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General SMFShop Discussion / Request: Expiring Unused Items

« on: June 15, 2007, 06:44:20 pm »

Perhaps for a future edition, it would be nice to have the option to create items which expire after a certain date, e.g. June 15, or after so many days, e.g. 30 days after purchase.

I might be able to do this by putting a date check in the item's onUse function (if date > June 15, return expiration message) but rather than a true "self-destruct" the item will simply sit until its used unsuccessfully. It would be nice if the item simply blinked out of existence.

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Items / REQUEST: Buy ads (or other special messages)

« on: June 01, 2007, 10:25:48 am »

Dear all:

I am looking to set up a political RPG, in which members debate and then campaign and vote. Because politics (at least American politics) revolves around money, I would like to use the shop mod to do "campaign finance."

I would like my members be able to buy banner ads with their credits or some other item that would allow them to put out a splashy campaign message to the other members. The only built-in mod that roughly approximates what I want is the "sticky topic" item. But a "sticky topic" isn't really splashy enough, IMHO.