Item Component

The item component is a gameplay component that creates a collectable item that the player can hold, wear, and use.

Item components cannot be added to gameobjects that have child gameobjects in the hierarchy. While an item component is attached to a gameobject, that gameobject cannot have any child gameobjects added and will be given a unique icon and color in the hierarchy.

Item Types

The four item types and their default beacon colors.

There are four types of items. Each item type is intended for different use cases. The item type affects the attributes available for the item and whether you can hold or use the item.

Carried Items

Used for items that you can hold and use to perform some actions.

Weapon Items

Used for items that can attack through firing or swinging when used.

Worn Items

Used for items that are purely visual, or that provide a buff via actions while held. These cannot be "used" by the player.

Pickup Items

Used for items that can be collected but not held. Once the item is collected by a player it will disappear. Useful for collectables such as coins that reward points or single use health packs that heal the player.

Component Settings

General Settings

The general settings in the inspector. This item is a hat worn on the player's head.

General settings about the item. Not all options are available for all item types.

Property	Description
Item Type	The type of the item. Can be either Carried, Weapon, Worn or Pickup.
Item Slot	Which slot on the player should this item occupy.
Item Hold Animation	The animation to play while this item is being held. (Carried and Weapon items only)
Item Prefab	The prefab representing the item's visuals when dropped on the ground and held by the player.
Unique Drop Prefab	Should a different prefab be used when the item is dropped on the ground, than that of the prefab used when held by the player. If used, the Item Prefab will be used when the item is held, and Dropped Item Prefab is used when the item is dropped.
Dropped Item Prefab	The prefab representing the item's visuals when dropped on the ground.
Item Beacon Color	Choose between using the default color or a custom color for the item's beacon and glow effects.
Custom Item Beacon Color	The color of the item's beacon and glow effects. The alpha value of the color is not used. If you want to disable the beacon and glow completely, set the color to black.

Weapon Settings

The weapon settings in the inspector. These settings create a shotgun-style weapon.

These settings only apply to Weapon-type items.

You can set the Weapon Type to either Melee or Gun. Melee allows the weapon to deal short range damage to any players within an area in front of the player. Gun weapons can fire ranged hitscan projectiles to damage other players.

Melee

Property	Description
Damage	Number of health points to remove from any hit players, per swing.
Stun on Hit	Should hitting a player with this weapon stun them.
Stun Duration (s)	How long the stun should last for, in seconds.
Swing Range	How far from the front of the player should the weapon's swing reach.
Attack Animation	The animation of the player when attacking. Note: this doesn't affect the range or hit area of the item, just the animation you and other players will see.

Gun

Property	Description
Damage Type	How damage is dealt by the weapon.
Hit Scan	The weapon fires discrete hitscan projectiles.
Spawn Bullet Effect	Should a tracer effect be played to vizualise the bullets.
Bullet Color	The color of the bullet tracer.
Beam	The weapon fires a continuous hitscan beam. Shares most properties with Hit Scan weapons.
Beam Damage Cooldown	Time between each tick of damage being applied to the target.
Beam Sound	The audio clip that plays whenever the beam weapon is actively firing. It plays on repeat. Can choose from None, Laser and Custom.
Damage	Number of health points to remove from any hit players, per bullet.
Stun on Hit	Should hitting a player with this weapon stun them.
Stun Duration (s)	How long the stun should last for, in seconds.
Shot Count	Number of bullets shot each time the weapon is fired.
Spread	Number of bullets shot each time the weapon is fired. Can set the min and max horizontal and vertical spread, in degrees.
None	All bullets come out exactly where the player aimed.
Random	Bullets come out where the player aimed, plus some random aim offset.
Max Distance	Maximum distance the bullets can travel in units.
Spawn Trail Effect	Should a longer lasting secondary tracer effect be used.
Start Color	Color of the secondary tracer at the end closest to the origin of the shot.
End Color	Color of the secondary tracer at the end furthest from the origin of the shot.
Trail Width	The width of the secondary tracer effect.
Trail Length	The length of the secondary tracer effect before it fades out, from the origin of the shot.
Fire Sound	The audio clip that plays whenever the weapon fires. Can choose from None, Rifle, Shotgun, Sniper and Custom which allows any audio clip to be used.

