Understanding goods.ini

Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:31 pm by Chaldan

Does anyone understand all the fields in goods.ini?

Example:
[Good
nickname = commodity_boron
; I guess this is an identifier
equipment = commodity_boron
; Another identifier?
msg_id_prefix = gcs_gen_commodity_boron
; What's this used for? Ingame talking when hailing ships? (just guessing, since it has that msg_ part)
category = commodity
price = 120
; Base price?
combinable = true
; What's this used for? All commodities has this set to true.
good_sell_price = 4.100000
bad_buy_price = 4.100000
bad_sell_price = 1.500000
good_buy_price = 1.500000
; Are these multipliers for the base price? So the minimum cost for buying Boron would be 120*1.5 (= 180) or is it something else?
shop_archetype = Equipment\models\commodities\nn_icons\cwire_rawmats_1.3db
item_icon = Equipment\models\commodities\nn_icons\COMMOD_chemicals.3db
; Graphics related
jump_dist = 5
; Is this used for perishable items? Doesn't seem so, since Boron and Alien organisms have the same number.

Mon Mar 10, 2003 2:30 pm by beltic

First off - This forum package needs.. help..

Now - on to your question

Nickname/Equipment - these identify the item, as you suspect.
msg_d_prefix - has to do with the gfx used.
price = 120 is the STARTING/BASE price (kinda like the MSRP)
combinable - Makes them so you can have more than 1 peice (like 50 pcs, etc.)

The good_buy/bad_buy etc - I think your on the right track.
jump_dist = 5 -- hmm.. maybe the minium distance to put between the good sell price and the good buy price? dunno..

Mon Mar 10, 2003 9:28 pm by ThresholdRPG

> First off - This forum package needs.. help..

Yes it does. The fact that a major part of the code gets SNIPPED by the forum (the opposite of the [ ) is a REAL annoyance. Sure, most of us know that if you see [Foo you need to add the other bracket, but newer folks do not, and it means copying and pasting is harder since it is easy to forget to add one of the brackets.

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