Goonhub
02-09-2017, 02:56 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-09-2017, 03:21 AM by Cirrial. Edited 2 times in total.)
god if only I didn't have a dozen other things already on my plate right now
I think if I wanted to tackle this I would first try some sort of refactoring to bring together NPC traders and QM traders a little more, such as inventories for remote vs in person deals, and enough details that some sort of generic NPC trader can be made and fleshed out if given a QM trader definition.
It's a non-trivial amount of work to make this system, and it has the aforementioned pacing issues. Intra round values could be one way around it.
I for one would love to tie the stock system into literally anything else, it's a damn shame that that thing ticks along every round with few to no people ever caring.
Edit: there's no NPC sprites for Vurdalak, Buford or Pianzi (sure he's a lizardmans but his outfit doesn't exist) and Gragg may want a slightly different sprite from a regular rock worm for differentiation. The other traders already have NPC sprites, but a bunch of the robot traders have no portrait. That's less of a problem, though.
Edit Edit: actually I can't see Vurdalak ever showing up in person so some sort of dubious shady lackey/acolyte type might be better suited
I think if I wanted to tackle this I would first try some sort of refactoring to bring together NPC traders and QM traders a little more, such as inventories for remote vs in person deals, and enough details that some sort of generic NPC trader can be made and fleshed out if given a QM trader definition.
It's a non-trivial amount of work to make this system, and it has the aforementioned pacing issues. Intra round values could be one way around it.
I for one would love to tie the stock system into literally anything else, it's a damn shame that that thing ticks along every round with few to no people ever caring.
Edit: there's no NPC sprites for Vurdalak, Buford or Pianzi (sure he's a lizardmans but his outfit doesn't exist) and Gragg may want a slightly different sprite from a regular rock worm for differentiation. The other traders already have NPC sprites, but a bunch of the robot traders have no portrait. That's less of a problem, though.
Edit Edit: actually I can't see Vurdalak ever showing up in person so some sort of dubious shady lackey/acolyte type might be better suited