Need help with a character mod

[Googzie]

I've been working on a character mod for the first time following this guy's tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqQqnE671fk

But some things aren't working like they're supposed to:
- Character body parts are the wrong size (already fixed it on spriter a 100 times but they remain wrong)
- Mod Icon not showing even after I looked up how to fix it
- Golden name also not showing, it shows the last character's name instead
- Save icon not showing the one I made, instead showing wilson holding a question sign

Yes I made sprites for everything, I'm using the "Extended Sample Character DST" mod
below there's a link to a folder on google drive with the mod, if anyone could look into it and tell me what's wrong, i'll be very thankful!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1O1tGwfaNdUCnzer5NHsqE6HIHl0lrXnI?usp=sharing

 

[Chesed]

Hi! I'll try my best to help. I'm a novice modder as well.

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- Character body parts are the wrong size (already fixed it on spriter a 100 times but they remain wrong)

Changing image dimensions in Spriter does not effect how your character looks in the game unfortunately. 

You will have to make the canvas larger in your art program of choice, then open googzie.scml in a program like Notepad++ so that you can see the list of sprites. Change the dimensions of the sprites you edit to match the numbers you changed the canvas to. Make sure to do this or things will end up glitchy and misplaced!

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- Golden name also not showing, it shows the last character's name instead

Open names_gold_googzie.xml in notepad and change the text inside to this:

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<Atlas><Texture filename="names_gold_googzie.tex" /><Elements><Element name="googzie.tex" u1="0.00048828125" u2="0.85498046875" v1="0.1533203125" v2="0.9990234375" /></Elements></Atlas>

This will fix it. The template is supposed to come with a notes file explaining this (the "Element name=" part lists the wrong file after the autocompiler compiles it) but it looks like yours didn't have it, sorry about that headache.

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- Save icon not showing the one I made, instead showing wilson holding a question sign

Yeah this is a problem with the game unfortunately. You will need this mod to see your character icon on the save screen.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2596468717

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- Mod Icon not showing even after I looked up how to fix it

Move modicon.png, modicon.tex and modicon.xml out of the images folder so that they are in Don't Starve Together\mods\googzie with your modinfo.lua. It will show up then.

All the best with your mod!

Edited October 13, 2022 by Chesed
Worked out how to fix the mod icon :D

[Googzie]

2 hours ago, Chesed said:

Hi! I'll try my best to help. I'm a novice modder as well.

Changing image dimensions in Spriter does not effect how your character looks in the game unfortunately. 

You will have to make the canvas larger in your art program of choice, then open googzie.scml in a program like Notepad++ so that you can see the list of sprites. Change the dimensions of the sprites you edit to match the numbers you changed the canvas to. Make sure to do this or things will end up glitchy and misplaced!

Open names_gold_googzie.xml in notepad and change the text inside to this:

This will fix it. The template is supposed to come with a notes file explaining this (the "Element name=" part lists the wrong file after the autocompiler compiles it) but it looks like yours didn't have it, sorry about that headache.

Yeah this is a problem with the game unfortunately. You will need this mod to see your character icon on the save screen.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2596468717

Move modicon.png, modicon.tex and modicon.xml out of the images folder so that they are in Don't Starve Together\mods\googzie with your modinfo.lua. It will show up then.

All the best with your mod!

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU SAVED ME SO MUCH TIME!!!}
Nothing but the best for you!