SPACE TRADER WARS
"Come Trade with Us"
FAQ for players
Why cant I trade?
In order to allow players to run their own trade companies, trade is limited to within a 5km sphere around the place or person to which you want to trade. For example the default trade region for Trade Wars NPC's, is a 1000 metre radius from the satellites and community centers.
Depending on your version this may also apply to trading with other players. You also need to have enough money or items to trade it! (obviously)
A future option is an option to prevent new players trading right away to prevent players selling off all your factions supplies; this may prevent trading to begin with for new players.
My Trade Shop Zone is doing wierd things
Troubleshooting steps:
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Check your beacon is turned on.
Check your beacon wasnt hacked/destroyed. (Or somehow lost its link to your zone)
Check your trade zone is open for business (/tz list should give details)
Check you have not entered, or overlap another trade zone. When zones overlap NPC zones have priority. Eventually the zone with the lowest sell price and the highest buy price will have priority. (Work in progress)
My ship is full of item X but i cant sell it - tells me i have none?
If the item is stored in a connector, refinery, gun, reactor or assembler it will not automatically sell.. since these are usually needed.. If you really need to sell it, move it to a crate (or your inventory)
What if I need to buy more than I can carry?
Frontier Economy is designed to check how much you can carry. If you are flying a ship, the goods will be placed into the ships cargo space, if you are not in a ship and buy too much. It stores the overflow in the trade system until you collect it.
What if I need to sell more than I can carry?
We allow players to sell items in ships they are piloting; So just store it in a crate or attach a crate to your cockpit with a conveyor, and it will let you sell from there.
How can I check the value before I sell or buy?
use the /value command. For example - /value metal
If you are near a trade region you can also use LCD price lists, see LCD section above.
There is also a /pricelist command for an overview of current area pricing.
I am getting "did you mean..." messages and I cant seem to buy or sell some items?
This usually occurs if you try to trade an item with a name made up of two or more words - or several items have similar names.
Try putting quotes (talking marks) around the item name. For example /sell 1 "Iron Ingot"
Ugh Do I need to type out each item i want to sell in full each time?
No. So long as you use enough letters to identify a particular item, it will automatically match.
For example /sell 1 "Uranium O" or /buy 1 "Construct" or /buy 1 25mm or /sell 3 ammo
I am trying to sell an item, but it keeps telling me I don't have enough?
We discovered the game rounds to 2 decimal places, but actually uses 6 decimal places.
The "not enough" error should show the exact decimal places, retry the sell using those; or you can sell using the "all" keyword. For example /sell all stone
Can I trade blueprints?
YES - they have to be workshop blueprints tho.. not sure if secret/private ones work. Basically ask a player to pay you money for a BP. Then hit F10 once they pay you, open the blue print workshop entry in the F10 menu in details, and select the player from the drop down list and press close. They now have your blueprint. Only works on workshop blueprints! So upload ones you want to trade to steam!
How do I create a trade space station?
Make yourself a cool space station - then build the a beacon on your space station. Use this beacon when registering the trade zone. (point at beacon and type /tz register "shop name" 1000 - this would create a shop called "shop name" with a range of 1000 metres) See earlier section on player trade zone commands for more detail.
How do I become a roaming gypsy trader?
Build the beacon on a space ship instead.
How can i move my shop?
There are three obvious ways:
1: Grind out your beacon. Build it in the new location. Then link it to your existing zone.
2: Convert your space station to a ship and tow it there.
3: Build your beacon on a space ship to begin with. Fly it wherever.
Why is item XXXX so expensive?
Item prices are based on the pricing formula applied to materials, and the cost of the materials that would be necessary to construct a given item; plus a small retail markup.
Why is material YYYY so cheap when i sell it?
The more common the material in space, the less it is worth. Its basic economics.