Adding Items

Learn how to add items to your game mode.
Items come in a variety of flavors but their general creation follows a specific template.
const refItem: Item = {
    name: `Micro SMG`,
    uuid: `some_hash_thing`,
    description: `Debug: Should be able to go to toolbar. Cannot go to equipment. Is a weapon.`,
    icon: 'gun',
    slot: 4,
    quantity: 1,
    weight: 2,
    behavior: ItemType.CAN_DROP | ItemType.CAN_TRADE | ItemType.IS_TOOLBAR | ItemType.IS_WEAPON,
    data: {
        hash: 0x13532244 // Used as the weapon hash for giving the player a weapon
    }
};
Now when you create templates for items and want to use a reference item like the one above. You must perform a deep copy of that item reference.
const newItem: Item = deepCloneObject<Item>(refItem);
After making the deepl clone of your object you can modify it.
newItem.name = `Super Cool Item`;
newItem.icon = 'crate';
Giving Players Items
More often than not the one location you will be putting new items in the player's inventory. Athena comes with a handful of utility functions to help you add and remove items from a player's inventory.
Here's the basic gist of it.
const slotInfo = playerFuncs.inventory.getFreeInventorySlot(player);
playerFuncs.inventory.inventoryAdd(player, newItem, slotInfo.slot, slotInfo.tab);
​
// Don't forget to save the inventory after adding it.
playerFuncs.save.field(player, 'inventory', player.data.inventory);
Removing Players Items
If you need to remove a player's item you can run the following functions to check if it is removed.
const slotInfo: { slot: number; tab: number } | null = playerFuncs.inventory.isInInventory({ name: 'Micro SMG' });
if (!slotInfo) {
    playerFuncs.emit.message(player, `Item was not found!`);
    return;
}
​
const item: Item = playerFuncs.inventory.getInventoryItem(player, slotInfo.slot, slotInfo.tab);
if (!item) {
    playerFuncs.emit.message(player, `Item was not found!`);
    return;
}
​
const didRemoveItem: boolean = playerFuncs.inventory.inventoryRemove(player, slotInfo.slot, slotInfo.tab);
if (!didRemoveItem) {
    playerFuncs.emit.message(player, `Did not find item to remove!`);
    return;
}
​
alt.log(`The item was removed!`);
Item Effects
If you wish to use item effects when you consume an item it's quite simple.
You will need to add a event to the data section of your item.
When the item is consumed it will reduce the quantity by 1 and then call that event over alt.emit.
It can then be recieved with alt.on.
Item Example
const teleporterItem: Item = {
    name: `Teleporter`,
    uuid: `teleporter`,
    description: `Debug: Should be able to call an event with this`,
    icon: 'teleporter',
    slot: 5,
    quantity: 1,
    weight: 1,
    behavior: ItemType.CAN_DROP | ItemType.CAN_TRADE | ItemType.CONSUMABLE,
    data: {
        event: 'effect:Teleport'
    }
};
Item Effect Receive
import * as alt from 'alt-server';
import { playerFuncs } from '../../server/extensions/Player';
import { Item } from '../../shared/interfaces/Item';
​
alt.on('effect:Teleport', (player: alt.Player, item: Item) => {
    playerFuncs.emit.message(player, `You consumed ${item.name}`);
});
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