Items - All About Items

Items

What are Items?
Items are basically objects according to wikipedia. Actually, it means this: Item, entry
in a list, or one object in a collection of objects. It's like that. Items are things
that are dropped from creeps, which help you to survive longer or fight better.


The Item Editor
The Item Editor is a part of the Object Editor which allows you to create new items or edit
existing items.
This will explain the context of the Item Editor Itself.

Abilities - Abilities
This is first and foremost what the item actually does. What it gives you and what's in it
that can make you stronger. Remember that items can only have 4 abilities and 1 maximum
active ability.

Art - Button Position (X)
Art - Button Position (Y)
This is where the item will be located when you buy it. Not in the inventory but in the
shop. This graph will show you the button positions in X,Y form.


Art - Interface Icon
This is the icon of your item. The picture of your item. This is like the signature of the
item. 2 items of the same icon usually means 2 icons of the same type or 2 different items
with different icons which can cause confusion.

Art - Model Used
This is the model of your item. No, not the model where you pick it up and it shows the item being held by the unit.

Art - Scaling Value
How big your model is.

Art - Selection Size - Editor
This size of the selection circle BUT only in the World Editor.

Art - Tinting Color
As usual the color of the model. Some models cannot be colored.

Combat - Armor Type
This is basically the sound of the item when someone attacks it.

Stats - Actively Used
This is checked when one of the abilities includes one active spell like Blink, Command,
etc.. Uncheck this when your using Spellbooks in your item.

Stats - Can be dropped
This is usually True but when you want an item to not be dropped use this. This is used in
DotA's Divine Rapier and Aegis of the Immortal (I think).

Stats - Can Be Sold By Merchants
Usually True. This is used for Quest items so whatever you do it cannot be sold.

Stats - Can Be Sold To Merchants
This is like "Can be Sold". True usually unless you like it to be Unique and cannot
be sold even for 1,000,000 Gold like DotA's Divine Rapier.

Stats - Classification
It's like the groupings of the items. If you want to group them like Rare items go to
Campaign Class, Normal Items go to Misc Class, etc...

Stats - Cooldown Group
Not sure. But i think this is the stacking group of the items like the order strings in
Abilities.

Stats - Drop When Carrier Dies
It's in the title. If you die, the item will be dropped to the ground, free for anyone to
pick it up.

Stats - Gold Cost
How much the item would cost in Gold.

Stats - Hit Points
How much life does it have. If you want it to be "Cannot be destroyed", the you might
as well set his to 500,000.

Stats - Ignore Cooldown
Even though the ability has a cooldown, it will be set to 0 when this is True. Almost 100%
of the time, it's False.

Stats - Include as Random Choice
If True, then this item will be included if you put a "Random Item" item on the map.

Stats - Level (Unclassified)
Stats - Level
THIS IS NOT THE REQUIED LEVEL OF YOUR ITEM!!! It is just merely a
grading system for the item. e.g. Level 1 items for Normal, Level 2 items for Magical,
etc... The only difference between the 2 is Unclassified can go up to 10 and Classified can
only go up to 8. I think this cannot be changed in the Gameplay Constants.

Stats - Lumber Cost
How much the item would cost in Lumber.

Stats - Number of Charges
This is used to set how many times an active item can be used. Example: If set to 2, then
the item can only cast Blink (for example) for 2 times. Set this to 0 for Unlimited
Charges.

Stats - Perishable
Again, not 100% sure. I think this applies to "Cannot be destroyed" and "Can Be
Sold To Merchants". Set this to True for Indestructible Items.

Stats - Priority
:confused::confused::confused:

Stats - Stock Maximum
The maximum stock of an item. It's the number below the item when it's at a shop.

Stats - Stock Replenish Interval
This is the time in which when you buy an item, this is the time to regain 1 stock. The
interval only works it's magic when it is NOT equal to the Stock Maximum of the item.
Example: In DotA, every item replenishes 1 stock in 3 seconds when you buy one.

Stats - Stock Start Delay
This is the time (begins in the start of the game) where all items become available.
Example: In DotA, the heroes have a Stock Start Delay of 15 seconds which means that you
have to wait 15 seconds to pick a hero.

Stats - Use Automatically When AcquiredWhen you pick up an item (if set to True), it uses the item automatically. Usually
used in Runes.

Stats - Valid Target for Transformation
:confused::confused::confused:

Techtree - Requirements
Add units/buildings/researches to this value if you want an item to have requirements.
Example: In normal melee games, all races require the level 3 main base to get an orb.

