Speed Boost in DST?

[DocSaintly]

One of the things I like to change in Don't Starve is the speed. I find that a speed of about 10 makes the game WAY more fun. This can be done by the host in Don't Starve Together, but not the other players.

 

In DST, if client players try to adjust speed, it simply results in skipping around on the screen. Speed boosting items appear to have this affect as well.

 

Is there a way to change the speed for all players on a Don't Starve Together server? Is it as simple as modifying a configuration file, or will a full mod be necessary?

[rezecib]

modifying a configuration file

 tuning.lua, look for WILSON_RUN_SPEED

[DocSaintly]

That worked great! Thanks! I had to set the variables to the same thing on the client and the server.

[rezecib]

@DocSaintly, Oh, yeah, because the client action prediction uses local values. A server-side-only solution could be done with a very small mod (you won't need to publish it or anything), that does something like this:

local function IncreaseSpeed(inst)    if inst.components.locomotor then        inst.components.locomotor:SetExternalSpeedMultiplier(inst, "Speedy server", 1.67)    endendif GLOBAL.TheNet:GetIsServer() then    AddPrefabPostInit("world", function(inst) --this is just to make sure it loads after other mods add characters        for k,v in pairs(DST_CHARACTERLIST) do            AddPrefabPostInit(v, IncreaseSpeed)        end        for k,v in pairs(MODCHARACTERLIST) do            AddPrefabPostInit(v, IncreaseSpeed)        end    end)end

That part should be networked to deal with action prediction properly. It was added pretty recently, so I'm just going off of what the devs have told me on that.

[PeterA]

@rezecib, great to see use of the new code. Hope it works out for you!