Purpose: Plan optimal multi-mission cargo hauling routes across Stanton, Pyro, and Nyx — minimizing travel distance while respecting ship capacity and container sizes.

Getting Started

Set Starting Location & Capacity: Enter your ship's max cargo capacity (SCU) and select where you begin. The tool supports all locations across Stanton, Pyro, and Nyx.
Add Missions: Choose a mission type (Direct, Multiple Drop Off, Multiple Pick Up, Free Shopping) and fill in the fields — or import via:
- OCR Screenshot — paste from clipboard (Ctrl+V) or drag & drop an image
- CSV Shopping List — Erkul export format supported
Review: Edit or delete missions from the "Added Missions" list.
Calculate: Press Calculate in the top bar. A progress bar tracks the computation. Click again to cancel.

Expert Mode (3D Cargo Loadout)

Enable Expert mode (checkbox next to Load Example Missions) to unlock the Cargo Loadout configurator. This lets you model your ship's actual cargo zones in 3D (length × width × height) and have the route optimizer reject routes that cannot physically fit the cargo — for example a 32 SCU container in a Hull A whose largest zone is 16 SCU, even though total capacity is 64 SCU.

When a loadout is active, the Max Cargo Capacity field is hidden — the total capacity is computed from the configured zones.
Disabling Expert mode clears the active loadout and reverts to classic capacity-only planning.
Expert mode is persisted locally and propagated through shared route URLs — opening a shared Expert-mode route automatically switches your view to Expert mode.

Using the Route Summary

Step-by-step stops — ordered pickups and drop-offs with container breakdown (colored chips by SCU size).
Check off cargo — tick completed items; when all items at a stop are done, the stop collapses automatically.
Storage notes — click the slot indicator to add notes about where you placed cargo in your ship.
Route complete — when all stops are done, a completion banner appears.

Live Session (share with teammates)

Click the Share button overlayed on the top-left of the map to start a live session. A short URL is generated — send it to anyone (Discord, voice chat, in-game friends list…) and they join the same view in real time: missions, route summary, Expert-mode loadout, stow / take-out annotations, even the checkboxes you tick during the haul.

Anyone in the session can edit — add missions, change cargo, run Calculate, tick progress. The Calculate runs on whoever clicked it; the result is broadcast to the others with a live progress bar so nobody recomputes the same route twice.
Guests stay isolated — when you join a friend's session, the host's Expert mode and loadout are applied for the session only. Your own saved loadouts and preferences are restored when you leave (Stop sharing).
Game Watcher is exclusive — only one client per session can stream Game.log events; others see the watcher tile disappear until that client releases it.
The participants pill replaces the Share icon while you're in a session. Click it any time to copy the link again, reset the missions for everyone, or stop sharing.

Map & Visualization

2D Map — interactive Plotly scatter with route lines, hover for location details.
3D Map — Three.js star map with orbit camera, system selection, focus on stops, and a follow-camera mode that tracks your route progress.
Cross-system jumps — routes that span systems (e.g. Stanton → Pyro) show jump indicators.

GA Parameters Quick Reference

Population Size: Candidate routes per generation. More = better exploration, slower.
Generations: Evolutionary steps. More = more refinement.
Mutation Rate: Randomness (0–1). Higher = more diversity, risk of instability.
Runs: Independent full searches. Best final route across all runs is kept.

Tips

Start modest (Pop 100, Gen 100, 1 Run) then scale up.
Higher mutation (0.4–0.6) helps early exploration; lower (0.1–0.3) stabilizes later.
For cross-system routes, use more generations — the search space is larger.
Use the 3D map to visually validate your route before heading out.
Received a shared route? Just paste the URL in your browser — the tool will load the full route automatically.

SC Hauling Tools

Run Configuration ?

Add Cargo Hauling Objectives ?

Active Missions

Game Watcher Alpha

Route Length Over Generations ?

GA Parameters ?

Route Summary ?

Route Details: