[Mod] Vending Machines [1.02] [vendor] - Minetest Commerce

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Vending Machines
The the vending mod adds vending machines and depositing machines (deposit boxes) to Minetest.

Vending and depositing machines allow for players to buy and sell items out of locked chests. A mix of Vending machines and depositing machines can stack with multiple chests to create an automated shop. The machines can even limit how many times they can be used: this can be used to make limited-quantity sales.



The mod is on github, and is now running on mt1.gameboom.net 30000.

Dependencies:
money2 download (replaces money mod)|default

Downloads:
Version 1.02
Version 1.01
Version 1.00

License:
LGPL 2.1 for code
CC-BY 3.0/CC-BY-SA 3.0/GPL 3.0/GPL 2.0 for sounds
LGPL 2.1 for textures

Crafting:
A vending and a depositing machine can be crafted using the following recipes:




This recipe uses wood and steel ingots, and is similar to the locked chest recipe.

Connecting Machines and Chests
Vending machines and locked chests can be stacked together in any order, as long as the machines and chests all stack in a line. You can even hide your chests from your customers by embedding them in a wall or the floor. A stack of machines looks like this:


Configuring a machine:
To configure a machine, right click on the machine. A dialog box will open up. You must enter 3 numbers to configure the machine. The first number is the number of items to sell, the second number is the price to sell them at, and the third number is the sale limit. Set the third number to 0 to make an unlimited machine. The machines will search for connected locked chests, and will sell the first type of item found in them.


Using a Machine
Hold your cursor over the machine to see what it is selling, and for how much money. To use the machine, you must simply punch the box. If it is properly configured, and both parties have enough money, space, and inventory, then you will make a purchase.

[Topywo]

Tried it off-line, tried negative numbers etc... Works smoothly.

Great!

[Phirebolter]

Great mod, but there is a glitch, on the depositing machine it says buy instead of sell.

[Phirebolter]

Whoops, my bad, lol, I got confused, not a glitch.

[YouKingGameTube]

Wow .. good

[cornernote]

added pull request - provide a formspec form for entering sales info
[img]http:///cornernote.net/minetest/screenshots/screenshot_2342342.png[/img]

[cornernote]

request - would like to see the inventory in the machine, so that i can buy/sell by dragging/dropping into the machine itself

that way you won't need 2 machines, could even setup multiple items at different prices

[Bad_Command_]

added pull request - provide a formspec form for entering sales info

Nice work cornernote, I've incoporated the changes and released a new version. Thanks!

[Bad_Command_]

Ver. 1.02 released. It fixes some minor bugs with sounds and messages.

[keyxmakerx]

Any upcoming updates in the future maybe? There are alot of mods that still use this one. I'd like to see it get some new features that the other money currently has like admin only and such.

[NiQo]

I have a suggestion for a little modification to allow vendor/deposidor one beside the other. That not change for use that users have (for what i see) and improves the possibilities.


in vendor.lua, line 344, change vendor.is_traversable and vendor.neighboring_nodes

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vendor.is_traversable = function(pos, name) 
    local node = minetest.env:get_node_or_nil(pos)
    if ( node == nil ) then
        return false
    end
    for i=1,#vendor.traversable_node_types do
        if (node.name == vendor.traversable_node_types[i] and node.name ~= name) then
            return true
        end
    end
    return false
end

vendor.neighboring_nodes = function(pos) 
    local node = minetest.env:get_node_or_nil(pos)
    local check = {{x=pos.x+1, y=pos.y, z=pos.z},
        {x=pos.x-1, y=pos.y, z=pos.z},
        {x=pos.x, y=pos.y+1, z=pos.z},
        {x=pos.x, y=pos.y-1, z=pos.z},
        {x=pos.x, y=pos.y, z=pos.z+1},
        {x=pos.x, y=pos.y, z=pos.z-1}}
    local trav = {}
    for i=1,#check do
        if vendor.is_traversable(check[i], node.name) then
            trav[#trav+1] = check[i]
        end
    end
    return trav        
end

[BrunoMine]

I have a suggestion!
The market has many such machines.
The problem is that I need to put a sample block above the machine.
The machine has two units high. with the third block is very high.
It would be better if there was a third machine.
A machine sale and purchase.
So the player to access this machine, you can choose to buy or sell!
The problem is that it would take the simple model in which atuamente buying or selling items.
It's great fun simply hit the machine.
Another sigestão!
A board could follow this mod. A plate showing the item that sells the machine. A frame which shows whether it has to be inserted. This board should also have an arrow (pointer) to somewhere.
This mod is very good!

[fairiestoy]

I have a suggestion for a little modification to allow vendor/deposidor one beside the other. That not change for use that users have (for what i see) and improves the possibilities.


in vendor.lua, line 344, change vendor.is_traversable and vendor.neighboring_nodes

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code sample

Since this mod seems not to be updated since a year, here the version with the changes of NiQo as well as a new node which allows a user to buy mesecon signals. This might be usefull to allow exclusive access to areas or similiar (makes only sense on server with protection mods, or trustful players)

Repo Link
Download Link

brunob.santos:
unfortunately i didn't really get what your suggestion is, otherwise i would have made another branch of it. Try to explain a bit more detailed what you meant and the changes might be available then.

[LuxAtheris]

So how do you earn money here?

[Krock]

So how do you earn money here?

3 months ago was last post..
Anyway,

1) set up vending machine with locked chest below
2) configure it
3) other players should slap it
4) look into your /money
5) see it you have more than before

[LuxAtheris]

Ohh,but is there a way to earn money by killing mobs?

[balthazariv]

Hello,

This mod looks abandoned and does not work on 0.4.10 minetest.
I have this error.

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15:10:24: ERROR[main]: ========== ERROR FROM LUA ===========
15:10:24: ERROR[main]: Failed to load and run script from 
15:10:24: ERROR[main]: L:\Minetest\minetest - Copie\bin\..\mods\vendor\init.lua:
15:10:24: ERROR[main]: cannot open L:\Minetest\minetest - Copie\bin\..\mods\vendor\init.lua: No such file or directory
15:10:24: ERROR[main]: ======= END OF ERROR FROM LUA ========
15:10:24: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run L:\Minetest\minetest - Copie\bin\..\mods\vendor\init.lua
15:10:24: ERROR[main]: ModError: ModError: Failed to load and run L:\Minetest\minetest - Copie\bin\..\mods\vendor\init.lua

Can anyone make a correction?

Thanks

[Topywo]

Hello,

I have this error.

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15:10:24: ERROR[main]: cannot open L:\Minetest\minetest - Copie\bin\..\mods\vendor\init.lua: No such file or directory

- Strange, because in the download, there is a init.lua file.
- Did you also install the dependency money2 ?

[balthazariv]

- Strange, because in the download, there is a init.lua file.
- Did you also install the dependency money2 ?

no I had not seen. I'm sorry.
I just did a search on the forum and I can not find this mod "Money2." where can I find

Thanks

[Topywo]

No need to be sorry and you're welcome.

There's a working link to money2 in the first post of this thread (click download, under dependencies):
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3039&p=151018#p42352

[balthazariv]

Hello,

I understand when extracting the file should not just rename "vendor-master" to "vendor" but take the "vendor" folder that is still inside.

Thanks

[erwin.maximilian]

Here is a patch for fairiestoy's version.
So signal vendor now works witch recent mesecons version.