The character mod I edited isn’t showing up in the mod menu (Single player don’t starve)

[SilkyCatz]

Hi! This might be a silly question but I’m currently editing a character mod I already have to be my own character. It’s compatible with all the dlc already, I just edited the pngs to match my own character and changed all the names of the original character (Erhian) to match my characters name (Hollie) as well as change some of the speech in the speech file. The issue I’m having is that I can’t test it in game because it won’t show up in the mod tab for me to enable it. I put this new mod into my don’t starve mod folders and everything seems to be the same in mine. The tutorial told me to delete the animation files (which I did) and I also do not have any of the edge files in my mod (since they wouldn’t copy due to being empty files)

I would greatly appreciate any advice! I’ll be home this afternoon and I’ll check back here. I also apologize if anything I’ve done here isn’t right, this is my first time using a forum.

I followed this tutorial https://youtu.be/dqQqnE671fk?si=AYCqu7yf18nqTDhj

And this is the mod I am editing https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1892942742

 

[oregu]

Welcome to the forums! In case you're wondering the Don't Starve forums you're looking for is here. I don't have much experience with DS modding but I'll try to help anyway.

If it doesn't show up in the mods tab, it's likely you made a fatal error in the modinfo.lua. Look at your console log and look for any errors when you open up the mods tab (at least this works in DST not sure if it works in DS). Make sure the name in the mods folder is different than the workshop mod as well (i.e name the mod folder hollie or whatever suits you).

To double check, is the compatibility for your mod is as follows?

Spoiler

-- Compatibility
dont_starve_compatible = true
reign_of_giants_compatible = true
shipwrecked_compatible = true
hamlet_compatible = true

Try to utilize the settings in modsettings.lua as well

Spoiler

ForceEnableMod("hollie")

-- Use "EnableModDebugPrint()" to show extra information during startup.
EnableModDebugPrint()

 

Edited February 7, 2025 by oregu

[SilkyCatz]

Thankyou so much! I’ll have to try it!