CreateVendor

Makes a vendor - an NPC actor nobody can hurt, selling a shop.

One call for CreateActor (the same soul, place, name, clothing and world; no weapons - a vendor stands unarmed), SetActorInvulnerable and SetActorShop. The use key on it opens the shop on the game’s own trade screen (SetShopScreen keeps the panel). Move it, pose it and destroy it like any actor (MoveActor, SetActorAnim, DestroyEntity); SetActorShop changes what it sells.

Syntax

CreateVendor(shop, soul, x, y, z, yaw [, name, clothing, world])

Parameter	Type
shop	number	the shop it sells
soul	string | number | nil	a soul’s name, id or GUID; nil = the server’s pool
x	number	metres
y	number	metres
z	number	metres (below 0 = on the ground)
yaw	number	degrees (0 without)
name	string	the label over its head; nil = none (optional)
clothing	string	a clothing preset GUID; nil = the server default (optional)
world	number	the virtual world; nil = the shared one (optional)

Returns

number - the vendor’s entity id; nil when the shop does not exist or the actor could not be made

Example

local smithy = CreateShop("Smithy", 0.4, 800)
SetShopItem(smithy, "shortswordBroad", 90, 3)
SetShopBuyCategories(smithy, {"MeleeWeapon", "Armor"})   -- buys blades and armour alone
local smith = CreateVendor(smithy, nil, 1290.5, 1101.2, -1, 90, "Smith")
SetActorAnim(smith, "smith")   -- at the anvil between customers

See also

CreateShop · SetActorShop · CreateActor · SetShopScreen · OnPlayerShopDeal · the Shops and vendors group of the index