Types/ItemToPlace

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Type for placeable_by for entities: Item that when placed creates this entity.

Properties

item

Type: Types/string

The item used to place this entity.

count

Type: Types/uint32

How many items are used to place one of this entity. Can't be larger than the stack size of the item.