[crossfire] Improved post office idea

[Mitch Obrian]

Why wait for gros? The new python is supposed to be
compatable with the old stuff IIRC.

--- Andrew Fuchs <
     
     fuchs.andy at gmail.com
     
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      On 9/26/05, Nicolas Weeger
     
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      nicolas.weeger at laposte.net
      
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      > When we'll have the new plugin system (*ponders
     
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      sending in a
     
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      > search party for gros*), I'll extend the post
     
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      office to send
     
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      > items to other players.
     
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      Was rednaxela doing something related to this (swig
     
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      bindings)?
     
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      > I think it's not that hard actually:
     
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      > * sending player drops items on a some specific
     
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      altar/square
     
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      I think a box would be the easiest, to impose weight
     
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      limits.
     
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      ...
     
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      > * items get teleported to a unique square in a
     
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      global
     
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      > (unlinked probably?) map
     
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      A unique map could get messy.  I think it is cleaner
     
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      just to use the
     
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      functions provided by the python plugin to store the
     
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      items in a
     
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      seperate file.
     
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      ...
     
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      > If many items are sent this way, then maybe the
     
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      check on
     
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      > whether a player has or not items in the unique
     
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      map could be
     
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      > skipped, and simply a message sent when items are
     
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      sent.
     
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      > (because each time a player connects you need to
     
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      open the
     
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      > storage map, check items for one having the right
     
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      custom_name).
     
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      Again, using a file would probaly be cleaner imo.
     
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      > Also, there could be fun things to do with that:
     
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      > * pay item-price/10 + item-weight/10 for standard
     
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      send, but,
     
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      > alas, probability to lose the item is ~10%
     
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      > * pay item-price, item is either sent or you get
     
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      item-price *
     
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      > 5 indemnity (~1% chance)
     
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      > * delivery takes time
     
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      Just have items randomly "get lost" for a period of
     
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      time, but allow a
     
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      decent amount of cash to be dumped on "first class"
     
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      delivery of some
     
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      sort.
     
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      > * receiving player pays some fees based on
     
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      distance between
     
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      > the 2 post offices (hard to compute distance,
     
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      though)
     
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      Hmm, courrupt post offices in some areas, maby.
     
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      --
     
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      Andrew Fuchs
     
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