What is a market?

[Canna]

I saw something called a market in the map generator and I dont get what it does

[Yung Venuz]

It lets's you buy things with coins.

[BIT Bear]

A market is an entity in the game that modders can acces. You can spawn one in the default game with a command but it will be empty. However, with a simple script to your control.lua (or adding it as a seperate script then "require" it) you can add items to the market to your game, without downloading external mods. (This does however disable achievements!)

Here is an example market that I use for (and to test) my pvp mods:

--spawn a market command (add this to your control.lua in your savegame or scenario, or add it as a seperate script.)
function spawn_market(cmd) --spawn a market
  local surface = game.player.surface
  local player = game.player

  local market_location = {x = player.position.x, y = player.position.y}
  market_location.y = market_location.y - 4 --spawns it directly north of you

  local market = surface.create_entity{name="market", position=market_location, force=force}

  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 12}}, offer={type="give-item", item="steel-axe"}} --change these items and prices to what you want
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 4}}, offer={type="give-item", item="firearm-magazine"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 18}}, offer={type="give-item", item="piercing-rounds-magazine"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 114}}, offer={type="give-item", item="uranium-rounds-magazine"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 18}}, offer={type="give-item", item="land-mine"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 24}}, offer={type="give-item", item="grenade"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 280}}, offer={type="give-item", item="flamethrower"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 38}}, offer={type="give-item", item="flamethrower-ammo"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 72}}, offer={type="give-item", item="rocket"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 512}}, offer={type="give-item", item="rocket-launcher"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 36}}, offer={type="give-item", item="night-vision-equipment"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 62}}, offer={type="give-item", item="solar-panel-equipment"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 840}}, offer={type="give-item", item="fusion-reactor-equipment"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 448}}, offer={type="give-item", item="modular-armor"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 960}}, offer={type="give-item", item="power-armor"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 2140}}, offer={type="give-item", item="power-armor-mk2"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 144}}, offer={type="give-item", item="car"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 684}}, offer={type="give-item", item="tank"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 38}}, offer={type="give-item", item="gun-turret"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 74}}, offer={type="give-item", item="flamethrower-turret"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 248}}, offer={type="give-item", item="roboport"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 34}}, offer={type="give-item", item="construction-robot"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 3}}, offer={type="give-item", item="solid-fuel", count=8}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 33}}, offer={type="give-item", item="rocket-fuel"}}
  market.add_market_item{price={{"coin", 64}}, offer={type="give-item", item="nuclear-fuel"}}

end

commands.add_command("market", 'Build a market near you.', spawn_market)
--to use the command use "/market"

Hope that answers your question and more!

[Cryoge]

And its mostly for creating scenarios for other players.

[Canna]

damn, thx

[mP3+Z]

I see the great potential with market system to make this game more like Tropico or Banished.

But it still some rule, for examle, you can only sell your product and not allow to buy the materials, so you still need to produce the product by your own. instead, you can buy some awesome stuff that you cannot produce.

Also, It's good way to consume the stuff you dont need and keep the production line clean, especially in the middle-late part of the game.

[luziferius]

Check out the »tight space« challenge campaign included in the base game. It uses the market, to let you buy machines for coins.