Pickup Settings

The pickup settings in the inspector.

Property	Description
Pickup Sound Type	Select the sound to play when picking up this item.
Unique Pickup	Makes it so this item will not be picked up if the player is already holding an item in this item's slot.
Item Pickup Priority	The priority assigned to picking up this item. If it is greater than that of the item currently held in the same slot, the held item will be dropped and this one will be picked up.
On Pickup' Actions	A set of actions to perform whenever this item is picked up.

Held Settings

The held settings in the inspector.

Property	Description
Held Position Offset	An offset to apply to the position of the item when it is held. If the item is a strange shape or should be held differently given the Item Slot and Item Hold Animation, you can adjust it's positioning here.
Held Rotation Offset	An Euler x, y, z rotation to apply to the item when held.
'While Held' Action Delay (s)	The number of seconds between each firing of the 'While Held' Actions.
'While Held' Actions	A set of actions to perform while the item is being held. Fires constantly with a delay of 'While Held' Action Delay (s) between each firing.

Usage Settings

The usage settings in the inspector.

These settings are only available on Carried and Weapon type items. Worn and Pickup items cannot be "used" so these settings do not apply.

Property	Description
Cooldown	The number of seconds that must pass between each use of the item.
Has Limited Uses	Should this item be dropped after a set number of uses. If false, this item can be used infinitely.
Drop After Uses	The number of uses before this item will be automatically dropped by the player.
'On Use' Actions	A set of action to perform whenever this item is used.

Drop Settings

Drop settings in the inspector. This item will drop automatically after 20 seconds and cannot be picked up again.

Property	Description
Can Be Dropped	When false, the player is not able to drop this item using the drop button.
Automatically Drop After Time	Should this item be automatically dropped by the player after an amount of time has passed.
Drop After Time (s)	Number of seconds that will pass from the time of item pickup before the item is automatically dropped by the player. Will still drop if Can Be Dropped is false.
Disappear When Dropped	Should the item destroy itself when it is dropped.
Drop On Death	Should the item be dropped by the player when the player dies. If false, the player will respawn holding the item.
'On Drop' Action	A set of actions to perform whenever this item is dropped. Will fire if dropped for any reason, not just the player pressing the drop button.

Usage

When using items, it can be beneficial to turn them into prefabs. It can be tedious to update copies of items if you have many of them in the scene. Using prefabs, if you want to change the properties of an item you can simply update the item within the prefab, then all instances in the scene will update.

The recommended workflow for creating an item like this is the following:

1. Create a prefab to contain the item's visuals. This does not have an item component, only visual components and objects like props, lights, particle effects, etc.
2. Create a second prefab. This will contain the item. Open the prefab and on the root gameobject (The one at the top of the hierarchy), add the Item Component.
3. Populate this item component with the item properties you want. Use the first prefab as the Item Prefab on the Item Component.
4. Place instances of this second prefab into the scene. Instead of using the item directly in the scene, you place prefab instances of the item.

You'll need to follow this approach if you want to use a Spawner Component to spawn items, or use the item with the Give Minigame Item Action

Do note that there is nothing wrong with using an item component directly in the scene, and it is usually easier if you only need one or very few copies of an item. Do consider using this prefab approach however if you have many copies of the same item.

Usage Examples

There are many creative uses for the different item types. Try using different actions when the item is picked up, held, used or dropped to create some unique effects.

Here are some basic ideas to get you thinking:

Carried

• A bomb that explodes after some time, killing the player
• A hot potato that damages the player while holding it

Weapon

• Melee
  • Swords
  • Light sabers
  • Boxing gloves that can punch players back
• Guns
  • Rifles
  • Shotguns
  • Laser beam guns

Worn

• Clothing or armor that does nothing but look cool
• A hat that increases movement speed while worn
• A miner's headlamp with a light attached to light up the scene in front of the player

Pickups

• Coins that reward points
• Collectable that gives the player an upward boost
• A goal item that must be collected to win the minigame.