Consumables nonconsumables restore

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi guys,

Is it required to purchase restore players (non consumable items) that are obtained thru consumable items (coins)?

They are not directly purchased.

Thx!
GG

#2

You are required to have a mechanism to restore purchases for non-consumable items only.

Also I think you’re confusing IAP terms and other concepts

  • IAP items can only be bought for real money.
    • IAP == In App Purhcase
      • Purchase == Real Money
  • Items are only considered IAP if you buy them through the Apple/Google/Amazon store mechanism.
    • They require special IDs you set up on the game’s store page.
    • You send requests to the store server with these IDs and initiate a purchase (or restore)
  • It is not possible to buy any kind of IAP store item with in game currency.
    • i.e. you can’t mark certain store items as purchased in the stores’ DB w/o giving them money.
  • At the end of the day, items you sell in your game for in-game currency are NOT IAP items.

To be as clear as possible

  • If the player buys levels, an upgrade, or something else that should be considered owned forever:
    • That item should be a non-consumable IAP.
    • You must provide a way to restore all non-consumable IAPs.
  • If the player buys coins or some other transient thing:
    • That item should be a consumable IAP.
    • You do not restore (and cannot as there is no mechanism) consumable IAPs.
  • If the player buys something in their game using coins or some other in-game currency either earned, given, or purchased via consumable-IAP, it is up to you whether you find a way to restore these on the event of a removal of the app followed by a re-install.
    • You need to make your own mechanism to handle this.
    • It will probably require a server to ‘remember’ and then an account to log into.
    • You cannot do this with the stores’ IAP logic/mechanisms.
#3

Thanks Ed for a lenghty reply!!

So without server not possible to restore levels bought using coins.
Good thing it is not manadatory to restore this.

#4

Sure thing.  I know this can be confusing and not much fun to set up when you first get started.  

#5

It makes no sense because user can pay for coins too. But that’s the way things work… Tnx!

#6

You are required to have a mechanism to restore purchases for non-consumable items only.

Also I think you’re confusing IAP terms and other concepts

  • IAP items can only be bought for real money.
    • IAP == In App Purhcase
      • Purchase == Real Money
  • Items are only considered IAP if you buy them through the Apple/Google/Amazon store mechanism.
    • They require special IDs you set up on the game’s store page.
    • You send requests to the store server with these IDs and initiate a purchase (or restore)
  • It is not possible to buy any kind of IAP store item with in game currency.
    • i.e. you can’t mark certain store items as purchased in the stores’ DB w/o giving them money.
  • At the end of the day, items you sell in your game for in-game currency are NOT IAP items.

To be as clear as possible

  • If the player buys levels, an upgrade, or something else that should be considered owned forever:
    • That item should be a non-consumable IAP.
    • You must provide a way to restore all non-consumable IAPs.
  • If the player buys coins or some other transient thing:
    • That item should be a consumable IAP.
    • You do not restore (and cannot as there is no mechanism) consumable IAPs.
  • If the player buys something in their game using coins or some other in-game currency either earned, given, or purchased via consumable-IAP, it is up to you whether you find a way to restore these on the event of a removal of the app followed by a re-install.
    • You need to make your own mechanism to handle this.
    • It will probably require a server to ‘remember’ and then an account to log into.
    • You cannot do this with the stores’ IAP logic/mechanisms.
#7

Thanks Ed for a lenghty reply!!

So without server not possible to restore levels bought using coins.
Good thing it is not manadatory to restore this.

#8

Sure thing.  I know this can be confusing and not much fun to set up when you first get started.  

#9

It makes no sense because user can pay for coins too. But that’s the way things work… Tnx!