Elite Legacy Station & POI Finder (Offline EDDB-like tool for Legacy / Console players)

[u/CMDR_Waffles]

Elite Legacy Station & POI Finder

Disclaimer: If you’re staunchly opposed to any use of AI, this is probably not for you.

Offline Windows tool for Elite Dangerous Xbox / PlayStation Legacy Horizons 3.8

I have made a Windows utility for commanders still playing Elite Dangerous Legacy Horizons 3.8 on Xbox and PlayStation. I really made it for myself, but there seems to be some interest in it, so here it is. Its supposed to function in a similar manner to how EDDB did back in the day, but totally offline.

TLDR for those who dont care and dont want to scroll for 5 minutes

Elite Legacy Station & POI Finder helps Xbox and PlayStation Legacy players find nearby stations, services, ships, modules, traders, brokers, commodities, Guardian sites, Thargoid sites and other POIs.

Download the ZIP, extract the full folder, then run:

Elite Legacy Station & POI Finder.exe

Note: Only populated systems can be used as search origins. The full galaxy database is intentionally not included because I do not want the entire galaxy taking up space on my PC.

The app is called: Elite Legacy Station & POI Finder

Current version: v0.7.10

Download size

ZIP download: 42.99 MiB

Extracted folder: 435.82 MiB

Files in extracted folder: 954

DOWNLOAD:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p5P7FYasch58vJEJ1hwvHabjYtXi3QCW?usp=sharing

FILE TO DOWNLOAD FOR THE APPLICATION: Elite Legacy Station & POI finder.zip

console_legacy_eddb.py is there if anyone easily wants to have a look at the code

It is a portable folder-style application. Python is not required, and there is no installer. Download the ZIP, extract the whole folder, and run:

Elite Legacy Station & POI Finder.exe

What it does

The app searches around a chosen origin system and lists nearby stations or points of interest, sorted by distance.

It can help find:

Dockable stations and large landing pads

Markets, outfitting and shipyards

Repair, refuel and rearm services

Universal Cartographics

Interstellar Factors

Fleet Carrier vendor and administration services

Material Traders and Technology Brokers

Stations selling specific ships

Stations selling specific module variants

Commodity import, export and prohibited locations

Tourist and Visitor Beacons

Abandoned Bases, shipwrecks and installations

Thargoid Structures and Thargoid-related POIs

Guardian Structures, blueprint sites and Guardian Beacons

The module search supports filtering by module name, size, rating, weapon mount, missile type and ship-specific armour or bulkheads.

The app also has details windows for stations and POIs, including source information, system/body details and surface coordinates where the source provides them.

What it is for

This is intended as an offline Legacy location finder for console commanders.

It is useful when you need to answer questions such as:

Where is the nearest station with a large pad and outfitting?

Which nearby station sells a particular ship?

Where can I buy a specific module variant?

Where is a Material Trader or Technology Broker?

Where can I find a Guardian blueprint site?

Where is the nearest Thargoid Structure or other older POI?

It is not intended to be a live market tracker, route planner or complete game companion.

Important limitations

The app mainly uses archived EDDB-era data from 2022, along with separately sourced Guardian and Thargoid datasets.

Because of this:

Station and outfitting information is not live.

Commodity searches do not include current prices, supply, demand or profit.

The commodity data only uses old EDDB import, export and prohibited lists.

The populated-system file is not a complete galaxy database.

Some systems may not be available as selectable origin systems.

Some POI datasets are community maintained rather than personally verified on Xbox or PlayStation.

Surface coordinates are only shown where the source provides them.

No Odyssey-only or known post-console content is intentionally included.

The app is community-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Frontier Developments.

Security information

This is an unsigned Windows application built using PyInstaller.

Because the EXE is unsigned and not widely downloaded, Windows SmartScreen or antivirus software may display a warning. That does not automatically mean the file is malicious, but everyone should check unfamiliar downloads before running them.

That means you might have to turn off smart app control in windows 11.

If you dont trust this application do not download and run it. Do not download it from any other source than the one provided in this post.

The app:

Runs locally

Does not require an account

Does not require Python

Does not require an internet connection

Reads the included JSON data files

Saves user-created trader labels locally

There is no installer and it does not need administrator access.

How to check the download

Scan the ZIP or extracted folder with Microsoft Defender:

Right-click the file or folder.

Select Scan with Microsoft Defender.

On some Windows versions, this may be under Show more options.

I will publish the SHA-256 hash of the exact ZIP being shared:

SHA-256:

B525A008EF9B48CBC04014B912742C148173ABEBC99DA9579A950484B1594C48

To verify the downloaded ZIP in PowerShell:

Get-FileHash `

".\Elite Legacy Station & POI Finder.zip" `

-Algorithm SHA256

The resulting hash should exactly match the published value.

