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Mule Trade It! VSN 0.0.368 now available
Mule Trade It! Vsn 0.0.368 released
This release is Alpha 7 compatible and has also fixed the issue with the points display. An apparent change in the code before I got the files to fix a crash when computing total points resulted in that method always returning zero. I KNEW I was nowhere near it before <grin>
The initial greeting now is appended with <v1.1> so that automated shoppers can determine what version of the Trade It! they are communicating with. The number before the dot is the shopper command version, and is a key to what shopping commands and command syntax are available while shopping. If a shopping bot does not see "<v1" in it's string, it could default to using the comma separator, if it does see the string, it should use the colon separator. The number after the dot is the version of seller commands available. These numbers will only change if commands are added or modified, so should normally not change between versions.
Download it here.
Current Known Bugs
(No ETA on delivery)
| Improvement | Priority | Notes |
| Delivery's are broken, application crashes after first delivery,l | 3 | Workaround: Log out and back in after crash. |
| Cannot sell trade notes that have a comma in their name (ie, "Trade Note (250,000)" | 2 | FIXED IN VERSION 359 |
| Responding to searches in the global trade channel are broken as of the January patch. | 2 | FIXED IN VERSION 359 |
PRIORITY KEY::
Priority 1: Critical - Can cause item loss
Priority 2: Serious - Existing functionality broken, no workaround
Priority 3: Important - Existing functionality broken, work around
exists
Priority 4: Normal - Existing functionality works, cosmetic or
annoyance issues
Design Change Requests
(No ETA on delivery)
| Improvement | Priority | Notes |
| Sorting/Stacking/Packing of payment items. | ||
| Log out when sold out / out of space | ||
| Allow splitting of stacks for sell | ||
| Add 'Restocking' capabilities | ||
| Add Trade Sets | ||
| In-Depth details with 'Check' command | ||
| Optional In-Depth details with '!Search' command | ||
| Mansion visibility fix | ||
| Optional Owner page | ||
| Online Manual | ||
| Web Interface and shopping | ||
| Age of Item (Time spent in inventory) | ||
| Accept ringed keys as payment | ||
| Ability to 'Model' armor for the buyer | ||
| Add Allegiance Only options |
WHAT USED TO BE NEW:
Mule Trade It! Vsn. 0.0.363 Now released - PLEASE READ
This release fixes issues with the help, and incompatibility in syntax between the Check and Add commands. The colon is now used consistently in all commands.
If you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.0.359, please be sure to read the .359 notes below for information on the default install location and saving / transferring your MuleTrader settings.
This version also incorporates 'fuzzy' searching on the Check and Add commands which should simplify adding and checking prices of items. If you get full item names and/or values, it will continue to work as in the past. But it will also except partial names when they result in a single match.
There is also a new 'version' command. When you tell the bot 'version' he will respond with the version of Mule Trade It! that is eing run. This is primarily for use by shopping plugins.
Mule Trade It! Vsn. 0.0.359 Now released - PLEASE READ
This release now responds to searches in the global trade channel correctly, and can sell items that contain commas in their names.
In order to allow commas in names, the separator between the name and the value has changed to a colon ':" instead of a comma ','. Appropriate notices of this change have been added to the buyer instructions and tells.
Mule Trade It! now installs by default in the Program Files\GouruWare\Mule Trade It! subdirectory. Older MuleTrader installs installed to the Program Files\MuleTrader subdirectory. To keep your current configuration, you can copy the appropriate 'world' directories from MuleTrader subdirectory to the new GouruWare\Mule Trade It! subdirectory, OR you can change the install location to the original MuleTrader subdirectory. I recommend the first option (copying the 'world' subdirectories) as this will allow all future upgrades to simply use the default install options.
This is the FIRST release of Mule Trade It!, and I do not run a full-time sellbot (yet), so there may have been bugs introduced in the transition of the code, or in the install. The old MuleTrader install will remain available until we are sure this version is stable.
Now....assuming you have read the information above, you can now install the new Mule Trade It! by clicking here!.
History
Mule Trade It! started life as Mule Trader, and was originally authored by Gol. In February of 2006 I took over continued maintenance as he moved on to other games including one I've never heard of. If anybody could send me links or reviews on 'Real Life' I'd appreciate it, might like to try it out some day.
Goals and Vision
My initial goals are to fix some of the more 'nagging' bugs in the software (which fortunately are very few) and perhaps a few of the more pressing additional features. I then plan to convert the code to C# as it will be more directly supported by Decal in the future. I will then be working on making Mule Trade It! the best 'trading' plug-in ever, beating away the competition with improved search, pricing and selling options, a web interface (AC Home Shopping Network), auctions and other Cool features.
Support
Support is currently remaining on Gol's boards, which is where you can also download the final version of Mule Trader. Future releases of Mule Trade It will be available from this page.