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Title

MERCHANT RESTRICT ITEM AND PRICE

Author

Ginginus

Submitted / Updated

01-01-2004 / 11-22-2006

Category

Complete NPCs

Expansions

HOTU-1.61

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i didnt realise how difficult it was to put a readme file in untill now, lol


the file contains 1 mod file to see the script in use and how to set up stores. and the erf which is just one script. "mcdag_merchants"

the script is "mcdag_merchants" and is commented to aid customising it to suit tastes.

///Place script in "Actions Taken" tab on first line of NPC Merchants Conversation.
///Set TAG of merchant NPC to format "type of store/buylimit".
///where the BUY LIMIT of the merchant is  a 7 digit price limit to what is bought.
///and the type of store is one of the six below.

// IE: "ararms0010000" or "genall0005000" or "ranges1000000"


the purpose of this was to overcome the bug of more than merchant in an area and still restrict the buying of items and their prices. if the buy limit is exceeded, it wont be sold (unlike new hotu system)

if you dont want more than one merchant in an area then dont bother using this, use the new nwn merchants as is.

what it does is flags everything not buyable by the perticular merchant, "plot" so pc cant sell it to him unless its the right item type and under the price limit set in the tags of npc merchant. 

equiped items are flagged as plot automatically regardless of type (workaround for exploit) and item can be unequiped and put into players invent to be sold before speaking to right merchant.

each merchant will do this each time the store opened so anything plot on one merchant could be sold (if right conditions) on another.

storetypes(6):

ararms= arms and armour only.
genall= will buy anything, no item restriction but has buy limit (see below)
magics=magic user items and magic items
ranges= all ranged weapons and ammo
supply= any misc items, torch etc
thiefs= thief equipment

to edit any of the above or have some items crossover to different stores (ie potions) then just edit the base_item_type values in each section.

IF YOU DONT WANT TO RESTRICT TYPE BUT HAVE BUY LIMIT, then just use "genall".

if your using this system then you need to use the merchants with scripts and not mix with standard merchants or items will stay flagged "plot"........

TO SET UP THE MERCHANT:

create npc, put in area, setup store

note npc convo and place script in "Actions Taken" tab on first line of NPC Merchants Conversation.
script= "mcdag_merchant"

edit npc merchant tag>
Set TAG of merchant NPC to format "type of store/buylimit".where the BUY LIMIT of the merchant is  a 7 digit price limit to what is bought. and the type of store is one of the six below.

// IE: "ararms0010000" or "genall0005000" or "ranges1000000"

select and fill the merchant invent with items you wish it to sell (genall, would be any or ranges just bows, for example)

have the merchant id stuff if you wish, set the sell/buy mark ups to suit.
buy stolen would be best just on thief store maybe? up to you.***** see below******

DONT TICK "has maximun buy price" (kinda defeats the purpose of exercise)

has limited gold can be used if suits.

DONT bother with any of the restrictions, this takes care of that issue.

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DRAWBACK..........

the problem is having items you dont want to be sold to merchants, normally resolved by marking item "plot". what i suggest is not having merchants buy stolen at all, and mark items the mod builder doesnt want sold "stolen"........... this will the deciding factor on using this "system", hopefully bioware will fix multiple merchants in one area and problem solved :)

 i think thats everything, its not 100% thrashed out and hopefully people will add to it, or like i said maybe bioware will fix merchant bug thing in next patch (not use area git file, hint, lol)


what this is= possible workaround

its not a final solution, so be gentle..........  ;)

email me if need any questions answered: gingerdj@yahoo.com

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Type

Type - Merchants

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Description

the new hotu merchants have issues if more than one is placed in an area. this 'system' for merchants can help. read the 'read me' file or post/email any questions: code is the readme file so dont have to download file ;)

Files

Name	Type	Size	Downloads
merchant.zipmerchant.zip Submitted: 01-01-2004 / Last Updated: 01-01-2004	zip	28.53Kb	198
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Comments (2):

Posted by Ginge McDaggart ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2004-01-03 04:20:00

yes, was aware from the nwn forums that that was the case, and found that in my findings too. this was the system i was going to use pre hordes and still might. sort of waiting to see what happenes and weigh up pro's/cons type thing. new hordes merchants have far more variety than this script but it might be usefull to some, or square wheel to others ;)

Posted by Danmar at 2004-01-02 18:10:00

FYI, from what I've been able to determine the problesm with multiple merchants seems to be a display issue only in regards to restrictions. Testing seems to indicate that if you put multiple merchants in an area with restrictions, they'll 'say' they buy things that they don't but that other merchants in the area do but if you actually try to sell them the things they will obey their restrictions properly. It looks like some memory locations aren't being cleared out and re-initialized between merchant interactions in regards to displaying the "I don't buy items of that type" text.

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