[Help] Trying to test my custom dst character, but i get an error everytime

[haleytheshad0w]

hi so mustve done something stupid with some parts of the script and idk how to fix it as i am unexperieced with modding stuff or coding in general,,,

i was planning to not make a forum about this cuz im too shy to ask but here we are,,, idk how to fix it,,, whoops
ive messed some stuff on the prefab section cuz i was trying to, well, fix some sections thatll relate to the character im making

but then when i tried to test it on a test world i made, it just,,, give me this warning
tried to fix it like multiple times with removing something or adding something and then it just keeps giving me warnings so the only last resort i could think of is making a forum

plz help me 

Marvis blehhhh.rar

[Chesed]

Hey hey, welcome to the forums. I took a look at your character for you.

When you write your character's name for things like filenames, you have to keep the character name in lowercase or the game will crash. So "Marvis.lua" has to be "marvis.lua".

I quickly ran your mod through a program to change all instances of Marvis to marvis and updated/recompiled some things to reference the name being in lowercase now, but I might have missed some. The alternative was remaking the mod with the name in lowercase in the first place but obviously I can't do that for you lol.

You also attempted to give him a custom hunger drain with "TUNING.MARVIS_HUNGER_RATE" but there was no variable with that name in your mod, so I've changed it back to "TUNING.WILSON_HUNGER_RATE" so that the game stops crashing.

I also noticed that you're trying to use his pigtails as a cape and have deleted the other pigtails. I recommend putting the transparent files in Marvis_cleared in place of those missing files instead of deleting them. Your character can't compile if those files are gone. I haven't put them back in case you deleted them for a reason.

Hopefully I didn't miss anything important and he works properly now.

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Edit: I literally just noticed your character's name on the character select screen hasn't been set up and I just fixed that too while I was here so here's an updated version lol. I was so happy that he didn't crash that I genuinely didn't notice.

Marvis fix2.zip

Edited November 1, 2025 by Chesed

[haleytheshad0w]

1 hour ago, Chesed said:

Hey hey, welcome to the forums. I took a look at your character for you.

When you write your character's name for things like filenames, you have to keep the character name in lowercase or the game will crash. So "Marvis.lua" has to be "marvis.lua".

I quickly ran your mod through a program to change all instances of Marvis to marvis and updated/recompiled some things to reference the name being in lowercase now, but I might have missed some. The alternative was remaking the mod with the name in lowercase in the first place but obviously I can't do that for you lol.

You also attempted to give him a custom hunger drain with "TUNING.MARVIS_HUNGER_RATE" but there was no variable with that name in your mod, so I've changed it back to "TUNING.WILSON_HUNGER_RATE" so that the game stops crashing.

I also noticed that you're trying to use his pigtails as a cape and have deleted the other pigtails. I recommend putting the transparent files in Marvis_cleared in place of those missing files instead of deleting them. Your character can't compile if those files are gone. I haven't put them back in case you deleted them for a reason.

Hopefully I didn't miss anything important and he works properly now.

__

Edit: I literally just noticed your character's name on the character select screen hasn't been set up and I just fixed that too while I was here so here's an updated version lol. I was so happy that he didn't crash that I genuinely didn't notice.

Marvis fix2.zip 5.23 MB · 1 download

Helloooo!! it worked!! thanks for helping idk what ill do without any help,,,, ill prolly stare at my laptop for like hours to test everything lololol
also thanks for the ponytail part lol i didnt expect for u to check some of the assets its a bit embarrassing huhuhu buts thank u ill check on that sooner ^^