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# Settings

## Status Effect Settings

A **Status Effect Settings** scriptable object will be added to you **Assets/Resources** folder whenever it is first requested. Alternatively, you can access the settings from **Edit > Project Settings > Status Effect Settings**.

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## Groups

The 32 elements under **groups** will be used by the [StatusEffectGroup](/status-effects-framework/2.0.0/type-specifics/structs/statuseffectgroup.md) to display all of the different groups as a dropdown in the inspector. Note that this is functionally the same as Unity's [LayerMask](https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/LayerMask.html) except that [StatusEffectDatas](/status-effects-framework/2.0.0/type-specifics/scriptable-objects/statuseffectdata.md) can be apart of multiple groups.