Important note for this beta or future ones regarding mods.

[Swiyss]

Klei, I would really really really enjoy if you guys found out a way to play the game without needing internet or making a server, something similar to regular ds, where we can choose to play either solo OR make a multiplayer server. I know that this might seem controversial, and that a lot of people will say this will kill regular DS, however I disagree, and I don't think one thing changes the other.

I only use 2 server mods, Don't Starve Alone and Show Bundle, you guys finally added a cute way to peak into containers, so I won't need Show Bundle, so the next one for me would be dsa, and the game would be close to perfect to me in particular.

For client mods, I ONLY use geo drop and geo placement, in this beta we got geo placement, so Geo drop would be next. And I'm not ashamed to say that, but I really don't see an issue with Klei "officializing" mods, rather I feel like an honor to have this though out. Dst mods have kind of always been about Quality of Life, so it would be about time we had Klei putting these things into the game.

Some other mods I usually play on with are to remove Snow for building in winter, to show Bone Armor Cooldown and the occasional Too Many Items to test something.

Do you think Klei adding qol mods idea to the game is a good or a bad thing? I personally don't have a problem with it.

[Milordo]

Nah, not a problem at all, we always cheered on this for Klei. 

UNLESSSSS they're mods disguised as QoL that change serious important balance and game design. The most perfect example is combined status. The mods you have listed here have zero problems for me.

Edited June 4, 2025 by Milordo

[aidancode]

1 hour ago, Milordo said:

The most perfect example is combined status.

I use combined status so the number displays on the stat meters without me needing to hover over. I like that and hope they bring it over as a setting 😬

 

And the indicator for how much longer each season is is nice... because I don't want to do math...

[Evelo]

Klei has done this already. My friend made a mod that allowed Tin Fishin' Bins to be placed on Docks, later Klei added that ability baseline.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2831159594&searchtext=tin+fishin'

source in case people don't believe me.

[Milordo]

2 hours ago, aidancode said:

I use combined status so the number displays on the stat meters without me needing to hover over. I like that and hope they bring it over as a setting 😬

And the indicator for how much longer each season is is nice... because I don't want to do math...

The numer displays with the hover thing is not the problem. It's about showing you information that is hidden for very crucial purposes and I don't see Klei implement that in the game.