Defaults to True.

[SETTINGS]
auto_reset_miners = False

Notes

This is an open-source project provided without any guarantees. Use it at your own risk.

Please ensure that you comply with EVE Online's terms of use and policies. The use of bots or automation may violate the game's terms of service.

Developers

Check that code quality is up to maintainable standards before pushing to main (!) or branch. A pro tip is always pushing to a new branch and making a PR to make sure code quality is good before its merged into main.

on macos or linux

sh check.sh

on windows:

./check.bat

Build standalone exe file

python -m pip install pyinstaller
python -m PyInstaller main.spec