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Title: The Shop
Post by: SMB on May 03, 2010, 09:55:34 PM
A link to the feature mentioned in the topic. (http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?action=shop)

Say, I have a feeling that some of you may know about this already, while some of our members may not know. We have a feature on the forum known as the shop, in which you build up credits (referred to as "niwas") when you make new topics and post around the forum. You can use niwas to buy items that are available in the shop by default, and perhaps be able to use them on other systems that the Forum Administrators come up with.

List of Income:

You can also send money to users



The purposes of some of these items are pretty obvious if you look at the names of the items, so I won't provide descriptions. If you don't know what one of the items does, then just check out the shop.

List of items available in shop:



There are also multiple people who are in charge of the shop, so if you need any assistance with the feature that you feel only an Admin can help you with, you can contact (note that these Administrators may not have the exact name listed below, so a link to their profile is also provided for your convenience):



If you have any questions, feel free to post in this topic.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on May 03, 2010, 10:01:16 PM
I want to add that we also have more features

*Lottery: You can buy a ticket (max 5 per week) for a chance to win /at least/ 1000 niwas
*Bank: You can deposit money and you will recieve a 2% interest per day.
*Trade Central: You can put items for sale here and sell your own items
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on May 03, 2010, 10:04:06 PM
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on May 03, 2010, 10:07:57 PM
  • "niwas" is an overkill of our organization name.
  • LETS ALL MAKE ANOTHER ACCOUNT AND SEND OURSELVES MONEY! [This could be a problem.]
  • Did you earn that over 9 million points fairly?
*Meh
*We can check IP's and ban those users
*No



Also, staff members will recieve a sallary :D I don't know the exact amount, but it will be nice
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: SMB on May 03, 2010, 10:12:27 PM
  • "niwas" is an overkill of our organization name.
  • LETS ALL MAKE ANOTHER ACCOUNT AND SEND OURSELVES MONEY! [This could be a problem.]
  • Did you earn that over 9 million points fairly?
For your first point, do you have a better suggestion? I only put "niwas" because I felt "credits" was rather annoying.

For your second point, that would already be a count for making a sockpuppet, so I'm sure that the member would face a ban (and the sockpuppet an infinite ban) for doing this. Perhaps if this occurs, we will just take away all of the money from a member who's purposefully cheating the system by breaking rules.

For your third point, it doesn't really matter if the forum admins have as many credits as I did. Seeing as we can even give ourselves free items and stuff through the administrative panel for the shop, it's a moot point. I was actually testing out the features, though.

Also, Tucayo and I are also discussing the possibility of sending NIWA staff salaries, but we have to have a bit more of a discussion on the possibility before we start.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on May 03, 2010, 10:17:27 PM
I`m all for salaries, but an argument is that: "It isn't fair for normal members, bawwwww!"  A counter argument could be that it is just a perk of being on staff.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: SMB on May 03, 2010, 10:23:29 PM
I`m all for salaries, but an argument is that: "It isn't fair for normal members, bawwwww!"  A counter argument could be that it is just a perk of being on staff.
Pretty much.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Gamefreak75 on May 03, 2010, 11:07:05 PM
I agree that salaries are unfair for administrators only, but I guess my opinion doesn't matter...
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: SMB on May 03, 2010, 11:13:15 PM
I agree that salaries are unfair for administrators only, but I guess my opinion doesn't matter...
It's for NIWA staff, not just NIWA forum staff. Regular users will also have ways to earn credits, but it might not be on such a frequent basis as the staff.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on May 03, 2010, 11:42:39 PM
I agree that salaries are unfair for administrators only, but I guess my opinion doesn't matter...
I agree that salaries are unfair for administrators only, but I guess my opinion doesn't matter...
It's for NIWA staff, not just NIWA forum staff. Regular users will also have ways to earn credits, but it might not be on such a frequent basis as the staff.

