Some Auction House Discoveries + More

[ABXantos]

Wasn't sure if this was already checked out or investigated so I'll just post it up here.

So I got bored one day and wanted to see if I can extract some of the artwork from the Recollection App just for my personal use and FTP'd the app out of my iPhone and started looking through all the files and ran across this.



Basically they are image files for the games UI. Not only do they contain Auction House files, but also what appears to be In-Game Chat buttons! I've tried digging around more but there isn't much else and both folders that contained these files lacked .plist files, meaning there is no code for the AH and will be added upon the new update.


The only other thing I have found is that there will be a "Revelations" Expansion (no cards for this set are in the app's data)



In regards to the Auction house, these things quickly came to mind:

• Buy First Option - From what I read in another thread, the dev said the AH was focused around Offers, this means our Buy First option is similar to like ebay's "Buy Now" with a fixed desired price.
  
• An option for Private Auctions - I think this option can either be to make your entire Auction setting Private or make only certain cards for private/friend selling
  
• Animus Credits - Would like to point out that the Animus Credit Sign does appear. I'm not sure if it was said if it would feature a special currency for trading or that it was always planned to use Animus Credits. I don't mind either way really.
  

Other Updates to come with AH or future Update:

• In-game chat functionality
  
• Next Card Expansion - "Revelations"
  

That's about all I could find for now in regards to future patches. Enjoy the info!

[jefmajor]

The Revelations button was around quite a while ago. It was pulled after the last update.

The other stuff looks fun.

One thing I'd love to see: The ability to buy and sell WHOLE decks not just individual cards.

[Tuism]

Very cool find!!! All the features looks super promising I think the chat is in the auction house?mi really can't imagine chatting during a game, perhaps pre or post, like... The symbols in mortal kombat

[madstryfe]

The AH is sooooo close, it's agonizing

[Pete]

Mar 18, 2012 17:34:02 GMT -5 jefmajor said:

The Revelations button was around quite a while ago. It was pulled after the last update.

The other stuff looks fun.

One thing I'd love to see: The ability to buy and sell WHOLE decks not just individual cards.

Yes this is being worked on, actually.

[Rob (Roebidoebi)]

I guess you need to JB your iPad to do be able to extract these files?

[ABXantos]

pretty much (cept i have an iPhone) unless there is a way to FTP your device without jailbreaking it. Then all you would need is just an FTP software like WinSCP to look into your phone directory, search for the folder with the app, then copy it over to your computer.

[UnCL0NED]

Nice find! Can't wait for AH...

I've also been thinking how chatting could be done in-game. I miss it some times. It would be fun to be able to show an expression! Some taunting emoticons to bluff or dare your opponent would spice things up a lot. And maybe a respect emoticon and some smilies. It's one of the few things I miss compared to playing a physical card game...

[Tuism]

yeah i agree. The best would be to be able to meet someone, whip out ipads and play locally easily

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[Baracus]

Mar 19, 2012 2:40:02 GMT -5 Rob (Roebidoebi) said:

I guess you need to JB your iPad to do be able to extract these files?

You could try iExplorer (search Google)... No JB needed.

[lefthighkick]

Yikes, if they're planning on adding chat I hope we're able to opt out. I'm sure the gentlemen that frequent this forum would have good manners, but others will diminish the experience.

[Hurdler]

Just a few comments about your findings.

The fact there is no .plist, doesn't mean there is no code yet. Sometimes we use directly the .png file as it is more convenient. .plist are generally used when we want to draw two or more textures in just one call.

Don't expect the chat to be in the game soon. It will be done after Auction House and not at the same time. We really wanted to focus on the Auction House so we haven't put all the love on the chat yet, even if the feature is nearly completed. It requires more testing and more polish and that precious time right now is allocated to Auction House.

The chat will be non intrusive. You will be able to ignore it nearly completely if you want.

Stay tuned on the Auction House subject as we are progressing pretty well. We are still in very good shape for an April release. You'll certainly get more info on it once our maintenance release will be out. But note that Auction House is really based on sell offers and buy offers. As Marc said, it's more like a market place.

[Tuism]

whatever form it takes I'm SURE players will be ecstatic to be able to trade/buy/sell cards! Even if I have to hunt down people personally and befriend them to be able to "see their wares" i'm going to DO IT DAMNIT

Though, would we have to do that, or is there some kind of search function - for example if I'm looking for Cesares, I'll just go search which people has Cesares for sale and how much they want it to sell for, and the same for me, if I want to sell Cesare I just say I want to sell it for X amount and people will be able to search for it?

The above mentioned model will give lowest prices prominence which will make sure people can compare prices... Market value will be interesting! We'll need some kind of database of commonly accepted prices like the back of an old InQuest...

Ahhhh looking forward to it

[Pete]

Mar 20, 2012 8:13:41 GMT -5 Tuism said:

EVEN if I have to hunt down people personally to be able to "see their wares" i'm going to DO IT DAMNIT

So I was right about the map thing and the third guy arrives and it's just bones and stuff scattered Round.