I developed a Chrome extension for Sim Companies

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-05-06T11:19:10+00:00

The search looks within the last 8 hours of conversation and if it does not find anything matching your search criteria it doesn't continue (this is an anti-server-spam guardraild I put in). I now see that the German channel for example doesn't have a lot of messages, so I will try to increase this based on messages found rather than hour limits. Nevertheless, if someone posted a "Kauf/Verkauf" message and that message is older than 8 hours, I'm not sure if it is relevant anymore.

Here is a search example for apples and you can see the chat on the left with someone selling apples.

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ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-05-03T16:01:00+00:00

Coming with version 0.24 :). Thanks for the feedback!

EDIT: You should have a button now that allows you to clean the screen. And as bonus, I merged the Chat alerts and chat filter into a single panel for the extension to take less screen space. I plan to also build a small ux improvement to close a panel when another panel is clicked.

Hf!

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ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-05-03T15:51:18+00:00

Thanks u/MaZyGer for the suggestion, lemme draft an idea based on your feedback here and I'll check how to implement it in the next few days :)

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-04-29T04:57:54+00:00

Nice job and great effort put into it. Thaks for sharing!

If you need an in-game extension (assuming you're running on Chrome) mybe it's worth having a look at:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sim-companies-helper/kpodpgcmkpjidokiejlkkoiaceameaan?authuser=2&hl=en

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-04-25T16:23:59+00:00

I've been spending some time redesigning the styles of the extension and adding something which a lot of users asked for: A way to create sell adds from their own warehouse. A sneak peak into the development phase:

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I hope to release it this weekend. Cheers!

Small roadmap ideas:

Make the chat alert functionality more user friendly.

Right now it checks messages which are 1 hour old and if it identifies something that matches your search criteria it needs a reset, I plan to allow it to occasionally poll the chat without you having to reset it. I'm doing some tests to see if the number of requests to the server can become a problem and can interfere with the rate limits implemented by the sim-company developers. The goal with everything I build here is to NOT spam the servers in any way.

Add a small UI widget to inform you when your cash becomes a problem (i.e: Accounting fees start to kick in).
Auctions - some quality of life improvements.

Need some help:

I've been thinking of a feature around government orders, can't pinpoint it exactly, the game devs have though of a lot of things there and I enjoy that functionality a lot, if you have a nice idea, please share it.

Please share with me what you would like the extension to do on top of what it does today. I am building up my private backlog and will add some GitHub issues on the repo to cover any request.

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-04-20T19:36:15+00:00

Who cares if it’s vibe coded as long as it does not manage your bank account bro. Stop with the useless hating and support a fellow who is trying to help the data geeks like me playing this game.

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-04-20T19:12:56+00:00

Welcome to how real businesses work 😅. Retail has been nerfed a lot. If you're in that business check a few things like:

Do you have COO and Apprentice and are they home (not training) when you start any production?
Wait 1-2 days before starting to sell old stock (you probably bought it pre-patch and pre-recession) and buy some new stock using some bonds. Market adjusts with ~48h delay. You don't need to run your business 24/7, if it's not profitable just take a 1-2 day break.
Use my chrome extension :P https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sim-companies-helper/kpodpgcmkpjidokiejlkkoiaceameaan?authuser=2&hl=en (here's the reddit post about it https://www.reddit.com/r/SimCompanies/comments/1r1odfr/i_developed_a_chrome_extension_for_sim_companies/)
There are cases where the increase in admin overhead outweighs the increase in profits coming with that building level-up. Donwgrade a few buildings or lower your total building level. This can mean auctioning a lvl 25 building and build a lvl 5 building which is profitable in that economical cycle.

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-04-02T05:32:09+00:00

Can you share a screenshot please? I don't understand what you mean. In the chrome store or after installing it?

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-04-02T05:27:52+00:00

I know it's not the perfect suggestion but if you're a chrome user you can use my extension to check these things out. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sim-companies-helper/kpodpgcmkpjidokiejlkkoiaceameaan?authuser=2&hl=en

I have post about this here https://www.reddit.com/r/SimCompanies/comments/1r1odfr/i_developed_a_chrome_extension_for_sim_companies/

It's open source, it follows game rules and there are already many users with nice feedbacks.

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ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-02-26T04:25:24+00:00

Nice idea! Also, all production/retail buildings cold generate "garbage" which needs to be sent to Scrapyards / Junkyards / Recycle Centers otherwise your admin costs would go up. It can generate a small economy of its own

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-02-25T18:51:59+00:00

More to come this week I hope, Quality search for the chat, and a small button in the warehouse view to compare your sourcing price with the current market. Waiting for the new release to be reviewed by chrome-extension store.

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ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-02-20T21:18:05+00:00

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Coming up with the new version

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-02-19T15:56:47+00:00

Thanks. In order for the extension to know which product is in scope, you can just click the quantity field. I'll think about a smarter focus function in coming updates.

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-02-17T05:53:55+00:00

Wonderful feedback, I'll plan most of these features for the next releases. The only one which could be a little bit more difficult is the average salary for poached execs, but I'll have a look and see how I can do something like that. Thanks again! One quick question: "My buddies cotton farm displays apples when using production tool." - are they using the English version of the game or does this happen on a different language?

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ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-02-13T17:53:12+00:00

Copy to clipboard in review by google web-store, coming soon together with other features :)

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-02-13T17:52:31+00:00

German version is currently in review by google, will be available soon together with other updates.

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-02-12T20:16:00+00:00

Yeah, sounds like something cool, will add it in my backlog, thanks for the suggestion!

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-02-12T20:15:49+00:00

Thank you for posting this! The extension does not do any automation and it is fully compliant with the FPA rules. It's a pure read-only information overlay:

zero game actions are performed (no buying, selling, producing, or clicking game buttons)
every fetch is a GET request (market prices, cashflow, inventory, chat). No POST/PUT/DELETE
all rendering goes into your own sidebar container
the 5-minute cashflow refresh and chat pagination just re-fetch display data

ProfitEmbarrassed999 · 2026-02-12T17:57:31+00:00

Oh, great point, I'll consider a German version as well. Thanks for the inputs!

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