This, and all opinions matter here.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on May 04, 2010, 01:33:28 AM
People, the staff get salary because they work for the NIWA
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: SMB on May 04, 2010, 01:37:51 AM
People, the staff get salary because they work for the NIWA
I agree with Tucayo on what he posted (I think I posted something similar in the staff boards, too).
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Gamefreak75 on May 04, 2010, 01:38:59 AM
Well, not to sound like a smartass, but don't the regular users work for NIWA too. I mean you guys are staff, right, and you guys earned it the hard way, which I respect. But the users also work for the NIWA, but meh. :/
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on May 04, 2010, 01:44:27 AM
IF salaries for staff is passed, members will have another way of using "niwas" for forum usage.  The usage will hopefully open more opportunities for members.  These opportunities, of course, have yet to be decided on.

[And yes, all editors work for the NIWA.  Without you guys the staff would have no one to patrol, and things would go by slowly.]
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: SMB on May 04, 2010, 01:58:08 AM
Well, not to sound like a smartass, but don't the regular users work for NIWA too. I mean you guys are staff, right, and you guys earned it the hard way, which I respect. But the users also work for the NIWA, but meh. :/
You don't sound like a smartarse. You are raising up a reasonable concern.

I'd like for you to picture it like this: Every post you make, you get 2 niwas. Every topic you make, you get 5 niwas. This is standard pay for your job. The staff has a higher salary because we have quite a bit on our plates: besides the fact that we also have to worry about leading the good users and dealing with the bad users.

We'll still have opportunities set up for non-administrative users, and I think (and hope) that the Administrators will start discussing these opportunities among ourselves relatively soon.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Gamefreak75 on May 04, 2010, 02:08:29 AM
As long as I get a bonus, it sounds good. ;D
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Naesala on May 04, 2010, 02:49:25 AM
how do we know how much "niwas" we have
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on May 04, 2010, 02:59:41 AM
now do we know how much "niwas" we have

If you are in the top ten richest people to have niwas in your pocket or bank, it should show up on the list on the main shop screen.  You can also click "view all members" and look for your name if your rank is 11 or below.

HOWEVER, I like going to the bank/main shop screen as it tells you that you have ____ niwas in your pocket and ____ deposited in the bank.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Naesala on May 04, 2010, 03:21:46 AM
normal users could get one niwa a day or something
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on May 04, 2010, 03:30:37 AM
Members already get a 2% interest on niwas per day if they are in the bank,
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: tacopill on May 04, 2010, 05:21:44 AM
two percent is pretty good......i should make a deposit.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Axiomist on May 04, 2010, 09:51:54 AM
odd, but if that's what you guys want to do around here :P I think I'll give my niwas away for things done on WiKirby :p
X niwas per 1,000 bytes added to a page
X niwas per new article creation
X niwas per new image upload
And if any of it is copied from Wikia-You LOSE niwas!- to me, which go to my pool to pay others for their work.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: tacopill on May 04, 2010, 02:51:20 PM
sounds reasonable. is it implement(able)(ed) ?
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Gamefreak75 on May 04, 2010, 02:56:34 PM
If it's copied from Wikia, they go straight to my bank account!  ;D
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: tacopill on May 04, 2010, 02:59:57 PM
what if the account is yours that did the copying?  ::)
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Gamefreak75 on May 04, 2010, 03:02:27 PM
I'm pretty sure the guys at WiKirby could create the articles themselves. I just check around for copy/pasting, spam, and recent events.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: tacopill on May 04, 2010, 03:06:36 PM
ah. alright. sounds good.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: SMB on May 04, 2010, 06:07:40 PM
normal users could get one niwa a day or something
As explained above:

If you make a post, you get 2 niwas. If you make a new topic, then you get 5 niwas.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Naesala on May 04, 2010, 06:21:01 PM
normal users could get one niwa a day or something
As explained above:

If you make a post, you get 2 niwas. If you make a new topic, then you get 5 niwas.

