I’m 90% of the way there. I have buy_category being called from the shop json file in lua, and passed to the js file accessable as this.get('model.data.buy_category). The problem is when I set a var to that in _buildSellPalette (shop_bulletin_dialog.js), the script is run before the model.data.buy_category has be set or initilized or something(never worked with ember before), and end up with an empty var.
I’m at a loss now. I know php, and can hack my way though javascript and jquery most of the time, so maybe there’s an easier way, or something I’m just blatently missing?
I’ve noticed that the first time _updateSellableItems runs, the ember model hasn’t been set yet, and then it is the second time, but _buildSellPalette only runs once.
Maybe @yshan @Drotten or @Moai can point me in the right direction?
Update
Well, I’ve abandoned the javascript route for now, I’ll revisit that at some point later with fresh eyes. So instead of making items I don’t want the trader to be able to buy disappear from the list (idealy how it should work) I have figured out how to block the sale for now in shop.lua.
Added to function Shop:sell_item(uri, quantity)
--Dale's additions
--Checks if there is a buy category in the shop json file, and only allows the trader to buy items if the category is the same
local fail = true
if self._sv.options.buys and self._sv.options.buys.category then
print("You're selling: ", sellable_items.category)
for key,buys in pairs(self._sv.options.buys.category) do
print("Trader buys: ", buys)
if sellable_items.category == buys then
fail = false
end
end
end
--Now checks if trade can buy uris
if self._sv.options.buys and self._sv.options.buys.uris then
print("You're selling: ", sellable_items.uri)
for key,buys in pairs(self._sv.options.buys.uris) do
print("Trader buys: ", buys)
if sellable_items.uri == buys then
fail = false
end
end
end
--Let sale go through if no restrictions
if not self._sv.options.buys then
fail = false
end
--Sale fails if does not meet trader restrictions
if fail then
print("Sale Failed") -- Figure out how to show an alert to user.
print("")
return false
end
I figured out that the options table was created with the contents of inventory in the shop’s json file, and sellable_items contained the entities uri and category already. Taking the path of least resistance, here’s the additions to the shop’s json structure
"inventory": {
"overall_price_multiplier": 4,
"buys": {
"category": [
"food",
"tools"
],
"uris":[
"stonehearth:resources:gold:ore",
"stonehearth:resources:iron:ore"
]
},
"entries": [
{
"items": [
"stonehearth:food:carrot:carrot_basket",
"stonehearth:food:corn:corn_basket",
"stonehearth:food:turnip:turnip_basket",
"stonehearth:food:pumpkin:pumpkin_basket"
],
"quantity": {
"min": 1,
"max": 2
}
}
]
}
Focusing on the buys part, you can see that you can choose multiple categories and uris of what the trader will purchase from you.
On a side note, I can’t believe Lua doesn’t have any sort of easy method for printing arrays, er tables(which also doesn’t make sense to me…). In the absence of a function like php’s print_r, and without creating an actual function so it could be recursive, here’s my copy and paste table printer that will go up to 4 levels deep for anyone else that’s scrounging through the code trying to figure out table structures.
for key,value in pairs(self._sv.options) do
print(key,value)
if type(value) == "table" then
for key2,value2 in pairs(value) do
print("Next Level of ",key,"-",key2,value2)
if type(value2) == "table" then
for key3,value3 in pairs(value2) do
print("Next Level of ",key2,"-",key3,value3)
if type(value3) == "table" then
for key4,value4 in pairs(value3) do
print("Next Level of ",key3,"-",key4,value4)
end
end
end
end
end
end
end