eqemu-docs/docs/server/scripting/merchant-data-buckets.md

Merchant Data Buckets

• Merchant data buckets allow Server Operators to limit the items a merchant will show based on different data bucket comparisons and the bucket name and value provided.

Using Merchant Data Buckets

• To use a Merchant Data Bucket you will need to set the bucket_name, bucket_value, and bucket_comparison fields in the merchantlist table for your intended item.

How the Data Buckets are Used

• The Merchant grabs all of your Data Buckets when you open the Merchant window and then compares your values to the field values noted above.

Comparison Types

• Merchant Data Buckets have 10 different comparison types.

Standard Comparison Types

• There are six standard comparison types.
  • 0 (==) checks your value and the Merchant value for equality
  • 1 (!=) checks your value and the Merchant value for inequality
  • 2 (>=) checks if your value is greater than or equal to the Merchant value
  • 3 (<=) checks if your value is lesser than or equal to the Merchant value
  • 4 (>) checks if your value is greater than the Merchant value
  • 5 (<) checks if your value is lesser than the Merchant value

Special Comparsion Types

• There are four special comparison types.
• These values are pipe | separated.
  • 6 (Any) checks if your value is any of the pipe-separated Merchant values (Example: 1|2|3)
  • 7 (Not Any) checks if your value is not any of the pipe-separated Merchant values (Example: 4|5|6)
  • 8 (Between) checks if your value is between two pipe-separated Merchant values (Example: 1|3)
  • 9 (Not Between) checks if your value is not between two pipe-separated Merchant values (Example: 4|6)