I meant like 1 just for logging in, but whatever
Title: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on May 04, 2010, 07:47:12 PM
We are dealing with this at the moment, sorry for any inconvenience it may cause. Some days ago, one of our admins tried to change something in his profile, and even though he got the error, his profile got updated
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on May 04, 2010, 07:48:54 PM
That is not technically possible, the only way would be to send them individually, which is pretty boring.



Axiomist: That sounds awesome
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Naesala on May 04, 2010, 11:51:08 PM
does it take away niwa for deleting posts/topics so people don't abuse it?
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on May 05, 2010, 12:45:53 AM
I dont know oo
Title: The Shop
Post by: Level 3 on May 05, 2010, 12:59:37 AM
it says i only have 3 niwas even though i should have more.
Why does this happen?
Title: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on May 05, 2010, 01:20:25 AM
Actually it says 7 :P
Title: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on May 05, 2010, 01:23:17 AM
Here's the deal with niwas and thier respected posts which produced the niwas in question-[tested by yours truly with test posts posted here then deleted]:

-If a post created by a user is deleted, and the user has 2 niwas or more in their pocket, they lose 2 niwas.
-If a post created by a user is deleted, but they have no niwas in their pocket (and instead have it in the bank), they don't lose any niwas.
-If a post created by a user is deleted, but they don't have any niwas in thier pocket (and so lose no niwas)... but soon afterwards take out 2+ niwas... [I have yet to test it.]
If a post is created by a user is deleted, by they only have 1 niwas in thier pocket... [I have yet to test it]
Title: The Shop
Post by: Level 3 on May 05, 2010, 01:25:53 AM
but what about the niwas we get for joining and posting BEFORE this was introduced? (just realized i posted in this in the somewhat wrong place by accident)
Title: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on May 05, 2010, 01:28:41 AM
but what about the niwas we get for joining and posting BEFORE this was introduced? (just realized i posted in this in the somewhat wrong place by accident)

It says there on the shop home that only new members who join after this was introduced will get the points.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Level 3 on May 05, 2010, 01:40:45 AM
hmm didnt see that, my bad.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on May 05, 2010, 01:41:28 AM
hmm didnt see that, my bad.

No worries, I'm always happy to answer questions.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on May 05, 2010, 01:41:55 AM
Yeah, sorry to everyone who joined earlier :(

We are working on contests and mechanics for you to win more niwas :D
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on May 07, 2010, 05:22:45 PM
Update: We have decided upon an idea and are trying to get it in the process of working.

[We can't tell you exactly what it is yet.]  :)
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Lazor Shroom Midna Freak on May 24, 2010, 07:51:56 PM
  • Steal Credits
Why would you want to pay to get money?

Also, what do "rock" and "increase karma" do?
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: SMB on May 24, 2010, 08:48:56 PM
  • Steal Credits
Why would you want to pay to get money?

Also, what do "rock" and "increase karma" do?
It's basically like a lottery. You might end up gaining more money, yet you might end up losing money.

Rock serves no purpose.

Increase karma... Not sure, exactly. I think we used to have a karma system on this forum... Not sure, though, it's been a while since it launched.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on May 25, 2010, 01:55:41 AM
There is a karma system, but the data isnt public for some weird reason.....
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: tacopill on June 21, 2010, 03:07:11 PM
um...am i suppose to gain interest from the bank?
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on June 21, 2010, 03:39:34 PM
um...am i suppose to gain interest from the bank?
Yeah, 2% per day
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: tacopill on June 21, 2010, 06:06:20 PM
um...am i suppose to gain interest from the bank?
Yeah, 2% per day

Ok, then it's broken. I've gotten none since i deposited...
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on June 21, 2010, 07:35:13 PM
um...am i suppose to gain interest from the bank?
Yeah, 2% per day

Ok, then it's broken. I've gotten none since i deposited...
Weird, the Admin panel has the interest option enabled. Well, when did you deposit? How much, and when did you withdraw it?
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: tacopill on June 21, 2010, 08:07:03 PM
um...am i suppose to gain interest from the bank?
Yeah, 2% per day

Ok, then it's broken. I've gotten none since i deposited...
Weird, the Admin panel has the interest option enabled. Well, when did you deposit? How much, and when did you withdraw it?

i deposited 100 niwas a few days ago, and have never withdrawn.


