I made a mod that adds a new ore. I know it works because I had it running in the Stonehearth zip mod folder but when I copied the code to he mod folder I get a black screen on start-up
I didn’t remove it from the Stonehearth mod zip folder so it may be because there is overlapping files and code but i’m not sure.
BTW this is my first time modding and I can’t code so I have no idea why this isn’t working.
Making the mod standalone (in it’s on folder) is a little harder than just putting it straight into the stonehearth folder.
Yes, it might have to do with the conflicting code. You should delete it from the stonehearth folder, and see what happens.
I thought it would be harder and also I did try and it didn’t work
Are they any errors or is it straight black screen?
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stonehearth and look in the file called “stonehearth.log”. Hopefully it will mention what’s wrong, and from there we can start fixing it.
nope just a totally blank screen but I will check that file.
I see “lua.data | lua jit is disabled”
That’s it? Hmm. Can you .zip your mod and upload it here so I can look at it?
Can you make it a .zip file instead of a .rar file?
its the same thing almost
Almost, except i can’t open .rar files.
Much Appreciated.
So, right off the bat, the manifest in your mod should not have all of the stuff in the main stonehearth manifest. You should rename it (in the manifest, by name). Then, get rid of everything that’s not related to the thing’s you’ve changed. That’s probably why there’s a black screen.
Probably best to make a manifest from scratch and only add what you need, instead of trying to delete everything you don’t.
Ok, I got sucked in to fixing it, lol.
blood_block.zip (11.1 KB)
Works like a charm now. The drop_table is set to 5000 for stone, so you’ll probably want to change it. I just set it there so I could be sure one dropped.
Compare the one you uploaded to mine to see the differences.
K thanks, as I said this is my first time modding legit and I can’t write code so thanks for the help. 
Hey if you ever need any models for this game or anything else just ask me and I can get it done. Voxel or polygons I can make it, High or low poly.
As a matter of fact, I do have a need for some models. Sending you a PM.