Jünk

Jünk is a type of data resource in EV Nova. These junks contain unique trade commodities that are only sold and bought at a handful of planets.

The jünk resource

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The following information was transcribed from the Nova Bible, ©1995-2006 by Matt Burch. The original document can be viewed here.

Junk resources store info on specialized commodities that can be bought and sold at a few locations. The fields are:

SoldAt1-8

ID number of the stellar object where the commodity is sold. Set to 0 or -1 if unused.

BoughtAt1-8

ID number of the stellar object where the commodity is purchased. Set to 0 or -1 if unused.

BasePrice

The average price of the commodity (works much like the base prices for "regular" commodities)

Flags

Misc flag bits

• 0x0001: Tribbles flag - When in your cargo bay, the commodity multiplies like tribbles.
• 0x0002: Perishable - When in your cargo bay, the commodity gradually decays away.

ScanMask

If this is an "illegal" cargo type, this is used in conjunction with the ScanMask field in the gövt resource. If any of the 1 bits in a ship's government's ScanMask field match any of the 1 bits in a jünk type's ScanMask field, that government will consider that junk cargo type illegal. Set to zero if unused.

LCName

The lower-case string to display in the player-info dialog box, among other places, e.g. "machine parts". Note: all outfits with identical, non-empty LCNames will be displayed together as one type in the player-info dialog.

Abbrev

The short string that is displayed in the player's status bar when the player is carrying jünk of this type, e.g. "Parts".

BuyOn

Control bit test expression. This jünk will only be available to be bought when this expression evaluates true. Leave blank if unused.

SellOn

Control bit test expression. This jünk will only be able to be sold when this expression evaluates true. Leave blank if unused.