Changes for page Looting System

Last modified by Alexandros Mloukie on 2026/01/26 19:12
From version 7.3
edited by Alexandros Mloukie
on 2026/01/20 16:37
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To version 12.1
edited by Alexandros Mloukie
on 2026/01/21 05:20
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9 9  
10 10  = 1 - Enemy Inventory =
11 11  
12 -Every enemy in the game needs to have access to their very own inventory. This can probably use the {{info}}MAWInventoryComponent{{/info}} already used for the player, though there are gonna be some extra things to it. The inventory will be populated with items on __enemy spawn__ instead of on-death. The items that will occupy the inventory will be defined through a {{success}}Data Table{{/success}}, so designers can easily tweak values later on.
12 +Every enemy in the game needs to have access to their very own inventory. This can probably use the {{info}}MAWInventoryComponent{{/info}} already used for the player, though there are gonna be some extra things to it so a new component might be needed. The inventory will be populated with items on __enemy spawn__ instead of on-death. The items that will occupy the inventory will be defined through a {{success}}Data Table{{/success}}, so designers can easily tweak values later on.
13 13  
14 14  == 1.1 - Enemy Loot Data Table ==
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17 17  
18 18  (% class="table-bordered" %)
19 19  (% class="active" %)|=(% style="width: 140px;" %)Variable|=(% style="width: 170px;" %)Type|=(% style="width: 852px;" %)Description
20 -|(% style="width:140px" %)Item|(% style="width:170px" %){{info}}FItemStack{{/info}}|(% style="width:852px" %)The item that will be added to the enemy inventory.
20 +|(% style="width:140px" %)Item|(% style="width:170px" %){{info}}FMAWItemStack{{/info}}|(% style="width:852px" %)The item and amount that will be added to the enemy inventory.
21 21  |(% style="width:140px" %)DropWeight|(% style="width:170px" %){{success}}float{{/success}}|(% style="width:852px" %)The chance that this item will be added to the enemy inventory. The value must be between 0 and 1 (mapped to 0% - 100%)
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23 23  The enemy uses a {{info}}[[Data Table Row Handle>>https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/API/Runtime/Engine/FDataTableRowHandle]]{{/info}} to define which entry in the Data Table they will be using to populate their inventory.
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25 +----
26 +
27 += 2 - Looting Interaction =
28 +
29 +== 2.1 - Staring the Interaction ==
30 +
31 +To start looting a target, the player must be within __interaction range__// //of the enemy's corpse, and press the interaction button while looking at said corpse. Once these actions have been completed, the player is presented with the {{warning}}Looting UI{{/warning}} which displays both the player's and the enemy's inventories side by side.
32 +
33 +== 2.2 - Moving Items ==
34 +
35 +The player can move items from one inventory to another by __Dragging & Dropping__ the desired item. The looting interaction has 2 types based on the container being looted:
36 +
37 +(% class="table-bordered" %)
38 +(% class="active" %)|=Container Type|=Interaction Style
39 +|One-Way (e.g. Enemy Corpse)|The player can only move items from the enemy's inventory to their own and **not** the other way around.
40 +|Two-Way (e.g. Chest)|The player can move items between **both** inventories, allowing them to off-load items if they wish to in this container.
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