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General SMFShop Discussion / Virtual Pets Item...when?

« on: July 29, 2006, 06:01:00 pm »

Hi

just wantd to ask...any news on when the virtual pets item whch was in development is coming?

its been a long while now ...so had to ask

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General SMFShop Discussion / A new idea - for a new rep system using shop

« on: May 31, 2006, 08:56:42 am »

ok

this may be silly or people may really love it....but i personally think its a good idea, so here it is:

Main Idea

A rep system based on the amount of money you spend in the shop.

Ofcourse the money itself represents the amount of posts you make  - unless uve been stealing credits or gambling like me lol.

So this is what happens:

In the post profile is an IMAGE ITEM composed of small "pips" or "stars" or "bullets"

In the database a new "rep coloum" is added to keep record of your changes ofcourse

This will not be linked to Karma - cos honestly i think karma system really sucks anways :p

These pips increase or change in color to reflect change after you buy new stuff in the shop.
- Wether for yourself
- wether to give others gifts

giving people items via ITEM TRANSFER should not affect your "reputation" - but rather its the amount of money u spend in the shop since this would be a little more realistic representation of how active you are.

So for items ideas:
- unique items -> very very expensive and only 1 or 2 in stock at most but give a huge gain in rep for uying it
- rare items --> expensive but give a large boost to rep
- magic items --> have random effect, can lessen or increase
- mysterious items ---> have random effect, can lessen or increase
- medium items --> give medium boost to rep
- low level / cheap items --> give a small boost to rep
- Dafault items ---> like flag, change style, etc, give rep depending on price

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so what do u guys think of this idea?

it will add a whole new "game" to your forum since people will want to post more and more so they can make more money to buy more things
And this way having a lot of "items which dont really do anything - decorative items" will also make sence like:

- Crystal ball of Grand Magi - Price: 400 - Rare Item - Increases Rep by 50
- Steel Sword - Normal Item - Price: 30 -  gives 2 rep points
- Titanium Sword - Normal Item - Price: 80 -  gives 5 reps

so on and so forth...ofcourse the above example only uses the "diablo style" items which include swords, armour, ec etc
But people can easily modify the titles to make it into for example: Harry Potter Theme with stuff like that
Or even Hello Kitty theme or whatever depending on the type of images you have and your ideas

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Alternative version: - a little more complicated

Instead of Pips we could also have a small "person" figure in the persons profile
Now there would have to be a LOt of images made for this one and can only be themed for individual styles like "diablo" or "harry Potter"

So you go buy clothes for your person - who is initially dressed in their underwear lol - giving people more incentive to start posting and earning credits

If you buy a coat - the image changes to a person wearing that coat
There can be many types of coats - green - silk- red - cotton

There can be body armour
swords
hats
and a lot of other items

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and thats the idea

i know it must be complicated but i know its do-able

so i really hope u guys like it and sooner or later someone will take it up since even though i get ideas but im the worse ever at coding :p

the end

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General SMFShop Discussion / Item to change users color name - how ?

« on: May 29, 2006, 08:05:32 am »

ok this is a really simple one but i just cant figure it out lol

how can i create new items to change the users color next to the post?

can someone tell me what css code to use for -- red -- green -- purple?

thanks

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General SMFShop Discussion / Users Online Listing (How to display someone is in the shop - Tutorial)

« on: May 25, 2006, 10:33:50 pm »

Well the title really says it all...

I just wanted to know which files I would need to edit to show when viewing "users online" on SMF that someone was in the Shop ?

Currently it just says "Unknown Action"

Thanks

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General SMFShop Discussion / My Ideas for SMF Shop Mod

« on: May 25, 2006, 06:00:27 pm »

Hi 

I have a couple of ideas which I hope you guys will like and decide to develop.

They are as follows:

Membermap Item
This would be compatible with google membermap mod available at SMF - so that IF a user puts their pin on the membermap they can gain a certain number of credits. It would benefit a forum system so that more members are encouraged to post their pins on the map, so it dosent look empty.

Alternatively - a user could instead buy a pin to place on the member map (and there could be a range of images available for use on the map)

Signature Purchase
Here we can have 3 options:
i) A user can purchase the allowance to have a signature to begin with (by default they cant have signatures)
ii) A user can purchase the ability to also include an image in their signature (as opposed to a plain text signature)
iii) Finally a user can additionally add a link to their signature

Arcade
A member here can either purchase the access to arcade
OR
A member earns points for getting a highscroe in the arcade
This ofcourse would have to be compatible with SMF Arcade mod available in SMF

Additional  Profile Custom Items
Just like the cool flags already available and the pets being worked on - a member could buy other items as well like a "transport" scoter, plane, car all cost a bit different.
OR
Even buy Icons with cool slogans or religion icons or other such sort of icons

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These are all the suggestions I have. I hope they will help you make this mod even better for future releases

Aku 

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General SMFShop Discussion / Shop Item: Change Display Name CSS -> Install Error

« on: May 25, 2006, 05:48:15 pm »

Hi

Finally I got around to installing everything and its really great Thanks

Everything installed fine except this lil guy so I wanted to ask how to do a manual install for it?

The error I am getting is in:

2.     Execute Modification     ./Sources/Load.php     Test failed

  Aku