Modding: Special tags

This is a list of known "special" tags, which have in-engine custom functionality attached to them. Usually most tags are simply for entity/component categorization.

For the basics of tag system, see here.

Entity tags

• ui_use_raw_name
  • Prevents the game from trying to look up a translation string for the entity name and shows the name as is
• fish_attractor
  • Attracts any entities with AdvancedFishAIComponent
• firemage
  • Affects the behaviour of AnimalAIComponent
  • Makes Brimstone neutral in player's hands
• thundermage
  • Affects the behaviour of AnimalAIComponent
  • Makes Thunder stone neutral in player's hands
• gold_nugget
  • Entity is attracted by TelekinesisComponent
  • Also attracted by the Attract Items perk ^{(on Lua side, data/scripts/perks/attract_items.lua)}
• player_unit
  • IsPlayer() returns true for this Entity
  • Gets more stains than other entities
  • "...and much more". You can assume this to have a lot of random stuff tied to it.
• polymorphable_NOT
  • Makes the entity not polymorphable ^duh
• teleportable_NOT
  • Supposedly makes the entity not teleportable, but apparently the in-engine code is too messy to know right away.
• wand
  • Forces the Entity's name to "$item_wand" ^{(a translation string)}
• workshop
  • If an entity with this tag also has a HitboxComponent, allows wand editing in the area defined in said component.
• workshop_untouched
  • When used together with the workshop tag, will force open the players inventory if no wands have been edited and the player walks into the hitbox.

Component _tags

• enabled_in_hand, enabled_in_world, enabled_in_inventory
  • These toggle the enabled / disabled status of the Component. Requires an ItemComponent somewhere in the Entity to work.
  • Super handy for eg. defining different sprites as Wand's inventory icon, world model, etc.
• shop_cost
  • Components with this tag are removed from the entity, when the entity is picked up
• fire
  • Used by TorchComponent, will toggle all components with this tag enabled/disabled depending on the lit status.