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Captain's Log 2.x Documentation

Up to date for version 2.7.0

Support questions should be asked on the Captain's Log Discord server: https://discord.gg/F7CJDTM

Please also look at the Frequently Asked Questions page if you are having problems.

How Captain's Log 2 Works...

The game generates what's called a Player Journal, which is a file containing various Events generated during the course of a player's actions within the game.

The Player Journal is usually located inside a user's Saved Games folder. Captain's Log 2 will try to automatically find this folder during its First Run configuration.

It is usually to be found in C:\users\<username>\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous

CL2 needs to know the correct location for the Player Journal files, otherwise it simply will not work.

Summary of Hotkeys

Hotkey Action
ALT-B Toggle display of the Bookmarks Panel
ALT-C Toggle the display of the main window if in Overlay mode
ALT-D Toggle the display of the Set Target Destination Panel
ALT-E Toggle the display of the EDSM Panel
ALT-L Toggle the display of the Species List overlay
ALT-N Toggle the display of the NAV overlay

The Manual

The documentation is split into the following sections. Click through to the page you're after...

  1. Getting Started - Installation, Upgrading, and First Time Run
  2. The Main Window - A summary of the main window
  3. Configuration Manager - Trip databases, directories, updates, DPI, and overlays
  4. Screenshots - The Screenshot Monitor/Converter
  5. Imgur - Automatic screenshot uploads to Imgur
  6. Colour Customisation - Make Captain's Log your own colour
  7. The Trip Log - Trip Jumps Table, Bookmarks, and Notes
  8. Info & Materials - The Info Panel and System Materials Panel
  9. Stars & Planets - The Stars and Planets panels
  10. Navigation - Bearing & Distance, the Overlay, and Lat/Lon Bookmarks
  11. Galaxy Browser - Browse and search all the systems you've discovered
  12. Exobiology - Bio signals, the BioTracker, and the Species List
  13. Ring Hotspots - Material hotspots in planetary rings
  14. EDSM, Target Destination & Nav Beacon Scans