I am depositing 100 more now.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on June 21, 2010, 08:20:50 PM
um...am i suppose to gain interest from the bank?
Yeah, 2% per day

Ok, then it's broken. I've gotten none since i deposited...
Weird, the Admin panel has the interest option enabled. Well, when did you deposit? How much, and when did you withdraw it?

i deposited 100 niwas a few days ago, and have never withdrawn.


I am depositing 100 more now.
Oh, you get the interest when you withdraw
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: onetwentysix on June 21, 2010, 09:20:40 PM
How does Aurum get part of a niwa (it says in the shop he has #######.99 niwas)
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on June 21, 2010, 10:00:49 PM
How does Aurum get part of a niwa (it says in the shop he has #######.99 niwas)
I already told you in the MarioWiki
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on June 21, 2010, 10:53:54 PM
Thanks to Neo/Justin, an awesome addition to the shop is becoming possible.  I won't spoil what that is exactly.... [spoiler]What, you think I would actually tell you? HA! :3[/spoiler]
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Edofenrir on June 21, 2010, 11:14:52 PM
Thanks to Neo/Justin, an awesome addition to the shop is becoming possible.  I won't spoil what that is exactly.... [spoiler]What, you think I would actually tell you? HA! :3[/spoiler]

Well, thanks for the credit I guess... >_>
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on June 22, 2010, 02:42:08 AM
Thanks to Neo/Justin, an awesome addition to the shop is becoming possible.  I won't spoil what that is exactly.... [spoiler]What, you think I would actually tell you? HA! :3[/spoiler]

Well, thanks for the credit I guess... >_>
I want to greatly thamnk Edo for the huge contributions he amde to this project. Coding is not everything ;)
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on June 22, 2010, 02:54:22 AM
Thanks to Neo/Justin, an awesome addition to the shop is becoming possible.  I won't spoil what that is exactly.... [spoiler]What, you think I would actually tell you? HA! :3
EDO HELPED TOO![/spoiler]
Well, thanks for the credit I guess... >_>
I want to greatly thank Edo for the huge contributions he amde to this project. Coding is not everything ;)

This, you were mentioned, just look harder.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: tacopill on June 22, 2010, 03:07:50 AM
um...am i suppose to gain interest from the bank?
Yeah, 2% per day

Ok, then it's broken. I've gotten none since i deposited...
Weird, the Admin panel has the interest option enabled. Well, when did you deposit? How much, and when did you withdraw it?

i deposited 100 niwas a few days ago, and have never withdrawn.


I am depositing 100 more now.
Oh, you get the interest when you withdraw

ok, makes sense.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on June 22, 2010, 04:11:57 AM
um...am i suppose to gain interest from the bank?
Yeah, 2% per day

Ok, then it's broken. I've gotten none since i deposited...
Weird, the Admin panel has the interest option enabled. Well, when did you deposit? How much, and when did you withdraw it?

i deposited 100 niwas a few days ago, and have never withdrawn.


I am depositing 100 more now.
Oh, you get the interest when you withdraw

ok, makes sense.

Is it possible for that infomation to be put in the shop's home and/or bank page(s) so people know?
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: tacopill on June 22, 2010, 01:37:32 PM
um...am i suppose to gain interest from the bank?
Yeah, 2% per day

Ok, then it's broken. I've gotten none since i deposited...
Weird, the Admin panel has the interest option enabled. Well, when did you deposit? How much, and when did you withdraw it?

i deposited 100 niwas a few days ago, and have never withdrawn.


I am depositing 100 more now.
Oh, you get the interest when you withdraw

ok, makes sense.

