Nitro Drifter Spawner Devices

The Nitro Drifter Spawner is a fast, stylish car that seats four to encourage social play. The visual look of the vehicle is themed around Cyber-City and fits well with a cyberpunk or Neo-Tokyo aesthetic. This car also has unique handling, with the ability to drift. This works particularly well with racing games, but can add style to any game mode where vehicles are available.

Some devices have a limit on how many times that device can be placed on an island. This is independent of how much memory the device uses. If you have not converted your island to use upgraded devices, you can only have 32 active vehicles spawned at one time (across all vehicle spawners). If you have converted your island, there is no limit.

Finding and Placing the Device

1. From Create mode, press the Tab key to open the CREATIVE inventory screen.

2. Click the DEVICES tab. You can scroll to select the device, use the Search box to look up the device by name, or the Categories in the panel on the left.

3. Click PLACE NOW to place immediately, or put the device in the QUICK BAR to place later.

4. Press Esc to return to your island in Create mode. Use your phone to position the device, then click to place it. Press Esc to detach the device from your phone.

5. Point at the device with your phone. If the Customize popup doesn't open immediately, move closer until it does, then press E to open the Customize panel.

If you're using multiple copies of a device on an island, it can be helpful to rename them. You can choose names that relate to each device's purpose, so it's easier to remember what each one does.

Contextual Filtering

Some devices are affected by a feature called contextual filtering. This feature hides or displays options depending on the values selected for certain related options. This feature will reduce clutter in the Customize panel and make options easier to manage and navigate.

However, it may not be easy to recognize which options or values trigger contextual filtering. To help you identify them, in our device docs we use italic for any values that trigger contextual filtering. All options will be listed, including those affected by contextual filtering; if they are hidden or displayed based on a specific option’s value, there will be a note about that in the Description field for that option.

Device Options

This device has some basic functionality, like whether the device is visible during a game, and whether the vehicle uses fuel. Additionally, there are some advanced options, like whether the vehicle can use boost and what happens when the vehicle explodes.

You can configure this device with the following options.

Default values are bold. Values that trigger contextual filtering are italic.

Basic Options

All Options (Additional)

Channels

The channel system has been deprecated and will be removed in the near future. The system replacing it is Direct Event Binding, which is already available for you to use.

Right now, you have to manually convert your islands to the direct event binding system. However in the near future all new islands will use the new direct event binding system by default.

For more information refer to the Direct Event Binding System section below, or the Direct Event Binding page.

When one device needs to "talk" to another device, it does so by transmitting a signal on a specific channel. The receiving device needs to be set up to receive the signal on the same channel.

A channel is identified by a number, and channel numbers are customized for a device under the option that uses the channel. Most devices will also pass the identity of the player who triggered the device with the signal.

This device has receivers that perform a variety of functions when receiving a signal over a channel. Also, this device can transmit signals when certain conditions are met.

Receivers

Receivers listen for a channel and perform an action when they hear any device (including themselves) send a signal on that channel.

Transmitters

Transmitters send a signal on the selected channel when triggered.

Direct Event Binding System

Direct event binding allows devices to communicate directly, which makes your workflow more intuitive, and gives you more freedom to focus on your design ideas. Switching to this system is the next step in creating more complex and diverse game mechanics.

The direct event binding system eliminates limitations that exist in the channel communication system, because the devices communicate directly with other devices. When you're designing an island, you don't have to worry about reaching the maximum channel limit, or planning out your channel allocation ahead of time.

Additionally, when you copy-paste devices, you no longer need to edit them to change the channel assignments — the events and functions in the original carry over to the copies.

Each device placed will have a unique identifier assigned to it, which is needed for the events and functions to work correctly. The ID automatically assigned is a random set of numbers and letters, however, so as a best practice you should name each device individually with something that has meaning and is easily remembered.

To convert your island, follow these steps:

1. Select an existing island or make a new island.

2. When you are on your island, open the My Island settings, and click the Tools tab.

3. Next to Event System, click Convert.

4. A warning message displays. Confirm your selection by clicking Confirm.

Your island automatically reloads with the direct event binding system in place. Any devices you place will now have the Events and Functions tabs in the Customize panel, instead of Channels.

Below are the following direct event binding options for this device.

Functions

Events