[Mod] Simple Money [economy]

[jp]

This is a revised fork based on the old kotolegokot one. This mod adds commerce in Minetest.

What's different ?

• No unnecessary functions and code cleaning.
• Better textures / formspecs.
• Show the money account on the right-down corner.
• Only the two essential shops : player's shop and admin shop (unlimited stock).

How to use ?
Commands for players (requires "money" privilege) :

• /money — gets the balance of your account
• /money pay <account> <amount> — transfers <amount> money to <account>

Commands for administrators (requires "money_admin" privilege) :

• /money <account> — gets balance of <account>;
• /money set <account> <amount> — sets balance of <account> in <amount> money
• /money inc <account> <amount> — increases <amount> money to balance of <account>
• /money dec <account> <amount> — decreases <amount> money from balance of <account>
• /money take <account> <amount> — takes off <amount> money from balance of <account>

Licenses : GPLv2/later for the code, WTFPL for the textures.
Depends : default
Recommends : itemframes (VanessaE's fork)




Thanks to nerzhul (nrz) for his participation...

[lightonflux]

The mod is great. Much better than some other shop systems.

It would be nice if there was an option to search for a node when you setup the shop. Just like in worldedit GUI.

[nrz]

It works very well but we need to improve performance a little to reduce CPU usage on server. actually HUD is updated in world loop process, but we need to change it per event.

If i get time i'll look at this today

[Krock]

Is this mod compatible with the old money mod?

[jp]

Is this mod compatible with the old money mod?

Yes, but be aware that the Barter shops are removed.

Also, update : performances improvement by nerzhul (nrz) and re-working of the shop interface (WIP).

[lightonflux]

Is it possible to change the texture when the shop is empty?

it is really annoying to open 10 shops just to see that the owner did not restock them.

[Vazon]

There seems to be a issue, no matter what i can't get the shops to tune. I know I am doing it right because i have been using kotolegokot and Xiong's version for well over a year.

[jp]

Fixed, sorry.

[Vazon]

Thank you :)

[Sokomine]

It works very well but we need to improve performance a little to reduce CPU usage on server. actually HUD is updated in world loop process, but we need to change it per event.

What has a shop system got to do with the HUD? Or why does it cause CPU usage?

Is it possible to change the texture when the shop is empty?

Empty shops are indeed a problem of many mods. Perhaps the infotext could be extended: "Get 3 mese crystals for 2 diamonds at Sokomines shop. Only 5 left!" or "SOLD OUT" if it's empty.

[lightonflux]

Is it not possible to change a nodes texture under certain conditions?

[jp]

Is it not possible to change a nodes texture under certain conditions?

It'd require to change the node with an ABM, far to be an ideal solution...

[lightonflux]

So it would make sense if the engine would provide a more efficient method?

[jp]

As Sokomine said, better to use an infotext for that.

[lightonflux]

The problem with info texts is that you have to face the node close by. On a server with over 200 shop nodes on one spot this is very annoying. Just visit "Liberty Lands" and go in "Messias Shop"[1] or any other bigger shop (as in building).

A simple text it is definitely better than opening the shop menu, but visual indication on the node would be so much more elegant.


[1]: http://i.imgur.com/pLk8kLG.png It has several floors and is not the only shop on the server. They also have ikea.

[Sokomine]

A simple text it is definitely better than opening the shop menu, but visual indication on the node would be so much more elegant.

Who said they'd exclude each other? The infotext is for fast identification of shops that might be of intrest to the customer (or where the seller might have to refill). More details - like the exact pictures - can be shown in the formspec where the actual sale takes place.

[12Me21]

It would be awesome if you could connect these to digilines/luacontrollers, and use them to adjust the prices.

This might cause some problems with people "hacking" other people's shops with luacontrollers, but this could probably be fixed by only letting the owner place digilines and luacontrollers near the shop.

A far better solution would be to:
-only allow the shop to connect in one spot (probably the back), and only directly to the luacontroller. no digiline wires.
-have locked luacontrollers.


OR, you could add another type of shop that can be programmed by itself, without the need for luacontrollers.
For example, you could make the shop rise the price by X dollars every time someone buys something, and drop the price Y dollars every Z minutes that someone doesn't buy something, or opens the shop, but doesn't buy anything (however that could be abused, by rapidly opening and closing the shop)

[CWz]

It appears that the original repository was removed for this reason i mirrored here: https://github.com/ChaosWormz/minetest-money