Custom Items Guide

This guide will show you how you can add your own items with the use of data tables and blueprints.

Prerequisites

• Project Setup

Item Data Table

1. Navigate to Content/Data/Dlc (or any subdirectory of Data/Dlc of your choosing, you can even create new directories) and right click to create a new data table asset.

   

2. Select "Item Data” as the Row Structure.

   

3. Now rename the data table asset to "ItemDB".

4. Click on “Add” to add a new row to the data table.

   

5. Double click on the row name to change it to a custom item ID. It can be anything, but make sure to try and use a unique name, so no two items or mods overlap. Some ingame item IDs are:

   Item_Camper_Flashlight (Uncommon Flashlight)
   Item_Camper_MedKit (Common Med-Kit)
   Item_Camper_Toolbox (Common Toolbox)
   

   

6. Start filling out the fields under the "Item Data" category.

   Property	Value
   Item Mesh	The skeletal mesh for the item in the lobby.
   Hand Position	How the item is held in the lobby.
   Role	Camper
   Rarity	The rarity of the item in game.
   Inventory	True
   Chest	Spawns this item in chests. (Optional)
   Availability	Available
   DLCId	0
   Cloud Inventory Id	-1
   Community Id	0
   Bloodweb	Spawns this item in the Bloodweb. (Optional).
   Can Keep in Loadout	True
   Item Type	The item type.

   

7. Fill out the fields under the "Base Item Data" category.

   Property	Value
   ID	Item ID. Should be the same as the row name.
   Type	Item
   Display Name	The name of the item in game.
   Description	The description of the item in game.
   Icon File Path List	Add a new array entry and in that the path to the icon for your item (.png) Eg. “UI/Icons/Items/iconItems_flashlight.png”
   Item Blueprint	Your item's blueprint. (You haven't created this yet)

   

Item Blueprint

1. Navigate to Content/Blueprints/GameplayElements/Item/Common. Right click and create a Blueprint Class and set the class to BaseCamperCollectable.

   Create a dummy blueprint for each of the following. Make sure they have the exact same names.

   

   (Make sure you don't replace these blueprints when cooking)

2. Right click on the item blueprint which is the same type of item as the one you are creating and select Create Child Blueprint Class.

   

   Give the child blueprint a name you can remember.

3. Double-click on the child blueprint and navigate to the Details tab.

4. Start filling out the fields under the "Collectable" category.

   You will only need to change a few properties since your item is using the properties from the blueprint you parented it to.

   Property	Value
   Item ID	The same ID you set in your item data table.

   

5. Go back to your item data table and set the Item Blueprint.

6. Save all and select File → Cook Content for Windows.

Item Modifiers

This part will provide some information on how to set modifier values for your item using the event graph.

By using the Set Base Item Modifier and Set Modifier Value nodes, you can set different modifier values for your item.

The example below shows the node graph you can use to modify the amount of charges your item will have in game.