Vending Machine
| Vending Machine | |
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| Category: | Decorative |
| Function: | a trading block with in-game interface |
| Fits large grid | |
| Mass: | 270.0 kg |
| Power: | 0.002 MW |
| PCU: | 10 |
| Size: | 1x1x1 |
| Time to Build: | 20 sec |
| Data Controls: | [edit] [purge] (?) |
Vending Machines are large-grid trading blocks that can be used by all players, but can be built only if you purchase the Economy Deluxe Pack DLC. Vending Machines can be found, for example, at trading outposts or in multiplayer bases. An even more simplified variant of the Vending Machine is the Dispenser.
Usage
This block facilitates trading on multiplayer servers. The Vending Machine is a more user-friendly DLC variant of the Store Block that has a more direct user interface where players push buttons in game.
How to buy?
Use Vending Machines owned by other players to buy items from them. Vending Machines advertise available offers automatically on their LCD display.
- To the right of the display, click the Up and Down buttons to browse the offers.
- Then click the Shoppingcart button to buy the currently displayed item.
- If you have enough space credits in your bank account or cash in your inventory, the display will respond "Thank you for your purchase" and the item is deposited in your inventory.
Otherwise, if there was a transaction failure, the display says "Insufficienct funds" (then you need to bring more money) or "Out of stock" (then ask the owner to refill it), respectively.
How to sell?
Only a player who has bought the "Economy Deluxe DLC" can build the vending machine block on their grids. And only if you own the Vending Machine block (or your faction or the owner has shared it with you) you can create offers to sell items to other players.
- First, make sure you have the items that you intend to sell (components, materials, or comsumables) in your player inventory.
- Face the display and press I key to open the Vending Machine's inventory.
- Transfer the items into the machine's inventory, then close the window.
Next, 
-click the display (or face it and press the F key and go to the Administration tab.
- Select your item type from the list, enter the amount of items that you want to sell as one unit, and specify a sell price per unit -- or accept the default price.
Tip: Selling "a unit" means, for example, that you do not intend to sell individual steel plates, but you want to sell them in batches of 100. - The block can impose additional listing fees and transaction fees for larger amounts of goods.
- You can create several offers, and also delete your existing offers on this screen.
Then close the screen. The offer now appears on the Vending Machine's display.
Configuration Options
Optionally, configure the block: Face the block and press K key to open the Control Panel Screen.
- Decide whether you want to choose "Anyone can use" to let non-faction members and even non-neutrals trade.
Tip: Make sure that potential customers can reach the vending machine alive behind your faction's defences. - Choose a custom colour for the display.
- Keep the "Content: Script" and "Script: Vending Machine GUI" setting to ensure that the block will function as a vending machine.
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Inventory
It has an inventory that owners must refill manually by pressing I key on the front display.
Construction
The block requires power to operate. Unlike the Store Block, the Vending Machine has no ports, so you cannot refill the inventory through conveyors.
Recipe
 Vending Machine | ||||
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| Component | Large Ship/Station Required | Large Ship/Station Optional | Small Ship Required | Small Ship Optional |
 Motor | 4 | — | — | — |
 Interior Plate | 10 | 10 | — | — |
 Display | 4 | — | — | — |
 Construction Comp. | 10 | — | — | — |
 Computer | 10 | — | — | — |
