theoretical question about modding the original don't starve

[katt_0406]

How hard would it be to port features from dst (aside from multiplayer ofc) to og don't starve?

[Hungry French]

On 18.08.2025 at 22:23, katt_0406 said:

Насколько сложно будет перенести функции из dst (кроме многопользовательского режима) в og don't starve?

If you have no experience in modding... It's going to be incredibly difficult.  And if you are a professional modder... Alone, it will take about 2-3 months to implement one update from the DST.

[Edible Coal]

ctrl c + v ( joking)

[Hungry French]

On 8/24/2025 at 10:09 AM, Edible Coal said:

ctrl c + v ( joking)

This could be the case‚ but we do not have open source DS. Add a new prefab for example Varglet would be easy in ds‚ but being a moderator is more difficult. Transfer content to a moderator is at least 4 times more difficult‚ because he cannot influence the internal environment directly and he is exactly what the mod does.

Understand how the game works is much easier than how the mod works‚ because sometimes modified replacement of certain files looks like nonsense of letters without logic.

[Rickzzs]

Adding new contents are generally a smooth trip, but when you need to update the somewhat inferior version of code, the difficulty ranges from a headache to near or actually impossible.

[Knuckles5577]

some stuff was backported, but DS seems way more fragile with mods, and no one updates their mods anymore, so it's hardly worth it to even consider playing it modded anymore, as some important mods are still broken

Edited November 2, 2025 by Knuckles5577