New to modding need help

AgainstMatter · January 29, 2015

So, im quite new to modding and i have this idea i want to make a reality.
I want to make a character this a custom HUD, like a button in the top right (What that button is for another post)

But i only want that button to show up if you're playing my custom character.
How would I go about doing that?

Blueberrys · January 29, 2015

@AgainstMatter

local ImageButton = require "widgets/imagebutton"local function add_button(inst)	local controls = inst.HUD.controls	local function button_pressed()	-- Do stuff	end	local your_button = controls.sidepanel:AddChild(ImageButton(UI_ATLAS, "button.tex", "button_over.tex", "button_disabled.tex"))	your_button:SetScale(1, 1, 1)	your_button:SetPosition(0, 0, 0)	your_button:SetOnClick(button_pressed)	your_button:Show()	your_button:SetText("Button label")	your_button:Enable()	controls.sidepanel:AddChild(your_button)endlocal function sim_postinit(inst)	if (inst.prefab == "your_character_prefab") then		add_button(inst)	endendAddSimPostInit(sim_postinit)

AgainstMatter · January 29, 2015

@Blueberrys

Where would i add this code?

(Sorry if it's obvious but i'm really new to modding)

Blueberrys · January 29, 2015

@AgainstMatter, inside modmain.lua in your mod's root folder.

AgainstMatter · January 29, 2015

@Blueberrys

The mod loads properly but there's no button to be seen :c

Blueberrys · January 29, 2015

@AgainstMatter, add this line in add_button function

print("add_button", inst.prefab)

and this in sim_postinit function

print("sim_postinit", inst.prefab)

to see if it's executing.

AgainstMatter · January 29, 2015

@Blueberrys

I see no difference in the log file when i add the print function in so i guess they're not executing.. :C

Blueberrys · January 29, 2015

@AgainstMatter

Hmm. The sim_postinit definitely should be executing. Please provide your modmain and log so I can have a look at it.

AgainstMatter · January 29, 2015

@Blueberrys

Okay, my bad.

They have been executing. but there's still no button to be seen.

It seems like it's the right prefab it's loading aswell

Blueberrys · January 29, 2015

@AgainstMatter

Change

your_button:SetPosition(100, 100, 100)

to

your_button:SetPosition(0, 0, 0)

or

your_button:SetPosition(-50, 50, 0)

AgainstMatter · January 29, 2015

@Blueberrys

I CAN SEE MY BUTTON <3

Thanks alot for the help!

AgainstMatter · January 31, 2015

@Blueberrys

Soo, i need your help again if you don't mind.

How do you remove that button, for example, when clicked?

gameboys370 · January 31, 2015

how do i activate mods I've downloaded

AgainstMatter · January 31, 2015

@gameboys370

If you've downloaded them from the workshop you should just be able to go in to mods from the main menu and click on the mods you want to enable/disable and then click "apply"

If you've downloaded the mod in some other way, you need to navigate to the don't starve mods folder.
To do that you right click on Don't starve in steam and click "properties"

Then click on "local files"

And then click on "browse local content"

This will bring you to the Don't starve system folder.

From there you want drag and drop your mod in to the mods folder.

After that you just launch the game and do the same thing you'd do when you have downloaded something from the workshop.

Blueberrys · February 1, 2015

How do you remove that button, for example, when clicked?

See if this works.

your_button:Hide()

Put it in your button_pressed function.

AgainstMatter · February 1, 2015

@Blueberrys

Yeah, that was the first thing i tried.

Sadly the game crashes when i click the button

Blueberrys · February 1, 2015

@AgainstMatter, please provide your log after the crash. I just checked, the Hide function is available in the Widget class (parent of button). It should be functioning correctly.

AgainstMatter · February 1, 2015

@Blueberrys

Starting up

Don't Starve: 115739 WIN32_STEAM

Build Date: 2014-11-04_16-15-32

THREAD - started 'GAClient' (14404)

HttpClient::ClientThread::Main()

cGame::InitializeOnMainThread

WindowManager::Initialize

RestoreWindowPosition

Saved Client Pos (1926 x 30)

Adjusted Window Pos (1918 x 0)

EnsureWindowOnScreen

All good.

