Money transfer in space for mission?

[clausimu]

What is pioneer's general concept of money transfer? Here is the background to my question...

I have the basic script for search & rescue missions working now. I have tried to make it as general as possible, so adding new mission flavors is easy. To keep it simple during development/testing everything is limited to planet bodies within the same system as the player is currently in:
- deliver fuel to stranded ships
- pickup all surviving crew and passengers from crashed ships
- deliver substitute pilot to ship that had a medical emergency (pilot incapacitated)

For some missions it wouldn't be critical to return to the originating station (i.e. fuel delivery). Is it okay to have the mission reward be transferred directly ship-to-ship? Or is the commonly agreed system that all banking transactions are performed at starports?

[impaktor]

Is it okay to have the mission reward be transferred directly ship-to-ship?

Absolutely. This would break away further from how all the other missions are done, and thus add a bit more unique "spice" to the mission. I suspect players are a bit tired of "Return to X to get payed".

Ship-to-ship dialogue boxes would be pretty good to have for this kind of mission script.

Also, I'm thinking if we had that, then the mission doesn't have to be on the BBS, it can be triggered when you enter a system, you get a distress call, and you act on it.

[clausimu]

Sounds good. That provides even more freedom for different flavors.

Ship-to-ship dialogue boxes would be pretty good to have for this kind of mission script.

That would be great. Until this functionality is added I have resorted to simple Comms messages. But they pile up - and disappear - quickly...

Also, I'm thinking if we had that, then the mission doesn't have to be on the BBS, it can be triggered when you enter a system, you get a distress call, and you act on it.

That is an interesting idea. I will think about how to add that. Again, using one-liner Comms messages might make it hard. The player will have to grab a pen very quickly to get the mission information down before the message disappears. There is also no way of re-reading it because you can't really "accept" a mission that way. But I believe I may be able to add this to the script.

[joonicks]

rewards could also be ejected as cargo for the player to scoop

[clausimu]

Right now I have it set up that staying within a distance of 50 m (can be adjusted to anything) initiates transfer of goods/people between both ships (aka "beaming" :). Ultimately, it would be best if two ships could sort of dock with each other to allow such transfer to happen. That would make it more realistic. Of course, then you could argue about needing standardized docking ports compatible with each other, correct orientation when docking, and so on.

But the idea of using cargo as payment is definitely on my list.

[impaktor]

Ultimately, it would be best if two ships could sort of dock with each other to allow such transfer to happen. That would make it more realistic. Of course, then you could argue about needing standardized docking ports compatible with each other, correct orientation when docking, and so on.

#3017

[clausimu]

Absolutely fabulous! Anything you have not thought of already? :)

[impaktor]

Absolutely fabulous! Anything you have not thought of already? :)

With risk of sounding like a major buzzkill, it is very rare to see some new idea that hasn't been pitched before. Some are on the roadmap, some are here on the forum, some are as feature requests on the issue tracker. After all, we all want The Ultimate Space Game, that does everything, and turns up to 11.

The reason pioneer isn't "there" yet, is due to lack of people like yourself, contributing to the game, and time.

Anyway, don't hold your breath for that issue to be implemented anytime soon. I'm swamped at work.

[clausimu]

Anyway, don't hold your breath for that issue to be implemented anytime soon. I'm swamped at work.

No worries - I'm old enough to understand how this works. :)
It's just a pleasure to be part of the Ultimate Space Game.

[FluffyFreak]

@impaktor, I think you should reopen #3069 unless there's another issue already for ship-to-ship comms(?) I see there's the one for docking but we could do comms more easily and then do docking later.