Wagoner
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Description
The wagoner provides a way of sending bulk items (e.g. bricks, etc) to a particular person in a semi-automated way.
Wagoners operate a special wagon for their deliveries. When making a delivery, the wagoner will drive to the collection point, load their wagon, and drive it from there to the destination, unload the goods, before returning to their camp.
Wagoner camp
Upon placing a wagoner, they will spawn a camp; this consists of some furniture, a campfire and a place to park the wagoner’s wagon when the wagoner is not on deliveries. While idle, the wagoner may be found sitting at his campfire or asleep on a straw bed in their tent.
The waystone becomes the wagoner’s ‘home’ waystone, and the wagoner becomes a citizen of the deed (similar to traders).
The camp layout can not be changed and its rotation is determined by the link it has.
Sending items
To set up a delivery, crates need to be placed into a wagoner container (which holds a maximum of 20 large crates).
- Ensure that the wagoner container is planted next to the waystone. This can be done by activating the container and right clicking on the waystone and clicking plant.
- Select a receiving player for the delivery; that player will receive a notification that they have a delivery pending (similar to mail notifications).
- The recipient needs to select a waystone to receive the delivery at (connected waystone, but not in a wagoner's camp).
- Once the recipient has accepted the delivery, the job will be added to the wagoner's queue, and they will start working if they are not busy.
- The wagoner will drive to the collection container, load up their wagon and transport the crates to the destination waypoint, eventually unloading the crates at the destination.
- If the recipient does not accept the delivery within a set time, the delivery will time out (and the fees refunded if appropriate).
Note
- Wagoners will automatically revert to contract form in their owner’s inventory upon dismissal or the deed they are part of disbanding.
- Resizing a deed so their camp falls outside the deed boundaries will return the contract to the owner's inventory as well.
- Wagoners may be set to public or private availability, via their permissions (set by the owner), with options for deed and alliance members.
- To send a shipment, you need a wagoner. Public use wagoners may be found at starter deeds, but players will be able to obtain a wagoner contract from a trader, allowing them to place their own wagoner on their deeds. Wagoner contracts will operate in a very similar fashion to merchant contracts
- Wagoners use the new highway system to navigate, so the origin and destination need to be connected via a network of waystones and catseyes
- There may be a delay before the wagoner does the delivery, as will depend on how busy they are
- Delivery costs 1c per crate. And may also be set to C.O.D. (cash on delivery). Money is not credited to the sender's account until the recipient accepts.
- The sender can opt to pay the 1c/crate up front.
- If you dismiss a wagoner that has a delivery in progress, they will complete the delivery and then drive home before finally vanishing.
Requirements for a camp
- The camp site is created by using a wagoner contract
- Must be placed around a cul-de-sac waypoint (i.e. one with only 1 link)
- On a flat 2x2 tile area
- Above water level
- Completely contained on a deed
- Only one catseye (and no waystones) on the border of the camp.
Notes
- Wagoners may have several deliveries queued - each simultaneously-active delivery requires its own crate rack. The wagoner will work through the deliveries in order, returning to their home camp after each one.
- A maximum of one wagoner camp may be placed per waystone
- You may not select a wagoner camp as the target for a delivery
- When making a delivery, the crates are left at the delivery point, and will be sealed. Only the recipient may unseal them or load them into a vehicle
- Wagoners cannot cross server borders
