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What does the different numbers on the line in market_commodities.ini mean?
Example:
[BaseGood
base = Br01_01_base
MarketGood = commodity_gold, 0, -1, 150, 500, 0, 1.080000

From what I've read this is Bretonia system 01 base 01 (New London? Is there a complete list somewhere?)
and its pricing for gold
0 - the required player level
-1 - will sell even if hostile

What does the other numbers mean?

A related question, where do I find sell prices for those commodities that aren't listed here? Are they just taken from goods.ini (and if so, at what value?)

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Yes, your getting there..
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Edited by - beltic on 10-03-2003 14:24:39

Well, that thread is about ships. Commodities are not defined exactly like that, since their price varies. I guess thats what the unknown numbers do in my previous post do, but how?

Ok, I've done some testing and the numbers 150, 500, 0 apparently only sets wether the item is buyable at the station (as with ships) The values 150 and 500 are apparntly not specific, they can be anything larger than 0 (0, 0, 1 indicates that the item is not buyable). The last decimal value is a price modifier, haven't quite figured out how it works yet (it's most likely multiplied by the commodity base value in some way). More testing is in progress...

Edit: Just made a quick calculation on an example (Manhattan [Li_01_01_base, since it's the easiest to test in the game)

MarketGood = commodity_boron, 0, -1, 150, 500, 0, 1.300000

the 1.300000 is multiplied by the base value for Boron, which is 120, to give the buy/sell price of $156. This value is not entirely correct, Manhattan actually charges $155 (a difference of $1)

However, if we take another example from Manhattan

MarketGood = commodity_H_fuel, 0, -1, 150, 500, 0, 1.200000

and multiply the base value of H-Fuel (300) by 1.200000, we get $360, which is exactly the same as the actual price in the game (so no difference of $1 here)

So aside from a (occcasional?) $1 difference (rounding comes to mind, but rounding isn't needed above) I think I've gotten it right!

Edited by - Chaldan on 11-03-2003 14:18:41