gather_items

gather_items controls whether a stalker can use the base item-pickup evaluator. It is generic stalker behavior, not an active movement section.

Use it on the section that becomes active for the NPC. The scheme is reset with that section and reads gather_items_enabled from it.

Parameters

gather_items_enabled

Type: boolean. Optional. Default: true.

Enables item gathering for the current reset section.

Runtime behavior

The scheme replaces the planner ITEMS evaluator with EvaluatorGatherItems. The evaluator returns true when gather_items_enabled resolved to true and the engine reports that there are items to pick up through object.is_there_items_to_pickup().

If the field is omitted, canLootItems is set to true during reset. Setting it to false blocks this evaluator for that active section only; it does not remove inventory logic from the engine or change item selection rules.

Example

[logic]
active = walker@post

[walker@post]
path_walk = post_walk
path_look = post_look
gather_items_enabled = false

Use this on story NPCs that must stay in position, wounded or dialog scenes where looting would break staging, and escort sections where the NPC should keep moving instead of reacting to nearby loot.

Notes

• Use this field on the active section that is passed to scheme reset.
• The scheme does not choose which items to pick up. It only controls whether the engine item evaluator is allowed to report available pickup work.
• If a later section should allow looting again, omit the field or set gather_items_enabled = true there.