Closed Introducing the MetalMarket Assistant Bot! (For Ranks Only)

Hey all, Metal here.

Some of you will know that I have been developing a bot that works with my island shop. Good news! Version 1.0 of my bot is here and is now available for public use.

"But what does it actually do?" You might say.

The bot I have programmed onto my alt, MetalMarket, is a private message text-based catalogue for my shop and all of its products. You can message it to check whether something is in stock or not, without having to come over to the island first, saving you that irritation of travelling to an empty shop.

It works with a basic syntax system, requiring you to write a ? sign before all commands, ensuring that it doesn't get public chat and game broadcasts mixed up with the private messages.

NOTE: Currently, the bot only works with ranked players. I am not sure why and am looking hard for a fix.

The current commands are:​

• ? menu (you can write this to bring you to a menu, where navigation is shown easily)​
• ? offers (since this is still an early version of the bot, I have not coded any offers yet)​
• ? products (this will show you all of the categories of items I am currently stocking at my shop)​
• ? hi (gives a very small intro to new customers and directions to a more in-depth tutorial found on my island)​

"That's cool, but how do I actually use it?"

Glad you asked. I'll show you.

Say you wanted to check the availability of Yellow Stained Glass in my shop.

1. It's always a good idea to start with MetalMarket's menu. Type the command:



You will be replied to with this string of messages. This is what will make up MetalMarket's menu. You will notice the corresponding commands are seen after each option.



2. Type in the following command to get to the product listing.



To which you will get:​

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(I only stock these at the minute, but more will be coming soon)
3. Follow the prompt and type the colour glass you want, yellow, followed by stained glass.

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To which you will receive:​

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Woo hoo! The shop is stocked. Come on over and grab all ya can.

Now, when a player buys out a shop, the MetalMarket bot will recognise this.
(This works using the message sent from the server when a shop is out of stock, so if buying from the shop, please spam the sign until you get the "this shop is out of stock" notification.)
It will then update its settings to display a different message.

Say you want to buy purple wool, but the shop is out of stock;



You will be greeted with:

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This should hopefully stop the annoyance of coming to an island to find out a shop is out of stock.

Important notes

• The shop currently replies to you using the /r command. Therefore if multiple people are messaging it at once, you may find that your message isn't replied to, or you may get a message meant for someone else. This is a scenario I am trying to bypass, and will hopefully be released in a future update.​

• It is crucial that you use the correct style of command for this to work. Unfortunately the bot is not human and does not recognise spelling mistakes or missed spaces. I may implement a few exceptions in the future.​

• If you message the bot an item that I do not stock, he simply won't reply. He's not ignoring you, you've just left him speechless.​

And there you have it!
The MetalMarket Bot will be active when I am online for the minute, but my plan for the future is to have it running 24/7.

Thank you for reading! Let me know if you have any questions or find anything wrong with my bot!

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This is creative.

I'm gonna try this out when I can get online.

 

This sounds amazing!!

 

Woah, this is very useful, and it must have taken you a long time!
Thank you

 

Just saw you advertise this in chat and played about with the bot. This is ingenious! How long did it take to create?

 

The idea came from talking with a friend, who complained about having to go to a shop just to find out it's empty. I got the basic structure and code down during a lazy sunday and I've been adding small things to it since. Overall it's taken about 3 weeks to get going well.

 

Ahh! So cool, I look forward to see how it develops in the future!

 

ok. If this really works, that's amazing great job!

 

This is really cool! I've seen it change throughout the weeks as you have been adding more stuff, and I really like how it turned out. This was a great idea!

 

I've never seen anything like this. Great job!! I am gob-smacked.

 

This looks creative and useful,

like Trau's skyblock mod.

 

for all ranks minus PINK haha but gg and congrats it is really cool!

 

Oh god the if statements this must have taken.

 

Im looking into it lmao