Merchant Archive
Thread: How come we cant change the name of our vendors??
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WarHero1016
Sat Apr 24, 2004 11:53 pm
#1
I find this extremely annoying myself. For example I have a vendor names resources because I used to sell only resources on that vendor, but now I want to sell stuff like weapons armor and powerups on it. The only way I can have a vendor with a new name is to clean it out and set up a new one, which isnt even realy an option since the vendor is way to full of stuff to do that. We should be able to just change the name and thats that. I cant see why that would be a problem to implement into the game.
warrenowen
Sun Apr 25, 2004 6:04 am
#2
It is a pain, but on the list of things wrong with Merchant and Vendors it isn't a top priority in my opinion. You can work around it, you can remove the stuff you have from the vendor, and create a new vendor. I think most people here would live with that as it provides a deterrent for the person who has dropped his merchant skills and can't recreate a vendor. At least only merchants can work around the problem, lapsed Merchants cannot, and for that it is almost a blessing.
Olanthe
Sun Apr 25, 2004 7:49 am
#3
In beta, vendors had a "change name" option in the radial just like structures. Near the end of beta a bug or exploit was found (I forget the exact problem but it was pretty involved), and they didn't have time to track down and fix the issue before launch, so they simply removed the option and said they'd fix it later. Of course these many months later that STILL hasn't happened. 
Personally I can deal with the restocking issue (it helps if you have more than one vendor slot open and can place the second before deleting the first). What bugs me about having to delete and re-create to change the name, is losing my place on the planetary map list and starting over at the bottom.
Naufragus
Sun Apr 25, 2004 2:40 pm
#4
it causes real database problems
when you register the vendor it enters the name and location into the database...which is why you cant move them either...
then every item gets stamped with this code
at the end of beta they also corrected some names --- some are still messed up though.....some listed AH as Toche...i think moenia was named something highlands....but when they made the change its caused so many problems...many items just went into limbo...same thing happens when ever they change an items catagory
maybe if they had a better database or people who knew how to manage it
LLJK_Griz
Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:43 am
#5
Naufragus wrote:
it causes real database problems
when you register the vendor it enters the name and location into the database...which is why you cant move them either...
then every item gets stamped with this code
if that's actually how it works, that's the worst database programming ever
Eliss
Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:27 am
#6
LLJK_Griz wrote:
Naufragus wrote:
it causes real database problems
when you register the vendor it enters the name and location into the database...which is why you cant move them either...
then every item gets stamped with this code
if that's actually how it works, that's the worst database programming ever
/agree
DocSavag
Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:43 am
#7
Eliss wrote:
LLJK_Griz wrote:
Naufragus wrote:
it causes real database problems
when you register the vendor it enters the name and location into the database...which is why you cant move them either...
then every item gets stamped with this code
if that's actually how it works, that's the worst database programming ever
/agree
Nah..I"ve written way worse database code than that.
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