Usage

There are several ways a piece of gear can be used in Commlink:

CARRIED - The item is directly put in the inventory
EMBEDDED - The item is an accessory to another ite,
IMPLANTED - The item is part of the characters body and costs essence

As a default, Commlink assumes that an item is CARRIED.

If you want to replace this assumption, you can use the <usage> element

<!-- Item is carried (default) -->
<usage mode="CARRIED" />

<!-- Item wants to be placed in a specific slot (and fills it totally) -->
<usage mode="EMBEDDED" slot="UNDER"/>

<!-- Item wants to be placed in a slot and occupies capacity -->
<usage mode="EMBEDDED" slot="HEADWARE_IMPLANT" value="2"/>

<!-- Item is implanted an consume essence. The essence cost depends on the rating -->
<usage mode="IMPLANTED" value="$RATING*0.1"/>

You can assign more than one <usage> element to an item.

Example

The “soundlink” is available as an accessory (in a CYBEREAR_IMPLANT slot) with a size of 2 - or as an implant with an essence cost of 0.1. The price and availability is identical in both cases.

<item avail="2" price="1000" id="soundlink" type="CYBERWARE" subtype="CYBER_EARWARE">
  <usage mode="EMBEDDED" slot="CYBEREAR_IMPLANT" value="1"/>
  <usage mode="IMPLANTED" value="0.1"/>
</item>