[ITEM] Gold Sharing Service V2.31

[KelinTor]

Hello there,

thanks for your comments.
To Vagrant, nice ideas i might take into consideration your suggestions since i'm no good about description and all... well maybe in next update.
To Mattdesl, in fact it's not that complicated, only need a trigger that will take 4000gold (litterally a 'money taker' option) and give you a scroll in exchange (via a unit spawner), as you don't really buy the scroll the Barter skill cannot interfere (bright idea isn't it?).

To Valdr (Big slap on my forehead), well I still don't know all the skills that might interfere (in fact i don't have any chars >lvl35 and i didn't have the treasure hunter skill on my (numerous) test characters (all being new ones) even with my Alch ~lvl31 since i used a respec potion to give lvl10 barter i didn't test the treasure hunter skill (completely forgot it). Oh i just found the solution ( found a new way this morning that can nullify Barter AND Treasure Hunter Skill so I can make ANY merchant sells items with the original price even if the player have Barter and concerning this mod have the promised 4000 gold no more). Hehehe future update soon . Have to test before.
By the way Valdr your idea was a good one, i thought it would have work at first (credits would have gone to you) but the main problem is... we can't share quest item in the stash so it's impossible to share with other chars (well there might be a way but it's not as straitforward and easy for everybody to use, but don't worry i've found an easier way to do it)...
And last news for tonight i'm making a little pack of 'shops' it will include the Sharing service new version and 2 or 3 interesting shops. I'll make it compatible with the current mod just in case and if you still want only the Sharing service i'll also update it (good support isn't it).
Again thanks for your comments and critics, if by any chance (arghh) you find any bugs please report it.

Edit: Valdr can you tell me how much do you earn with the Treasure Hunter at lvl10? My Alch lvl31 can't even have it to lvl10 lol...
Edit2: Just to prevent any skill interfering, can you hum tell me if there are any skills that can change the price and loot (beside barter and treasure of course) so i can take measures against it (well my new method (again) can take care of any skill ).

[valdr]

Well, it was 4799 gold, but now I'm unsure what causes it. I have drank respec, striped my destroyer of all items and ... there still was the same amount of gold. So neither Treasure Hunter nor affixes that increase gold found has any meaning
I have no idea what modifies this amount. My Destroyer is at 86th lvl and I get a proper amount of 4000 gold while playing my lower level characters.

Anyway if you manage to change 'sharing service' into gold without using a portal it'd be great. It is especially annoying when I try to transfer 40k gold ... there are still quite long loading times while porting back to town. You could also make more 'sharing service' cheques eg. 1k, 2k, 5k, 10k.

[KelinTor]

Hi Valdr, i've tested the treasure hunter at lvl7 and I still receive 4000gold... so I don't know if it's really interfering.

Hum, if it's 4799 gold I already know what's the cause. In fact, i didn't thought anybody would find this 'exploit' and sadly i haven't found a solution (that works) for that yet. The char you're actually receiving 4799 gold isn't he by any chance in Easy difficulty? It's the only difficulty level where a character have a drop gold boost so actually I don't have a way to circumvent that (i'm still looking for a solution). So I hope no one will use this 'way' to earn more gold, of course it's not as dramatic as the Barter skill this time , not funny to gain something unfairly.

Concerning the transfering of large amount of gold the new version greatly improves it, only one portal to make a (or many) deposit + a shared stash near it, load your receiving char go to the portal and change back all your checks without having to return to town (much simpler when you'll see the mod in action), nice huh. Well 40000 gold to share.... that's a lot but with the new version it will be very fast .

Again thank you for your efforts to help me improve your gaming experience .

[Jupiah]

Heh, getting free gold on Easy Mode sound more like a feature than a bug. I mean, it is easy mode, after all.

[KelinTor]

It *is* a feature of the game but mixed with my mod it can be exploited to receive more gold, i mean (argh i'm burrowing myself) you earn *each* time +799gold which can be later transferred to your main char on a harder difficulty (please forget what you read....seriously). I would have hope that a few only would play in Easy and none would have found this *feature*.

