Add/Remove items with LUA (or similar)

I've got a trash can-like object in the game I'm working on. I'm trying to get the following behaviour to work:

When using a dragged item on the trash can:
* Action (at destination): Item dropped [any]
- Speaker text will now display what you've discarded
- The item that you discarded should be removed from your inventory

When using the trash can without an item dragged:
- Speaker text to display what you've picked up
- All the items that you've discarded so far must now be added back to your inventory

Now, with GameDestinationItem and some LUA I can get the speaker text working fine for the 'throw away' section. Also, with some conditions I can get the appropriate speaker text for the 'take stuff' section.

My problem is that I don't know how to add/remove items to the character using LUA. Or alternatively, how to specify which item to remove when the action in VS is set up with "[any]".

Any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated.

Have you checked out the script index on the wiki? I recently wrote & added 2 scripts I think you will be very interested in.

http://wiki.visionaire-tracker.net/wiki/Insert_Item_(CMS) & http://wiki.visionaire-tracker.net/wiki/Replace_Item_(CMS)

Now they are not exactly what you are asking for, but they will give you a nod in the right direction for how to go about it. The first script I linked allows you to insert a new item before or after a specific item; as opposed to adding the new item to the end of the inventory. The second script allows you to replace a specific item with a new one; basically remove one item & place a new item in the position of the old item. The reason for this was for items that have different states to them, i.e: you have a bucket with a hole in it that you have just filled with water & the water is leaking out of it, or you have an item that can be separated into 2 items.

It's almost 3am here now, so I'm not even going to attempt to write up a script. I'm pretty wiped, but hopefully what I've shared will put you on the right path.

Bookmarked.

Don't how how I missed this page.
Thanks for the direction, this should be what I need.

There's a lot of useful lua related scripts & functions on that page, & a lot more yet to come.

Thanks for those examples. Some table.insert and table.remove did the job.

no problem.