03-04-2008, 07:51 PM
(03-04-2008, 10:24 AM)Peter link Wrote: Pretty nice, I like that. As for GUI subjects, I'd like to keep that as limited as possible, probably only for administrators.Yeah, I was thinking the GUI would only be an option for admins when creating/modifying props. Since the main interaction players have is a simple "buy" or "sell" command, a GUI would be needless overkill.
Quote: Would be quite fancy if you would be able to choose icons as well as various options (properties only available for regular members, donators, based on your in-game time or other statistics) which can be modified using dropdown/combo boxes.Icon choice is an interesting idea and is similar to an odd thought I had last night. SA already has both green and blue house icons. One potential use for these is to have props marked with the green icon if they are buyable (unowned or owned more than 10 mins) and the blue icon if they are not (owned less than 10 mins or perhaps disabled). Haven't really considered how monitoring the state and switching icons will impact server performance though; it was just something that popped into my head. For "custom" icons that don't change, that is certainly something worth considering and shouldn't be at all hard to implement.
As for limited-access props, do we want to support a "level" system (e.g. donators are higher level than regulars so they can buy anything marked for them and also anything marked for regulars) or a flag system (e.g. prop X can be bought only by "regulars", prop Y only by "donators", prop Z by both)? The latter is obviously more flexible but also a bit more complicated.