[crossfire] Improved post office idea

[Todd Mitchell]

I think it would be easier to sell a new container type of letter object 
(shipping box) at the IPO which you can place items into to mail them.  
It could function like a letter does now except it is a container.  Then 
you drop it into the mailbox and it gets sent.

Nicolas Weeger wrote:

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     When we'll have the new plugin system (*ponders sending in a
     
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     search party for gros*), I'll extend the post office to send
     
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     items to other players.
     
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     I think it's not that hard actually:
     
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     * sending player drops items on a some specific altar/square
     
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     * sending player says "send <player name>"
     
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     * items get teleported to a unique square in a global
     
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     (unlinked probably?) map
     
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     * during teleportation, the "custom_name" is set to receiving
     
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     player
     
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     * player wanting to get sent items goes to post office, says
     
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     "get items" (or opens container, ...), items get teleported
     
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     back from the unique map, custom_name is cleared, et voila,
     
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     item sent
     
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     Event option would be used to specify on which spot the player
     
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     should drop items and what map to put'em into, this would let
     
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     have different post offices :)
     
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     If many items are sent this way, then maybe the check on
     
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     whether a player has or not items in the unique map could be
     
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     skipped, and simply a message sent when items are sent.
     
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     (because each time a player connects you need to open the
     
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     storage map, check items for one having the right custom_name).
     
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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 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 item-price *
     
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     5 indemnity (~1% chance)
     
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     * delivery takes time
     
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     * receiving player pays some fees based on distance between
     
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     the 2 post offices (hard to compute distance, though)
     
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     * imagine some more :)
     
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     Ryo
     
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