Career Payment Module

Dependencies

M.dependencies = {'career_career'}

Thin payment gateway for career mode. Validates multi-currency affordability and deducts amounts via playerAttributes.

Public API

Dependencies

• career_career (required)
• career_modules_playerAttributes - attribute value queries and mutations

Price Format

Price is a table keyed by currency name. Each entry has amount and optional canBeNegative:

local price = {
  money = {amount = 500, canBeNegative = false},
  -- can include other currencies:
  -- someOrgReputation = {amount = 10, canBeNegative = true},
}

When canBeNegative is true (or absent), the check is skipped for that currency-allowing the balance to go negative.

Usage Example

local price = {money = {amount = 1500, canBeNegative = false}}

if career_modules_payment.canPay(price) then
  career_modules_payment.pay(price, {
    label = "Bought new engine",
    tags = {"partsBought", "buying"}
  })
end

Internal Flow

1. canPay iterates each currency key in price
2. Skips check if canBeNegative is true or amount ≤ 0
3. Compares against playerAttributes.getAttributeValue(currency)
4. pay calls playerAttributes.addAttributes with negated amounts

See Also

• playerAttributes - Underlying attribute storage
• partShopping - Uses payment for part purchases
• painting - Uses payment for paint jobs