Learning to mod.

[Litlej86]

still crashing

[Ultroman]

I have time to test now. Give me a sec.

[Litlej86]

no hurry man i appreciate it

 

 

[Ultroman]

Well, your whole modinfo.lua is set up for DS, and not DST. Gimme a sec.

Edited December 19, 2018 by Ultroman

[Litlej86]

i am so bad at this.

 

how do you even know the difference?

[Ultroman]

There's a lot to know about this  It's not really your fault. The only thing you could do about it, is to throw a lot of time at it, like most things worth anything in this world. I started with the absolutely simplest mod I could. For my first difficult mod, I spent a month doing it in all of my spare time, trying to rationally fix any little problem I ran into, and investigating all the other mods, to see what I was doing wrong.

[Litlej86]

I am married 4 kids and work in the military free time isnt much of a thing lol

[Ultroman]

All the more reason to help you and your wife have a nice Cactus Armor filled time together.

Sometimes the problem is simple, but easy to overlook, like:

Change the text in modmain.lua to be armor_cactus

And here is your new modinfo.lua. Remember to change the version number. And the author as well, if that's not your nickname.

modinfo.lua

NOTE! I edited my post, to say to change the text in modmain.lua instead of renaming the file. It seems you've used "armor_cactus" everywhere else, so you might as well be consistent, and just change the modmain.lua

Edited December 19, 2018 by Ultroman

[Litlej86]

game loaded once i constructed the armor and it equipped it crashed

[Ultroman]

Hmm, apparently the condition isn't there in DST. A lot of things are slightly different. 2 secs

modmain.lua

Accidentally named the tuning variables wrong.

It works now, but its name hasn't been put into the STRINGS collection, and there is apparently a problem with the inventory icon. There also seems to be a problem with the armor not showing when you have it equipped. It's only visible on the ground.

I don't really know how to fix these problems, since I have never actually made an item mod.

[Litlej86]

ok i will keep trying. but you letting me know the specific issues lets me know where to start

 

[Ultroman]

Add this to the modmain.lua just before the T.ARMOR_CACTUS lines

GLOBAL.STRINGS.NAMES.ARMOR_CACTUS = "Cactus Armor"

 

Also, your modinfo file needs to look like this. It's not a Don't Starve or RoG mod anymore. The api is different.

name = "Cactus Armor"
description = "Armor made of cactus."
author = "Legendarygrdn"
version = "1.1.2"

dst_compatible = true
all_clients_require_mod = true
client_only_mod = false

api_version = 10

icon_atlas = "modicon.xml"
icon = "modicon.tex"

 

Edited December 19, 2018 by Ultroman

[Litlej86]

ohh ok. 

 

[Ultroman]

GLOBAL.STRINGS.NAMES.ARMOR_CACTUS = "Cactus Armor"

 

Oops, forgot the important part

[Litlej86]

does it need the underscore or no?

 

same crash as before.

[Ultroman]

OK, the inventory texture was wrong as well. The xml for it was wrong as well.

Mod files.zip

I fixed it all. Added strings for descriptions, new inventory image, can't remember what else. It all works now.

Edited December 19, 2018 by Ultroman

[Litlej86]

do you want to uplaod it since you fixed it?

 

[Ultroman]

Nah, you go ahead. Enjoy

[Litlej86]

it crashed

 

[Ultroman]

Then you aren't using my mod files. My line 12 does not have T in it.

If you're pasting my files directly into your mod folder in the game's "mods" folder, then when you start the game, it'll overwrite my files with the version you have on the workshop. Unzip my files to another folder, and choose that folder when you upload the new mod version. Just remember to update the version number.

Edited December 19, 2018 by Ultroman

[Litlej86]

your right it copied over. it works you are the best man. if i can ever do anything let me know lol

 

[Ultroman]

You're very welcome

Have a nice...everything ^^

[Litlej86]

im on to my next task something for me.

 

[Litlej86]

i need to ask a question man. i cant seem to turn the images for the templates into the anim files. i just am missing something.

[Ultroman]

I have no idea how to work with animation files. I bet there's something in here, but you're probably better off searching the forum, and if you can't find something, make a new thread for it.

Good luck, m8