special_items.csv
special_items.csv is a file of .csv format. While possible to edit with a text editor, it is highly advised to use appropriate tools for .csv format to prevent errors.
If you plan on editing .csv, please visit Required Tools page and use one of the appropriate tools.
Special_items.csv entry contain all of the information directly about a special items.
special_items.csv is always located inside data/campaign/. If csv is in wrong location or with wrong name game will not read data in it.
Elements
At the very top of special_items.csv, you will see a list of categories. Going from left to right, the function of each are explained in table bellow.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Name of your item |
| Id | Unique id of your item |
| Tags | Set of strings that specify some effects : for example no_drop means that this item won’t drop normally from example from Techmining, pather8 makes that this item generates 8 points of pather interest |
| Tech/Manufacturer | Name of company/entity that created/invented this item |
| Rarity | Honestly you can skip that field as it is apparently not used |
| Base Price | Base Price of one such item |
| Stack Size | How many instances of that item can be stacked in one square field of inventory |
| Cargo Space | Determines how much cargo space does one instance of this item takes in inventory |
| BaseRaidDanger | Determines how much danger for raid this item geneerates, when installed in colony |
| Icon | path to your icon directory NOTE ! : Sprite of icon should be at best 80x80 as most if icons are done in that dimensions |
| Sound Id | Id of sound, of which this sound is used when you pick up the item |
| Sound Id Drop | Id of sound, of which this sound is used when you drop the item |
| Plugin | Package name of item plugin: For usual Colony Items its the best to use GenericSpecialItemPlugin or if you want to make your own plugin, then extending from this class |
| Plugin Params | It passes (in that case) set of strings to “data” field in Item. GenericSpecialItemPlugin uses this to determine in which industries this item can be used (Remember to pass id’s of those industries) |
| Description | Custom description of said item |
| Order | Sorting order in inventory |