Ominick
Terrarian
The Dye trader is not a very varied NPC, he only sells white dye and a dye vat.
My idea is that the dye would offer a second service called "Analyze".
A GUI similar to the Goblin Tinkerer's "Reforge". However, you can only place dyes in the slot, and the reforge buton is a picture of suggestively a magnifying glass, and it's called "analyze".
If it is the first time a player analyzes a dye the dye is consumed and the dye trader says: "An interesting shade, I wonder if I could copy that, but I'll need more dye for that".
The following three times the same dye is offered, he says:
"A very interesting color indeed, get me some more of this and we'll see..."
"I have identified the shade as color name! Now I just need to figure out the chemistry..."
"I have found traces of dye material (example: orange bloodroot), but I'm uncertain..."
On the fith time a player analyzes the same dye he says: "I know how to make this dye now!"
When this happens that dye becomes available in his shop inventory.
So... recap:
The dye trader should be able to sell all dyes, you unlock a dye when you have given him a certain number of samples of that dye. My idea of a good price would be 1-5 gold, depending on dye rarity, maybe rarely more?
The dye messages are optional, more to give you an idea of it than anything else, the number of dyes is optional aswell, 4 has been suggested.
A sprite for the analyze GUI, thank you, Aloup Shmederheisen!
http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?attachments/analyze-sprite-png.29501/
A much better set of quotes (thanks, TyHachi!):
My idea is that the dye would offer a second service called "Analyze".
A GUI similar to the Goblin Tinkerer's "Reforge". However, you can only place dyes in the slot, and the reforge buton is a picture of suggestively a magnifying glass, and it's called "analyze".
If it is the first time a player analyzes a dye the dye is consumed and the dye trader says: "An interesting shade, I wonder if I could copy that, but I'll need more dye for that".
The following three times the same dye is offered, he says:
"A very interesting color indeed, get me some more of this and we'll see..."
"I have identified the shade as color name! Now I just need to figure out the chemistry..."
"I have found traces of dye material (example: orange bloodroot), but I'm uncertain..."
On the fith time a player analyzes the same dye he says: "I know how to make this dye now!"
When this happens that dye becomes available in his shop inventory.
So... recap:
The dye trader should be able to sell all dyes, you unlock a dye when you have given him a certain number of samples of that dye. My idea of a good price would be 1-5 gold, depending on dye rarity, maybe rarely more?
The dye messages are optional, more to give you an idea of it than anything else, the number of dyes is optional aswell, 4 has been suggested.
A sprite for the analyze GUI, thank you, Aloup Shmederheisen!
http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?attachments/analyze-sprite-png.29501/
A much better set of quotes (thanks, TyHachi!):
1: "Oh! Another dye!? Let me see...This is made out of [ITEM]...I might be able to make [COLOR] dye with some more samples..."
2: "I think I might be able to make a dye of high quality with some more practice..."
3: "Almost got it-this dye will make you look fabulous! I just need to do some fine tweaking. Can you bring me another sample?"
4: "Magnificent! This hue is perfect! I'm sure I can continue to make this dye at the same quality as it is now! I'll make sure to have [Traveling Merchant] bring more materials so that I can sell this."
2: "I think I might be able to make a dye of high quality with some more practice..."
3: "Almost got it-this dye will make you look fabulous! I just need to do some fine tweaking. Can you bring me another sample?"
4: "Magnificent! This hue is perfect! I'm sure I can continue to make this dye at the same quality as it is now! I'll make sure to have [Traveling Merchant] bring more materials so that I can sell this."
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