Is it possible for that infomation to be put in the shop's home and/or bank page(s) so people know?

i second that motion.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: SMB on June 25, 2010, 09:15:54 PM
I don't believe it is possible.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on June 26, 2010, 01:18:28 AM
I don't believe it is possible.

:( 
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Justin on June 26, 2010, 06:04:15 PM
Hooold up, now, guys. It's not ready, yet. I still have a little bit more debugging to do, along with creating several more pages. It's a bit of extra work.

And yes, I've given credit to multiple people in the installation script. Credits go to:
 *** Edofenrir: Idea
 *** Justin Folvarcik (me): Coding
 *** Liam Pomfret (Archaic): For being kickass enough to bring NIWA to life with his servers.
 *** Adam: For being helpful in getting me what I need to do the work :P
 *** Matt: For being awesome enough at math to help me figure out the equation which was wracking my brain!

I'm estimating it to be ready within a week or two. Keep your fingers crossed that no more bugs occur!
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on June 26, 2010, 06:16:11 PM
Hooold up, now, guys. It's not ready, yet. I still have a little bit more debugging to do, along with creating several more pages. It's a bit of extra work.

And yes, I've given credit to multiple people in the installation script. Credits go to:
 *** Edofenrir: Idea
 *** Justin Folvarcik (me): Coding
 *** Liam Pomfret (Archaic): For being kickass enough to bring NIWA to life with his servers.
 *** Adam: For being helpful in getting me what I need to do the work :P
 *** Matt: For being awesome enough at math to help me figure out the equation which was wracking my brain!

I'm estimating it to be ready within a week or two. Keep your fingers crossed that no more bugs occur!

We weren't talking about that.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Justin on June 26, 2010, 06:55:32 PM
You were a little earlier. I didn't realize you had moved off the topic :P
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: tacopill on June 26, 2010, 11:44:09 PM
You were a little earlier. I didn't realize you had moved off the topic :P

it happens. i can point you to a thread where we talked about changing topics in other threads and how it naturally occurs over time), but that would change the topic of this thread.


 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Gamefreak75 on July 06, 2010, 12:44:24 AM
I have a question about the stealing item, can it be used more than once and can it steal from someone's bank because I am planning to buy it when I get enough.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Justin on July 06, 2010, 02:05:11 AM
Only one use, and you can only take from someone's pocket. Sorry, dude, but you can't steal from me or Tucayo because we bank our cash ;)

I already stole from Tucayo, anyhow. How do you think I got rich? :P
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Gamefreak75 on July 06, 2010, 02:49:23 AM
 But Tucayo has infinite amounts of money. :(

I'm pretty sure Archaic won't mind if I just steal a little... 8)

By the way, does the amount of niwas earned from stealing depend on how much the user has in their pocket?
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Justin on July 06, 2010, 04:34:35 AM
It's random, but you can either get:
1. Only a few
2. A good portion of them
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Gamefreak75 on July 06, 2010, 04:45:14 AM
Hmm...okay...
Tell Tucayo to take his money out of his bank.  ;)
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on July 06, 2010, 04:02:05 PM
Hmm...okay...
Tell Tucayo to take his money out of his bank.  ;)
Haha, it wont happen!! Sorry :P
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Matt on July 06, 2010, 04:35:56 PM
When I attempted a small website of my own, the service I used came with a store package. There were a lot of features. Some of them though were way too powerful to give to normal members. I don't know what is available here and that just wasn't used, but here's the effects that were available for items there, that I don't see in place here:

As you can see, some of them are far too powerful to give to normal users. But some, like the bank interest one, should be good.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: onetwentysix on July 06, 2010, 05:41:29 PM
Hmm...okay...
Tell Tucayo to take his money out of his bank.  ;)
Haha, it wont happen!! Sorry :P

Oh great, you just made Tucayo put all his money in the bank.

