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Gameplay Effect Items

Gameplay Effect Items are regular Narrative Items that are intended to work for GAS abilities granting effects to the character who picks it up.

Creation​

Right-click in the Content Drawer -> Narrative -> Narrative Items -> Gameplay Effect Item.

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Now you can choose what gameplay effect and values you want to apply.

Increasing health​

A common use for a gameplay effect item is to have an item that heals the player.

You can set the Gameplay Effect Class to GE_ItemGameplayEffect then set a singular Caller Value to the gameplay tag SetByCaller.Health.

Finally, set the value to the amount of health you want to increase.

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Decreasing health over time​

Another common example would be decreasing health over time. Such as a poison like effect.

For this, you can set the Gameplay Effect Class to GE_ItemGameplayEffect then set two Caller Value.

The first has a gameplay tag SetByCaller.Health and a value of how much you want to decrease.

The second has a gameplay tag SetByCaller.Duration and a value of how long (in seconds) you want it to last.

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Properties​

NameTypeDescription
GameplayEffectClassGameplayEffectThe class of the gameplay effect to apply. This is an instant effect that overrides certain character attributes.
SetByCallerValuesTMap<FGameplayTag, float>A map of tags and their corresponding values, used for specifying "SetByCaller" attributes in gameplay effects.