diasurgical/devilutionX

[Feature Request]: Diablo 2 Style Trading?

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#6918 opened on Jan 30, 2024

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Description

Feature Type

Quality of Life

Describe

The ability to actually engage in trading between two players while in town, is that something which would be possible? Specifically with a setup similar to Diablo 2's.

It may be a bit of a mod thing, but so is the massively cavernous shared player stash, and when people are able to stockpile all kinds of things, it would make sense to me if people could engage in actual trading, rather than some ad-hoc "Let's drop this on the ground and hope that the other guy is good on his word."

Contributor guide

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
backendfrontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
5
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
C++ programmingGame development basicsNetworking conceptsDevilutionX codebase familiarity
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
25
Research direction
Investigate how trading interactions are currently implemented in DevilutionX (if any). Review the networking layer for player to player communication in town. Examine UI code for building a trade window similar to Diablo 2. Check if there are any existing discussions or design documents in the repository issues or wiki.