starting gold

[o11c]

In order to clean up my rewrite of the server, the following trivial content patch is necessary.

However, when I looked at the script, I was left wondering "why does the player even have any gold?"

"A group of ragtags immediately took advantage of that and stole all your stuff!"

It doesn't seem realistic that they would take your equipment but not your money.

And while having a spare shirt is reasonable, I personally don't see an old lady just giving away gold to a stranger, even a stranger in need.

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But anyway, here's the patch that keeps the same behavior as now:

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From f6f98753d06909c47bb82a46d4afab0707efa4b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Longbons <b.r.longbons@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:39:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] give starting gold via script instead of start_zeny

---
 world/conf/char_athena.conf     |    8 ++++----
 world/map/npc/042-2/sorfina.txt |    1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/world/conf/char_athena.conf b/world/conf/char_athena.conf
index a719a5b..8ea1f99 100644
--- a/world/conf/char_athena.conf
+++ b/world/conf/char_athena.conf
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ backup_txt: save/athena_backup.txt
 // Start point, Map name followed by coordinates (x,y)
 start_point: 042-2.gat,26,26
 
-// Starting weapon for new characters
+// Starting weapon for new characters (deprecated)
 start_weapon: 0
 
-// Starting armor for new characters
+// Starting armor for new characters (deprecated)
 start_armor: 0
 
-// Starting zeny for new characters
-start_zeny: 50
+// Starting zeny for new characters (deprecated)
+start_zeny: 0
 
 // Name used for unknown characters
 unknown_char_name: Unknown
diff --git a/world/map/npc/042-2/sorfina.txt b/world/map/npc/042-2/sorfina.txt
index 17bfcf8..0d457aa 100644
--- a/world/map/npc/042-2/sorfina.txt
+++ b/world/map/npc/042-2/sorfina.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
     callfunc "GameRules";
 L_Start:
+    set Zeny, 50;
     mes "You open your eyes.";
     mes "";
     mes "[Old Woman]";
-- 
1.7.6.1

[Jenalya]

However, when I looked at the script, I was left wondering "why does the player even have any gold?"

"A group of ragtags immediately took advantage of that and stole all your stuff!"

It doesn't seem realistic that they would take your equipment but not your money.

And while having a spare shirt is reasonable, I personally don't see an old lady just giving away gold to a stranger, even a stranger in need.

I agree that it doesn't make sense if all the equipment is stolen, but not the money.
But I think the player should have some starting gold, so why not make the player luckily meeting a very generous family there?
Here is a patch of how the player could get the starting money from the tutorial NPCs (to be applied after o11c's patch):

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From 3451932a69c0907285cf5398949fdb6bc7a49e24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jessica=20T=C3=B6lke?= <jtoelke@mail.upb.de>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:43:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Tutorial: get the starting money with some storywise explanation

---
 world/map/npc/042-1/kaan.txt    |    4 ++++
 world/map/npc/042-2/sorfina.txt |   18 ++++++++++++------
 world/map/npc/042-2/tanisha.txt |    9 +++++++--
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/world/map/npc/042-1/kaan.txt b/world/map/npc/042-1/kaan.txt
index 0b22ba6..e3998d1 100644
--- a/world/map/npc/042-1/kaan.txt
+++ b/world/map/npc/042-1/kaan.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ L_Tanisha3:
     mes "\"Are you going to visit Tulimshar?";
     mes "The bazaar there is a wondeful place! Traders, entertainers, adventurers - it's very exciting.\"";
     next;
+    mes "\"Ah, I forgot. Without some money the bazaar is less fun I suppose.";
+    mes "Here, take this.\"";
+    set Zeny, Zeny + 15;
+    next;
     mes "\"And Ian the trainer is hanging around there often. You should talk to him, he's a smart guy.\"";
     set kaan, 2;
     if (hasan)
diff --git a/world/map/npc/042-2/sorfina.txt b/world/map/npc/042-2/sorfina.txt
index 0d457aa..efee998 100644
--- a/world/map/npc/042-2/sorfina.txt
+++ b/world/map/npc/042-2/sorfina.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
     callfunc "GameRules";
 L_Start:
-    set Zeny, 50;
     mes "You open your eyes.";
     mes "";
     mes "[Old Woman]";
@@ -30,15 +29,15 @@ L_Start:
     mes "\"I can tell you some useful things, if you want to hear.";
     mes "Oh, and by the way my name is Sorfina.\"";
     next;
+    mes "[Server]";
+    mes "The explanations in this tutorial are based on the official client version 0.5.2";
+    mes "If you're using another client, settings and controls may be different.";
+    next;
     menu
         "That would be great!",L_Tut,
         "No, thanks. I already know how things are going.",L_SkipTut;
 
 L_Tut:
-    mes "[Server]";
-    mes "The explanations in this tutorial are based on the official client version 0.5.2";
-    mes "If you're using another client, settings and controls may be different.";
-    next;
     mes "She smiles at you.";
     mes "[Sorfina]";
     mes "\"A wise decision.\"";
@@ -81,7 +80,13 @@ L_Clothes:
     mes "\"Now you should go to see my granddaughter, she is very worried. She's in the storehouse, that's the second building southeast from here.\"";
     next;
     mes "\"Oh, and if you're looking for work, you should talk to Aidan when you go to Tulimshar. They're giving rewards for monster hunting.";
-    mes "You can find him near the south gate. Good luck.\"";
+    mes "You can find him near the south gate.\"";
+    next;
+    mes "She hesitates a moment.";
+    mes "\"[Sorfina]\"";
+    mes "\"And here is some money for you. At least you can buy yourself something to eat.";
+    mes "Good luck!\"";
+    set Zeny, Zeny + 30;
     set sorfina, 4;
     close;
 
@@ -219,6 +224,7 @@ L_SkipTut:
     set FLAGS, FLAGS | FLAG_TUTORIAL_DONE;
     getitem "Knife", 1;
     getitem "CottonShirt", 1;
+    set Zeny, Zeny + 50;
     mes "Good luck.\"";
     close;
 
diff --git a/world/map/npc/042-2/tanisha.txt b/world/map/npc/042-2/tanisha.txt
index aa3cc66..a4bbeb1 100644
--- a/world/map/npc/042-2/tanisha.txt
+++ b/world/map/npc/042-2/tanisha.txt
@@ -98,12 +98,17 @@ L_StatsRe:
     mes "[Tanisha]";
     mes "\"But I doubt he'd do that without a service in return.\"";
 
-    if (tanisha == 3) goto L_Advice;
+    if (tanisha == 3) goto L_Money;
     close;
 
-L_Advice:
+L_Money:
     next;
     mes "[Tanisha]";
+    mes "\"Hey, you are so smart taking out all that yucky maggots for me.";
+    mes "You can have my pocket money. Here.\"";
+    set Zeny, Zeny + 5;
+L_Advice:
+    next;
     mes "\"When you go to Tulimshar, you should see Bernard. He can make a delicious soup!";
     mes "Good luck!\"";
     emotion 3;
-- 
1.7.4.1