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File /obj/handlers/haggle_handler.c

Factors of relevance:

1. merchants' guild rating
2. race of customer vs. shopkeeper

Includes

Method index

• bargain_factor(object, object)
  This method determines the barganing factor between the customer and the shop keeper.
• insult_factor(object, object)
  This method determines the insult factor between the customer and the shop keeper.
• sell_haggle(int, int, int, int, string, object, object)
  This method does the actual haggle on a sell.

Public Functions

bargain_factor

int bargain_factor(object keeper,
                   object customer)

This method determines the barganing factor between the customer and the shop keeper.

Parameters:
keeper - the shop keeper
customer - the customer of the shop

insult_factor

int insult_factor(object keeper,
                  object customer)

This method determines the insult factor between the customer and the shop keeper.

Parameters:
keeper - the shop keeper
customer - the customer in the shop

sell_haggle

int * sell_haggle(int value,
                  int offer,
                  int asking,
                  int insults,
                  string place,
                  object keeper,
                  object customer)

This method does the actual haggle on a sell. The logic is as follows:

if offer > asking then
   give back a boggle response
else if offer == asking then
   sell the thing and give an accepted saying
else if offer * insult_factor > asking * 100 then
   adjustment = ( ( asking - offer ) * bargain_factor ) / 100
   asking -= adjustment
   return an adjustment message
else
   return an insulted message
endif

The return from this function is an array of three elements, the first is the a flag saying if the item was accepted or not, the second is the current asking price and the last is the current insult level.

({
   flag (0/1), // This is 0 if unable to sell, 1 if sold
   asking,     // the current asking price
   insults,    // the current insult level
})

Parameters:
value - the real value of the item
offer - the offered value for the item
asking - the current asking price
insults - the current insult level
place - the place for the money strings
keeper - the shop keeper
customer - the customer

Returns:
the array as described above

See also:
insult_factor() and bargain_factor()

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