====== Placeables ======

There's 2 very different kind of [[https://nwn.fandom.com/wiki/Placeable|placeables]]: 
  - Static
  - Non-Static
While it is a simple "checkbox" in the placeable properties, it changes a lot of things.
===== Non-Static Placeables =====
  * They can be targeted by players
  * They can be animated / have visual effects
  * They can be moved
  * They are only seen by players when their character gets in a perception range of the placeable
  * Since that are loaded by players dynamically, many non-static placeable can make walking around an area laggy for players. Areas shouln't have more than 100-200 non-static placeables.

===== Static Placeables =====
  * They are loaded by players when loading the area
  * They can't be targetted, be animated or have visual effects, moving them wont by perceived by players until they re-enter the area
  * They don't really impact players performance so you can add almost as many as you want to your areas (but ideally less than 1k)

===== Adding Visual Effects =====

To add Visual Effects to a placeable object, set it to non-static (dynamic), set the placeable OnHeartbeat script to "plcvfx_self" and add integer var PLCVFX_SELF, (or PLCVFX_SELF1, PLCVFX_SELF2, PLCVFX_SELF3, etc) with the desired VFX index number(s).