Techtree - Requirements - Levels
Needs a value above if you want it to require (for example), Level 3 Moon Glaive. Add
the Upgrade Moon Glaive on the value above and add to this value 3.

Text - Description
This is the text or description when you click an item which is still on the ground.

Text - Hotkey
The Hotkey of the item in the shop.

Text - Name
The name of the item.

Text - Tooltip - Basic
This is the text on the top that says "Purchase". Example: Purchase Boots of Speed

Text - Tooltip - Extended
The main description of the item in the inventory. This basically tells you what the item
does and some Descriptions of it or some Histories perhaps.


How do I create a custom Item?
4 Choices:
Then edit the abilities, icons, models and descriptions and viola, you have your own custom item.


Some neat Tips and Tricks about Items.

Recipes

Some or maybe many people know what recipes are. But for those who do not know them yet, they are 2 or more items that needs each other in order to make 1 stronger item.

How to make recipies

Step 1: Creating the Item

Create 3 or 2 versions of the item, 1 for the shop, 1 for the scroll (for me, this is optional) and 1 for the item itself.

Step 2: Replacing the Item(This can be skipped if you do not want the scroll)

Do this trigger: This trigger basically replaces the one that you buy on the shop and replaces it with the scroll.
Just do different If/Then/Else's for every item that has a recipe. Shouldn't be too hard.

Step 3: Combining the Item

This trigger combines the said items into a more stronger version of the item. In this trigger, it combines the Boots of Speed and the Gloves of Haste into a Boots of Haste.
And you're done!!!

Random Drops

For those who are wondering what this is, its a system that when you kill an enemy, it will have a chance to drop an item. This is very simple. Just do this trigger:


A very simple trigger that can be easily implemented.

Level Restrictions

Many people has asked on how to do this. So I will teach you. Like the upper tips, its a very simple trigger:
Like the others, its a very simple trigger that can be easily implemented. Just put comments in to group the required levels like what I did.

Spell Books

A very nice way to make items have more than 4 abilities, BUT only one active one in 2 easy steps.
If you put an active ability in an item that has the spell book, it will not use the ability instead it will display you the spell book.

How to have Spell Books into your items

Step 1: Creating the Spell Book

Create a custom Spell Book ability, located under the category Abilities - Special - Items - Spellbook. After that, put in the wanted abilities into the spell book and set the Data - Maximum Spells to how many abilities you have inside the Spellbook. After creating, put the spell book in the item and set the Stats - Actively Used to False

Step 2: Disabling the Spell Book

I know what you're saying, "Disable the spellbook wtf?!" Yeah, its needed so you whatever you will do, cannot use the spellbook. It's simple really, once you put the spell book in the item do this in a trigger:

Just add the spellbook abilities in the Player Group function.
TADA!!! Your done!!!
Well that's all about items that I know!:)
Please go easy on me, this is my first tutorial..
PLEASE post comments and feedbacks. It is greatly appreciated!!!:thup::thup:

Attached is a .txt file of this tutorial

~XeNiM666

Few things.

1. Submit here and not where you did.
2. Don't use colours, it's unfriendly to certain themes.
3. Space out your text a little bit.
4. Make headings more obvious.

That's all I got for now (time to read in full depth).

EDIT!
Okay, I got one last one.

Put your name under the heading. We want to know who helped us!

1. Sorry, didnt know about that.
2,3,4. I'll edit that right now

I apologize if you're monotoning the font bit by bit, but by no colour it's meant as in NO colour. Only exceptions are, obviously, images.

EDIT!
Another small hint, moderators may bite but they do help, too. You're allowed to ask them (if they don't automatically) move threads into appropriate sections.

Nice item tutorial there.

Maybe you also should add a trigger which can stack charged items?


Stack Chargeable Items

Using GUI for stuff like that is MASSIVELY time consuming. Really massively. With a JASS function you can make it one line of code per recipe/item/spellbook/whatever.

Moved to tutorial submissions.

GUI item system == tutorial.

Thx for the positive comments everyone! really appreciated!
still i need more :)

That blue really is pretty intense. You should tone it down a bit, or lighten the color.

ok. since its in the rules and everyone is complaining, i removed all the color except the title

Useful for beginners. Well done!
I have attached the images to your post and removed the remaining color codes so I could approve this.

Also consider the suggestion by TKF.

Nice Tutorial!
it was very helpful :) this cleared up quite a few queries i had :)
thank you
+rep
(not that it matters really :S)

gj :D

FYI, I'm pretty sure perishable means the item is destroyed when it is used / runs out of charges.