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I have seen a lot of people which are still new to modding having troubles with the basic character perks, therefore I decided to create a simple tutorial showing you how to create some basic perks for your character. So if you're having trouble and are working on a mod for DS, RoG, or SW (or... all) then hopefully this could help you out at least a little bit! I know that I'm not the best modder out there, and that there can be few different ways to achieve some of these things in this tutorial, but I'm gonna focus mainly on the ways that I learned how to do them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DST mods differ in their codding from the DS, RoG, and SW. So sadly this tutorial might not help you if you're working on a DST mod. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So most of you probably are already using a basic character template, which provides you with a basic modmain.lua file, same as a starter character prefab file which already has the basic list of assets, and character stats for you to manipulate. But just in case you don't have them, then here's where you can get them: Extended Sample Character << Click In this tutorial I'll show you how to: - Set/Change your characters Health, Sanity, and hunger. - Increase/Decrease/Turn off night and dusk sanity drain or reverse it. - Increase/Decrease/Turn off moisture sanity drain or reverse it. - Set a HP/Sanity/Hunger regen/damage over time. - Set a HP/Sanity/Hunger regen/damage during specified time of the day. - Set a HP/Sanity/Hunger regen/damage during specified season. - Set a HP/Sanity/Hunger regen/damage from rain or while being in caves. - Set a health/sanity/hunger regern/damage from temperature. - Set a health/sanity/hunger regern/damage from moisture. - Set a sanity/health/hunger loss/gain from attacking creatures. - Set a sanity/health/hunger loss/gain from killing creatures. - Set a Sanity regern/damage by equipping an item. - Erase/Increase/Decrease an existing sanity regen/damage on an item. - Add a sanity aura heal/damage to an item/creature. -------------------------- - Change your character's basic defense/attack power/speed. - Change defense/power/speed based on the time of the day. - Change defense/power/speed based on season. - Change defense/power/speed based on rain or caves. - Change defense/power/speed based on temperature. - Change defense/power/speed based on moisture. -------------------------- - Set your character's heat and cold resistance. - Increase/Decrease the HP damage when freezing/overheating. - Make your character fragile/resistant/immune to heat/cold. - Make your character immune to fire. - Turn your character into a monster or make it "not scary to prey". - Make the spiders/merm ignore your character (if unbothered). -------------------------- - Set/Change what your character can/can't eat. - Change the amount of sanity/health/hunger that a specified food gives. - Create a custom food type/group for your character. - Make an non-eatable item eatable to your character. --------------------------- - Give your character starting inventory items. - Make your character always start with a certain custom item (even in adventure mode). - Give your character a night vision/glow. - Unlock recipes for your character. - Change existing recipes. - Give your character custom recipes for existing items. - Remove the sanity gain/loss from picking flowers. - Mute your character. - Make your character unable to trigger spiders when walking on their webs. (All of the sections are in the same order as in the list above) BTW, I know that you'll see me repeat the same things many times in this tutorial, but that's just because I made it for people to be able to head right away to the section that they care to learn, without needing to read the whole thing. So I'm sorry if you'll find that annoying. Anyways, let's start! ========================================================================= Health / Sanity / Hunger ========================================================================= --=====BASIC=====-- -- Set/Change the character's basic stats -- -- Increase/Decrease/Turn off night & dusk sanity drain or reverse it -- -- Increase/Decrease/Turn off moisture sanity drain or reverse it -- --=====REGEN/DAMAGE BASED ON TIME OR SEASON=====-- -- Set a HP/Sanity/Hunger regen/damage over time -- -- Set a HP/Sanity/Hunger regen/damage during specified time of the day -- -- Set a HP/Sanity/Hunger regen/damage during specified season -- --=====REGEN/DAMAGE BASED ON LOCATION OR RAIN=====-- -- Set a HP/Sanity/Hunger regen/damage from rain or while being in caves -- --=====REGEN/DAMAGE BASED ON TEMPERATURE OR MOISTURE=====-- -- Set a health/sanity/hunger regern/damage from temperature -- -- Set a health/sanity/hunger regern/damage from moisture -- --=====REGEN/DAMAGE BASED ON KILL OR ATTACK=====-- -- Set a sanity/health/hunger loss/gain from attacking creatures -- -- Set a sanity/health/hunger loss/gain from killing creatures -- --=====REGEN/DAMAGE BASED ON ITEMS OR CREATURES=====-- -- Set a sanity regern/damage by equipping an item -- -- Erase/Increase/Decrease an existing sanity regen/damage on an item -- -- Add a sanity aura heal/damage to an item/creature -- ========================================================================= Defense / Attack power / Speed ========================================================================= --=====BASIC=====-- -- Change your character's basic defense/attack power/speed -- --=====INCREASE/DECREASE BASED ON TIME OR SEASON=====-- -- Change defense/power/speed based on the time of the day -- -- Change defense/power/speed based on season -- --=====INCREASE/DECREASE BASED ON LOCATION OR RAIN=====-- -- Change defense/power/speed based on rain or caves -- --=====INCREASE/DECREASE BASED ON TEMPERATURE OR MOISTURE=====-- -- Change defense/power/speed based on temperature -- -- Change defense/power/speed based on moisture -- ========================================================================= Sensibility / Numbness / Characteristics ========================================================================= --=====BASIC=====-- -- Set your character's heat and cold resistance -- -- Increase/Decrease the HP damage when freezing/overheating -- --=====FRAGILE / IMMUNE=====-- -- Make your character fragile/resistant/immune to heat/cold -- -- Make your character immune to fire -- -- Turn your character into a monster or make it "not scary to prey" -- -- Make the spiders/merm ignore your character (if unbothered) -- ========================================================================= Food ========================================================================= --=====BASIC=====-- -- Set/Change what your character can/can't eat -- -- Change the amount of sanity/health/hunger that a specified food gives -- --=====CUSTOM=====-- -- Create a custom food type/group for your character -- -- Make an non-eatable item eatable to your character -- ========================================================================= Starter inventory / Night vision / Recipes / Other ========================================================================= --=====ITEMS=====-- -- Give your character starting inventory items -- -- Make your character always start with a certain custom item (even in adventure mode) -- --=====CHARACTER=====-- -- Give your character a night vision/glow -- --=====RECIPES=====-- -- Unlock recipes for your character -- -- Change existing recipes -- --=====CUSTOM=====-- -- Give your character custom recipes for existing items -- --=====OTHER=====-- -- Remove the sanity gain/loss from picking flowers -- -- Mute your character -- -- Make your character unable to trigger spiders when walking on their webs -- ========================================================================= And that would be the end of this tutorial. It took me 5 days to compose all this, so I really hope that at least some of you might find it helpful. However, if any of this parts/sections confused you, then please feel free to ask me whatever it is that you didn't understand, and I'll try to explain it differently to hopefully help you out. Also: Please, do not ask any questions that have nothing to do with this tutorial (nor anything it shows) in here. (Just trying to avoid unnecessary mess) ^^;