I like that idea. I'll work on implementing that next time I work on the code.
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#102 2015-10-13 15:59:33
I love the idea of custom item lists! I was thinking about that on Sunday, how it would be like a thousand games in one, if you could choose a list to use, thus making different-themed stores.
And that just gave me another idea! I'm going to make a Christmas one!
#103 2015-10-13 18:46:43
Hello, it seems that I am the only one who cant get his head around the game properly.
Can someone give me some tips on how to start the game and dont lose like 5000 euros in the first few days?
I always sell my things, but my money goes down and I dont know what to do about that.
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#104 2015-10-13 19:52:41
Hello.
1. @simba: you should manage what to buy and how much to price. If you find something priced, let's say, $800 in the wearhouse, you might find that people aren't wanting to pay like $600, and thus you'll be losing $200 per item, which will let you lose some bucks: make sure you ask the market research team when you first launch the game and want to buy valuable items.
2. @Aprone: The thing I liked about the game is that it used the money of my own country. In other words, it uses the local money of the country the player lives in. So just out of curiosity, how did you figure that out? Is it done online or directly throughout a certain DLL? Just curious 
#105 2015-10-13 20:38:05
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Roro, I have the game check your computers regional settings so it knows what money to say. The only down side to that is that I know money in different places have different values and this game doesn't know how to take that into consideration. For example, a $1000 television makes sense using US dollars. If a player in China is playing U-Mart they might see a 1000 yen television, which is absurdly cheap, LOL! So it tries to make people feel more at home, but the numbers themselves might be a bit unrealistic for the area you live in.
#106 2015-10-13 20:42:55
Yeah, and that's the case in Lebanon where I live, 1 single dollar is 1500 Lebanese pounds, but anyway the importance is in the game itself, not in the value of the money, keep up a great work!
#107 2015-10-14 18:21:00
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Mirage I love the Christmas store idea. When I first though up custom item lists I was thinking of stuff like, hardware store, grocery store, electronics store. I can sure see I wasn't being very creative, when the first 2 ideas you guys type out are a magic store and Christmas themed items! You guys rock.
New update has been posted, which should help you with your customized stores.
Changes from 0.9c to 0.9d
- Fixed a bug that would tell you about AI players going bankrupt after loading a saved game, even though they had already been bankrupt. The first time you load an old saved game this bug will probably still happen, but saving it again should correct the bug.
- From the main menu you can now enable and disable the default game items, as well as any custom item list files. This will let you fully customize your store managing experience.
- Fixed a bug that could affect saved games, causing them to show some gibberish once loaded.
#108 2015-10-14 19:57:00
Ah, that's right! I can create for example, CD shops, musical instruments shops, ETC ETC ETC.
Thanks so much!
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#109 2015-10-14 22:02:42
CD shop could be interesting, but I'm wondering how that would work as while you can set prices, I don't know if keeping cds at their normal prices would work for this so the shop would be quite unrealistic, but quite fun too.
#110 2015-10-15 03:10:14
uh, problem. i disable the default, ... start a new game ... guess what? all normal items are back again. exit the game back to the menu, and check the custom option? ... nope, default is enabled again. rofl. damn thing refuses to take hold.
#111 2015-10-15 03:45:59
yeah i also noticed that it doesn't seem to know how many items the custom lists says it just says that items1.txt has items without giving a number like it does for the default list.
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#112 2015-10-15 03:59:23
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hmm, would anyone mind posting their custom item lists for me? I'll see if I can figure out where the problem is.
Oh, if your custom items add up to be less than 28 items, the game will enable the default list automatically. I'm not sure if that is the case here, but just tossing that out there. The game needs a minimum of 28 items to play.
#113 2015-10-15 04:07:37
(Possible dumb question ahead.)
When I update the game, what do I do with the old version? Last time, I uninstalled it and saved the newer version onto my PC. The problem with that is that I didn't get to keep any of my custom items lists.
Is there an easier way to update?
Should I just run the new version without doing anything to the older one?
#114 2015-10-15 04:47:17
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You can just unzip the new version into the same folder and have it overwrite the older one. That will preserve your item lists, as long as you didn't just add those new items into items1.txt.
#115 2015-10-15 08:30:31
hi aprone, yeah, list length is more then likely my problem. will put together a bigger one and try again. lol.
