modsettings.lua being overwritten by updates?

[ubuntuaddicted]

I have a dedicated server running on an ubuntu server. I had added a few mods to the modsettings.lua file by following what the wiki said to do for mods. Like adding these lines to that file

 

ForceEnableMod("workshop-345692228")
ForceEnableMod("workshop-346968521")

ForceEnableMod("workshop-352373173")

 

I thought that it had worked and my server showed that it was mod'd in the server list but after I ran the ./update.sh command today it appears that the modsettings.lua file has been reverted to what it was before. Can anyone please help? I don't want to have to edit the file everytime.

[Kzisor]

@ubuntuaddicted, modsettings.lua is depreciated. You should now be using modoverrides.lua in the configuration directory.

 

You can read more about it here: http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Don%E2%80%99t_Starve_Together_Dedicated_Servers 

[pokemonpie]

@ubuntuaddicted, modsettings.lua is depreciated. You should now be using modoverrides.lua in the configuration directory.

 

You can read more about it here: http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Don%E2%80%99t_Starve_Together_Dedicated_Servers

 

where does one find modsettings.lua

[Kzisor]

@pokemonpie, as stated before it's depreciated and no longer exists.

[pokemonpie]

@pokemonpie, as stated before it's depreciated and no longer exists.

 

I know i meant to type modoverides.lua but the other one was stuck in my head when i  typed it.

[rezecib]

@pokemonpie, It doesn't exist by default, just make a text file here: Documents/Klei/DoNotStarveTogether/modoverrides.lua

 

If you are using -conf_dir (which is a good idea), then obviously DoNotStarveTogether will be a different folder, whatever you set it to.

[pokemonpie]

@rezecib thanks ill be honest other than generating the server token and getting the dedicated server up and running i dont know how to do much else.

[pokemonpie]

@rezecib ok rezecib i made the file and added the ForceEnableMod line for all my steam workshop mods but when i loaded my server it still didnt show that it was modded. what did  i do wrong and also the wiki doesnt exactly state what the configuration directory

[Kzisor]

@pokemonpie, copied directly from the page I posted in the second reply:

 

 

 

The second option is using a modoverrides.lua file. Dedicated servers can now enable mods and set mod configurations via a file in the configuration directory named “modoverrides.lua” (\Documents\Klei\DoNotStarveTogether\modoverrides.lua). An example of the contents of this file is

 

return {

    ["workshop-350811795"] = { enabled = true },

    ["workshop-387028143"] = { enabled = true },

    ["workshop-361336115"] = { enabled = true,

        configuration_options =

        {

            hunt_time = 6,

        }

    },

    ["workshop-336882447"] = { enabled = true }

}

Note, dedicated servers (and normal clients) can override the mod config options to non-valid options using this method. In this example, 6 is not a normal option for the hunt_time in the Hunt game mode mod.

[pokemonpie]

@kzisor so if  i add the return line and the enabled = true line that will allow it to work ?