Custom Item Mod error

[honkkon]

Hi! I recently received a copy of DST for my birthday and I've been really loving the game! The mod community is so big and thriving and I thought to make some mods myself for fun. So far I've been stuck trying to make custom items for my character. This is the error log I get:

 

[00:00:33]: [string "scripts/components/inventory.lua"]:638: attempt to index local 'inst' (a nil value)
LUA ERROR stack traceback:
    scripts/components/inventory.lua:638 in (method) GiveItem (Lua) <637-771>
    scripts/prefabs/player_common.lua:888 in (method) OnNewSpawn (Lua) <883-915>
    scripts/networking.lua:250 in () ? (Lua) <238-256>
    =[C]:-1 in (method) SendSpawnRequestToServer (C) <-1--1>
    scripts/mainfunctions.lua:1405 in (local) cb (Lua) <1403-1406>
    scripts/frontend.lua:598 in (method) DoFadingUpdate (Lua) <562-602>
    scripts/frontend.lua:650 in (method) Update (Lua) <610-760>
    scripts/update.lua:92 in () ? (Lua) <33-129>

 

I've been copying other custom item mods to use as reference and making sure they work before changing the details and art but I keep getting these errors. I've been following a guide and scouring the forums for similar topics but I can't seem to find an answer. I'd appreciate any help or input!

Thanks in advance for your time!!

[K1NGT1GER609]

From the looks of it the mod is having a hard time giving your inventory item probably because its not part of the mod. It originates from here:

local start_inv = {
    "customitem",
}

That customitem needs to be in the modmain, and combined into one mod.