Item Component

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

This component cannot be added through the inspector and instead must be created from the Hierarchy Window by right clicking or from the GameObject toolbar menu. It is created by choosing Minigame Object > Item. This will create a gameobject with an item component.

Gameobjects with an item component cannot have any child gameobjects, and will appear a unique color in the hierarchy.

There are three types of items. Each item type is intended for different use cases. The item type affects the properties and attributes available for 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 when used.

Worn Items

Used for items that are purely visual, or that provide a buff via actions while held. These do nothing when "used" by the player.

Component Settings

General Settings

Property	Description
Item Type	The type of the item. Can be either Carried, Weapon or Worn.
Item Slot	Which slot on the player should this item occupy.
Item Hold Animation	The animation to play while this item is being held.
Item Prefab	The prefab representing the item's visuals.
Unique Drop Prefab	Should a different prefab be used when the item is dropped on the ground.
Dropped Item Prefab	The prefab representing the item's visuals when dropped on the ground.

Weapon Settings

These settings only apply to Weapon-type items.

Property	Description
Weapon Type	The type of weapon. Can be Melee or Gun.
Damage Type	How damage is dealt by the weapon.
Hit Scan	The weapon fires discrete hitscan projectiles.
Damage	Number of health points to remove from any hit players, per bullet.
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 Bullet Effect	Should a tracer effect be played to vizualise the bullets.
Bullet Color	The color of the bullet tracer.
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.
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.
Area	The weapon deals damage to all objects within an area.
Shape	The shape to deal damage within.
Point	Deal damage to anything that overlaps a point.
Sphere	Deal damage to anything that overlaps a point.
Radius	Radius of the damage sphere.
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

Property	Description
Dont Pickup If Already Holding An Item	If this item should 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

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

These settings are only available on carried- and weapon-type items. Worn-type 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

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.

Example Usage

• Powerups
• Weapons
• Collectables (Coins)