In this folder, let’s patch our species file. Most race’s species file path is as follows:īut it’s good to unpack or look at your mod and make sure.Īfter making sure where the species file is located, let’s go back to our patch mod and create the same path. Well, now we have given our modded race the stats we want! But what if we also want to patch the CC menu (character creator) menu? There are even more values that you can change, so please look at the Extras section to learn more! Patching the Species File “op”: “add”, “path”: “/effectConfig/0/racenamehere”, Then, let’s create a patch file named om_. Patching the Custom Stats Let’s get to the actual patching part.įirst, let’s patch the actual status effect in the Race Traits mod that applies the custom stats! It’ll be added to the metadata automatically. You can also have a “requires” section, but that can be done when uploading the mod and selecting “Add/Remove Required Items”. To find out a race mod’s name ID, you need to unpack the mod or ask the author. We place the Race Trait’s actual name/ID in the “includes” section, as well as the ID of the race mod we want to include with Race Traits. Our metadata needs to stay outside of any folders. This is what’s gonna be in our _metadata. The metadata is usually created when you try to upload the mod to the Workshop, but I prefer creating mine early. Otherwise, let’s get started… Mod Basics Creating a Folder/Metadataīefore we can patch anything, we need a place for our patch mod. Please visit this forum for more information on requesting race support.

I am an active developer/modder right now, so if you really wanted to patch stats in for your/a specific race, you really could just ask me to! Thank you for being interested in my mod, “Race Traits”! It means a lot to me!īefore you check out this guide in its entirety, I want you to consider something.

How to make a starbound race mod