I am pretty new to Aurora and am having a great time playing it. One problem I had was keeping track of resources and how my stockpiles where changing (am I running out of Duranium or is my supply increasing?). So, I have created an application to track mineral stockpiles (and fuel reserves, population level and wealth), and then graph these values on demand. Here are some examples of the graphs that can be generated:
Duranium report(as you can see it got dangerously low, so I concentrated on getting more and have recovered):
https://docs. google. com/file/d/0B3IGmBe9vPavQTdjaUllZ3kzek0/edit
All minerals at once:
https://docs. google. com/file/d/0B3IGmBe9vPavNnRiekRTYXU3cU0/edit
Population (pretty boring, had no idea growth was so linear):
https://docs. google. com/file/d/0B3IGmBe9vPavYldIM09fQ1FLQ1k/edit
Wealth (uh oh. . . ):
https://docs. google. com/file/d/0B3IGmBe9vPavNmVTQUZZMlZqbmc/edit
Fuel:
https://docs. google. com/file/d/0B3IGmBe9vPavZzJBTkhrR3pRUms/edit
Here is where you can download the application to try it out. Just extract the zip file and run the AuroraReports. exe file.
https://docs. google. com/uc?export=download&confirm=CiCI&id=0B3IGmBe9vPavczVocUdLWm5uSUk
Once you start it, just point it to your Aurora location and let it run as you play. It will gather data as you play. Then, whenever you want to generate a report just select the Game and Race and the report type you want generated. You need to have the app running whenever you play for it to gather the data. As a disclaimer, I have been running this app for months without issue, but you will still want to backup your Stevefire. mdb whenever you play. The AuroraReports application shouldn't effect the database at all but backups are always a good idea.
Also, if you are curious the source code is available here:
https://github. com/larzm42/AuroraReports