vending machines

[wii.thug]

I have always thought, from I first joined the server, that vending machines would be awesome to have. It would be fairly simple, just like a community locker. Anyone can open it, but to take stuff out, you must pay a set amount of resources per item and the person who put it down would be able to set custom prices for anything. This would make weapons and food way easier to sell. I was also thinking that they can be broken in a similar matter to miners, as when they get hit they "malfunction" and must be repaired before anyone can use it again. But don't make them breakable to the point where they can raided, as it completely destroys the purpose of having them. The model could be the vending machine from CSS.

[[TBU] CrazyKid]

Love the idea! Hope that it gets considered.

[wii.thug]

also, the owner must go back to the vending machine to collect payment, instead of it all just automatically giving it to you, as that would just be stupid.

[Lord Rahl]

i think that would be a really good idea! but maybe a better term, because vending machines will imply the idea that they only sell food.
I was wondering, would the machine: have to be built at a cost to the player and stored in the inventory, be a community thing, or a player thing like a locker but.... not.

[eldarstorm]

Sounds like the things in Borderlands

[wii.thug]

Rahl: I would say that players build them similarly to all other tools, like miners and such. It would be kinda dumb for everyone to automatically have one, since the idea is to make trading easier for people who commonly trade with others. This means, you can sell at literally like 3 places at once, only needing to return to said location(s) to collect payment/restock machine.

[eldarstorm]

There is one thing at the moment that might be a issue.
Currently we have a system called the World Cache. This basically tracks objects that you place in the world, basically most of your tools and vehicles. This was a system that I built a long while back to prevent people from loosing items they have in the world when a server crashes or when you leave and such.

Basically, the system as it is, would track the vending machine, but not the items in it. This is becouse the items dont acually exist.

On a side note, we have talked about doing a similar thing in another project that we will be starting on after we release this one.

And befor eyou ask, yes we will be releasing the code, but after we finish a few more things we have planned and clean up some stuff. Hate releasing unfinished stuff. It is getting closer though.

[wii.thug]

Just make it similar to a locker, just with prices and such built on. Meaning, it's just an "upgrade" to the locker.

[Lord Rahl]

I like the idea

[Remnant John]

There is one thing at the moment that might be a issue.
Currently we have a system called the World Cache. This basically tracks objects that you place in the world, basically most of your tools and vehicles. This was a system that I built a long while back to prevent people from loosing items they have in the world when a server crashes or when you leave and such.

Basically, the system as it is, would track the vending machine, but not the items in it. This is becouse the items dont acually exist.

On a side note, we have talked about doing a similar thing in another project that we will be starting on after we release this one.

And befor eyou ask, yes we will be releasing the code, but after we finish a few more things we have planned and clean up some stuff. Hate releasing unfinished stuff. It is getting closer though.

about the part where he said the item does not actually exist, why can't eldar just give each PNRP item a variable? such as "SMG" "Beans" "Super_Miner" and so on? the vending machine could relay the variables that it holds (the items) to World Cache, and it could assign those variables to a player as well, so, it would work basically the same as having a tool out. is that even possible?

P.S. sorry to bring back a dead post, but me and wii were talking about it, thought i'd go ahead and post.