Now I am going to steal from Neo
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: onetwentysix on July 06, 2010, 05:45:39 PM
Hmm...okay...
Tell Tucayo to take his money out of his bank.  ;)
Haha, it wont happen!! Sorry :P

Oh great, you just made Tucayo put all his money in the bank.

Now I am going to steal from Neo

Never mind, i noticed his niwas are in the bank.
I tried stealing from Archaic and it failed  :( >:(
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Gamefreak75 on July 06, 2010, 05:49:30 PM
Hmm...okay...
Tell Tucayo to take his money out of his bank.  ;)
Haha, it wont happen!! Sorry :P
You leave me no choice then...
*tries hacking into Tucayo's account, but computer overloads and explodes*
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on July 07, 2010, 03:37:37 PM
If it makes you feel any better, I'll pull some cash out of my bank. :3

Everytime you try to steal, your karma goes down.  If it goes down too much [like mine, for example] you can only steal 0 niwas maximum.  You can buy them back, but it requires money. 
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Gamefreak75 on July 07, 2010, 04:30:54 PM
Ah, that solves another one of my questions. Thanks.

Nah, put your cash back, I'll wait for Tucayo to get his money out because he has infinite amounts of cash.   :)
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Member#36 on July 07, 2010, 04:51:17 PM
Ah, that solves another one of my questions. Thanks.

Nah, put your cash back, I'll wait for Tucayo to get his money out because he has infinite amounts of cash.   :)

Call me back when I'm 150... Tucayo might of done it by that time.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Gamefreak75 on July 07, 2010, 04:52:15 PM
Can someone invent a bank robbing item?  :P
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Justin on July 07, 2010, 08:44:07 PM
Can someone invent a bank robbing item?  :P

It's possible, but I'm not going to do it :P
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Gamefreak75 on July 07, 2010, 08:52:06 PM
Hmm...
I guess it's every man for himself them. 8)
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Axiomist on July 07, 2010, 10:29:30 PM
I'm still considering contests or rewards for people's achievements at WiKirby. Some way to give niwas as a gift. Like for someone's 1000th edit, send them some niwas.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on July 08, 2010, 03:22:18 PM
I was giving 5000 niwas to the first non-admin who got the full Card Collection, but no one has claimed the prize.


Also,
When I attempted a small website of my own, the service I used came with a store package. There were a lot of features. Some of them though were way too powerful to give to normal members. I don't know what is available here and that just wasn't used, but here's the effects that were available for items there, that I don't see in place here:
  • Buy a password to a hidden forum (non-staff)
  • View another user's warning level.
  • Change any member's title.
  • Decrease another member's bank interest.
  • Unban a user.
  • Temp ban a user.
  • Change a user's signature.
  • Change a user's avatar.
  • Get random item.
  • Text effect added to username.
  • Add to own post count.
  • Close/open own topic.
  • Close/open any topic.
  • Increase bank interest rate.

As you can see, some of them are far too powerful to give to normal users. But some, like the bank interest one, should be good.
They look cool, well, some. If you have the link to the mod, I could install them
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Matt on July 08, 2010, 07:16:32 PM

Also,
When I attempted a small website of my own, the service I used came with a store package. There were a lot of features. Some of them though were way too powerful to give to normal members. I don't know what is available here and that just wasn't used, but here's the effects that were available for items there, that I don't see in place here:
  • Buy a password to a hidden forum (non-staff)
  • View another user's warning level.
  • Change any member's title.
  • Decrease another member's bank interest.
  • Unban a user.
  • Temp ban a user.
  • Change a user's signature.
  • Change a user's avatar.
  • Get random item.
  • Text effect added to username.
  • Add to own post count.
  • Close/open own topic.
  • Close/open any topic.
  • Increase bank interest rate.

