I am having trouble making a custom item, is the tutorial I am reading out of date?

[HungryBerryBush]

Hello, so I been working on a mod,

however the item I made doesn't have it's textures.

(It does show a number 1, but nothing else, and it seems to vanish completely when I drop it.)

 

I been following this tutorial: 

http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/27341-tutorial-the-artists-guide-to-characteritem-modding/

However I am not sure it's out-of-date or not, I mean the the character creation part seem to be working.

If it is out-of-date, then can someone point me to an up-to-date one.

If it is up-to-date... then does anyone know what it is that's not working?

 

Thanks in advance! 

Edited February 13, 2015 by HungryBerryBush

[Corrosive]

This problem has been asked about many, many, many times.  Check here for the latest: http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/50071-mod-item-destroyed-when-dropped/

 

If you use the forum search function you'll find more.

[HungryBerryBush]

Thanks a bunch!

The problem has now been resolved.

 

After a lot of looking over my files, it turns out that in the item's zip file I named the "Atlas-0" file "Atlas-0.tex" 

(In other words it had two .texs like this "Atlas-0.tex.tex" ...I can't believe I did that. XD)

[RedRock911]

Being new, I run into similar problems. Modding for don't starve seems to be all about being a self starter. Many of the tutorials are 2-3 years old, and are more of a starting point (at least to me). Which is good! The more non hand holding there is, the better you'll become at modding in general.

What is good that I have noticed, is there are a few people here on the forums, that if you do need help, despite if your new, or experienced, everyone seems to help.

Your not alone either.

After working 12 hours each day, I come home and lock myself into my virtual lab. I've been spending about 6 hours a day for the last three weeks making a character and his companion. I ask pretty frequently for help as well.

Speaking of, I really wish we could have a sort of a "noob corner" where we could ask for help with the simple stuff. I honestly feel bad asking for help, when I know that I'm taking the same tutorial everyone did 3 years ago. They figured it out, so should I.

But then Again, everyone has a learning curb. Mine happens with code, I'm hella intimidated by it.

But I get my boots on, and start digging into it.

Good luck!

[Corrosive]

@RedRock911, I don't mind answering "noob corner" questions.  I've asked a few noob corner questions myself recently.  I only just started learning lua a couple weeks ago(I had worked with it a tiny bit in WoW many many years ago but that was a much more limited environment at the time)

 

There's a lot of stuff that isn't explicitly clear about the DS engine and API as well.  It took me way too long to figure out that the animations used in Klei's anim.bin files support(and frequently use) more features than Spriter is able to provide.  Hell, Klei doesn't even use Spriter, they use Flash.  After about a week and a half of frustration, I figured that one out.  I ended up having to modify the source of the excellent BinaryConverter program to better support mixing simple and precise intermediate files so I could edit the run_loop animation by hand without having to manually sort thousands of element blocks.

Edited February 13, 2015 by Corrosive

[RedRock911]

@RedRock911, 

 

There's a lot of stuff that isn't explicitly clear about the DS engine and API as well.  It took me way too long........  After about a week and a half of frustration, I figured that one out. 

 

OMG your so right. I feel like I'm doing everything I can as a new guy to keep my head above water. I'm terrible at comprehending code. 

Animation wise. I feel like i'm doing alot of work that may not be necessary, if I would just break down and buy FLASH, things would be alot easier. That and dusting off my artist Know how. 

But I'm glad you responded to me!

Eventually I'll get some experience with the way things work for Don't Starve. I have some ideas, but that maybe in a month or two from now. It will involve a getting a team together to work on a collaboration on a Up and Away scaled level. 

But baby steps first. Making some characters, learning how to make some items, and then something on a larger scale. BUT since this seems an opportune moment to ask........wanna help? 

Edited February 13, 2015 by RedRock911

[Corrosive]

@RedRock911,

 

Sure, why not.

 

Also FWIW, they use Flash, but they still have custom tools to get the flash animations into their own format.