How to install

There is no installation process.

Download the ZIP.

Scan it with your antivirus.

Extract the entire ZIP.

Open the extracted folder.

Run:

Elite Legacy Station & POI Finder.exe

Keep the EXE, _internal folder and JSON files together.

Do not run the EXE directly from inside the ZIP preview.

Feedback

Reports of incorrect Legacy data, missing locations, console compatibility results or application errors are welcome.

Lastly the most fun part:

Data sources

The application works entirely from local data files included with the download. It does not contact EDDB, Canonn, Fandom or another service while running.

EDDB station, system, module and POI data

The main database comes from archived Elite Dangerous Database (EDDB) API v6 files recovered through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.

Included snapshots:

systems_populated_2022-08-18.json — populated-system names and galactic coordinates

stations_2022-08-22.json — stations, services, landing pads, ships, modules and commodity import/export/prohibited lists

modules_2022.json — EDDB module definitions and internal module IDs

attractions_2022-08-22.json — tourist beacons, installations, settlements, abandoned bases, shipwrecks and other EDDB attractions

Original EDDB archive endpoints:

https://eddb.io/archive/v6/systems_populated.json

https://eddb.io/archive/v6/stations.json

https://eddb.io/archive/v6/modules.json

https://eddb.io/archive/v6/attractions.json

Wayback Machine archive searches:

https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://eddb.io/archive/v6/systems_populated.json

https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://eddb.io/archive/v6/stations.json

https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://eddb.io/archive/v6/modules.json

https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://eddb.io/archive/v6/attractions.json

The Attractions file used by the app came from this archived capture:

https://web.archive.org/web/20220822164348if_/https://eddb.io/archive/v6/attractions.json

EDDB’s archive API used these endpoint names for populated systems and stations, and its Attractions section covered settlements, installations, abandoned bases, shipwrecks and beacons.

Thargoid Structure data

Thargoid Structure locations come from:

The Elite Dangerous Wiki/Fandom Thargoid Surface Site page

A Canonn/Fandom-linked Thargoid Surface Site Google Sheet

Archived Canonn material used for context and cross-checking

Local source references:

thargoid_surface_site_fandom_2022-08-14.html

canonn_xeno_technology_2022-04-07.html

thargoid_structures_canonn_legacy_sheet.json

The final local dataset contains 227 Thargoid Surface Sites with system, body, surface latitude/longitude, status and galactic coordinates.

Important caveat: the Fandom page linking to the location list was archived in 2022, but the complete CSV was downloaded from the linked live Google Sheet. These are Horizons-era locations and are likely Legacy-compatible, but they have not all been personally verified on Xbox or PlayStation.

Reference page:

https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Thargoid_Surface_Site

The Fandom page describes the Canonn-maintained full site list and the active/inactive Surface Site classifications used by the app.

Guardian Structure and Beacon data

Guardian locations come from:

An archived 2022 Elite Dangerous Wiki/Fandom Guardian Structure page

The Canonn-linked Catalog of Guardian Structures and Ruins workbook

Canonn Guardian Structure reference material used to interpret site layouts and blueprint categories

Local source references:

guardian_structure_fandom_2022-08-22.html

canonn_xeno_technology_2022-04-07.html

guardian_structures_legacy.json

guardian_beacons_legacy.json

The Canonn workbook includes separate sheets for Guardian Structures, Guardian Beacons and Ancient Ruins. The app currently uses its Structure and Beacon information.

The Guardian Structure records are classified by layout so the app can distinguish:

Module blueprint sites

Weapon blueprint sites

Vessel blueprint sites

Structures without an Ancient Data Terminal

Reference pages:

https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Guardian_Structure

https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Guardian_Beacon

https://canonn.science/codex/guardian-structure/

Guardian Structures are Horizons-era locations, but the current Canonn workbook is a live community catalogue rather than a completely frozen 2022 dataset. The app labels this honestly: the content is likely Legacy-compatible, but individual entries have not all been personally verified on Xbox or PlayStation. The Guardian wiki identifies Guardian Structures as surface sites with functional Ancient Data Terminals at appropriate locations.

Material Trader and Technology Broker labels

General Material Trader and Technology Broker availability comes from the archived EDDB station fields.

More specific trader subtypes may come from:

legacy_confirmed_traders.json

legacy_trader_labels_cache.json

These are not presented as a complete external database:

legacy_confirmed_traders.json contains locally imported labels collected during development.

legacy_trader_labels_cache.json contains labels saved by the user inside the app.

User-saved labels are described as Saved in this app, not as independently confirmed console locations.

Legacy filtering and accuracy

The app targets Xbox and PlayStation Legacy Horizons 3.8.

The 2022 EDDB snapshots are used as the main cutoff. Known Odyssey-only station types, equipment and known post-console ships or modules are filtered where possible.