As you can see, some of them are far too powerful to give to normal users. But some, like the bank interest one, should be good.
They look cool, well, some. If you have the link to the mod, I could install them
It was exclusive to the service. They don't offer it to others.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Justin on July 08, 2010, 07:44:48 PM

Also,
When I attempted a small website of my own, the service I used came with a store package. There were a lot of features. Some of them though were way too powerful to give to normal members. I don't know what is available here and that just wasn't used, but here's the effects that were available for items there, that I don't see in place here:
  • Buy a password to a hidden forum (non-staff)
  • View another user's warning level.
  • Change any member's title.
  • Decrease another member's bank interest.
  • Unban a user.
  • Temp ban a user.
  • Change a user's signature.
  • Change a user's avatar.
  • Get random item.
  • Text effect added to username.
  • Add to own post count.
  • Close/open own topic.
  • Close/open any topic.
  • Increase bank interest rate.

As you can see, some of them are far too powerful to give to normal users. But some, like the bank interest one, should be good.
They look cool, well, some. If you have the link to the mod, I could install them
It was exclusive to the service. They don't offer it to others.

I can code some of those into the shop. It's very easy to create new items. Just tell me which ones you want.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Matt on July 08, 2010, 07:59:53 PM

Also,
When I attempted a small website of my own, the service I used came with a store package. There were a lot of features. Some of them though were way too powerful to give to normal members. I don't know what is available here and that just wasn't used, but here's the effects that were available for items there, that I don't see in place here:
  • Buy a password to a hidden forum (non-staff)
  • View another user's warning level.
  • Change any member's title.
  • Decrease another member's bank interest.
  • Unban a user.
  • Temp ban a user.
  • Change a user's signature.
  • Change a user's avatar.
  • Get random item.
  • Text effect added to username.
  • Add to own post count.
  • Close/open own topic.
  • Close/open any topic.
  • Increase bank interest rate.

As you can see, some of them are far too powerful to give to normal users. But some, like the bank interest one, should be good.
They look cool, well, some. If you have the link to the mod, I could install them
It was exclusive to the service. They don't offer it to others.

I can code some of those into the shop. It's very easy to create new items. Just tell me which ones you want.

If anyone has any common sense, I'm guessing they'd want the increase bank interest, random item, and maybe the close/open own topic (not sure on that one though). The text effect one worked on mine because it was small, not sure if it'd work here because the colors for the groups are important and people adjusting their own colors is counterproductive.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on July 08, 2010, 08:48:43 PM
These are the ones I think would work

    * Buy a password to a hidden forum (non-staff) - Amazing, should be expensive
    * View another user's warning level. - I dont get it
    * Change any member's title. - No
    * Decrease another member's bank interest. - Cool
    * Unban a user. - No way
    * Temp ban a user. - No
    * Change a user's signature. - No
    * Change a user's avatar. - No
    * Get random item. - Cool
    * Text effect added to username. - Could work, as long as it is regulated
    * Add to own post count. - I wouldn't like this
    * Close/open own topic. - People can already close it, and if they closed it, they can open it
    * Close/open any topic. - No
    * Increase bank interest rate. - Yea
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: SMB on July 08, 2010, 09:09:36 PM
These are the ones I think would work

    * Buy a password to a hidden forum (non-staff) - Amazing, should be expensive
    * View another user's warning level. - I dont get it
    * Change any member's title. - No
    * Decrease another member's bank interest. - Cool
    * Unban a user. - No way
    * Temp ban a user. - No
    * Change a user's signature. - No
    * Change a user's avatar. - No
    * Get random item. - Cool
    * Text effect added to username. - Could work, as long as it is regulated
    * Add to own post count. - I wouldn't like this
    * Close/open own topic. - People can already close it, and if they closed it, they can open it
    * Close/open any topic. - No
    * Increase bank interest rate. - Yea
Some of these won't even work. I know of forums that have password protected boards, but not SMF. Although some of these items could seemingly work universally.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Matt on July 08, 2010, 09:11:55 PM
Here's the available, non-color,  effects for the text effects that that store had:
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Justin on July 08, 2010, 09:26:17 PM
Here's the available, non-color,  effects for the text effects that that store had:
  • Bold
  • Italic
  • Drop Shadow
  • Shadow
  • Blur
  • Glow