GLInfo

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GL_VENDOR: Google Inc.

GL_RENDERER: ANGLE (AMD Radeon R9 200 Series)

GL_VERSION: OpenGL ES 2.0 (ANGLE 1.0.0.2249)

GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.00 (ANGLE 1.0.0.2249)

THREAD - started 'WindowsInputManager' (8972)

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GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_blit

GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_multisample

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GL_EXT_robustness

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GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888

GL_EXT_texture_storage

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GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil

GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8

GL_OES_standard_derivatives

GL_OES_texture_npot

GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE = 16384

GL_MAX_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS = 16

GL_MAX_RENDERBUFFER_SIZE = 16384

GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS = 16384, 16384

GL_MAX_VARYING_VECTORS = 10

GL_MAX_VERTEX_ATTRIBS = 16

GL_MAX_VERTEX_UNIFORM_VECTORS = 254

GL_MAX_VERTEX_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS = 4

GL_MAX_FRAGMENT_UNIFORM_VECTORS = 221

4 compressed texture formats

texture format 0x83f0

texture format 0x83f1

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cDontStarveGame::DoGameSpecificInitialize()

cGame::StartPlaying

LOADING LUA

DoLuaFile scripts/main.lua

DoLuaFile loading buffer scripts/main.lua

scripts/main.lua(161,1) running main.lua

scripts/modindex.lua(311,1) loaded modindex

scripts/modindex.lua(75,1) ModIndex: Beginning normal load sequence.

scripts/modindex.lua(386,1) Could not load mod_config_data/modconfiguration_Waya the Revenant

scripts/mods.lua(152,1) Loading mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant)

scripts/mods.lua(179,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) Loading modworldgenmain.lua

scripts/mods.lua(187,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) Mod had no modworldgenmain.lua. Skipping.

scripts/mods.lua(179,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) Loading modmain.lua

LOADING LUA SUCCESS

scripts/playerdeaths.lua(79,1) PlayerDeaths loaded morgue 919

scripts/playerprofile.lua(480,1) loaded profile

scripts/playerprofile.lua(544,1) bloom_enabled true

scripts/saveindex.lua(99,1) loaded saveindex

scripts/gamelogic.lua(1162,1) OnFilesLoaded()

scripts/gamelogic.lua(1151,1) OnUpdatePurchaseStateComplete

scripts/gamelogic.lua(118,1) Unload BE

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scripts/gamelogic.lua(123,1) Unload BE done

HttpClientWriteCallback (0x00B5C20B, 1, 16, 0x071DF834)

HttpClientWriteCallback READ 16 (16 total)

scripts/mods.lua(269,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) Registering prefabs

scripts/mods.lua(275,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) Registering prefab file: prefabs/waya

scripts/mods.lua(279,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) waya

scripts/mods.lua(292,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) Registering default mod prefab

scripts/gamelogic.lua(133,1) Load FE

scripts/gamelogic.lua(135,1) Load FE: done

scripts/screens/mainscreen.lua(583,1) platform_motd table: 138FDA18

SimLuaProxy::QueryServer()

scripts/modindex.lua(85,1) ModIndex: Load sequence finished successfully.

Reset() returning

QueryServerComplete no callback

HttpClientWriteCallback (0x00B5C1FF, 1, 16, 0x071DF834)

HttpClientWriteCallback READ 16 (16 total)

QueryServerComplete no callback

HttpClientWriteCallback (0x00B5C15C, 1, 1250, 0x071DF834)

HttpClientWriteCallback READ 1250 (1250 total)

scripts/screens/mainscreen.lua(583,1) platform_motd table: 138F8EA0

scripts/mods.lua(304,1) unloading prefabs for mod MOD_Waya the Revenant

Collecting garbage...

lua_gc took 0.01 seconds

~SimLuaProxy()

lua_close took 0.02 seconds

ReleaseAll

ReleaseAll Finished

cGame::StartPlaying

LOADING LUA

DoLuaFile scripts/main.lua

DoLuaFile loading buffer scripts/main.lua

scripts/main.lua(161,1) running main.lua

scripts/modindex.lua(311,1) loaded modindex

scripts/modindex.lua(75,1) ModIndex: Beginning normal load sequence.

