Chef Archive

1. The vendor search was added as a new bazaar tab, so there is still separation between bazaar sales and vendor sales. You can see a screenshot of the new interface here.


2. Remote delivery is not included. You can buy an item from the bazaar, but you must go pick it up.


3. Prices are not listed on the main results listing. You can, however, see the item prices by going into the item details. This does mean that a customer won't be able to do a "sort by price" and pick the lowest, they have to dig for it.


4. Search results includes any entrance fee on the shop to reduce griefing possibilities (although I suppose you could still purchase something from a shop that has banned you).

My main concern with the new global search is category organization. 99% of food and drinks will be stuck in "Factory crates" along with crates of powerups, stims, slicing tools, etc. 90% of loot stuff will be in "Misc -> Generic items". I was really hoping for an actual query system where I could type "Agitator motor" into a text box and get back a listing of vendors having one for sale.

Yea the loot and factory crate thing is gonna be a bugger.

Although milk will be easier to find now.

Message Edited by Osrid on 03-15-2005 10:36 AM

Still a very handy addition though. The interface may not be perfect but it beats running round to loads of vendors, well I suspect it will. Can't wait for it to hit live.

I think the factory crate thing is gonna be a problem.

Last time I checked (this morning) on TC, there were 1500+ listings for all kinds of factory crates. Imagine the number to wade through on a live server. I think most customers are going to stick with their usual dependable chefs, rather than try to find what they want in that morass. Which is actually great for the good chefs who stock well and were worried about price undercutting. Bad though if you are trying to open up your market to more people.

Time to exducated the masses on where factory crates are.