This was weird....

Where to? (?=Help) S

You walk past row after row of space ships, most of them are shiny
and brand new, but some show signs of wear and use. You even recognize
a few of the registration names on some of the older ships. Apparently
they have used as well as new ships for sale here.

You have 1,000,000,000 credits.
Your option (?) ? B


You find a salesperson and ask about buying a new ship.

Welcome to the 'yards', you want to trade in that old ship? Yes
"Your ship is in decent shape."
"Here's what we'll offer for it":

Ship Hull Value : 8,999
Ship Holds Value : 42,956
Main Drive Value : 899
Computer Value : 18,269
Fighters : 359,999
===========
Trade-in Value : 431,122

Still interested ? Yes

Which ship are you interested in (?=List) ?

Merchant Cruiser 41,300
[b] Scout Marauder 15,950
Missile Frigate 100,800
BattleShip 88,500
Corporate FlagShip 177,500
Colonial Transport 178,000
CargoTran 51,950
Merchant Freighter 33,400
[i] Imperial StarShip 329,000
Denobulan Hornet 79,000
StarMaster 61,300
T'Khasi Orion 42,250
Tholian Sentinel 47,500
Taurean Mule 63,600

To Leave

Which ship are you interested in (?=List) ?
Ship Category #9 Ship Class : Imperial StarShip

The cost for one of those is 329,000
Want to buy it? Yes
What do you want to name this ship? (30 chars)
test
Do you want to set a password for this ship? (Y/N) No
You can not afford it!
You have 1,000,000,000 credits.
Your option (?) ?

quote:
This was weird....

Where to? (?=Help) S

You walk past row after row of space ships, most of them are shiny
and brand new, but some show signs of wear and use. You even recognize
a few of the registration names on some of the older ships. Apparently
they have used as well as new ships for sale here.

You have 1,000,000,000 credits.
Your option (?) ? B


You find a salesperson and ask about buying a new ship.

Welcome to the 'yards', you want to trade in that old ship? Yes
"Your ship is in decent shape."
"Here's what we'll offer for it":

Ship Hull Value : 8,999
Ship Holds Value : 42,956
Main Drive Value : 899
Computer Value : 18,269
Fighters : 359,999
===========
Trade-in Value : 431,122

Still interested ? Yes

Which ship are you interested in (?=List) ?

Merchant Cruiser 41,300
[b] Scout Marauder 15,950
Missile Frigate 100,800
BattleShip 88,500
Corporate FlagShip 177,500
Colonial Transport 178,000
CargoTran 51,950
Merchant Freighter 33,400
[i] Imperial StarShip 329,000
Denobulan Hornet 79,000
StarMaster 61,300
T'Khasi Orion 42,250
Tholian Sentinel 47,500
Taurean Mule 63,600

To Leave

Which ship are you interested in (?=List) ?
Ship Category #9 Ship Class : Imperial StarShip

The cost for one of those is 329,000
Want to buy it? Yes
What do you want to name this ship? (30 chars)
test
Do you want to set a password for this ship? (Y/N) No
You can not afford it!
You have 1,000,000,000 credits.
Your option (?) ?





Weird .. Your carrying too many credits on you probably .. deposit 500k in the bank and try again ..



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That was on a test server. 1 billion credits is the max you can carry, so something in the code is incorrect which causes the game to think you have less money than you really do with amounts over a billion.

This probably isn't a very serious issue, but since I saw it thought I would mention it.

Theres a perfectly good explnation!

Your trade in value is 431,122, but the ISS only costs 329,000
so buying the ISS would put you over 1bil. This has been noted before on these very forums and it was suggested that instead of the game telling you that you cannot afford it it should rather tell you something else like you have to much money to sell the old ship or something. hmmm apparently no such action has yet been taken, and I can't see that it has any kind of priority as you could just buy the new ship without selling the old one. Further...if your playing a real game and your carrying around 1bil your just stoopid!



Edited by - phx on March 09 2002 3:15:37 PM

>PHX
>Further...if your playing a real game and your carrying around 1bil >your just stoopid!

Well sometimes I like to put on my world ssm script before I go on spring break. SO when I get back I will check my player and he will usually have a billion credits. So as you can see I have no choice but to carry it around.

Seriously though, it just seems strange that you can have "too much money", and that it would prevent you from buying a new ship.

quote:
>PHX
>Further...if your playing a real game and your carrying around 1bil >your just stoopid!

Well sometimes I like to put on my world ssm script before I go on spring break. SO when I get back I will check my player and he will usually have a billion credits. So as you can see I have no choice but to carry it around.

Seriously though, it just seems strange that you can have "too much money", and that it would prevent you from buying a new ship.




1 bil? The game should be long done before you even reach that amount. It sounds like a good hypethical question but I doubt if a fix will be forthcoming. Anyone with a Bil has room to complain? Not in real life or in any game I would think.

Seriously, it's not a real problem in my mind. Any group of players that allows you to keep any part of that Bundle can't call themselves much of a player. Let me know where you can play that type of game. It's one I won't play since it way too easy.



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quote:
1 bil? The game should be long done before you even reach that amount. It sounds like a good hypethical question but I doubt if a fix will be forthcoming. Anyone with a Bil has room to complain? Not in real life or in any game I would think.

Seriously, it's not a real problem in my mind. Any group of players that allows you to keep any part of that Bundle can't call themselves much of a player. Let me know where you can play that type of game. It's one I won't play since it way too easy.


Stock, 5 players, 3 red, 2 blue, 650 turn, mbbs on ... 3 months ..



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