scripts/modindex.lua(386,1) Could not load mod_config_data/modconfiguration_Waya the Revenant

scripts/mods.lua(152,1) Loading mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant)

scripts/mods.lua(179,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) Loading modworldgenmain.lua

scripts/mods.lua(187,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) Mod had no modworldgenmain.lua. Skipping.

scripts/mods.lua(179,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) Loading modmain.lua

LOADING LUA SUCCESS

scripts/playerdeaths.lua(79,1) PlayerDeaths loaded morgue 919

scripts/playerprofile.lua(480,1) loaded profile

scripts/playerprofile.lua(544,1) bloom_enabled true

scripts/saveindex.lua(99,1) loaded saveindex

scripts/gamelogic.lua(1162,1) OnFilesLoaded()

scripts/gamelogic.lua(1151,1) OnUpdatePurchaseStateComplete

scripts/gamelogic.lua(148,1) Unload FE

scripts/gamelogic.lua(150,1) Unload FE done

scripts/mods.lua(269,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) Registering prefabs

scripts/mods.lua(275,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) Registering prefab file: prefabs/waya

scripts/mods.lua(279,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) waya

scripts/mods.lua(292,1) Mod: Waya the Revenant (waya the Revenant) Registering default mod prefab

scripts/gamelogic.lua(164,1) LOAD BE

Could not preload undefined prefab 0x350a87f2 (note)

scripts/gamelogic.lua(172,1) LOAD BE: done

MiniMapComponent::AddAtlas( minimap/minimap_data.xml )

MiniMapComponent::AddAtlas( ../mods/Waya the Revenant/images/map_icons/waya.xml )

scripts/gamelogic.lua(493,1) Loading Nav Grid

scripts/mainfunctions.lua(122,1) Can't find prefab randomtreeandleif

scripts/mainfunctions.lua(195,1) SpawnSaveRecord [nil, RandomTreeAndLeif] FAILED

scripts/modindex.lua(85,1) ModIndex: Load sequence finished successfully.

HttpClientWriteCallback (0x00B5C1FF, 1, 16, 0x071DF834)

HttpClientWriteCallback READ 16 (16 total)

Reset() returning

QueryServerComplete no callback

...nt_starve/data/../mods/Waya the Revenant/modmain.lua:49: attempt to index global 'your_button' (a nil value)

LUA ERROR stack traceback:

D:/Program files/Steam/steamapps/common/dont_starve/data/../mods/Waya the Revenant/modmain.lua(49,1) in function 'onclick'

D:/Program files/Steam/steamapps/common/dont_starve/data/scripts/widgets/button.lua(37,1) in function 'OnControl'

D:/Program files/Steam/steamapps/common/dont_starve/data/scripts/widgets/widget.lua(112,1) in function 'OnControl'

D:/Program files/Steam/steamapps/common/dont_starve/data/scripts/screens/playerhud.lua(286,1) in function 'OnControl'

D:/Program files/Steam/steamapps/common/dont_starve/data/scripts/frontend.lua(236,1) in function 'OnControl'

D:/Program files/Steam/steamapps/common/dont_starve/data/scripts/input.lua(163,1) in function 'OnControl'

D:/Program files/Steam/steamapps/common/dont_starve/data/scripts/input.lua(337,1)

scripts/frontend.lua(723,1) SCRIPT ERROR! Showing error screen

Force aborting...

Blueberrys · February 1, 2015

Waya the Revenant/modmain.lua:49: attempt to index global 'your_button' (a nil value)

I recommend you read more on lua scopes and local variables.

You can't use the your_button variable from inside the button_pressed function as it hasn't been declared where the function can access it.

Remove the "local" modifier from the your_button variable, then declare the variable before the button_pressed function.

local your_button-- ...-- button_pressed function here-- can access your_button

AgainstMatter · February 1, 2015

@Blueberrys

Oh yeah, im dumb. I know how functions work.. kinda

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