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Heya,

As some of you know, both my mods have certain items on a station, which, when bought, allows the player to buy more ships and puts the player neutral/friendly with my factions.
Now the problem is that items disappear over time, because the game messes with a station's inventory. Naturally, when this happens, a player would not be able to buy Bushi's or Hiigaran's bigger ships.

I am looking for a way to make certain items have a permanent presence on their stations, so players will always be able to buy them at least once.

Another solution would be to make these particular items buyable through dialogue. I know it's possible, although I can't script myself.

Would anyone mind to help (as in, do everything, since I can't script )? I asked LazyWizard months back, and he would help, but I guess he's kinda busy.

[xenoargh]

Just write a simple EveryFrameScript that checks your Stations every Advance(), iterates through the Cargo and counts all of that item.  If zero, stock 1, shoving something else out of the station.

[Gotcha!]

I'm sorry, but like I said, I can't make scripts. I have no idea what an EveryFrameScript even means.

[LazyWizard]

I asked LazyWizard months back, and he would help, but I guess he's kinda busy.

Er, sorry about that. I started on an item persistence script that ended up becoming way too complicated, decided to set it aside to rewrite later, and, um, kind of forgot about it. *cough*

I'll get right on it and PM you the fixes soon. Edit: sent!

[Uomoz]

I think that handling this kind of stuff via station dialogue would be a lot better, compared to item clutter.

[Gotcha!]

@LazyWizard: Thanks!

@Uomoz: You're most likely right, but since I am 100% dependable on other people's scripting abilities (because I'm mentally handicapped), I'll take what I can get.

[LazyWizard]

I think that handling this kind of stuff via station dialogue would be a lot better, compared to item clutter.

Usually I'd agree, but in this particular case I think a custom interaction plugin would be unnecessary complexity. There's only a single item per faction, so clutter's not an issue (Hiigarans have three badge 'ranks' but only sell one at a time).