#116 2015-10-15 11:21:42
ok. i can confirm that list length was the fault behind that little problem. now i'm come up with another. the game appears to randomly be freezing up and locking, and i have to close it and restart it. no obvious patern to me as of yet, but it just seems to be random. it does tend to happen most, when buying new stock.
#117 2015-10-15 17:24:55
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Keba, I've been sitting here thinking about this reported lock up, and I might have an idea. Do you happen to know if you only have 28 items? When I put in the 28 item limit for the game, I am thinking now that the limit probably should have been set to more like 30. If you currently have exactly 28 items, try adding 2 more and see if the game still freezes.
#118 2015-10-15 19:25:45
Eh guys, this is the third, may be the fourth time I beat the game now. Look at the first month's statement for the first month of my current game. Challenge started: Can anyone break this record?
Monthly financial statement for January, 2015. A file named January 2015 statement.txt has been created to let you view this information more easily.
You are currently worth ل.ل. 73,093.48, once loan debt is factored in.
Kai Mart owner Jeremy is currently worth minus ل.ل. 104,622.53, once loan debt is factored in.
Neptco owner Jennifer is currently worth minus ل.ل. 135,252.74, once loan debt is factored in.
Monkey Barn owner Lillian is currently worth minus ل.ل. 107,859.00, once loan debt is factored in.
White Divils owner Emily is currently worth minus ل.ل. 133,159.62, once loan debt is factored in.
You began January with ل.ل. 50,000.00 and ended with ل.ل. 73,093.48, for a net gain of ل.ل. 23,093.48.
You spent ل.ل. 11,600.00 on employee wages.
You spent ل.ل. 1,400.00 on monthly bills, such as utilities and extra store services.
You spent ل.ل. 100,000.00 on loan payments. Your loans generated ل.ل. 0.00 interest.
You spent ل.ل. 450.00 on market research.
You spent ل.ل. 50.00 on store construction, and other miscellaneous extras.
You spent ل.ل. 37,989.48 on 54 Oak dresser.
You sold 34 Oak dresser for a loss of ل.ل. 3,504.38.
You spent ل.ل. 65,479.60 on 80 Queen mattress.
You sold 80 Queen mattress for a profit of ل.ل. 13,085.40.
You spent ل.ل. 81,103.60 on 107 Washing machine.
You sold 107 Washing machine for a profit of ل.ل. 15,179.90.
You spent ل.ل. 186,403.84 on 116 Treadmill.
You sold 116 Treadmill for a profit of ل.ل. 125,568.16.
You sold a total of 337 items, for a profit of ل.ل. 150,329.08.
#119 2015-10-15 20:06:53
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Holy golden Treadmill Batman! You made a killing on those things!
#120 2015-10-15 20:20:52
I never thought these will let me gain double their price and let me pay all my loan in my second game weak, anyway the save I was playing is now completed with a great victory 
#121 2015-10-15 20:24:27
Sorry for double posting, but thought I'd give you a suggestion: Why not to make/give us the ability to make items with fixed prices, like, hmm, an IPhone 6S with the price always fixed to $649, or some foods which prices never change?
#122 2015-10-15 22:31:10
I had another weird fun idea for a different kind of "store."
I picture this one, kind of like a big Las Vegas resort. So there are dinners of varying prices, from fast food, to expensive steak dinners. Then there are show tickets for concerts, plays, etc. Then there are "passes" for sections of the resort - spa, amusement park, water park, wildlife park, and things like that.
I also thought of a "car dealership" items list.
IMO, this is the best kind of game, the one where you can make one game into a million different things.
Well, . . . with 99 list options, I figure I can afford to think outside the box. :-)
#123 2015-10-17 08:25:50
Ahoy all!
so ehh I did manage to keep myself from playing the game while my exams were on, mutters those 2 hours before the exam don't count,no...
Now I can play,and beat you all to the billion mark! wait, is that a good idea or what. 
roro, that's hell of a score,mate here I was,thinking I was doing good :d
Monthly financial statement for April, 2015. .
You are currently worth $166,049.28, once loan debt is factored in.
Kai Mart owner Jeremy is currently worth minus $114,121.87, once loan debt is factored in.
Neptco owner Jennifer is currently worth minus $175,997.56, once loan debt is factored in.
Monkey Barn owner Lillian is currently worth minus $149,323.97, once loan debt is factored in.
