Calculate your total Star Citizen playtime by analyzing game log files
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Since Star Citizen doesn't expose playtime statistics in-game, SCPlay parses your game log files to compute cumulative play sessions. It automatically detects your Star Citizen installation and calculates total time played across all sessions.

• Auto-detection - Finds SC installations on multiple drives (C:, D:, E:, F:)
• Multi-environment - Supports LIVE, PTU, EPTU, and TECH-PREVIEW
• Cross-platform - Python version runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS
• Multiple formats - View playtime as days, hours, minutes, or seconds
• Session details - See individual session durations

1. Go to Releases
2. Download the appropriate .zip for your platform
3. Extract and run

Note: macOS users should run the Python version from source (see Installation below).

Both versions feature a modernized dark UI with Star Citizen-inspired aesthetics:

• Dark navy theme with cyan/green accents
• Grouped panels (Configuration, Processing Log, Results)
• Color-coded log output
• Progress indicators during calculation
• Status bar with colored feedback

Requirements: Python 3.8+

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ckuma/scplay.git
cd scplay/python

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run the application
python sc_main.py

Linux/macOS:

chmod +x linux_start.sh
./linux_start.sh

Requirements: .NET Framework 4.8.1, Visual Studio 2022

1. Open csharp/StarCitizenPlaytimeCalculator.sln
2. Build the solution (Ctrl+Shift+B)
3. Run from bin/Release/

1. Launch the application
2. Select your Star Citizen environment from the dropdown (auto-detected)
3. Click "Calculate" to process log files
4. View your total playtime and per-session breakdown
5. Copy the result to clipboard if needed

SCPlay automatically searches for Star Citizen in these locations:

{DRIVE}:\Program Files\Roberts Space Industries\StarCitizen\{ENV}\logbackups
{DRIVE}:\Roberts Space Industries\StarCitizen\{ENV}\logbackups

• Drives: C:, D:, E:, F:
• Environments: LIVE, PTU, EPTU, TECH-PREVIEW

# Wine
~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Roberts Space Industries/StarCitizen/{ENV}/logbackups

# Lutris
~/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/*/drive_c/Program Files/Roberts Space Industries/StarCitizen/{ENV}/logbackups

# Steam/Proton
~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/*/pfx/drive_c/Program Files/Roberts Space Industries/StarCitizen/{ENV}/logbackups

# CrossOver
~/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles/{BOTTLE}/drive_c/Program Files/Roberts Space Industries/StarCitizen/{ENV}/logbackups

SCPlay analyzes Star Citizen log files to calculate playtime:

1. Scans all *.log files in the logbackups folder
2. Includes the current session's Game.log
3. Extracts timestamps using pattern: <YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS...>
4. Calculates each session: last_timestamp - first_timestamp
5. Sums all sessions for total playtime

<2024-11-19T14:30:00.123Z> [INFO] Client started...
...
<2024-11-19T16:45:30.456Z> [INFO] Client closing...

Session duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes, 30 seconds

cd python
pip install pyinstaller
pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --name "SCPlaytime" --add-data "resources;resources" sc_main.py

Output: dist/SCPlaytime.exe

cd csharp
msbuild StarCitizenPlaytimeCalculator.sln /p:Configuration=Release

Output: bin/Release/StarCitizenPlaytimeCalculator.exe

This repository uses GitHub Actions to automatically build releases:

• On tag push (v*) - Creates a GitHub Release with 3 executables (Python Windows, Python Linux, C# Windows)
• On PR - Validates builds

To create a new release:

git tag v4.0
git push origin v4.0

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues and pull requests.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for more information.

• Star Citizen community
• All contributors
• VNGD

See you in the 'verse! o7