Well what's done is done but i'm still trying to obliterate this feature so 4000gold still remain 4000gold .

[valdr]

I didn't realize the Easy Mode has so much impact on gold received (20%). It's even more important than any other effect that boosts the gold received. I'm waiting for a new version to allow higher gold transfers.

[Boudica]

After putting this mod in now there are double the town's people Walking around inclulding Sly, any reason fo that or a way I can correct it?

[KelinTor]

Hi,
to Boudica, this issue has been fixed in the v2.1, sorry you'll have to redownload it and replace the old version.
Edit: I don't use Torchleech but I think it's not updated there, the 1rst link in this post *is* updated. If there are still errors contact me.

Concerning the bonus gold in Easy mode i did find a way that SHOULD have work, an option in torched allow to spawn or not a group depending of difficulty (easy, normal etc...) so i could give a corrected amount of gold, tested first with a skeleton and did work great so i thought "yay finally done" alas as soon as i added the mechanism to spawn the good amount of gold (just a trigger + a spawn unit in the same group) the entire group is ALWAYS showing so if one of you know how to do it it will greatly help me.
Still I have another way but I would like to know if there is a lot of you who play in easy? The other solution is a bit more permanent but I don't think it would affect badly the players in this difficulty since the game is really easy in Easy, I don't think you'll really see the difference. Frankly I prefer the 1rst solution (as it can be useful for other mods and tuning according to difficulty) but the 2nd will not unbalance badly the difficulty for the players either (I'm quite sure you won't notice anything different).
I'll try again to make the 1rst solution to work, I keep the 2nd under my arms in last ressort and i'm still looking for any other ways to solve this case.

Edit: I may have found why the 1rst solution doesn't work (this will have to wait for tonight since i'm at work ), maybe it works only for mobs... Well if it's what i think i have an alternative way to give you gold but I still need to polish the idea... finally maybe it might not work... . More info tonight or tomorrow.

[KelinTor]

It's me again,

does anyone knows how to reset a map without having to leave it? Like I push a trigger and the map reset (the map not the triggers), it'll be easier to share big amount of money this way. Thanks.

[KelinTor]

Problem solved .

I can finally announce the version v2.2 of my 'Gold Sharing Service', to downoad it use the same link in the 1rst post has it has been updated already.

The feature which gave more gold in Easy mode has been taken care, no more bonus when you get back your money, also I didn't use the 2nd method so no changes in the gameplay (i've found a way around it).
Aaah the answer of my problem was in front of me for a long time and I didn't saw it 'till this morning . Well the mod works perfectly now (I hope, looking in direction of Valdr....my bug reporter ).

About the changes (there is a readme too) delete the previous version to avoid conflicts since there was some modifications about the sharing procedure. Now there is a portal near the shared stash which sends you to the same map. There are 4 desks, 2 on your left for deposits (5000 and 10000 gold) and 2 on your right for withdrawal. When you use the left desk it automatically takes your gold and give you a scroll, for sharing big amount of gold the 2nd desk can exchange 10000gold for a scroll. In order to share your gold place the scroll in the shared stash. When your other character has taken the scrolls all you have to do is to go on the right desk to convert it in gold, now don't be surprised , there is no gold drop, it goes directly with what you already have (your account is automatically updated) you don't have to warp back to town to retrieve your gold from each scroll.
Credits goes for Vagrant for the map's name.

Comments/ Feedsback are welcome,

[Zidders]

unfortunately, this mod has been causing my game to crash. Im using a banker mod as well as neversobers stash mod...any chances this might be causing a conflict?

[KelinTor]

Can you tell me when the game crash? On loading game, loading character, in town, using the portal etc...
Did you try with only my mod on? Does it still crash? (should not on a vanilla game, been tested with new chars and existing ones)

Hum... i will donwload the Banker mod to test it but there should not have any incompatibility because my mod doesn't interact with existing items, everything is new from the scroll to the map (except the shared stash in the map)so for now I don't have any idea. Maybe it's a problem with the emplacement of my portal? Mine is near the shared stash (it is also merged in the map so no compatibility issue), if something is already there maybe it can cause a crash. I've tested my mod with a vanilla game + a mod that change fonts and it's ok, previous versions were ok with my mods on (punching bag, town expansion, font changing). Does anyone have the same problem?

