Blueprint Items

Setting Up Blueprints as Items

1. Open config.lua in the resource folder.
2. Locate the BlueprintItems section:

   BlueprintItems = {
       enableBlueprintItems = false,
       ...
   }

3. Change enableBlueprintItems to true.
4. Save the file and restart the resource.
5. Navigate to your inventory resource (or item configuration), and add the following item:

   ['blueprint'] = {
       name = 'blueprint',
       label = 'Blueprint',
       weight = 100,
       type = 'item',
       image = 'blueprint.png',
       unique = true,
       useable = true,
       shouldClose = true,
       combinable = nil,
       description = 'Craft items with blueprints.'
   },

   (Example for QBCore. Configuration may vary depending on your inventory resource. The item name must be blueprint.)

Dynamic Blueprint Items

To create a more dynamic item system, items can be linked to specific blueprints. This allows items to have unique variations based on their blueprint association.

For example, a Pistol blueprint should be stored as:

['pistol_blueprint'] = {
    name = 'pistol_blueprint',
    label = 'Pistol Blueprint',
    weight = 50,
    type = 'item',
    image = 'pistol_blueprint.png',
    unique = true,
    useable = true,
    shouldClose = true,
    combinable = nil,
    description = 'A blueprint for crafting a pistol.'
}

This system ensures that blueprints can define item properties dynamically.

How the Search Function Works

In our script, everything before _blueprint acts as a search key. This means when searching for an item, the script will recognize pistol as the base item and match it to the pistol_blueprint. This allows easy categorization and retrieval of blueprint-linked items.

Giving the Item

To give the item to a player:

• Use one of the resource's commands.
• Use one of the resource's exports.

Blueprints are recognized based solely on the metadata and the item name. For example, if you have an item named pistol_blueprint, the resource will identify it as a blueprint for the pistol.

Item Image

You can use the following image for the item in your inventory:

Developer Note

Blueprint items must include metadata:

metadata = {
    blueprint = 'UUID', -- The UUID of the blueprint
}

Replace UUID with the UUID of the desired blueprint, which can be found in the editor.