I'll get to work on these tomorrow. Today, I'm preoccupied.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Matt on July 11, 2010, 09:38:18 PM
The bank description says there's a 2% interest rate. At that rate it would take at least 50 NIWAs before you'd see anything from it. But from the list of richest bank members, for those who have more than enough to see gain from 2%, it's sometimes the same amount for days, obviously no interest gained. Is the interest functional? It doesn't seem to be. I doubt they're just withdrawing the daily gain.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Justin on July 14, 2010, 10:23:24 PM
These are the ones I think would work

    * Buy a password to a hidden forum (non-staff) - Amazing, should be expensive
    * Decrease another member's bank interest. - Cool
    * Get random item. - Cool
    * Text effect added to username. - Could work, as long as it is regulated
    * Increase bank interest rate. - Yea

Beginning my work today.

Here's a list for how this will go down:

*Password to hidden forum: We will have to create a hidden forum. I believe SMF offers the option to password protect a forum, so you'll have to deal with the forum creation. I will create the shop item.
*Bank interest: The bank interest rate is not used for individual members. It is a universal thing.
*Get random item: Very easy; all I have to do is get the current items and use rand((lower limit), (upper limit)); to pick an item.
*Text effect: Possible. I'll look into it.

Note that I'm not at home and have only about 1.5-2.5 hours of computer access each day, so this will take a little bit more time than usual for a small program.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Remino52 on July 15, 2010, 01:57:50 AM
Excellent! I'm glad the interest thing is universal, for individuals, I could see it as a nuisance.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Seritinajii on November 24, 2010, 01:41:55 AM
How exactly does the interest rate work? I'm pretty confused.

Also, I think "Random Money" doesn't work if the value is negative and you don't have enough niwas in your pocket to lose. I keep only getting positive amounts, but around half the time I get database errors. I feel like I'm cheating, kinda...

As in, say that the random value is set to -150, so you're supposed to lose 150. But if you have 0 niwas in your pocket, then it won't work, and you won't get -150 niwas.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Moydow on November 24, 2010, 01:59:55 AM
How exactly does the interest rate work? I'm pretty confused.
It apparently doesn't. I never get it anyway.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Toomai on November 24, 2010, 02:16:11 AM
How exactly does the interest rate work? I'm pretty confused.
It apparently doesn't. I never get it anyway.
I notice my bank amount going up. Maybe it doesn't work if you don't have enough in the bank (below 50, 2% is less than 1)?
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on November 24, 2010, 02:19:54 AM
Yes, each day you'll gain 2% of the amount of money you have in the bank. But, as Toomain said, for small quantities, it is pretty unnoticeable.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Moydow on November 24, 2010, 02:27:18 AM
I have 435.45 niwas in the bank, and that's never changed (2% of that is about 8.7). In fact, it's never changed for anyone on the "10 richest members (Bank)" list.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: tacopill on November 24, 2010, 02:30:49 AM
i think you need to with draw to actually incur the interest. Hold i will test.

Edit: Nope. did nothing.....as far as i can tell.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Tucayo on November 24, 2010, 02:40:32 AM
Ok, I am making some tests, I'll tell you tomorrow what happened
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Naesala on November 24, 2010, 02:42:29 AM
i think you need to with draw to actually incur the interest. Hold i will test.

Edit: Nope. did nothing.....as far as i can tell.

I tried too, nothing...
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: Solar Dragon on November 24, 2010, 09:24:04 PM
Well, I'm sure I am getting more NIWAs and I have just over 50 in my bank.
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: tacopill on November 25, 2010, 01:24:13 AM
Well, I'm sure I am getting more NIWAs and I have just over 50 in my bank.

How do you know there is more coming into the bank without yourself or others depositing?
Title: Re: The Shop
Post by: KidIcarus on July 01, 2015, 01:37:25 AM
Is there a way to loan other people some Niwas?