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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:17 pm 
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Ralium tells you 'I only purchase scrolls, wands, staffs, armor, and shields.'
You sell a belt of hardened troll leather for 2 gold, 4 silver to Ralium.

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Ralium tells you 'I only purchase scrolls, wands, staffs, armor, and shields.'
You sell a helm of hardened troll leather for 2 gold, 3 silver, 2 copper to Ralium.

[100][ 93][100](9am)- Sith'a'niel Pawn
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Ralium tells you 'I only purchase scrolls, wands, staffs, armor, and shields.'
You sell sleeves of hardened troll leather for 2 gold, 4 silver to Ralium.

[100][ 93][100](9am)- Sith'a'niel PawnRalium tells you 'I only purchase scrolls, wands, staffs, armor, and shields.'
You sell gauntlets of hardened troll leather for 2 gold, 4 silver to Ralium.

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Ralium tells you 'I only purchase scrolls, wands, staffs, armor, and shields.'
You sell leggings of hardened troll leather for 2 gold, 4 silver to Ralium.

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Ralium tells you 'I only purchase scrolls, wands, staffs, armor, and shields.'
You sell boots of hardened troll leather for 2 gold, 4 silver to Ralium.

[100][ 93][100](9am)- Sith'a'niel PawnRalium tells you 'I only purchase scrolls, wands, staffs, armor, and shields.'
You sell a helm of hardened troll leather for 2 gold, 3 silver, 2 copper to Ralium.


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You walk west.

Ralium says, 'Greetings! I purchase scrolls, wands, staffs, armor, and shields.'


= less spam.


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 Post subject: Re: This or That
PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:31 pm 
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But... It's more fun to sell so many items that he runs out of energy to respond anymore. Plus, think of all the language practice out of town people are getting.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:07 pm 
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Honestly, this looks like a script bug. He's probably only supposed to tell you that when you try to sell something he doesn't buy.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:03 pm 
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If that's the case, its a problem with every 'pawn shop' NPC in the game.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:17 pm 
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I count 6 NPCs that have the custom script to say "I only purchase the following items: <blah blah>". Likely one builder created a slightly flawed script and five other builders copied it. Only the "looks uninterested" line is part of the game code.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:02 pm 
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Even if this is flawed, it is still helpful.

Without things like this SK becomes really difficult to play without relying on outside information sources.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:46 pm 
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It's a good example of scripting trying to do the work of code. The proper thing to do would have been to ask for it as a feature and then it could be universal across all shopkeepers everywhere AND working correctly.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:41 pm 
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Ralium says, 'Null reference exception'
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:26 pm 
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That's more likely to happen with a script.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:30 pm 
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Dulrik wrote:
It's a good example of scripting trying to do the work of code. The proper thing to do would have been to ask for it as a feature and then it could be universal across all shopkeepers everywhere AND working correctly.


Iirc this was put in place in some areas during a long period of no coding support a few years ago. You were busy with some kind of extended something and just did not have any time to do any code support for the game. This was put in as an aid to make shops a bit more user friendly, rather than just walking from one to the next and hoping you got lucky with the kinds of items it would buy.


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