Please Help: Having trouble using Don't Starve Mod Tools

[ExhaustedRage]

I am trying to make a mod that adds a custom item into the game. I currently have gotten the animations to work by using pre-existing animations as a base and just changing the art to my item and changing the build name. However, this method limits what kind of animations I can do and creates a lot of hassle if I want to change any are down the road. Because of this, I want to switch to making my own animations with spriter and have don't starve mod tools compile the files into the nice zip files that the game uses for animations. I tried this method before the method that I'm currently using but bailed because the don't starve mod tools was not creating the zip file correctly and I couldn't figure out what to do to fix it.    Attached is the mod file I'm making. the spriter files I tried using and their  respective failed animation zips are located in the exported sub folder.

Thanks in advance 

infinity gauntlet mod.zip

[Eusong]

Well right off the bat I can see one issue. 


There needs to be another folder in this one that contains the powerstone.png
Also remember that if you name the folder ground_powerstone that this

and this

should also be named ground_powerstone instead of powerstone. Although it's not required, it makes it easier when editing this

 

inst.AnimState:SetBank("myprefab")
inst.AnimState:SetBuild("myprefab_build")
inst.AnimState:PlayAnimation("idle", true)

So that both "myprefab" and "myprefab_build" can just be "ground_powerstone"

If you're still having issues I can send you my exported file for something I recently made along with the lines of code referring to it.

[ExhaustedRage]

thank you for responding.

I have implemented the fixes that you mentioned in your post, but no luck. I thought that Dont Starve mod tools was supposed to automatically put the .zip it creates into your /anim  folder but it hasn't for me yet, so I moved it into the folder myself. still nothing.  

[Eusong]

Oh, no. Don't touch the zip it puts in the same folder as the scml file. I'm not sure what that's for but I don't think it's the same as what it's supposed to put in the anim folder.

Here, put this folder I've attached that's in a zip file in your exported folder and replace the images for the item and swap_item (keeping the names the same), also rename every instance of fehenrybook to powerstone

Then change the code in your prefab file to this

 

local assets =
{
	-- Animation files used for the item.
	Asset("ANIM", "anim/powerstone.zip")

	-- Inventory image and atlas file used for the item.
    Asset("ATLAS", "images/inventoryimages/powerstone.xml"),
    Asset("IMAGE", "images/inventoryimages/powerstone.tex"),
}

local function onequip(inst, owner)
    owner.AnimState:OverrideSymbol("swap_object", -- Symbol to override.
    	"powerstone", -- Animation bank we will use to overwrite the symbol.
    	"swap_item") -- Symbol to overwrite it with.
    owner.AnimState:Show("ARM_carry") 
    owner.AnimState:Hide("ARM_normal") 
end

local function onunequip(inst, owner) 
    owner.AnimState:Hide("ARM_carry") 
    owner.AnimState:Show("ARM_normal") 
end

local function spacegem_reticuletargetfn()
    return Vector3(ThePlayer.entity:LocalToWorldSpace(5, 0.001, 0)) -- raised this off the ground a touch so it wont have any z-fighting with the ground biome transition tiles.
end

local function init()
	local inst = CreateEntity()

	inst.entity:AddTransform()
	inst.entity:AddAnimState()
    inst.entity:AddSoundEmitter()
    inst.entity:AddNetwork()

    MakeInventoryPhysics(inst)

    inst.AnimState:SetBank("powerstone")
    inst.AnimState:SetBuild("powerstone")
    inst.AnimState:PlayAnimation("idle", true)

    inst:AddTag("sharp")

   if not TheWorld.ismastersim then
        return inst
    end

    inst.entity:SetPristine()

    inst:AddComponent("weapon")
    inst.components.weapon:SetDamage(1200)
    
    inst:AddComponent("armor")
    inst.components.armor:InitIndestructible(.9999)
    inst:AddComponent("inspectable")
    
    inst:AddComponent("inventoryitem")
    inst.components.inventoryitem.atlasname = "images/inventoryimages/powerstone.xml"
    inst.components.inventoryitem.imagename = "powerstone"
    
    inst:AddComponent("equippable")
    inst.components.equippable:SetOnEquip(onequip)
    inst.components.equippable:SetOnUnequip(onunequip)
    inst.components.equippable.walkspeedmult = 1.25    
        
	inst:AddComponent("reticule")
    inst.components.reticule.targetfn = spacegem_reticuletargetfn
    inst.components.reticule.ease = true
    
    inst:AddComponent("blinkstaff")

    MakeHauntableLaunch(inst)

    return inst
end
return  Prefab("common/inventory/powerstone", init, assets, prefabs)

 

 

Make sure you let the autocompiler run until it's done and closes itself!

stuff.zip

[ExhaustedRage]

Ok I used your .zip in my exported folder and changed every instance of fehenrybook I could find, as well as the code in the places that you pointed out, but still no luck. I did refactor a lot of my code since my original post, but I don't think that is the issue (I could be completely wrong though). Either way I start up the game, let the autocompiler run fully, and load up a world, but it crashes while loading up, saying it didn't find anim/powerstone.zip in any files.  I ran it twice with the same error occurring both times. 

mod.zip

[Ultroman]

Well, there is no file in the "anim" folder named "powerstone.zip", which is how you are referencing it. ATM that file is in the folder "exported\powerstone\". Try moving it to the right folder.

[Eusong]

That's really strange. Is it possible there's something wrong with your autocompiler? Could you try reinstalling it?
 

[ExhaustedRage]

just uninstalled mod tools and reinstalled them, same issue

[Eusong]

Dang, I wish I could help you further but I'm stumped. I can't imagine what the issue could be.