Edit:If i don't find the cause I will contact Neversober to see if he can give me more info about his mod.

[Zidders]

It's not the mod...somethings wrong with my Steam game, for some reason it keeps crashing, mod or no mods at all, even after a reinstall. I've written an email to customer service and i'm hoping to get a reply tomorrow as to what might be going on, as I can't play my game at all atm
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Hopefully, i'll get to try your mod out some time in the next day or so....I hope.

[KelinTor]

Hi Zidders, sorry to hear it's about your Steam game but relieved it's not my mod ( ). Still I will test just in case, we never know...
About your game crashing maybe it's a corrupted savegame that causes it to crash. I saw that 2 or three weeks ago, one of my savegame got corrupted (don't know why) and kept crashing the game (even after reinstall game was still crashing, before putting back the saves evreything's ok but game crashes after putting back the saves). The only way was to delete the corrupted savegame (hopefully i've had a clean copy of my corrupted character so didn't lose anything). Maybe it's the same problem with you.

Good luck.

[Zidders]

hm...i'll make a backup of my saves and try loading the game with no saves....not really a HUGE deal...but still a pain lol. How do you find out if a save is corrupted?

EDIT:Hm...it worked...it must have been a save. Well, I dont mind starting over...but just in case, like I said, any way to tell which one? Still....THANK YOU!!!!!

[Redattack34]

but just in case, like I said, any way to tell which one?

You could copy the save files back into the saves folder one by one until the game starts crashing again.

[Zidders]

good idea....ill try that

EDIT:Ok, first, this mod rocks, and second, thanks guys for helping me fix my game and figure out what was crashing it. The save that was corrupted was a new character, and fortunately my two good characters are still there...so woot!!!!

[KelinTor]

Hi, sorry for the late answer (well i was working after all), glad to hear the corrupted save was on a new character, what Redattack34 told you was the sole way to find the corrupted save (i've done that too 2 weeks ago). To be safe from any future corruption I regularly make a backup of my chars so you may do the same.

About my mod I feel it's natural if you retire your char and give an heirloom item to your descendant you should give some money too (inheritance and all you know...), it's also a good way when you're not playing a char anymore to give as much as possible to your other chars so that's why I made this mod. I think it's a feature that Torchlight could have had since the beginning. I hope my mod will be useful and any suggestion/tweaking idea is welcome.

[Succubuzz]

can someone give me a step-by-step guide on how to install this mod? ive tried just copying everything to the mods folder. didnt work. tried unzipping the original Pak.zip and add the stuff to the folders they would belong to in the Pak.zip and re-zip it and add it to the torchlight folder (saving a copy of the original Pak.zip elsewhere) still didnt work.. how do you install a mod? :/

[Lathlas]

can someone give me a step-by-step guide on how to install this mod? ive tried just copying everything to the mods folder. didnt work. tried unzipping the original Pak.zip and add the stuff to the folders they would belong to in the Pak.zip and re-zip it and add it to the torchlight folder (saving a copy of the original Pak.zip elsewhere) still didnt work.. how do you install a mod? :/

Yipes. Just yipes.

Just drop the unzipped Gold Sharing Service folder (not the media folder, the actual one called Gold Sharing Service 2.2) in the mods directory. That's it. Done.

Your mods folder is in "%appdata%\Runic Games\Torchlight\mods"

If you have trouble with a mod not loading or changes to a mod not showing then you'll need to clear your cache. If you've installed TorchEd then there will be a file called remove_binaries.bat in your mods directory that will clear it for you. Other wise you can make your own batch file or just run the commands themselves.

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del "%appdata%\runic games\torchlight\*.adm" /Q/F/S
del "%appdata%\runic games\torchlight\*.cmp" /Q/F/S
del "%appdata%\runic games\torchlight\massfile.dat"
del "%appdata%\runic games\torchlight\masterresourceunits.dat"
del "%appdata%\runic games\torchlight\mods\mods.dat"