[Mod] Currency and economy [currency][0.1]
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[Mod] Currency and economy [currency][0.1]
Currency and Economy mod
Provides shops, barter tables, safes, and three denominations of currency, called "Minegeld".
License: WTFPL
Dependencies: default/nothing specific.
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Screenshots:
The basic unit of currency, called Minegeld.
A barter table. Each party to the trade places items at one side or the other in the upper part of the table. Press "start" to begin the exchange.
Similar to a barter table, but automated.
A safe - basically a locked chest with a different texture.
Provides shops, barter tables, safes, and three denominations of currency, called "Minegeld".
License: WTFPL
Dependencies: default/nothing specific.
Download: See below
Screenshots:
The basic unit of currency, called Minegeld.
A barter table. Each party to the trade places items at one side or the other in the upper part of the table. Press "start" to begin the exchange.
Similar to a barter table, but automated.
A safe - basically a locked chest with a different texture.
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Brief update- barter table and tweaked Minegeld texture.
EDIT: If you downloaded version 2, try again,I corrected the Mg texture (again)
EDIT: If you downloaded version 2, try again,I corrected the Mg texture (again)
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Instead of having all your money stored in a file the admin can edit, you keep your money somewhere in a safe or something and the admin can't just open a file and set your money to -400 or something.jin_xi wrote:wut?Dan Duncombe wrote:This is a money mod that is different to the others, because it uses actual craftitem money, meaning admins can't fiddle with your accounts in some file somewhere.
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O RLY?Dan Duncombe wrote:Instead of having all your money stored in a file the admin can edit, you keep your money somewhere in a safe or something and the admin can't just open a file and set your money to -400 or something.
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The admin could open your player file and remove any money in your inventory or sacks. An admin wanting to mess with their players enough to edit their money file probably wouldn't have a problem "worldediting" your chests full of money out of existence either.Dan Duncombe wrote: Instead of having all your money stored in a file the admin can edit, you keep your money somewhere in a safe or something
and the admin can't just open a file and set your money to -400 or something.
This does seem like a cool mod though. If I were you I would increase the stack_max on currency:minegeld, so you could carry more than 99 minegeld in one inventory slot. At the default stack_max of 99 if somebody wanted to sell something for 100,000 minegeld that would require 1010 inventory slots full of minegeld.
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To do this do I just add stack_max = 100000, or stack_max = "100000",BrandonReese wrote:The admin could open your player file and remove any money in your inventory or sacks. An admin wanting to mess with their players enough to edit their money file probably wouldn't have a problem "worldediting" your chests full of money out of existence either.Dan Duncombe wrote: Instead of having all your money stored in a file the admin can edit, you keep your money somewhere in a safe or something
and the admin can't just open a file and set your money to -400 or something.
This does seem like a cool mod though. If I were you I would increase the stack_max on currency:minegeld, so you could carry more than 99 minegeld in one inventory slot. At the default stack_max of 99 if somebody wanted to sell something for 100,000 minegeld that would require 1010 inventory slots full of minegeld.
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Yeah so your craftitem definition would beDan Duncombe wrote:To do this do I just add stack_max = 100000, or stack_max = "100000",
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minetest.register_craftitem("currency:minegeld", {
description = "Mine-Geld",
inventory_image = "minegeld.png",
stack_max = 100000
})
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Thanks. 'parently the max stack limit is 65535BrandonReese wrote:Yeah so your craftitem definition would beDan Duncombe wrote:To do this do I just add stack_max = 100000, or stack_max = "100000",
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minetest.register_craftitem("currency:minegeld", { description = "Mine-Geld", inventory_image = "minegeld.png", stack_max = 100000 })
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basic income
This adds a basic income of 1 Minegeld per Minetest-day. It only gets payed if the player digs something within this day. This is to prevent people just joining and standing arround.
p.s. It would be nice to see this mod on a server.
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players_income = {}
local timer = 0
minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
timer = timer + dtime;
if timer >= 720 then --720 for one day
timer = 0
for _,player in ipairs(minetest.get_connected_players()) do
local name = player:get_player_name()
if players_income[name] == nil then
players_income[name] = 0
end
players_income[name] = 1
print("[currency] basic income for "..name.."")
end
end
end)
minetest.register_on_dignode(function(pos, oldnode, digger)
if not digger then return end
local name = digger:get_player_name()
if players_income[name] == nil then
players_income[name] = 0
end
if players_income[name] > 0 then
count = players_income[name]
local inv = digger:get_inventory()
inv:add_item("main", {name="currency:minegeld", count=count})
players_income[name] = 0
print("[currency] added basic income for "..name.." to inventory")
end
end)
I like that part.Dan Duncombe wrote:1) The exchange shop. [...] This system means you can also trade other items
p.s. It would be nice to see this mod on a server.
