=Wingman 5.1= A companion for Discovery Freelancer

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Wingman v5.1
A companion for Discovery Freelancer

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Introduction

Wingman is a powerful desktop companion application specifically crafted for Discovery Freelancer. Intended to be a modern addition to the venerable FLStat and Freelancer Companion, it seeks to bring a wealth of new features to the community.

Wingman features:

• Navmap: a beautiful navigation aid integrating and extending @Error's Online Navmap
  
• Merchant: a powerful trading assistant
  
• Roster: a record of your in-game characters and their attributes
  
• Database: an FLStat clone - see information about bases, ships, equipment and more
  
• Augmentation of the game client, including clipboard access, named screenshots and new commands
  
• Display of infocards with full rich text formatting, and TGA icons
  
• Full cross-platform support, with downloads for Windows and Linux
  

See here for a list of new features that are currently planned. Please feel free to make your own suggestions! Wingman is intended to be community-led.

Wingman is free software, released under the GNU General Public License, version 3.0.

Downloads & installation

• Windows 7+
  For Windows the application is built as a self-contained executable:
  
  
  • Download and run the installer: wingman-5.1-setup.exe (51.8 MB)
    • After installation Wingman can be launched from the Start Menu
  • Or download a portable distribution: wingman-5.1-portable.zip (66.1 MB)
    
  
  
• Linux
  Python 3.7 or higher must be installed. Assuming your Python 3.7+ executable is available as python3,
  
  
  • Install/upgrade using: pip3 install wingman==5.1
    
  • Uninstall using: pip3 uninstall wingman
    
  
  Use sudo pip3 if you want to be able to start Wingman with the command wingman.
  
  

Additional details and yet more installation options are available on GitHub. Build instructions are also included in that document. Older versions and detailed changelogs can be found here.

Gallery

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Navmap	Running in KDE Plasma 5 (my setup)
Navmap context menu	Universe map (Plasma)
Merchant	Roster
Database	Database (Xfce)

Reporting bugs

This is a beta. There will be bugs! You can report them in two ways: opening an issue on GitHub or using the form below if you do not have an account:

Code:

[quote=Bug report]
[b]Operating system: [/b]
[b]Wingman version: [/b]
[b]Steps to reproduce: [/b]
[b]What did you expect to happen?: [/b]
[b]What happened?: [/b]
[/quote]

If the bug causes the application to crash, add wingman.log as an attachment to your post or issue. On Windows you can find this file in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\wingman.

In either case, please check that the exact bug has not been listed already in this thread or in issues to avoid duplicate reports.

If the application crashes immediately when it starts, the first thing to try is deleting wingman.cfg in the above directory. Even if this resolves the issue, please still submit a bug report explaining what led up to the crash!

Because this is a beta, it's a good idea to back up your character information in Roster periodically if you want to hold on to this information. You can do this using the Export button.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to:

• @Syrus for the original inspiration for the nucleus of this project
  
• @Error for the kind use of their Online Navmap (and implementing a flag to let Wingman use it more effectively)
  
• Everyone who took the time to answer my survey (yes, this really has been in development for that long), which generated many ideas that made their way into the project
  

This application uses the following open source projects: Python, PyQt5, PyInstaller, Nuitka, Inno Setup, Pillow, ago. Project icon made by Roundicons from www.flaticon.com.

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