Confusion over Mod Tools?

[puningtilde]

Ok, so I have don't starve and I'm working on a mod (my first mod) and I read somewhere on here about the mod tools. So I downloaded them ahead of time so that when I finish my mod I can put it on the steam workshop. But now every time I open don't starve or don't starve together, it opens some type of command console. I'm just here asking what it is, if it's normal or if I did something wrong, and what I'm supposed to do about it. It doesn't really get in the way of anything, because when I close it the game just starts like regular. I'm just curious about what it is and a bit worried about if it means something is wrong. Here's a picture of what it looks like:

[Corrosive]

The mod tools check if there are metadata files that need to be recreated in the event that any of your mod's sprites/animations have been changed since they were last generated.

In my case, Screecher made my game take a few moments longer to start up, so I moved it out of the mods folder into a mods_disabled folder I created. That way it gets ignored when the checks are being done.

[DeathDisciple]

Easier way would be to make file called NOAUTOCOMPILE (no extension) and put it into mod folders of mods you don't want to be checked by autocompiler.