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Banking & Cash Transfers

Tipping

The basic way to transfer money to another player in SWG is to tip a player by using the /tip command. This will automatically transfer a designated amount from the sender's onhand credits to the recepient. For example to tip a player name Bob with 100 credits, you would type /tip bob 100 or /tip 100 if Bob is already targeted. Both players must be within 16 meters of each other however for a tip to work. If a player is more than 16m from the target then a bank tip is used instead.

Players transfer cash to other plays by using the bank tip transfer by using the following command /tip playername xxx (credits) bank

so for example if i wanted to tip 100 credits to a player named Bob

/tip bob 100 bank

or /tip 100 bank if I have bob already targeted.


Bank tipping a player will send the both the sender and recepient a notification once the money has successfully been received.


When bank tipping a player, a 5% surcharge is added to the total amount being tipped. If a player cannot pay the surcharge and amount being tipped then they will not be able to send the transfer.

Banking

The Bank is important for several obvious reasons. Money and items deposited in the bank are safe. Regardless of what unfortunate events may happen while adventuring, your stuff in the bank will be safe. Keeping money in the bank is also very convenient; most transactions throughout the galaxy can automatically deduct funds from you bank eliminating the need to carry around lots of credits.

Bank Radials:

1. Withdraw all credits : This radial deducts all the credits within the bank and places them into the player's onhand cash.

2. Deposit all credits: This radial deducts all the credits from the player's on hand cash and deposits it into the bank.

3. Safety Deposit: The bank storage for player items.

4. Join bank: Option used to join a bank on a planet. The player can only join one bank at a time.

5. Quit bank: Option used to quit a bank on a planet. The player must remove all items from the bank's safety deposit box before they can quit a bank.

Remember that you must join the bank before you are able to deposit and withdraw from it. You automatically joined the bank in your starting city so you shouldn't have to worry about it now, but if at some future date you decide to relocate to a different city, you'll need to remember to join the bank there. You can only access your Safety Deposit Box from the bank you joined. For instance, if you join the bank on Tatooine, you cannot access your items from Naboo.


Banks can hold up to 100 items (including other containers such as backpacks/locked containers).

Banks cannot store the following types of items:

1. Items from the datapad such as vehicles, schematics, and pets.



Credit Network

The credit network represents the 'entities' of SWG in which the player either loses to or receives money from. SOE kindly referred to these internal systems within the acct_n.stf file. Some of these features are clearly from beta testing such as the dispenser system, or were never fully realized/implemented in game such as player created missions. Below is a listing of these systems along with a theorized expectation of their apparent uses.


ID Path Filename Trigger Notes Examples
badgroupcoinsplit /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Group Split Error Account (unknown)
bank /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string bank This is probably the account into which accepts funds sent in by players for their bank withdrawals and deposits, and/or by which their purchases are deducted from such as from the bazaar, player vendors or npcs selling goods.
bazaarsystem /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string the Galactic Trade Commission This is probably the account into which accepts funds sent in by player vendor maintenance to pay for merchant fees such as global ad campaign if the merchant has their vendor setup to be part of the global ad campaign.
betatest /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Beta Test Fund (unknown)
bountysystem /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Bounty System This is probably the account into which offers payouts to players who successfully complete player jedi bounties or bounty hunter missions in general.
cantinadrink /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Cantina Drink This is probably the account into which accepts the funds sent by a player when they purchase drinks from the bartender.
charactercreation /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Character Creation This is probably the account into which the player receives their starting funds from, perhaps if they decide to skip tutorial?
cloningsystem /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Cloning System This is probably the account into which accepts the funds sent by a player when they are using a cloning terminal.
corpseexpiration /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Corpse Expiration Tracking (unknown)
customerservice /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Customer Service (unknown)
dispensersystem /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Dispenser System (unknown)
fines /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Contraband Scanning Fines This is probably the account into which accepts the funds taken from a player's bank account when the player has to pay a fine after failing an imperial or rebel scan. This also possibly tallys the outstanding fines a player has and records them.
gamblingcardsabacc /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Sabacc Account This is probably the account into which accepts the funds sent in by a player when they participate in the sabaac wheel game at hotels/casinos/jabbas palace. It is probably also the same account used for payouts when the player wins.
gamblingroulette /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Roulette Account This is probably the account into which accepts funds sent in by a player when they participate in the Roulette games in the hotels/casinos/jabbas palace. It is probably also used for payouts.
gamblingslotstandard /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Standard Slot Machine Account This is probably the account into which accepts funds sent in by a player when they participate in a slot machine in hotels/casinos. It is probably also used for payouts as well.
imperialfaction /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string the Empire This is probably the account used in which sends player's funds from imperial based missions and quests.
insurancesystem /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Insurance System This is probably the account into which accepts funds sent in by players to pay for their insured equipment.
jabbaspalace /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Jabba the Hutt This is probably the account into which offers payouts to players performing quests for jabba.
junkdealer /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Junk Dealer This is probably the account into which offers players money for their junk turn ins.
missionsystemdynamic /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Dynamic Mission System This is probably the account into which offers players payouts for various missions from terminals.
missionsystemplayer /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Player Mission System (unknown)
newbietutorial /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Newbie Tutorial This is probably the account into which the player receives cash from the space tutorial where the player is given compensation.
newplayerquests /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string New Player Quests This is probably the account into which the player receives cash from the droid tutorial quests.
npcloot /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string NPC Loot This is probably the account into which the player receives cash from npc corpses.
poisystem /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string POI System (unknown)
rebelfaction /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Rebellion This is probably the account into which offers payouts to players performing quests and missions for the rebellion.
relicdealer /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Relic Dealer (Unknown)
shippingsystem /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string the Galactic Shipping Commission This is probably the account into which accepts funds sent in by players to pay for bazaar listing fees and premium auctions.
skilltrainingsystem /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Skill Training Union This is probably the account into which accepts funds sent in by players to pay for their skill training.
structuremaintanence /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Structure Maintenance This is probably the account into which accepts funds sent in by players to pay for their maintenance on structures.
testing /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Testing (Unknown)
tipsurcharge /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Tip Surcharge This is probably the account into which accepts funds sent in by players to pay for their banking sur charges.
travelsystem /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string the Galactic Travel Commission This is probably the account into which accepts funds sent in by players to pay for their ticket costs on shuttles.
vehiclerepairs /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Vehicle Repair System This is probably the account into which accepts funds sent in by players to pay for their vehicle repair costs at garages.
vendormaintanence /string/en/money/ acct_n.stf internal_command_string Vendor Wages This is probably the account into which accepts funds sent in by players to pay for their maintenance on vendors.

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