How do I grow facial hair?

[Boge]

I have a custom made character which works just fine.  I want him to grow longer hair and facial hair though and I can't figure it out at all.  Is there an easy way to copy a file over, rename it, and edit some graphics maybe?

[Kzisor]

@Boge, look at scripts/prefabs/wilson.lua at the beard component section of the code.

[Boge]

I did that.  I copied it into mine as well as the beard.zip to the anim folder.  Nothing happened.  I'll admit, I don't know LUA, but I just have to get this figured out.

 

I've also checked out the Drok character who grows hair and a beard, but I still couldn't get anything to work.

 

EDIT:  It decided to work just now!!  Now I need to edit the graphics to fit my character.

Edited March 13, 2015 by Boge

[Kzisor]

@Boge, please post the code and someone will tell you where it went wrong. 

[Boge]

Okay, I have the Wilson beard growing on my character, which doesn't quite fit.  How do I edit it to customize to my character?  Here is my character's LUA...I had to use another custom character to start with, so some of it is from Heavy.

 

local MakePlayerCharacter = require "prefabs/player_common"

 

local assets = {

 

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_basic.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_idles_shiver.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_actions.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_actions_axe.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_actions_pickaxe.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_actions_shovel.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_actions_blowdart.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_actions_eat.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_actions_item.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_actions_uniqueitem.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_actions_bugnet.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_actions_fishing.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_actions_boomerang.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_bush_hat.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_attacks.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_idles.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_rebirth.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_jump.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_amulet_resurrect.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_teleport.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/wilson_fx.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/player_one_man_band.zip" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/shadow_hands.zip" ),

        Asset( "SOUND", "sound/sfx.fsb" ),

        Asset( "SOUND", "sound/wilson.fsb" ),

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/beard.zip" ),

 

-- include character's custom assets

        Asset( "ANIM", "anim/boge.zip" ),

Asset( "ANIM", "anim/hat_ushanka.zip"),

Asset( "ANIM", "anim/food_sandvich.zip"),

Asset( "ANIM", "anim/ghost_boge_build.zip" ),

 

}

 

local prefabs = {

"hat_ushanka", 

"food_sandvich",

"beardhair",

};

 

local start_inv = {

-- custom starting inventory

};

 

local function common_postinit(inst)

inst.avatar_tex   = "avatar_boge.tex"

inst.avatar_atlas = "images/avatars/avatar_boge.xml"

inst.avatar_ghost_tex   = "avatar_ghost_boge.tex"

    inst.avatar_ghost_atlas = "images/avatars/avatar_ghost_boge.xml"

end

 

local function master_postinit(inst)

 

-- choose which sounds this character will play

inst.soundsname = "wilson"

 

-- minimap icon

inst.MiniMapEntity:SetIcon( "boge.tex" )

 

-- stats

local WalkSpeed = (TUNING.WILSON_WALK_SPEED * 1.0)

local RunSpeed = (TUNING.WILSON_RUN_SPEED * 1.0)

 

inst.components.health:SetMaxHealth(200)

inst.components.hunger:SetMax(150)

inst.components.sanity:SetMax(100)

inst.components.combat.damagemultiplier = 1

inst:AddComponent("dapperness")

inst.components.dapperness.dapperness = TUNING.DAPPERNESS_SMALL

-- withstands cold 2x more than wilson

inst.components.temperature.hurtrate = (TUNING.WILSON_HEALTH / TUNING.FREEZING_KILL_TIME) / 2

 

-- works faster

inst:AddComponent("worker")

inst.components.worker:SetAction(ACTIONS.CHOP, 1)

inst.components.worker:SetAction(ACTIONS.MINE, 1)

inst.components.worker:SetAction(ACTIONS.HAMMER, 1)

 

-- food

inst.components.eater:SetOmnivore (true)

 

--/outdated code, and wrong... 

--/why did I ever thought to edit the tuning class back in the day?

--/don't uncomment the code below, it will crash the game.

