{"id":154,"date":"2019-06-25T14:13:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T14:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/objects-and-entities\/items"},"modified":"2023-06-25T15:17:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T15:17:19","slug":"items","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/objects-and-entities\/items","title":{"rendered":"Items"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHAT IT’S FOR<\/h3>\n

An item is an entity that can be collected by the player and give him something, like score, a weapon, a life, or a smart bomb… It can be placed in the level or can be spawned when an enemy is killed by the player as a reward.
\nSome items can be used for scoring. For more about this, see the scoring system<\/a> section.<\/p>\n

PROPERTIES<\/h3>\n
\"\"\u00a0SETTINGS TAB<\/h5>\n

\"\"\u00a0Name<\/strong> text field: the item name.
\n\"\"Attached to camera<\/strong> checkbox: once spawned, the item is attached to the camera (see: attached to the camera<\/a>).<\/p>\n

ITEM LIFE
\n<\/strong>\"\"\u00a0Infinite<\/strong> radio button: the item’s life is infinite.
\n\"\"\u00a0Duration<\/strong> radio button:
\n\"\"\u00a0Seconds<\/strong> spinner: once spawned, the item stays on screen for the duration, blinks a little then disappears.<\/p>\n

PARTICLE SYSTEM
\n<\/strong>\"\"\u00a0On start<\/strong> radio button: the particle effects played when the item is spawned (When an enemy dies, by a bullet cancel…). Note that items placed by hand in a level don’t display this particle effect.
\n\"\"\u00a0On end<\/strong> radio button: the particle effects played when the player grabs the item.<\/p>\n

SOUND<\/strong>
\n\"\"\u00a0 Sound<\/strong> menu: the sound is played when the player grabs items.
\n\"\"Volume<\/strong> edit box: the volume of the shot sound.
\n\"\" Pitch<\/strong> edit box: the pitch will change the sound height: like playing a lower or higher note. 0.5 is = half pitch, 2.0 = double pitch.\u00a0 default = 1.0.
\n\"\" Pitch<\/strong> variation<\/strong> edit box: a random pitch variation. The higher the number, the bigger the variation range.<\/p>\n

\"\" \"\" Asset rotation<\/strong> buttons: rotate the asset (3D mesh or sprite) on the Y-axis. Useful if the item graphic is not in the right direction.<\/p>\n

\"\" Cast shadow<\/strong> checkbox: if checked, the object will cast a shadow on other objects.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0COLLISIONS TAB<\/p>\n

2D COLLISION:
\n<\/span><\/strong>\"\" Add collision shape\u00a0<\/strong>button: Add a new collision shape.
\n\"\" Delete <\/strong>button: Delete the current collision shape.
\n\"\" Navigation<\/strong> arrows: Navigate between the different collision shapes.
\n\"\" Reset <\/strong>button:<\/strong> Reset the collision shape.
\n\"\" Auto collision<\/strong> button: The tool tries to create a shape following the picture contours.
\n\"\"Collision window<\/strong>: move the points to build the shape of your collision
\n\"\"Point position x \/ y<\/strong> edit boxes: allow to move precisely the selected point.<\/p>\n

3D COLLISION: in 3D, the collision shape is always a box.
\n\"\"\u00a0Add collision shape <\/strong>button: add a new collision shape.
\n\"\"\u00a0Delete collision<\/strong> shape: delete the current collision shape.
\n\"\"Navigation<\/strong> arrows: navigate between the different collision shapes.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0ANIMATION TAB<\/h5>\n

\"\"\u00a0Presets<\/strong>: you can choose or save an animation preset. It will open a window previewing some frequently used item behaviors.<\/span><\/p>\n

MOVE<\/strong>
\n\"\"\u00a0Direction<\/strong> spinner: the direction of the item translation in degrees.
\n\"\"\u00a0Speed<\/strong> spinner: the translation speed.<\/p>\n

ATTRACTION TO PLAYER
\n<\/strong>\"\"\u00a0Force<\/strong> spinner: the attraction to the player force. The bigger the value, the faster the item will move in the player’s direction.
\n\"\"\u00a0Radius<\/strong> spinner: the attraction radius. Outside this radius, there is no attraction.
\n\"\"\u00a0Time before attraction<\/strong> spinner: a little time when there is no attraction to the player<\/p>\n

ROTATION SPEED
\n<\/strong>\"\"\u00a0x \/ y \/ z <\/strong>spinner: You can animate the rotation of the item on the 3 axes. The bigger the number, the faster the rotation. You can also type up negative numbers to rotate in the other direction.<\/p>\n

CURVES<\/strong>
\nThose features allow moving the item using sinus. You can create quickly a floating motion if you use X and Z, or a sinus motion if you use only one axis.\"\"\u00a0Amplitude x \/ z<\/strong> spinner: the distance the item can move.
\n\"\"\u00a0Frequency x \/ z<\/strong> spinner: the speed the item will move.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0GAMEPLAY TAB<\/span><\/p>\n

Score<\/strong> spinner: the value added to the player’s score when he grabs the item.<\/p>\n

REWARDS
\n<\/strong>\"\"\u00a0Score only<\/strong>: the item will only add some score.
\n\"\"\u00a0Medal<\/strong>: the item is a medal: see Medals<\/a>
\n\"\"\u00a0ENERGY
\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Value<\/strong> spinner: add some energy to the player’s HP
\n\"\"\u00a0Smart bomb<\/strong>: the item is a smart bomb
\n\"\"\u00a0MULTIPLIER<\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Value <\/strong>spinner: add a value to the current multiplier
\n\"\"FORCE FIELD<\/strong>:\u00a0The item is a force field. There are 2 modes:
\n\"\"\u00a0Use life<\/strong>: the force field has its own HP, and when it is decreased to zero, it disappears.
\n\"\"\u00a0Life<\/strong> value
\n\"\"\u00a0Use duration<\/strong>: the force field will stay on screen for a duration in seconds, then disappear.
\n\"\"\u00a0Duration<\/strong> value
\n\"\"WEAPON<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Choose<\/strong>: when the player grabs the item it will change its weapon set (see weapon sets<\/a>)
\n\"\"\u00a0POWER UP<\/strong>
\n\"\"\u00a0Value<\/strong> spinner: add a value to the power-up. You can add a floating-point value (like 0.1) to slowly build the power-up gauge or an integer. Also, the value can be negative. (See scoring techniques<\/a>)
\n\"\"\u00a01 UP<\/strong>: add a life to the player
\n\"\"\u00a0ADD TO GAUGE<\/strong>
\n\"\"Value<\/strong> spinner: add a value to the gauge (see using gauge<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":136,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-154","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2689,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/154\/revisions\/2689"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/136"}],"next":[{"title":"Triggers and game objects","link":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/objects-and-entities\/triggers-and-game-objects","href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/156"}],"prev":[{"title":"Enemies and Waves","link":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/objects-and-entities\/enemies-and-waves","href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdoc_tag&post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}