DST: Where's Woodie?

[sparthikas]

I know this has been addressed before, but when I google it all the info I find is more than six months old.

 

Firstly, I am correct in saying I don't have to unlock him, but rather he doesn't exist as part of the game yet, like the caves, right?

 

Secondly, when is he going to be playable?  Is Klei working on it or is this backburnered while they continue to work on the caves?  Where are the mods at on this?

 

 

To conclude, I love this game, but I hate being an early adopter.  Recently trying to improve the game with some mods has had a very buggy, surreal, we-aren't-doing-much-so-go-finish-the-game-yourselves feel to it.

 

I could keep grumbling.... but nobody likes it when I do that.  I really do like the game though.... just wish more of the mod content was official and that the game had more polish.... lots more.  And I want to play as Woodie, been seeing too many Wilsons around the camp fire.

[MenaAthena]

Yep, he isn't in the game yet. To my understanding he should be added very soon; there's no set date though. I know of a mod that adds him in, but I can't link you to it right now.

[CaptainFun]

Woodie is currently being worked on and will apparently be out soon. He's undergone some balance changes though- from the sound of it he's received quite an overhaul. I think they're still working out some minor issues here and there. 

 

Keep in mind that working out the kinks with Woodie also means working out night vision. 

[The Letter W]

There is a working mod for him here.

As for the official release, as CaptainFun mentioned above they're still tweaking the night vision, but I imagine just how easily he can destroy a server as well. Using the mod in my servers, Woodie as he is in single player is easier to grief with than Willow ever was.

There's still a lot of bugs to work out, yes, which is why the game is still in beta. Once the bugs have been squashed out, they can do the spit shine.

[rodoto]

For DST you won't need to unlock any character so Woodie will be available right away when Klei will include him to the game.

 

Then, Klei is actually working on Woodie. There are several problems with him: in solo, the night vision of Woodie is actually illuminating all the world for the player but you don't want that in multiplayer. They also don't want Woodie to be the character that can destroy everything in a few seconds so he will probably be different than what he is in solo. As always no promise but they said a few weeks.

 

You can actually play with him using a specific mod. Just search "Woodie"  .

 

Most of the mods are, in my opinion, making the game easier. The only interest in modding is to create a new experience of the game but with them you will be more distant from the original experience created by the devs. Modders aren't making the game at the place of the devs, they are only bringing new things that the devs may not want to implement.

If you appreciate the game with mods there is no problem, Klei is after all working to make the mods easier to create and work for players. But, when you think about it, to display the seasons for example makes things a bit easier, as well as displaying your personal temperature: you don't always have a thermometer in your mouth ... and all this is simply reducing your need to be aware of the condition of your character and of the world he is living in ! 

[Pyromailmann]

Being worked on.