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Thread: Next question for the devs... can we get a re-stock button?
Songe wrote:
We've talked about it a few times already.
Good for you! Why has it not been added to a list of questions for the devs then?
Sexatia Ryder
Intrepid Merchant, Artisan, Pistoleer
12BugVendors not appearing on Map after Server Reset
When the server is reset all advertising is removed from the global map. A vendor registers itself with the global map the first time it is loaded. The problem is that it requires someone to go into the room where the vendor is located first. This creates a Catch 22 situation. You can’t advertise globally until someone wanders by and loads your advertising which isn’t likely to happen if there is no way for someone to realize you have a vendor in the first place. Some method to return vendors to the map automatically needs to be put in place.
In the form of a question.. Not sure .. I have read the answers in the past and I'm not too good at wording questions which people can't evade.. Especially trained professionals.
As for the "Vendors not appearing on the map after restart" what is the question? I already know the answer to why it doesn't and they don't have a solution yet..though GreenMarine did suggest a possible solution down the road when I talked to him @ FF.
Message Edited by DocSavag on 07-09-2004 09:23 AM
DocSavag wrote:
As for the "Vendors not appearing on the map after restart" what is the question? I already know the answer to why it doesn't and they don't have a solution yet..though GreenMarine did suggest a possible solution down the road when I talked to him @ FF.
Good enough answer to mypondering. If that's the state of play, no point asking anything about it... There's nothing much more to know, i'll wait for the fix / info update.
Message Edited by DocSavag on 07-09-2004 09:23 AM
Well that's my question answered - 
When the server resets (usually daily but not always) all the vendors fall off the map. They get put back on again as people go into the shops and malls and the vendor loads for the first time. If no one goes into your location it doesn't get back on the map. That is a pain because the point of the global map is to get people to find your store..how can they do that if they have to go there before it gets on the map? That my friends is a Catch-22.
The techincal issue is that the map initialization code must remain with the vendor so unless it gets loaded it can't get on the map. The solution that GreenMarine mused about (and it was just idle talk) was that it should be technically possible to flag certain items for loading at server restart and vendors could be one of them. That isn't likely to happen soon as I'm sure its a major change and there are lots of issues to consider (how it would affect the restart stability being one of them)