Modding

[Mr.Tonguesoff(Not A Furry)]

I was thinking about getting into the dont starve and dont starve together modding, but what programs do i need and do i need knowledge of coding? is there any tips as well? i wanna try to start updating mods that haven't been touch for a long time. its really sad when a cool mod stops getting updates then no one can play.

[Visualvengeance]

You will need the don't starve modding tools: app id 245850

When it comes to modding, you will need to know the lua scripting language, most if not all mods for DS and DST are written using lua scripts, and of course you will need to have some knowledge of drawing, to create the assets, but this of course comes down to the kind of mod you want to make/maintain.

[The Very Hungry Caterpillar]

A lot of the relevant code isn't obfuscated and there are a lot of value's that are simple number changes.

Knowing coding is helpful but even if you don't know what you are doing good chances you can still modify lots of values. I would just suggest diving in and learning as you go!

The only notable things is Klei has been recently removing code (that they no longer use but mods do) so even if you do make a mod good chances Klei will remove code your mod needed which will break it, potentially permanently.

[Mr.Tonguesoff(Not A Furry)]

Originally posted by Visualvengeance:

You will need the don't starve modding tools: app id 245850

When it comes to modding, you will need to know the lua scripting language, most if not all mods for DS and DST are written using lua scripts, and of course you will need to have some knowledge of drawing, to create the assets, but this of course comes down to the kind of mod you want to make/maintain.

Originally posted by SCREAMϟCAPE:

A lot of the relevant code isn't obfuscated and there are a lot of value's that are simple number changes.

Knowing coding is helpful but even if you don't know what you are doing good chances you can still modify lots of values. I would just suggest diving in and learning as you go!

The only notable things is Klei has been recently removing code (that they no longer use but mods do) so even if you do make a mod good chances Klei will remove code your mod needed which will break it, potentially permanently.

thanks for the info, i'll try to see if can get started.

[Mr.Tonguesoff(Not A Furry)]

so far, i have ideas and drawings a bit, but o honest idk whats next? do i code?