Hide Licenses - License Secure Storage v1.03 - updated 2007-08-05

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Hide Licenses - License Secure Storage v1.03 - updated 2007-08-05

Post by B-O'F » Tue, 10. Apr 07, 18:57

License Secure Storage - by BOF

Update 2007-08-05
1.03 - Corrected an error when the player had no licenses
- changed messages

Update 2007-08-04
1.02 - command now only shows for playership - thanks to voxol

Update 2007-04-25
1.01 - added a rather vital script that I had forgotten to include. My apologies to all that were affected by this.

Initial release
2007-04-10

You know how it is - you have a police license so you can get the bounty when you kill a pirate, but now you need to deal with the pirates.. but they don't trust you, because you have a licence..

Description:
So how do you get rid of your licence? You can't just throw it away.
- Well you could attack a ship, gate or station belonging to the race - but you can get a big reputation hit.
- You could obtain an illegal substance and wait to get scanned, then drop the substance.

Not too bad if you only have one licence, but if you have them for ALL races - then you have to do this in sectors owned by each race... takes a lot of time, costs money for the 'substances' (Space Fuel, Space weed, Slaves, Spaceflies, SQUASH Mine) and the licence costs about 7580Cr each to replace. That's 37,900Cr for just all the licenses... not a small sum..

The licenses are carried around by you - so just put them away in a secure place (not your glove compartment).. I can supply a secure place - for a small fee of course.

Just install my License Secure Storage software - it is free - and you will be charged a small fee of 100Cr, when your license(s) is/are returned to you.

"Free software, and only 100Cr to return the license(s)" you say, "What's the catch?". No catch, just some simple maths.
If I charged you for the software, then you probably wouldn't buy it.
If I charged a large sum for storage, then you would only use it rarely.
With free software and only 100Cr charge when used, then you will use it without thinking of the cost - as will a few thousand other customers.. soon adds up in my bank account........ then there's the optional extras...

Use:

Only operates on playership.

Entries are not case sensitive, just shown in uppercase for clarity.

Just find the command - under Piracy, of course, as it is not strictly legal - and enter H to hide, L to list hidden or R to restore - all current licenses are hidden/ restored as requested.

The optional extras?.. for a little bit extra, I can supply a forged license..
Just enter F followed by the initial letter of the required forgery (Argon, Boron etc)... but only one forgery at a time.
So for Argon you type in FA (I do mean that you have to type in FA - not that you don't have to type in anything).
Ahh yes - the cost for this extra service.. how about 10,000 Cr per license.. Well it as effective as the real thing, and will stand up to scrutiny by any Police. If you can't dock to get one... there is no alternative.


Uses:-
slot - Piracy 44
page - 8896

Package consists of .spk and files in folders, all zipped together.
448896.xml - t file
setup.bof.hide.licenses - the setup file
bof.hide.licenses - the script
bof.hide.licenses.check - allow use only on playership

Available here, courtesy of Xai Corp
.zip includes .spk

To install:-
Using Script Installer--
- select .spk package

Do it yourself --
- copy from 'copy to t-files' to t folder
- copy from 'copy to scripts' to scripts folder

This is not a major script, just useful sometimes

Enjoy,

Boron - Ol Fh'art
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Post by jocan2003 » Tue, 10. Apr 07, 19:04

waow nice little and nasty one mate, keep it up :D

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Post by Vyruz » Thu, 12. Apr 07, 03:18

That's great too, but I prefer to add new ware at my station and store them ther. It's cheaper too :D

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Post by B-O'F » Thu, 12. Apr 07, 11:28

Hi Vyruz,

Nice idea, but please don't spread it around, or I will never get rich.

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Post by al_main » Thu, 12. Apr 07, 11:50

I think you could charge alot more for a forged licence.

Easily 20,000Cr, prob more...

Then you would get rich!

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Post by B-O'F » Thu, 12. Apr 07, 12:57

Hi al-main,

I pitched the price fairly low, so that more people might use it - a thousand time 10,000 Cr is better than ten times 20,000 Cr....

It is easy to change - $forge.cost in line 50 is the negative amount - if you wish to pay me more (I don't mind that) ....

All part of the plan to make me a rich(er) man...

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Post by Vyruz » Thu, 12. Apr 07, 14:00

B-O'F wrote:Hi Vyruz,

Nice idea, but please don't spread it around, or I will never get rich.

Boron - Ol Fh'art
:rofl: I hope it isn'too late.
I am using ur script, I don't always have the mood to go to my station that's about 12 jumps away. :wink:

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Post by B-O'F » Thu, 12. Apr 07, 15:15

Hi Vyruz,

As long as you use my script, and don't go to your own station, I am happy - and richer...

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Post by Vyruz » Thu, 12. Apr 07, 15:21

You sounds more like a Teladi than a Boron :D

And the best thing, if I can't by an license cuz of low rep, I can buy it from you.

Thx

Btw, I'm a Boron-Hunter and sell them to the Split for Fishstick. :P :twisted:

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Post by B-O'F » Thu, 12. Apr 07, 16:22

Hi Vyruz,

Yes, I have Teladi blood - normally on my windscreen..

Boron-Hunters don't scare me, I have a very modified LX - at 3,600 m/s you will never catch me. Anyway, I am too old and boney - not enough meat for a Fishstick.

