How do I?: Auction House

[msulli1355]

In the old forums, somebody (I don't remember whom) set up their server to test mob TP moves. IN his post, he said that all items at the AH cost 1 gil. I am wondering how may I accomplish this on my own server? My AH isn't even populated. Whenever I ask for any category, it simply returns "Nothing appropriate". Is there a guide anywhere for tweaking AH code?

[whasf]

Do you have the search server running? It handles the auction house searchings and listings.

[msulli1355]

Should there be more to the output of dssearch than this? If not, it's running.

michael@carter /home/work/trunk $ ./dssearch
pthread_attr_init: Success
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DSSearch-server

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[PrBlahBlahtson]

There's a separate tool (written for Windows) that can accomplish that. It should be able to connect from a remote computer/VM, if you've got one.

It's This one.

See also this one, that uses FFXIAH prices: http://forums.dspt.info/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=19

And this one does some AH editing: http://forums.dspt.info/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=20

To be really honest, the tools just run an SQL query that populates purchase history and puts items up for sale. If I knew the actual query, I'd pass it on.

[whasf]

Should there be more to the output of dssearch than this? If not, it's running.

michael@carter /home/work/trunk $ ./dssearch
pthread_attr_init: Success
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DSSearch-server

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That's it!

[msulli1355]

My conf/search_server.conf file had the IP address set to 192.168.2.22 instead of 192.168.2.2, so my AH is populated now. It would have been nice if dssearch had printed out some kind of error message saying that it couldn't connect to 192.168.2.22:3306. If it had, I could have dealt with this problem a long time ago. It didn't tell me until I tried to use those two tools. Do I have to run the AHTool in order to restock my AH every hour, or that functionality handled by dsgame/dssearch?

[bluekirby0]

Considering that retail behavior does not include automatic restocking of the auction house, you will have to use one of the listed tools.

[msulli1355]

So is that a yes? I WILL have to keep the AHTool open?

[bluekirby0]

...you will have to use one of the listed tools.

[project2501]

So is that a yes? I WILL have to keep the AHTool open?

No. With the AHTool, just configure settings such as DB username and password and click (Add All x 10 Each Button). It will Populate the AH with items. If you want the price for all items to be 1 gil then click single items and set price, then click (Add All x 10 Each Button).

You can exit out of the AH tool at any time. No need to have it run 24/7 unless you want to keep every item in stock 24/7.