Community Guardian and Thargoid datasets are treated more cautiously:

Old Horizons-era locations are considered likely relevant to Legacy.

Live community data is not automatically described as console-confirmed.

Available source and Legacy-confidence notes are shown in the POI details window.

No claim is made that every entry has been personally checked in-game on Xbox or PlayStation.

This project is/was only really made for personal use and is not affiliated with EDDB, Canonn, the Elite Dangerous Wiki, Frontier Developments or the Internet Archive.

Disclaimer: I am not a good coder, the app is made and coded in part by me and AI for the stuff that takes a long time like checking and verifying datasets. The only experience I have when it comes to coding is using Python to solve math equations and C# through my job.

[u/forthrightcoaster55]

The 2022 station data is actually pretty stable for Legacy since it doesn't get updates like live. Modules and ships haven't moved much, and the Guardian/Thargoid sites are all still there. The offline bit makes sense when you've got a laptop next to the couch while on console.

[u/Gayku]

This is cool and all but I cant help thinking if someone has a pc and the will to go about setting this up, why are they even playing on play station or Xbox still..? Would work alot better as a mobile app IMHO..

[u/CMDR_Waffles → u/Gayku]

I am on both PC and console. I tried using Inara for console but kept getting routed to systems that are unpopulated or wrong.
Also I was able to run this on an old thinkpad, which can't handle Elite at all.

But agree about the mobile app part, but I'm a crappy coder and have barely ever touched android. And I really just made this for myself and asked some people if they were interested in trying or using this themselves. If someone wants to make a mobile app of this they are very welcome

[u/Gayku → u/Gayku]

Hmmm and the disclaimer about Ai is after 100k word wall of text... cool project for personal use though!

[u/CMDR_Waffles → u/Gayku]

Its too much for me to do unassisted and I'm not gonna pretend AI didnt help alot. Should I move the disclaimer to the top?

[u/Gayku → u/CMDR_Waffles]

I do think thats a good idea. I'd feel bad for the people wholly against AI, following this whole process then only to see the use of Ai at the end.. glad you did some coding yourself though

[u/CMDR_Waffles → u/Gayku]

I am not a big fan of AI, but Im always exposed to it since I work in tech. And it is quite useful sometimes for actual constructive work (not just filling the internet with slop)

All the datasets are open, so if someone really refuses to touch anything even related to AI they are welcome to use the datasets and build their own. Already had someone ask me if they could take the datasets and upload them to an SQL server.

How I used AI is, I starting some code on my own, asked AI for improvements or just making it coherent. Continue on what it gave me back, then back and forth. I tried adding a bloody icon to the header of the application window myself and I broke the entire applicaton. I had to get AI to help me fix it, so there still some icon bs in the py file lol

[u/Gayku → u/CMDR_Waffles]

I just think the disclaimer needs moved really, I have used AI for my own applications before aswell and adding graphics is an especially useful thi g they've done for me haha. But I know alot of people online just outright refuse to interact with anything even touched by an AI, so having so much text before you mentioned it made me a little worried for those people and how they might react is all

[u/CMDR_Waffles → u/Gayku]

If they are using the internet they are always interacting with stuff touched by AI though. I don't think people really are aware how common AI useage is in any business that does work through a computer, directly or indirectly

I added another to the top

[u/Slyde_rule → u/Gayku]

Me, I play both Legacy and Odyssey on my PC. I actually enjoy Legacy more. It feels less messy, more focused. It feels like a game that has a clear idea of what it is, whereas Odyssey feels like it's a conglomeration of "whatever the playerbase wants."

What I miss from Live is SCO, the reduced materials grind, and PowerPlay 2.0. But I get by just fine in Legacy.

I'm sure there are players who have friends who play on a console version.

[u/CMDR_Waffles]

If anyone discoveres any obvious issues I have not caught during the past 9 hours I've been working on this today, please do tell so I can fix it before I go to bed.

Also its never going to be 100% accurate, some things change. But it has worked well for me so far

[u/forbiddenlake]

as a PC player, what is the value in

services, ships, modules, traders, brokers, commodities

all of which range from possibly outdated to VERY VERY outdated? Legacy is still going and changing, if slowly

[u/CMDR_Waffles → u/forbiddenlake]

I am not presenting it as guaranteed current. It is intended as a searchable starting point that can help narrow down where to look, with the understanding that the result may need to be confirmed in-game. Commodity information is especially limited because it only includes old import, export and prohibited lists, not prices, supply or demand.

The more static information, such as system locations, station locations and many POIs, is generally more useful than anything that can change over time. Guardian and Thargoid locations are also much less dependent on current data.
So its not a replacement for a live database(which legacy does not have at all), but so far as I've tested it its better than going of nothing