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Post by Vyruz » Thu, 12. Apr 07, 16:41

:o 3,600 m/s!!! (<=cheater :P )
Watch out that u won't run into an astro, unless u'r a drifter.

WHAT... :o I didn't realize that u'r the dude who made the list of scripts Commands in http://x3.ircwhore.co.uk/
btw great work, I'll let you go free for that :P

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Post by B-O'F » Thu, 12. Apr 07, 16:54

Hi Vyruz,

I don't remember claiming that I played fair... the speed is only a minor change - you should see the rest.. astro's don't normally withstand the collision....

Yes, I did that command list some time ago, and there are about 10 other scripts of mine around - mostly on the slightly dark side... much more interesting.... and profitable....

By the way, I mutate Vyruzes, have an idea for another script, using a mutated virus.....

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Post by Vyruz » Thu, 12. Apr 07, 17:16

B-O'F wrote:By the way, I mutate Vyruzes, have an idea for another script, using a mutated virus.....
Oh nooo, I, an Argon, got mutated. A split held me for a crazy Boron and ate me up. :rofl:

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Post by christennison » Sat, 21. Apr 07, 04:25

okay, am i missing something here. i installed the mod as per the instructions but i can't find piracy anywhere on any of my menus.

this could be the answer to my troubles with the pirates, please help!!!!!!
My job isn't to DIE for my country but to make the other guy DIE for his!!!!!!!

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Post by christennison » Sat, 21. Apr 07, 10:28

ok i found how to activate the scripts, now i can't use it.

Every time i click on it i get a message telling me it's an invalid command even though I've tried with capitals & lower case.

Please help - again :evil:
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Post by B-O'F » Sat, 21. Apr 07, 10:45

Hi christennison,

First off, this is a script - not a mod.

The 'Piracy' commands are in your ship commands - it should show:- Navigation, Combat, Trade, Special, Piracy, Custom, General.

Do you have any other scripts installed ? Are they working ?

If you have no other scripts installed - this is your first - you will have to activate the Script Editor as in the sticky at the top Activating the Script Editor .

Some people do not wish to do this as it puts a very small "modified" tag in the game - they prefer to use a completely clean 'vanilla' game (no mods or scripts). This choice is up to you..


[Edit]
You posted while I was reading and checking your previous post..

All commands for this script are case insensitive, and are one or two characters.

You should see 'H L R F - hide, list,rest, forge' at the top of the input box, and then you can enter L to get a list, if there are no hidden licenses then you get a message saying so. That is an easy check to see if it is working correctly.
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I hope that this helps,

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Post by B-O'F » Sat, 21. Apr 07, 13:14

Hi christennison,

Sorry for the delay, had some work to do.

It has been a long time since I ran without the Script Editor enabled, so started a new game to check that you had been given all the required information to get this working...

Changed name as per the instructions, the command was there under Piracy, worked OK with the L command. Checked FA and I got the message 'Not enough money' - as expected.

Started again, changed name, tried FA - no problems (apart from lack of money).

No errors... so what is the state of your game now ?

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Post by novacatt » Wed, 25. Apr 07, 13:27

Hiya B-O'F,
I've Got Your Script Installed* In My Current Game (Humble Merchant Start Using Roguey's Mod) & I Keep Getting This Message When I Try To Forge Any Licence:
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s127 ... -OFLSS.jpg

I've Tried Using Just Upper Case & Get The Above Message, Tried Using Just Lower Case & Got the Same Message, Tried A Combination Of Upper & Lower Case With The Same Result...

Any Help Would Be Muchly Appreciated....... :thumb_up:

Cheers & Thranx

PS I Have Read The Directions/Readme Carefully... So I Do Understand How To Use It......

* = Installed the SPK Version & Have Other Scripts Running As Well (LV's, Cycrow's, LT.Ford[KBG] & BenCo's), So Have Done The "Thereshallbewings" Routine... :roll:

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Post by jlehtone » Wed, 25. Apr 07, 14:00

:gruebel: Hides license. Goes undercover. Ok so far.

But what about when I'm among new "friends" pretending a dope smuggler and Licenses safely hidden. Should I worry about being scanned by bypassing Customs? Even with public license that would be an offence. Surely the Customs officer sees from main database that I have a license and revokes it? Or do you mean that for measly 100 I could be a crook and keep my license at the same time? There is something anomalous in this offer... :roll:

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Post by B-O'F » Wed, 25. Apr 07, 18:49

Sorry for the delay, but I have been out today.

@ novacatt

What are you entering ?

I have looked at the instructions again, and there is a chance that they may be misunderstood.

Fx - Forge License for race x (costs 10,000Cr)

Is meant to indicate the general cost of the forgery, the expected inputs are FA, FB, FP, FS, or FT.

With hindsight, I should have written:-

Forged Licenses cost 10,000CR, enter:-
FA - Argon
FB - Boron
etc.

I will check/edit the first post to make sure that this is clearer.


@ jlehtone

Yes, that is what it means.

Secure storage is immune to Customs and Police checks.

It is cheap, so you should use it often (I hope).

It is under the Piracy heading, so is not exactly shining white - more a slighly dirty grey....

If you want to pay me more for the use of this software, please PM me and I will give you details of where to send the cheque. The cheque will have to be in pounds sterling, as my bank does not accept Credits - but I will make sure that I get a good exchange rate.

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