Icons set by setTexture() and tooltips set by setTooltip() do not get preserved on save

[Eggon]

The setTexture() method allows to set new icon to an item in inventory, but that icon is substituted on game reload with "default" icon specifed in scripts/.txt files.  The same applies to tooltip text.

Expected behavior is to have the icon and tooltip text preserved on the particular item.

 

Example code:

local player = getPlayer()

local inventory = player:getInventory()

local item = inventory:getFirstTypeRecurse(itemType)

local texture = getTexture(texturePath)

item:setTexture(texture)

item:setTooltip(toolTipText)

 

Edited November 21, 2020 by Eggon

[EnigmaGrey]

It pulls data from the scripts on load, so no, that should not be the expected behavior.

[Eggon]

@EnigmaGreyI'm sorry but your answer is a bit ambiguous - what "it" pulls data from scripts on load?

 

What's the purpose of setTexture / Tooltip if its not permanent? Other setters do update properties permanently, so it is inconsistent.

[EnigmaGrey]

Unlike something like weapon damage, these values aren’t saved out into a file; they’re only loaded from the game’s item and translation scripts.

 

They’re used by the engine to create the items moreso than meant to customize items at runtime.

[Eggon]

@EnigmaGrey Thank you for explanation. If that is the case could you please recommend how to access all spawned items of a given type on on any of the loading events?

 

I'd loop through them and perform a modification function on all of them that would reinstate the lost values based on values I'd save in getModData().