Items can be consumed by count and/or time. Usage period must be more than 2 seconds. What does this mean?
I have a in game currency called coins. I assume this is a consumable item. If I click on consumable radio button(the other option is durable) on item menu, it shows Items can be consumed by count and/or time.
Usage period must be more than 2 seconds. Can someone explain this?
Best Answer
Virtual Currency and Catalog Items are 2 different concepts, and ‘coins’ you mentioned should be defined as Virtual Currency instead of an item. Virtual Currency do not have properties like durable or consumable.
In terms of ‘Usage period must be more than 2 seconds’, it means if a consumable item is configured as consumed by time, it should be set at least 2 seconds. Otherwise, this item will be expired too soon after being granted.
The best way to test those features is to create a free title and navigate to the [Game Manager] -> [Economy], then define your own catalog and Virtual Currency.
oops.. i meant that pack of 100 coins .. should i mention it as bundle ? .. And why should it disappear... he can buy the bundle again right?
Usually bundle is consumed by 1 count, you can left 'By time' field blank so that it won’t expire.
Please be aware that if you use "By Count" for bundles, they are not automatically consumed. In that case, you would either want to consume them via the ConsumeItem API call, or else make sure the bundle item is stackable, so that it doesn't fill up your inventory.
And the reason the "By Time" needs to be a few seconds is due to the fact that if you have it set to 1 or 2 seconds, there are rare conditions (in particular, with large inventories) where the bundle could be consumed before it has added all the other items included with it to the player inventory.
Similar question with answer here for items and bundles. https://community.playfab.com/questions/6588/item-consumable-times-must-be-greater-than-2-secon.html
This question has relevant info talking about items and bundles. Specifically, recommended expiration and why the timing matters. https://community.playfab.com/questions/921/210707367-GooglePlay-In-App-Purchase-to-PlayFab-Items.html