White Divils owner Emily is currently worth minus $206,782.91, once loan debt is factored in.
You began April with $84,005.43 and ended with $259,653.98, for a net gain of $175,648.55.
You spent $10,800.00 on employee wages.
You spent $3,650.00 on monthly bills, such as utilities and extra store services.
You spent $669.00 on loan payments. Your loans generated $196.00 interest.
You spent $0.00 on market research.
You spent $0.00 on store construction, and other miscellaneous extras.
You spent $0.00 on 0 Towing chain.
You sold 2 Towing chain for a profit of $13.94.
You spent $784.00 on 20 Heavy duty tarp.
You sold 6 Heavy duty tarp for a profit of $9.30.
You spent $3,264.00 on 70 Electric toothbrush.
You sold 46 Electric toothbrush for a profit of $883.02.
You spent $0.00 on 0 Super fort playset.
You sold 6 Super fort playset for a profit of $55.26.
You spent $1,803.20 on 20 Resturant gift card.
You sold 20 Resturant gift card for a profit of $556.80.
You spent $4,478.20 on 40 Chess board.
You sold 40 Chess board for a profit of $1,091.80.
You spent $2,496.00 on 10 Sports watch.
You sold 10 Sports watch for a profit of $499.00.
You spent $18,816.00 on 40 Oak dresser.
You sold 36 Oak dresser for a profit of $4,683.60. 1 was stolen by shoplifters, for a loss of $470.40.
You spent $28,224.00 on 40 Gas generator.
You sold 61 Gas generator for a profit of $9,272.70.
You spent $27,518.40 on 39 Buzztech electric oven.
You sold 16 Buzztech electric oven for a profit of $11,919.40.
You spent $61,387.20 on 80 Queen mattress.
You sold 79 Queen mattress for a profit of $9,820.40. 1 was stolen by shoplifters, for a loss of $769.10.
You spent $0.00 on 0 No-Kia-a phone.
You sold 9 No-Kia-a phone for a profit of $4,880.04.
You spent $47,040.00 on 40 Piano.
You sold 40 Piano for a profit of $55,250.00.
You spent $31,987.20 on 20 Treadmill.
You sold 47 Treadmill for a profit of $14,453.83.
You spent $88,000.00 on 49 Theater TV.
You sold 40 Theater TV for a profit of $47,637.20.
You sold a total of 458 items, for a profit of $161,026.29.
Shoplifters stole 2 total items, costing your store $1,239.50.
So what custom stores have people come up with? and the items in them, of course. lets share the stuff we come up with, for the world's for sale!
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#124 2015-10-17 14:40:30
I have a 31-item harry potter themed custom store, might upload it after I add a few more items.
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#125 2015-10-18 00:31:54
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I've just posted a new version. This one tries to add in a few more things to consider when running your store, plus adds a little more customization.
Changes from 0.9d to 1.0
- I've adjusted the game to now require at least 30 custom items before it will let you disable the game's default item list.
- You can now change the names and store names for your computer opponents on the main menu. Perhaps you want to feel like you're competiting against friends or family of yours, or perhaps you're using custom items and want the stores you battle to seem more appropriate.
- On normal and hard modes, the computer players will begin the game with a smaller starter loan.
- Fixed a typo in the description for the rewards program.
- A few new ways to draw in customers have been added. Under store extras, you can now advertise for your store with mailers, billboards, radio commercials, and television commercials.
- The AI opponents are able to use all 4 types of advertising.
- On Normal and Hard mode, the computer opponents are given a discount when buying store extras. This is meant to encourage them to build them more often than they currently do.
- Shoplifters are more common now. I was not happy with how rare they were in the past versions, even without any security extras being added to the store. I want players to feel like they need security measures as the game progresses.
- A new store extra has been added. Security strips can be placed at the exits to your store, and will beep if a shoplifter tries to take an item through that was not paid for. Nothing will stop every theif, but this adding these sensors will help.
- When buying store extras, the confirmation message now lists the monthly cost for the purchase you're about to make.
- Random injuries can happen in the store, for either your employees or the customers. When these rare events occur, be prepared to hand over money to pay the medical expenses.
- Store insurance has been added, under the extras menu. Having insurance will lower the cost of paying for lawsuits and other damages.
- Some items on the monthly statement will no longer be included if they were at zero.
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