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Wow, thanks.Adding now! Does it cause a crash if the person's inventory is full?Casimir wrote:basic income
This adds a basic income of 1 Minegeld per Minetest-day. It only gets payed if the player digs something within this day. This is to prevent people just joining and standing arround.
p.s. It would be nice to see this mod on a server.
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Okay,thanks loadsCasimir wrote:No. But the money does not get added.Dan Duncombe wrote:Does it cause a crash if the person's inventory is full?
PS: How do I change the amount given?
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Added variables for this.
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players_income = {}
local amount = 1
local time = 720
-- per time grant each player amount of money
local timer = 0
minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
timer = timer + dtime;
if timer >= time then --720 for one day
timer = 0
for _,player in ipairs(minetest.get_connected_players()) do
local name = player:get_player_name()
if players_income[name] == nil then
players_income[name] = 0
end
players_income[name] = amount
print("[currency] basic income for "..name.."")
end
end
end)
-- when diging pay off the granted amount of money
minetest.register_on_dignode(function(pos, oldnode, digger)
if not digger then return end
local name = digger:get_player_name()
if players_income[name] == nil then
players_income[name] = 0
end
if players_income[name] > 0 then
count = players_income[name]
local inv = digger:get_inventory()
inv:add_item("main", {name="currency:minegeld", count=count})
players_income[name] = 0
print("[currency] added basic income for "..name.." to inventory")
end
end)
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Update- 0.3
Texture for Minegeld is fixed
Barter table has an inventory image texture
You get a basic income of 1 Minegeld per day, so long as you dig at least 1 node per day- this (helps to) prevent people just logging on a getting money for being AFK
Money can now be stacked up to 30,000
Texture for Minegeld is fixed
Barter table has an inventory image texture
You get a basic income of 1 Minegeld per day, so long as you dig at least 1 node per day- this (helps to) prevent people just logging on a getting money for being AFK
Money can now be stacked up to 30,000
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Update 0.4:
- New Minegeld Texture
- Added craftable stacks of 5 and 10 Minegelds
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Just remove the crafting code for each item then.brunob.santos wrote:I want it uncraftable.
I do not want the players to assemble.
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Oh and also, update to V0.5
New: Income can also be gained when nodes are placed, as well as dug.
New: Income can also be gained when nodes are placed, as well as dug.
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I see that you changed the shop and safe textures.brunob.santos wrote:I made some changes! Looks good!
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(Note: the following is only making a subtle change in the actual game play and is at this state just theoretical, but it is an important step to my longterm goal of enabling unmoderated but beautiful servers.)
I stated that I will invent ways to do both, a demurrage and a basic income for the currency. Income is already done, and just now I had the idea on how to make something to partly replace the need of a demurrage.
The major reason here* is inflation of the income. The income is created out of nothing, so within time there will be so much money in use that the little that is given as an income has nearly no value left. That would make the basic income useless in the fist place. The consequence is, we need some of the money to disappear.
The solution to this is a protector node, that protects a certain area (like this one but simpler) and needs money as fuel. The money it uses up just disappears and when it is used up the area becomes available to public again. But you are able to refill it any time.
This causes every player to have a guaranteed amount of land they can own (because of the income they will always have some money, and can claim some land). It also limits the total amount of land that can be owned (because the total amount of new money is limited by the number of players). And prevents big areas to be claimed and abundant forever.
* There is also the attempt to encourage the usage of the currency through the demurrage and thereby prevent hoarding money.
I stated that I will invent ways to do both, a demurrage and a basic income for the currency. Income is already done, and just now I had the idea on how to make something to partly replace the need of a demurrage.
The major reason here* is inflation of the income. The income is created out of nothing, so within time there will be so much money in use that the little that is given as an income has nearly no value left. That would make the basic income useless in the fist place. The consequence is, we need some of the money to disappear.
The solution to this is a protector node, that protects a certain area (like this one but simpler) and needs money as fuel. The money it uses up just disappears and when it is used up the area becomes available to public again. But you are able to refill it any time.
This causes every player to have a guaranteed amount of land they can own (because of the income they will always have some money, and can claim some land). It also limits the total amount of land that can be owned (because the total amount of new money is limited by the number of players). And prevents big areas to be claimed and abundant forever.
