TheTraditionalGentleman Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 (edited) I've had fun with the mods in the workshop in the past, and while I've had a blast with them, I've always wanted to make my own. The only issue is that I have absolutely no idea how to mod, and I don't even know where to begin to mod. Is there any kind soul out there that would be willing to tell me how to basic mod, or where I could learn it? To give you an example of what I want to do, this is it: Basically, I would like to make a mod character that looks like weak Wolfgang. I would want to be able to tweak the stats (health, hunger, and sanity), the dialogue, and if possible, the voice. He doesn't need anything fancy at the moment. Would this be hard? Where could I begin? What kind of software would I need, and could it run on a laptop? Please explain this to me as if I am the dummest human being on the planet, because I really know nothing about modding. I've toyed with the idea in the past, but have never actually taken any steps towards learning, and I'd really like to know how. Edited July 18, 2016 by TheTraditionalGentleman Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/68920-modding-for-the-programming-declined/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragold Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 (edited) 8 hours ago, TheTraditionalGentleman said: Would this be hard? For someone who have 0 expirence - very hard. You need to learn bascics of programing. To be precise - lua language. You can do this by looking at other people work and repeating after them. 8 hours ago, TheTraditionalGentleman said: Where could I begin? Don't Strave have a have a terrible shortage when it comes to materials for learning. Fortunately for you, somewhere in Steam Workshop for Dont Strave Together (Tutorial category) is mod called Extended Sample Character DST. Subscribe it. Launch game to download mod. Then you can check your example mod in game. Go to your steam instalation folder, then steamApps/common/Don't Strave Together/mods and find folder with this mod. You can do this by checking mod name -> open modinfo.lua with notepad -> look for mod name. 8 hours ago, TheTraditionalGentleman said: What kind of software would I need, and could it run on a laptop? It could. You only need to download Don't Strave Mod Tools on Steam (Library->Tools). Edited July 18, 2016 by Dragold Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/68920-modding-for-the-programming-declined/#findComment-794266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTraditionalGentleman Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 43 minutes ago, Dragold said: For someone who have 0 expirence - very hard. You need to learn bascics of programing. To be precise - lua language. You can do this by looking at other people work and repeating after them. Don't Strave have a have a terrible shortage when it comes to materials for learning. Fortunately for you, somewhere in Steam Workshop for Dont Strave Together (Tutorial category) is mod called Extended Sample Character DST. Subscribe it. Launch game to download mod. Then you can check your example mod in game. Go to your steam instalation folder, then steamApps/common/Don't Strave Together/mods and find folder with this mod. You can do this by checking mod name -> open modinfo.lua with notepad -> look for mod name. It could. You only need to download Don't Strave Mod Tools on Steam (Library->Tools). Okay then. I'll use this as a place to start. Thank you! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/68920-modding-for-the-programming-declined/#findComment-794273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTraditionalGentleman Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 Well, for the benefit of anyone else who may be looking at this thread to learn the same thing that I am, try this: Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/68920-modding-for-the-programming-declined/#findComment-794279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTraditionalGentleman Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 Okay, so I think I almost have it figured out (I'm following that helpful guide of course), but when I try to start a server with my mod installed, it crashes. I can't figure out why. Is there a way for me to troubleshoot my mod? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/68920-modding-for-the-programming-declined/#findComment-794326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSideWind Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 13 hours ago, Dragold said: For someone who have 0 expirence - very hard. You need to learn bascics of programing. To be precise - lua language. You can do this by looking at other people work and repeating after them. Don't Strave have a have a terrible shortage when it comes to materials for learning. Fortunately for you, somewhere in Steam Workshop for Dont Strave Together (Tutorial category) is mod called Extended Sample Character DST. Subscribe it. Launch game to download mod. Then you can check your example mod in game. Go to your steam instalation folder, then steamApps/common/Don't Strave Together/mods and find folder with this mod. You can do this by checking mod name -> open modinfo.lua with notepad -> look for mod name. It could. You only need to download Don't Strave Mod Tools on Steam (Library->Tools). Just so you know the tutorial is outdated. Doesn't work unless you know something I don't lol because right now I can only edit everything but the name of the character Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/68920-modding-for-the-programming-declined/#findComment-794475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTraditionalGentleman Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, BlueSideWind said: Just so you know the tutorial is outdated. Doesn't work unless you know something I don't lol because right now I can only edit everything but the name of the character Oh yeah? Son of a gun. I did everything exactly like it said, but it won't open. It crashes when I try. I did it in regular DS first to try it out. I'm guessing the error must be somewhere in one of these files, but I don't know what would be causing it. winston.lua modinfo.lua modmain.lua Gets this far and then the game just freezes (my mouse still moves fine and I can exit out, but the buttons in-game become all but useless). Edited July 19, 2016 by TheTraditionalGentleman Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/68920-modding-for-the-programming-declined/#findComment-794572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neu7ral Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 24 minutes ago, TheTraditionalGentleman said: Oh yeah? Son of a gun. I did everything exactly like it said, but it won't open. It crashes when I try. I did it in regular DS first to try it out. I'm guessing the error must be somewhere in one of these files, but I don't know what would be causing it. winston.lua modinfo.lua modmain.lua Gets this far and then the game just freezes (my mouse still moves fine and I can exit out, but the buttons in-game become all but useless). When something like this happens, you must check the log and see what make the crash. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/68920-modding-for-the-programming-declined/#findComment-794578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSideWind Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 7 hours ago, TheTraditionalGentleman said: Oh yeah? Son of a gun. I did everything exactly like it said, but it won't open. It crashes when I try. I did it in regular DS first to try it out. I'm guessing the error must be somewhere in one of these files, but I don't know what would be causing it. one of the problem I found is. "Anim" folder if you delete it like the tutorial suggest. The mod doesn't run correctly. Renaming the zip file in there will still conclude it saying "you don't have "character name" zip file. I also found that renaming/editing "image ""Sample"" " .png also causes problems. I even tried converting my version into a .tex file and still causes problems. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/68920-modding-for-the-programming-declined/#findComment-794696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTraditionalGentleman Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 9 hours ago, Neutral_Steve said: When something like this happens, you must check the log and see what make the crash. How/where can I do that? Is it in the autocompiler that loads before the game begins? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/68920-modding-for-the-programming-declined/#findComment-794720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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