View source for Generating a Custom World in Dont Starve Together

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">This article will show you how to create a custom world in Don't Starve Together.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Step 1:</span></span></strong></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">If your server is running, <strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Stop</span></strong> your server from running first of all.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Currently, existing worlds use the default Don't Starve Together template, you will need to delete all older worlds.<br /><br /></em></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>To do this, you need to delete your /save/ folder, this is located in: ServerFiles/DoNotStarveTogether/<strong>Save</strong></em></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><br /></strong>You can delete this in the "<strong>file manager</strong>"</span><span style="font-size: small;"> in your game panel</span><span style="font-size: small;">. As shown in this image:<br /><br /><br /></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can see the directories to change, You want to click the Checkbox next to "<strong>save</strong>" folder and click "<strong>Delete</strong>" above that.</span><br /><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This will remove this folder.</span><br /><br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Step 2: </span></strong></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The next step is to edit your "<strong>worldgenoverride.lua"</strong> file, this can be found in the "<strong>configuration files</strong>". As shown in the image:</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once there, find "<strong>ServerFiles\DoNotStarveTogether\worldgenoverride.lua</strong>"</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Click on "<strong>Text Editor</strong>" for it to edit its</span><span style="font-size: small;"> text.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Copy and paste the following template into the file:</span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;">return {</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">override_enabled = true,</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">preset = SURVIVAL_TOGETHER, -- "SURVIVAL_TOGETHER", "MOD_MISSING", "SURVIVAL_TOGETHER_CLASSIC", "SURVIVAL_DEFAULT_PLUS", "COMPLETE_DARKNESS", "DST_CAVE", "DST_CAVE_PLUS"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">overrides = {<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">-- MISC</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">task_set = "default", -- "classic", "default", "cave_default"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">start_location = "default", -- "caves", "default", "plus", "darkness"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">world_size = "medium", -- "small", "medium", "default", "huge"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">branching = "default", -- "never", "least", "default", "most"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">loop = "default", -- "never", "default", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">autumn = "default", -- "noseason", "veryshortseason", "shortseason", "default", "longseason", "verylongseason", "random"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">winter = "default", -- "noseason", "veryshortseason", "shortseason", "default", "longseason", "verylongseason", "random"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">spring = "default", -- "noseason", "veryshortseason", "shortseason", "default", "longseason", "verylongseason", "random"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">summer = "default", -- "noseason", "veryshortseason", "shortseason", "default", "longseason", "verylongseason", "random"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">season_start = "default", -- "default", "winter", "spring", "summer", "autumnorspring", "winterorsummer", "random"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">day = "default", -- "default", "longday", "longdusk", "longnight", "noday", "nodusk", "nonight", "onlyday", "onlydusk", "onlynight"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">weather = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">earthquakes = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">lightning = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">frograin = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">wildfires = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">touchstone = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">regrowth = "default", -- "veryslow", "slow", "default", "fast", "veryfast"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">cavelight = "default", -- "veryslow", "slow", "default", "fast", "veryfast"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">boons = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">prefabswaps_start = "default", -- "classic", "default", "highly random"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">prefabswaps = "default", -- "default", "none", "few", "normal", "many", "max"<br /><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">-- RESOURCES</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">flowers = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">grass = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">sapling = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">marshbush = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">tumbleweed = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">reeds = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">trees = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">flint = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">rock = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">rock_ice = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">meteorspawner = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">meteorshowers = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">mushtree = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">fern = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">flower_cave = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">wormlights = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"<br /><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">-- UNPREPARED</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">berrybush = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">carrot = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">mushroom = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">cactus = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">banana = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">lichen = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"<br /><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">-- ANIMALS</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">rabbits = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">moles = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">butterfly = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">birds = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">buzzard = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">catcoon = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">perd = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">pigs = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">lightninggoat = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">beefalo = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">beefaloheat = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">hunt = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">alternatehunt = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">penguins = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">cave_ponds = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">ponds = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">bees = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">angrybees = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">tallbirds = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">slurper = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">bunnymen = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">slurtles = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">rocky = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">monkey = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"<br /><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">-- MONSTERS</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">spiders = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">cave_spiders = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">hounds = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">houndmound = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">merm = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">tentacles = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">chess = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">lureplants = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">walrus = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">liefs = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">deciduousmonster = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">krampus = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">bearger = "rare", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">deerclops = "rare", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">goosemoose = "rare", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">dragonfly = "rare", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">bats = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">fissure = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">worms = "default", -- "never", "rare", "default", "often", "always"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">},</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">}</span></p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now you can edit the options, you will see examples </span>for<span style="font-size: small;"> what options you can use, then click save when you are done.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Note: Make sure to not remove the format of the file, (Brackets, commands etc)this will cause the file  to corrupt.</em></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Start your server now, if you check the web console for the server you will see it load the worldgenoverride.lua file and state that it's generating a new world.</strong></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is an example of this happening </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: Loaded and applied world gen overrides from ../worldgenoverride.lua </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: WorldSim::SimThread::SimThread()</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: WorldSim::SimThread::SimThread() complete</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: THREAD - started 'WorldSim' (2876)</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: WorldSim::SimThread::Main()</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: DoLuaFile scripts/worldgen_main.lua</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: ModIndex: Load sequence finished successfully. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: Reset() returning</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: DoLuaFile loading buffer scripts/worldgen_main.lua</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: DLC enabled : false </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: scripts/worldgen_main.lua(77,1) running worldgen_main.lua</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: scripts/worldgen_main.lua(79,1) SEED = 1430519763 </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: scripts/worldgen_main.lua(456,1) WORLDGEN PRESET: SURVIVAL_TOGETHER </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: scripts/worldgen_main.lua(464,1) WORLDGEN LEVEL ID: 1 </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: scripts/worldgen_main.lua(471,1) </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">#######</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">#</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"># Generating Normal Mode Together Forever Level</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">#</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">#######</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: Creating story... </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: LinkNodesByKeys </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:02]: Baking map... 350 </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[WorldSimActual::GenerateVoronoiMap]</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">GenerateVoronoiMap 1: </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[ ]��=</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[AddEmptyNodes] </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">GenerateVoronoiMap 100: </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[ ]�����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������====================================================================================================</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[WorldSimActual::GenerateVoronoiMap] complete [success]</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[WorldSimActual::ConvertToTileMap]</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[ConvertToTileMap]</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[WorldSimActual::ConvertToTileMap] complete</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[WorldSimActual::SeparateIslands]</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[SeparateIslands]</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[WorldSimActual::SeparateIslands] complete</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[WorldSimActual::ForceConnectivity]</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[GenerateLandmasses]</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[00:00:04]: Map Baked! </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[MergeConnectedLandmasses] 1</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[ForceConnectivity]</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[ForceValid]</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[WorldSimActual::ForceConnectivity] complete</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[WorldSimActual::DrawRoads]</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[DrawRoads]</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[WorldSimActual::DrawRoads] complete </span>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Questions and Answers</span></strong></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Q: </strong>It didn't work?</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>A:</strong> <em>Did you follow the steps exactly and delete you're save folder first?</em></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Q:</strong> I think my worldgenoverride</span><span style="font-size: small;"> file is corrupt?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>A:</strong> <em>You can reinstall your server to get a new one or raise a support ticket and we will give you a template to use.</em></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em> </em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><em>Have none of the answers above resolved your issue? Contact support via a ticket.</em></strong></span></div>

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