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Internal & External Use Behavior

Internal & External Use Behavior

Choose one clear authority for item use.

Applies to: Nord Inventory v2.0.0

External item use exports

Nord Inventory has two mutually exclusive usable-item modes:

  • internal: Nord handles duration, animation, hand prop, player effects and optional removal.
  • export: Nord validates the item/slot transaction and delegates the gameplay action to another resource export.

The Admin Studio exposes this under Item Management → Behavior → Use handler with Internal (Nord) and External export.

OX-style item definition

A resource can register an item and point its use directly at one of its own exports. When the export name is bare, Nord automatically binds it to the resource calling RegisterItem.

exports.nord_inventory:RegisterItem('scanner', {
    label = 'Scanner',
    weight = 250,
    client = {
        export = 'UseScanner', -- automatically <calling_resource>:UseScanner
        remove = 0
    }
})

exports('UseScanner', function(item, slot)
    -- item.name, item.label, item.metadata, item.count, item.slot, ...
    -- Return false to cancel the transaction.
    return true
end)

The full resource name is still accepted:

client = { export = 'my_scanner:UseScanner', remove = 0 }
-- or
client = { export = 'my_scanner.UseScanner', remove = 0 }

Server export

exports.nord_inventory:RegisterItem('repair_kit', {
    label = 'Repair Kit',
    weight = 500,
    close = true,
    server = {
        export = 'UseRepairKit',
        remove = 1
    }
})

exports('UseRepairKit', function(source, item, slot, definition)
    -- Return false to cancel and prevent Nord from removing the item.
    return true
end)

The Nord-native descriptor is also supported:

exports.nord_inventory:RegisterItem('repair_kit', {
    label = 'Repair Kit',
    weight = 500,
    use = {
        mode = 'export',
        export = 'my_mechanic:UseRepairKit',
        side = 'server',
        remove = 1
    }
})

mode = 'export' may be omitted when use.export is present.

Register an external handler for an existing item

Compact form, bound to the calling resource:

exports.nord_inventory:RegisterUseExport('repair_kit', 'UseRepairKit', 'server')

Explicit resource form:

exports.nord_inventory:RegisterUseExport('repair_kit', 'my_mechanic', 'UseRepairKit', 'server')

Descriptor/string forms through RegisterUsableItem are also accepted:

exports.nord_inventory:RegisterUsableItem('repair_kit', 'UseRepairKit', 'server')
exports.nord_inventory:RegisterUsableItem('repair_kit', 'my_mechanic:UseRepairKit', 'server')
exports.nord_inventory:RegisterUsableItem('scanner', { export = 'UseScanner', side = 'client' })

A normal server Lua callback remains supported:

exports.nord_inventory:RegisterUsableItem('repair_kit', function(source, item, definition, slot)
    return true
end)

Register the item and handler in one call

The third RegisterItem argument can be a function, export string or export descriptor. The optional fourth argument selects server or client for string handlers.

exports.nord_inventory:RegisterItem('repair_kit', {
    label = 'Repair Kit',
    weight = 500,
    use = { remove = 1 }
}, 'UseRepairKit', 'server')

Bulk registration

RegisterItems registers multiple runtime items from one resource and applies the same caller-resource binding rules.

local ok, result = exports.nord_inventory:RegisterItems({
    scanner = {
        label = 'Scanner',
        weight = 250,
        client = { export = 'UseScanner', remove = 0 }
    },
    repair_kit = {
        label = 'Repair Kit',
        weight = 500,
        server = { export = 'UseRepairKit', remove = 1 }
    }
})

Transaction behavior

Nord validates that the player still owns the same item/slot before the external action is committed. If an export is unavailable, errors, or returns false, the use is cancelled and Nord does not remove the item.

remove stays server-authoritative:

  • remove = 0: keep the item.
  • remove = 1: remove one item after a successful external action.
  • Higher values remove that amount, limited by the current stack.

External mode is exclusive: Nord does not also run its internal duration, animation, hand prop, hunger, thirst, health or armor effects. The external resource owns those effects.

Hands-only animations (prop = false)

An internal usable item can explicitly disable every hand-prop fallback while keeping its animation.

use = {
    duration = 2500,

    animation = {
        dict = 'missheistdockssetup1clipboard@idle_a',
        clip = 'idle_a',
        flag = 49
    },

    prop = false
}

prop = false is authoritative for the use action. Nord Inventory will not fall back to:

  • worldModel;
  • keyword prop rules;
  • category prop rules;
  • the generic fallback prop.

The item's worldModel can still be kept for ground/drop presentation.

The default bandage uses this mode so the player performs a hands-only bandaging animation with no object attached.

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