How to create unique perks for a character? (First time modder)

[Mayagendist]

I want to create a custom character mod for a Discord server I'm in, and I want to give it three specific perks for it.

1) Can turn into a different form (Like Woodie, but on demand with an item limitlessly, but with a drawback like hungerdrain/healthdrain/sanitydrain)

2) Gets extra stats on every kill, but if they die, they lose all those upgrades. Likewise, I'd like for the "were-form's" melee attack to also get stronger on kills and follow this same mechanic of weakening when dying.

I know after looking over some posts in the forum that these things may seem ambitious for a first time modder, but more than anything I'd like to know if there's a "list" of commands like "inst.components" to read over and find how to make these things work besides the support and help in seeing it through.

Thank you.

[FerniFrenito]

11 hours ago, Mayagendist said:

I want to create a custom character mod for a Discord server I'm in, and I want to give it three specific perks for it.

1) Can turn into a different form (Like Woodie, but on demand with an item limitlessly, but with a drawback like hungerdrain/healthdrain/sanitydrain)

2) Gets extra stats on every kill, but if they die, they lose all those upgrades. Likewise, I'd like for the "were-form's" melee attack to also get stronger on kills and follow this same mechanic of weakening when dying.

I know after looking over some posts in the forum that these things may seem ambitious for a first time modder, but more than anything I'd like to know if there's a "list" of commands like "inst.components" to read over and find how to make these things work besides the support and help in seeing it through.

Thank you.

What you want to do combines many elements of the game: components, prefabs, animations, etc. It's a very general question and depends on exactly how you want to do things. If you need help creating it step-by-step, you can contact me and I'll guide you a bit on how to do everything, since if we discussed it in this forum, there would be too many questions and answers.

Regarding the component list, if you're referring to the game itself, every object with components will have them in object.components , and to print the full list, you need a simple code that prints tables, but that would only serve to see which components each thing has.
If you're referring to a list of component code, these can be found in scripts/components/ on any GitHub that compiles the game's source code.

[Doodle Monster]

I reccomend takeing a look at other mods that do something close to what you want. Or reuse vanilla code. Most of the items i've created have code borrowed from vanilla dst, just in new ways. Hope this helps you get started! 

[Doodle Monster]

Oh and word of advice; ALWAYS keep backups of your mods, it's saved my butt repeatedly