--TUNING.STACK_SIZE_LARGEITEM = 15

--TUNING.STACK_SIZE_MEDITEM = 30

--TUNING.STACK_SIZE_SMALLITEM = 60

--TUNING.EVERGREEN_CHOPS_SMALL = 4

--TUNING.EVERGREEN_CHOPS_NORMAL = 8

--TUNING.EVERGREEN_CHOPS_TALL = 12

--TUNING.ROCKS_MINE = 4

--TUNING.ROCKS_MINE_MED = 3

--TUNING.ROCKS_MINE_LOW = 2

--TUNING.MARBLEPILLAR_MINE = 8

--TUNING.MARBLETREE_MINE = 6

end

 

local function OnResetBeard(inst)

    inst.AnimState:ClearOverrideSymbol("beard")

end

 

--tune the beard economy...

local BEARD_DAYS = { 2, 3, 4 }

local BEARD_BITS = { 1, 3,  9 }

 

local function OnGrowShortBeard(inst)

    inst.AnimState:OverrideSymbol("beard", "beard", "beard_short")

    inst.components.beard.bits = BEARD_BITS[1]

end

 

local function OnGrowMediumBeard(inst)

    inst.AnimState:OverrideSymbol("beard", "beard", "beard_medium")

    inst.components.beard.bits = BEARD_BITS[2]

end

 

local function OnGrowLongBeard(inst)

    inst.AnimState:OverrideSymbol("beard", "beard", "beard_long")

    inst.components.beard.bits = BEARD_BITS[3]

end

 

local function master_postinit(inst)

    inst:AddComponent("beard")

    inst.components.beard.onreset = OnResetBeard

    inst.components.beard.prize = "beardhair"

    inst.components.beard:AddCallback(BEARD_DAYS[1], OnGrowShortBeard)

    inst.components.beard:AddCallback(BEARD_DAYS[2], OnGrowMediumBeard)

    inst.components.beard:AddCallback(BEARD_DAYS[3], OnGrowLongBeard)

end

 

return MakePlayerCharacter("boge", prefabs, assets, common_postinit, master_postinit, start_inv)

 

 

Oddly, the custom stats aren't working now.

Edited March 13, 2015 by Boge

[Kzisor]

@Boge, that should be working as far as I can tell. There might be something else causing issues, but I'd need to see the entire mod to determine what exactly is causing it.

[Boge]

@Boge, that should be working as far as I can tell. There might be something else causing issues, but I'd need to see the entire mod to determine what exactly is causing it.

 

Yeah, I edited my previous message.  It's working, but how do I use my own custom beard rather than Wilson's beard?

[Kzisor]

Yeah, I edited my previous message.  It's working, but how do I use my own custom beard rather than Wilson's beard?

 

You need to use k-tools krane.exe and decompile beards animation and build files. That will give you the base for beards, you will then need to use spriter to create your new beard along with an image editing software.

[Boge]

You need to use k-tools krane.exe and decompile beards animation and build files. That will give you the base for beards, you will then need to use spriter to create your new beard along with an image editing software.

 

Searched around a bit, and I'm not sure how to decompile the files.  Is it the whole .zip file, or the .bin files inside it?

 

Also, I might have gotten an old version.  I double click the exe and it just flashes a cmd prompt real quick.  I can't read it.

[Kzisor]

@Boge, you will need to read the documentation which comes with k-tools in order to figure out how to properly use it. There is also documentation else where on the forums under the Don't Starve mod and tools sub-forum. It's a command line application, so you will need to be familiar with the command prompt or terminal app of your operating system.

[Boge]

Okay, so I get the files edited and placed back into another .zip with the anim.bin, atlas-0.tex, and build.bin.

 

How do I make it so my characters beard uses that particular .zip file rather than the Wilson beard?

[Kzisor]

@Boge, well if you are using Spriter then you should be able to set the entity name, which will basically be the bank. If you're not using Spriter then you need to rename the build name with the tools which came with k-tools. Once you've completed that, look in your code at the OverrideSymbol for the beard:

 

 inst.AnimState:OverrideSymbol("beard", "beard", "beard_short")

 

This function parameters/arguments are as followed: Animation Symbol, Animation Bank, Override Symbol from Animation Bank.

 

You should only need to change the Animation Bank portion of the code or the second parameter/argument.

[Boge]

I can't figure out how to get the folders and spriter file to compile back into the original tex and bin files.

[Kzisor]

@Boge, you need to download the Don't Starve Mod Tools from steam. Once that is downloaded it should auto compile when you launch Don't Starve. It also needs to be in the mod/exported folder.