# Items Position Number ## Introduction The **Items Position Number** is an essential feature within the **Cloth Drawable Details** section of Durty Cloth Tool. This field allows users to control the **relative position** of a drawable item within its **drawable type category** (such as shoes, jackets, or hats) in a specific cloth resource. The position number determines the order in which items are **loaded and presented** by the game, and it will in many cases directly influence how clothing items appear in-game, for example, in clothing stores or customization menus. {% hint style="warning" %} The **Items Position Number** does not represent the **absolute Drawable ID**. Instead, it affects the **relative Drawable ID** within the cloth resource, which then interacts with the game’s overall loading process, determined by Rockstar's GTA cloth resources and additional / addon cloth resources. {% endhint %}

Durty Cloth Tool Item Position Field

## Purpose The **Items Position Number** is used to control the **load order** of clothing items within the game. When you add multiple clothing items of the same drawable type (such as multiple types of shoes), their **relative position** in the resource is determined by this number. This, in turn, influences: * **The order in which the items appear** in various in-game menus, such as clothing stores or player customization screens. * **How the items are indexed internally** when the game processes the cloth resource. ## Functionality ### Default Behavior * **Starting at Zero**: When a cloth item is added to a drawable type (e.g., shoes, tops, pants), its default position will be set to `0`. Subsequent items will have their **Items Position Number** automatically incremented by `+1`. * **Relative to Drawable Type**: The position number is relative to the specific drawable type category. For instance, the position number for shoes is distinct from the position number for jackets or pants. Each drawable type has its independent numbering sequence within the cloth resource. ### Resorting & Behaviour Options In the Durty Cloth Tool Options Window there are options for adjusting the default behaviour when adding a new cloth drawable or resorting the currently existing ones to end up with properly ordered Positions.

Durty Cloth Tool Items Position Related Options

{% hint style="info" %} See [App & Project Settings](/basics/good-to-know/app-and-project-settings.md) for more details. {% endhint %} ### When Items Share the Same Position * **Alphabetical Ordering**: When multiple items of the same drawable type are given the same **Items Position Number**, they will be sorted alphabetically by their name in the game menus. For example, if two types of shoes both have a position of `1`, the game will decide the final order based on their names (e.g., "Running Shoes" may appear before "Sneakers"). ## How It Affects the Absolute Drawable ID While the **Items Position Number** controls the relative positioning within a cloth resource, it influences the **absolute Drawable ID** based on the overall **load order of resources** in the game. * **GTA V’s/R\* Cloth Resources**: The game first loads the default Rockstar clothing resources. Any custom or modded resources (like addon cloth resources) will be layered on top of these. * **Addon Resources**: The final absolute Drawable ID of a clothing item is determined by the combination of Rockstar’s native resources and any addon clothing resources. * **Ordering Impact**: By adjusting the **Items Position Number**, you can indirectly influence the Drawable ID, because the game assigns Drawable IDs based on the order in which items are loaded. However, this is still managed on a **relative** basis within each drawable type. {% hint style="warning" %} Due to this, every time R\* releases a content update containing new cloth resources it will cause a shift in all absolute drawable ids from addon cloth resources. This happens as an additional cloth resource is loaded in between existing addon cloth resources and the basegame ones.\ \ Special case for FiveM is when changing the server target gamebuild as this causes the same issue as described. {% endhint %} ### Example: Adding New Shoes Let’s say you're adding new shoes to a cloth resource: * **Position 0**: The first pair of shoes added is automatically assigned an **Items Position Number** of `0`. * **Position 1**: The second pair of shoes is assigned `1`, and so on. If you want to reorder the shoes (for example, to ensure that a particular pair appears first in the list in a clothing store), you can manually adjust the **Items Position Number**. The game will then use this information to determine how to display the shoes in the list. ### Influence on In-Game Presentation This ordering directly affects how clothing is presented in-game. For example, in a clothing store interface: * Items with **lower Items Position Numbers** will in most cases appear first. * Items with **identical position numbers** will be sorted alphabetically by their name. ## Relative and Absolute Drawable Id

Showcase of Relative and Absolute Drawable Id in Durty Cloth Tool

In the appearance items list on the left side, each clothing item has an indicator which displays \[R000] for the related **Relative Drawable Id**. Which is 0 in this case and a rough estimate of the related **Absolute Drawable Id**, which is 150 in this case for the male clothing and 158 for the female clothing. {% hint style="info" %} The absolute drawable id is not reliable as it is influenced by which game build you are running and which cloth resources are loaded in before this one. {% endhint %} ## alt:V & FiveM Specific Functionality There is a special case for **alt:V** and **FiveM**, these multiplayer platforms provide an API for developers to **directly set a clothing item** using the cloth resource name and the item's **relative Drawable ID** (derived from the **Items Position Number**). This allows for direct control over which clothing item to load, bypassing the need for calculating absolute Drawable IDs. ### Example in alt:V & FiveM Instead of relying on the load order of the clothing resources to determine the final Drawable ID, developers can use a command to load a specific clothing item by: * **Resource Name**: The name of the clothing resource (e.g., "myclothes"). * **Relative Drawable ID**: The position number within the cloth resource (e.g., `Items Position Number = 2`). This makes it much easier to manage clothing in multiplayer environments, as the system does not rely on how the game loads all resources together, but allows direct access to specific items. {% hint style="info" %} **Check out related documentation for more details.**\ \ alt:V Wiki: \ FiveM Wiki: {% endhint %} ## Best Practices * **Start with Defaults**: When creating new cloth resources, allow the tool to assign default positions for new drawables. * **Manual Adjustments**: Use the **Items Position Number** to fine-tune the load order when needed, especially if you want to control how items are displayed in menus or sorted in-game. * **Avoid Conflicting Positions**: If two items share the same **Items Position Number**, ensure that their names are distinct so the game can resolve any conflicts alphabetically. * **Leverage alt:V & FiveM API**: For alt:V & FiveM developers, take advantage of the API that allows direct control over the drawable ID using the cloth resource name and relative position. This makes managing clothing resources more efficient. ## Summary The **Items Position Number** is a powerful tool for managing the relative order of clothing drawables within a cloth resource. It helps to control how items are loaded, ordered, and displayed in-game. Although it doesn't directly control the absolute Drawable ID, it significantly influences how items are presented both in singleplayer and multiplayer platforms like FiveM, alt:V, and RageMP. By understanding and using this feature effectively, developers can ensure that their clothing resources are organized and displayed exactly as intended, whether in modding singleplayer DLCs or customizing multiplayer servers. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.gta.clothing/basics/essential-knowledge/items-position-number.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.