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[Bookwyrme]

Is it possible to code a store so that the prices vary depending on the response the PC makes in conversation? More than once, I mean.

Say, the PC visits and the conversation runs:

Storekeep greeting

PC1: Pleasant reply (prices go down)
PC2: Neutral reply (Prices stay at the normal level)
PC3: Rude reply (Prices go up)

Purchases made.

PC leaves & the store prices are back at "normal" until the next such conversation.

[Yovaneth]

Is it possible to code a store so that the prices vary depending on the response the PC makes in conversation? More than once, I mean.

I've done this by using two stores (or three in your case) all of which have the same items but at different prices. The dialog trail then opens the relevant store depending on the PC's response.

-Y-

[Rabain]

The only problem is that if the PC has the same options subsequent times they visit the Merchant items you sold will only show up if you choose the same option you chose when you sold the item to the store first.

E.G: You talk to the merchant and choose the Rude reply and then sell him some wands into store3. If you come back and choose Neutral Reply you will see store2 which won't have the wands in it you sold earlier (they remain in store3).

No problem if Merchant sticks with store chosen in first dialog.

[Bookwyrme]

That is a significant drawback.

[berelinde]

E.G: You talk to the merchant and choose the Rude reply and then sell him some wands into store3. If you come back and choose Neutral Reply you will see store2 which won't have the wands in it you sold earlier (they remain in store3).

Depending on how you look at it, this might be a feature as opposed to a drawback.

I always thought it was ridiculous that Ribald would hang on to that +1 sword you sold him forever.

[Yovaneth]

That is a significant drawback.

Damn. Yes. I checked and I find that I've actually tagged the stores so that the storekeeper remembers CHARNAME and always offers the same option. That seemed a reasonable action on the grounds that the storekeeper would remember a rude customer whereas everyone else (including CHARNAME, if he/she had behaved) would get the better prices.

-Y-

Edited by Yovaneth, 21 March 2007 - 03:47 PM.

[SConrad]

E.G: You talk to the merchant and choose the Rude reply and then sell him some wands into store3. If you come back and choose Neutral Reply you will see store2 which won't have the wands in it you sold earlier (they remain in store3).

This also works the other way around - if store3 has one particular magic item in stock, and you purchase that one, the next time you visit store2 it will be as if it's magically reappeared in the store.

[Bookwyrme]

That is a significant drawback.

Damn. Yes. I checked and I find that I've actually tagged the stores so that the storekeeper remembers CHARNAME and always offers the same option. That seemed a reasonable action on the grounds that the storekeeper would remember a rude customer whereas everyone else (including CHARNAME, if he/she had behaved) would get the better prices.

-Y-

I was hoping for a way to vary the prices more often and for the change to hold only for the single conversation.

[GeN1e]

I was hoping for a way to vary the prices more often and for the change to hold only for the single conversation.

Unfortunately...

[Kulyok]

Temporary "Reaction" boost, not unlike Friends spell or something, doesn't work? (I've no idea how to modify spells/effects, just a thought).

[GeN1e]

Good idea, but prices depend only upon chrmodst.2da and repmodst.2da, not the reaction.

[Kulyok]

Yep, that's what I meant: modifying CHA/reputation(+ or -) for about five seconds; but since it is such a drastic measure, probably equaling to "burn the entire Left Side to steal an old tunic" ©, I guess it's a bad idea.

Edited by Kulyok, 22 March 2007 - 01:51 AM.