CasperVend 2/Gacha

About the Gatcha

THIS IS AN EXPANSION PACK FOR CASPERVEND. IT REQUIRES A FUNCTIONING CASPERVEND SYSTEM. If you don't have one, you can get our free version - search for CasperVend on the SL Marketplace, or teleport to the CasperTech store inworld.

Setting Up Your Gatcha

1) Rez your Gatcha! machine.

2) Click anywhere on the Gatcha! machine for the touch menu

3) Take the "Admin" option and follow the link to the website. Log in if necessary.

4) Once on the website, you will be at the Gatcha! machine configuration page. This will look different from the usual vendor configuration page!

5) To add a price point, click "Edit" on the boldface "Price Point" line.

You will get a popup window to enter the price. If you don't get the popup, make sure javascript is on.

6) Once you've set a price point, add prizes with the "Add another prize" link below the boldface price point line.

7) You will get a popup window with a pulldown to select the prizes you want to include at this price point. It will also ask you for the number of tickets for each prize. "Tickets" in this case is simply a way of saying "the chance to win".

This controls the rarity of the prize:

Higher number = more common (easier to win)

Lower number = Rarer (harder to win)

Number of tickets does not have to exactly equal 100. You can set one prize with a ticket count of 500, and another with a ticket count of 10.

8) If you want to add additional price point(s) use the "Add another price point" link, and repeat the prize adding process described in step 7.

The system will let you have a maximum of FOUR price points. This is to match the limited number of pay buttons on the inworld "Pay" popup. It is not possible within LSL to script more than 4 pay buttons.

9) That's it! Your Gatcha is now ready to use!

What's This About Tickets?

"Tickets" is just a way of saying "Chance to win". For example, if you are throwing tickets in a hat, the more tickets you have, the greater your chance to win. Likewise, if you have fewer tickets in the hat, then you have a lesser chance to win.

Number of tickets does NOT need to equal 100 across all the items. If you're used to other scripts where you set up, say, a 5% chance for rares, you can set the tickets to "5" for the rare item(s), and a greater number for the more common items.

About the Touch (Popup) Menu

Clicking anywhere on the Gatcha will get a touch menu. The touch menu will give these options to the customer:

Prizes

Takes customer to webpage showing pictures of all prizes that are configured for that particular Gatcha! machine.

Redeliver

Allows redelivery of COPIABLE items (that you have marked as "copy" in the product listing, and have not restricted multiple copies.)

If you have the price point set to L$0, the customer will also see this additional option:

Deliver

Delivers a random prize out of the list for the L$0 price point. If you have set ALL price point(s) to a number greater than L$0 then you (and your customers) will no longer see the "Deliver" button.

In addition, as the system owner, you will see these additional options:

Admin

Takes you to that Gatcha! machine's configuration page.

Reset

Soft-resets the Gatcha machine (You won't get a yellow debit popup.)

Delete

Deletes this Gatcha! machine. Be certain you absolutely want to delete the machine - this is NOT reversible!

About the Configuration Page Options

On the configuration page, you will see the following options:

Change the vendor name

Lets you change the object name inworld from the default.

Change the display name

This is what shows in your vendor list on the site - not inworld. This helps if you want to search your vendors by specific keywords.

Change the description

Some people choose to put notations in here with the price point(s) so customers can see them if they hover the mouse over it.

You also have a series of checkbox options:

Set the vendor offline

This prevents purchases - useful if you wish to tinker with the setup or randomness of specific prizes.

Restrict the vendor to ONLY group members

The Gatcha! machine has to be set to, or rezzed under, the appropriate group in order for this to work.

Disable "prizes" button on touch menu

This prevents people from seeing the page with pictures of the Gatcha! prizes, for those people who want to keep the prizes a complete mystery.

Below that you will see clickable links for:

Add another price point

Lets you add more than one price point

Edit next to the boldface Price Point

Lets you edit an existing price point

Add another prize to this price point

Lets you add the Gatcha prizes to that specific price point.

Advanced Configuration Tips

You may disable the prize viewing page by marking the tickbox for "Disable 'Prizes' button on touch menu"

You can disable redeliveries for a particular prize over on the individual product's product listing - use the "Limits" line.

("No Copy" items have redelivery disabled by default.)

FAQ / Troubleshooting

Q. Are copiable prizes won in a Gatcha usually available through the standard redelivery terminal or do I need a special one?

A. There is no Gatcha-specific redelivery terminal - all redeliveries happen via the regular redelivery terminal.

Q. Do I need to set up each Gatcha! machine separately, or can I copy the one I already just set up?

A. You can just "take a copy" and then rez out as many new copies as you like and they'll have the same set up as the original.