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Welcome to the Items guide. Here you will find the item creation pipeline from modelling to importing your item in Divinity Engine 2.<br />
This article is part of a collection of guides, with a page for every type of item.

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| [[My first: Item | General]]
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| [[My first: Item - Scenery | Scenery]] (Rocks, plants, trees, shelves, etc.)
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| [[My first: Item - Lootable items | Lootable items]] (Shells, plates, food, gems, etc.)
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| [[My first: Item - Interactable animated items | Interactable animated items]] (Levers, doors, etc.)
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| [[My first: Item - Interactable socket items | Interactable socket items]] (Chairs, beds, etc.)
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| [[My first: Item - Weapons | Weapons]] (The sharp stuff)
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To create items you will need some 3d modelling and texturing skills. <br />
Two most important things you need to have if you want to create an Item: item model and it's textures.

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= File formats =

In the editor 3d models are saved as granny files (.GR2).<br />
The textures are saved as DirectDraw Surface (.dds).<br />

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| More info on Granny 3D can be found [http://www.radgametools.com/granny.html here]
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| More info on DirectDraw Surface can be found [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectDraw_Surface here]
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No matter what type of item you want to do your pipeline will consists of:<br />
*Modelling 
*Texturing 
*Setting up the item in the file
*Setting up the item in the editor
 
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= Modelling =

You will need a 3d modelling software to create items. If you unfamiliar with 3d modelling we advice you to check some 3d modelling specific guides first.<br />
Places you can find good tutorials about 3d modelling:<br />
* [http://polycount.com/ Polycount]
* [https://cubebrush.co/ Cubebrush]
* YouTube tutorials ([https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSLLdTBwLMfTKWS56tOiQpw/videos good example])

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= Importing your resources in the editor =

If you already have your granny files (.GR2) and Direct Draw Surface (.dds) texture files it's time to import them in the editor.<br />
#Open your Content Browser. Choose a correct package or create a new one.<br />
#Hit the add resource button (highlighted red in the left upper corner) and select what type of resource you want to add. 
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[[File:AddNewResourse.jpeg|none]]
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After that you'll need to make a new material, assign textures to your new material and assign the material to your mesh.<br />
To make a new material you have two options: <br />
#Create a new material by pressing "Add resource" button highlighted red on the screenshot above and select material.<br />
#Select any material that you see in content browser right click it and select "Create new from selected". That will create a new material copy with all settings from the original.<br />
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Now you need to assign textures to your material and material to the mesh. <br />
Depending on the type of the material you're using it can have different texture parameters. <br />
The most standard material we use for items is called Base_PBR.
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[[File:AssigningTexture.jpeg|none]]
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We are using physical based rendering, it means that you need a base color texture (BM) a physical map (PM) and a normal map (NM)<br />
The physical map (PM) channels are as follow: <br />
* Roughness in green (G) channel
* Metalness in blue (B) channel 
* Ambient Occlusion is in red (R) channel

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= See also =

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| [[My first: Item | General]]
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| [[My first: Item - Scenery | Scenery]] (Rocks, plants, trees, shelves, etc.)
|-
| [[My first: Item - Lootable items | Lootable items]] (Shells, plates, food, gems, etc.)
|-
| [[My first: Item - Interactable animated items | Interactable animated items]] (Levers, doors, etc.)
|-
| [[My first: Item - Interactable socket items | Interactable socket items]] (Chairs, beds, etc.)
|-
| [[My first: Item - Weapons | Weapons]] (The sharp stuff)
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|}