* There is also the attempt to encourage the usage of the currency through the demurrage and thereby prevent hoarding money.
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That is not entirely true. Income is - at least with this mod - generated when a player digs or places something for the first time each MT day. There is no money given if the player is not logged in or does not dig or place anything. So it is no more or less created out of nothing than anything else withhin the game.Casimir wrote: The income is created out of nothing
Many ideas sound good at first but do not work out or are even harmful when applied. This way of protecting land has one major drawback: The income will be activity-based (players have to log in and dig/place something), while the land will get unowned after some fixed timespan. Players will have to log in and pointlessly dig/place nodes regulary just to maintain their property. Again, under rl circumstances, that's necessary for most types of property. But MT is not rl. It's a game people play in their spare time for fun.Casimir wrote: The solution to this is a protector node, that protects a certain area (like this one but simpler) and needs money as fuel. The money it uses up just disappears and when it is used up the area becomes available to public again. But you are able to refill it any time.
Plus protection is not really the same as property. Protection mods exist as a defence against griefers who would otherwise pointlessly destroy other peoples buildings just because they can or steal material that looks intresting to them. Protection mods fascilitate the work of moderators because they don't have to constantly worry which building got griefed today and who needs to be rolled back. Protection mods help against players who do not follow the rules. The second - albeit minor - advantage of protection mods is that you can see more easily who built what.
To me, everyone needs to get as much land as the player can fill with halfway decent buildings. In the end, neither land, buildings (selling buildings is utterly pointless) nor materials (stored in a chest) have any real value. The only value lies in the fun you have while playing, and the fun visitors have while looking at the buildings and enjoying the sight.
That doesn't mean there can't be trade. Trade usually happens if someone has something someone else would like to have. It happens quite often that for a particular building one has in mind the own storage of the desired material turns out to be too short. That's when trade comes in.
On Redcrabs server, Mese and steel ingots act as some kind of "currency": If you don't need anything specific right now but have a potential customer, some Mese or steel can't hurt - it can be used for many purposes later on.
Servers that have technic installed are usually on an inofficial copper base (copper lumps/ingots = money) due to the high amounts of copper the technic machines require. This is mostly true for Vanessas survival server. Copper is required to generate new technic playthings, while for money...you won't get much (nobody sells much of any intrest for minegeld). So minegeld is kind of like the money in the DDR used to be - it exists, it's somehow money, but the really intresting things require hard cash. Plus minegeld pretty soon becomes unhandy (Stack of 5000 MG? And want to buy something for 100 MG? Good luck.). The barter tables of this mod are fine because they allow to trade combinations of goods. The disadvantage is that you have to store what you want to trade on each side - that binds money (needed as a price indicator) and the goods (the sample item can't be sold); you can't offer some goods in return for something you need and don't have yet.
The best solution to the money problem in my eyes is the one used on linuxgaming.us: You get 100 credits for a stack of cobble and can buy land close to spawn for incredibly high amounts of money. Plus there are admin shops selling items that are not available through normal gampelay (wool, dyes, shops, ...). Normal mining is a source of income, while getting land close to spawn (=easy/fast to reach) and some building materials is a one-time money sink. That balances each other out fine.
Then there's the landrush server, where new players are a source of income (ca. 10 gold ingots worth), and where further money can be obtained through converting gold and silver into money (kind of like an admin shop that buys them). The server has the advantage of a huge player base - which is very good for trade. The disadvantage is that most players have so much money they literally don't know anymore what to do with it. While on the other side, money is not really necessarry - you can obtain everything on your own.
There are at least two testing servers out there who have a diffrent mapgen - MG nore and Dan's Realtest - both of which do not generate ores in the usual way. MG nore creates veins of the usual ores (so you may easily end up with tons of mese but without enough coal and iron and totally without ore xyz that you're in need of), while the Realtest mapgen creates deposits of ores far apart from each other. The frequency and amount of ores was changed recently, but with the original distribution, the "you get everything everywhere if you just dig a bit" way of obtaining changed to "got some stacks of xyz - but nothing else" - which is excellent to encourage trade. At least if there are enough players. With too few of them or in singleplayer, it would simply lead to frustration.
And please don't worry about more money beeing around. That's ok - players explore the map, dig building material up, produce buildings - the server grows. Money helps to fascilitate the trade of building materials and may be fun on its own (i.e. when buying a pie or a bread). Making some materials more difficult to obtain can encourage trade. RL time based rents of land do not fit in here.
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