User talk:TullyMars
Hello! For editing the Armor Up page, you dont need to know about templates. Here's what I was doing when I first started to edit pages:
- I try to find a similar quest page that is complete and organized, preferably given by the same npc. The quest The Brainy Alchemist for example is given by the same npc.
- I click edit to the page I found and copy the contents. Then I click edit to the page I want to edit and paste the contents.
- Then I start to edit the text. I change the parts and titles whenever necessary or delete the ones that are not applicable to the current page.
- I click the Show Preview button to see the preview of the page after each part I edited.
No need to be too cautious about the form of the page since even if something is wrong on the page, Sysops will fix it. I hope this helps. Nimuaq 22:20, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
6,000th Article
The Ruined Tapestry article you created is the 6,000th made on UOGuide. Thanks for helping out. - JC the Builder 17:29, 23 October 2010 (PDT)
Vendors
As you already pointed out, our vendor calculator is outdated and we have to adjust it based on the information you have provided on that page. However, I think we first need to figure out the way it adjusts the prices for some of these "exceptional" items. I first thought it adjusts the price based on the price of the item on an npc vendor, as in, it takes into account the base price of the item on an npc vendor if it is priced less. Unfortunately this doesn't hold for most of the items like artifacts and especially for blackrock stew. Imbuing weight and insurance cost are also dont seem to be related. I'm still trying to figure out how it adjusts the prices of these items that are exceptions. Nimuaq 10:53, 6 June 2011 (PDT)
I love this wiki but am not sure if I should talk to you in this area or your own user talk. Anyways as you said "I'm still trying to figure out how it adjusts the prices of these items that are exceptions." well you and me both lol. I have only found the exceptions here and there. I have found blackrock stew which is 6 gold fee for 0-1499 price and samuels secret sauce which is a 3 gold fee for 0-999 price and I did one small classic boat which I set the vendor fees up by 48 gold which means it will be 48 gold for 0-8499 price, (willing to do some more research when I get a chance). It seems to me these have a "suggested retail price". It looks like the devs expected blackrock stew to be set at 1000 gold, they expected the secret sauce to be sold for 500 gold and they expected the boat to be sold for 8000 gold (not sure if the devs are even aware of the 499 "feature" that allows you to add 499 gold to any item before the vendor fee increases)
I have tried figuring the price on the code for npcs to buy back an item. Which is to pay 75% of the value they sell the item for. Now of interesting note...a small ship deed from the tram vesper docks (Atl) right now is 10177. 75% of 10177 = 7633 (rounded up). If I price out an item for 7633 it will charge 45 gold per day which is close. But close only helps in greater explosion potions (I was going to say handgrenades but thought I'd keep it UO). I'll keep looking and noting exceptions. Anyways, at your service even if you might have to show me around a bit. --TullyMars 13:50, 6 June 2011 (PDT)
Tested interior decorating tool...48 gold vendor fee increase at zero price. Beginning to think if you take the base price (the tram price not the fel faction price) of an item that an npc sells and multiply it by 80% and then figure out the vendor fee you will get the item. That might work for most anything but is most evident on items that have high npc cost-value (over 624 gold)--TullyMars 14:09, 6 June 2011 (PDT)
Update the 80% thing works for Statuette Engraving Tool as well. NPC selling for 1253. 80% of 1253 = 1002 (rounded down). Fee charged for Statuette Engraving Tool at zero price on player vendor = 6 gold. Fee for any item on player vendor priced 1002 gold = 6 gold. --TullyMars 14:16, 6 June 2011 (PDT)
Interesting - thought I'd check commodities to see if it holds true. I put on 1000 iron ingots at zero price and got a 12 vendor fee. I put on 500 ingots at zero price and got a 6 vendor fee. I put on 250 ingots at zero price and got a 3 vendor fee. I put on 247 ingots at zero price and got no vendor fee increase. So seeing as iron ingots have a base price of 8 each that blew my original proposal out of the water. However...I did discover!!! Put an item on the vendor and hit esc and it will tell you of course items can't be set for no sale and it supplies a price!! and this price is supplies is the number used to figure out the vendor fee!!! This is the suggested retail price!!
247 Iron Ingots game/nfs price is 499 gold (2x number of ingots +5)
250 iron ingots game price is 505 gold
500 iron ingots game price is 1005 gold
1000 iron ingots game price is 2005 gold
Interior Decorator Game price is 8002 gold.
Statuette Engraving Price is 1006 gold.
Blackrock Stew price is 1002 gold.
So basically somewhere in that discombulated code is a table of value for these items in case someone tries to put them on for Not For Sale. I'm done researching for the day lol. --TullyMars 14:45, 6 June 2011 (PDT)
- Thanks! I will search it from where you left, we hopefully find something about it that makes some sense. The talk pages are to discuss issues on a page. This discussion is in fact should be on the Vendor article's discussion page but those pages are rarely checked so we can start the discussion anywhere then move the discussion to the specific article's talk page. There are no strict rules about it and JC the Builder often moves discussions to the talk pages of the relevant pages. I started here because the system warns you that you have a message. Thanks again for the info. Nimuaq 15:01, 6 June 2011 (PDT)