Adding an Actor to an Item?

[wingdnosring]

How do you add an actor to a preexisting unit or item? This is driving me nuts. I'm trying to create a weapon that can lie on the ground until somebody picks it up, but creating an item doesn't give me the option of adding an actor.

Do I have to add an ability to it or something?

 

[Ice Bane]

This is how it works.

Actors are NOT assigned to items.

If you want an instance of an item in your map you have to create a unit for it and set that units Stats - Item to <The Item of Your Choice>.

Then assign <The Actor of Your Choice> to that unit.

 

[wingdnosring]

That's what I ended up doing wile I waited for a response :S. So items are completely useless then? Unless you're equipping them?

 

[Ice Bane]

The item data type that can be assigned to a units Stats - Item is the only thing that can define that a unit is an item.

I believe that items are only useful as long as you want an equipped item to have an effect. A pawnable Unit can't give effects, but as long as I've understood you can still like pick up units and keep them in your inventory - just like an unit with an assigned item.