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# Character Select
Pick your player appearance in Sons of the Forest and keep it across sessions.
Choose your player appearance in Sons of the Forest and keep it across sessions.
The game assigns one of eight player appearances at random when you join a server,
and only remembers it if the world gets saved. This mod lets you choose, and
reapplies your choice every time you spawn.
Sons of the Forest gives you a random appearance out of eight every time you join
a server, and there is no way to choose. This mod lets you pick the one you want
and puts it back on every spawn, so you stay the same character.
## Notes
## Multiplayer
Client side only. Nothing needs to be installed on a dedicated server.
Client side only. Nothing gets installed on a dedicated server.
Your appearance replicates through normal game networking, so other players see
your choice even if they do not have the mod installed. They will not be able to
change their own appearance without it.
your choice even if they do not have the mod installed.
## Requirements
RedLoader
[RedLoader](https://github.com/ToniMacaroni/RedLoader/releases/latest)
## Installation
1. Download the latest release
2. Extract into your Sons of the Forest folder so you end up with:
- `Mods/CharacterSelect.dll`
- `Mods/CharacterSelect/manifest.json`
1. Download `CharacterSelect.zip` from the
[latest release](https://github.com/JustinOros/sotf-character-select/releases/latest)
2. Open the `Mods` folder inside your Sons of the Forest install, usually
`C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sons Of The Forest\Mods`
3. Extract the contents of the zip into that `Mods` folder
When you are done it should look like this:
```
Sons Of The Forest/
Mods/
CharacterSelect.dll
CharacterSelect/
manifest.json
```
The `Mods` folder is created by RedLoader, so install RedLoader first if it is
not there.
## Usage
Press F9 to cycle through the eight appearances. Your choice is saved to
`_RedLoader/UserData/CharacterSelect.txt` and applied automatically on every spawn.
Once you are in the world, press F9 to cycle through the eight appearances. The
current one is shown on screen as you cycle.
Your choice is saved to `_RedLoader/UserData/CharacterSelect.txt` and applied
automatically every time you spawn.
| Value | Name |
| --- | --- |
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## Building
Requires the .NET 8 SDK and a RedLoader install that has been launched once, so
the interop assemblies exist. The script offers to install both if they are missing.
Requires the [.NET 8 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0) and a
[RedLoader](https://github.com/ToniMacaroni/RedLoader/releases/latest) install
that has been launched at least once, so the interop assemblies exist. The build
script offers to install both if they are missing.
```
.\build.ps1 -Install
```
The game folder is found through Steam. Override it with `-GameDir "path"` or the
`SOTF_PATH` environment variable.
To produce a release zip:
```
.\build.ps1 -Package
```
## Credits
Built against RedLoader by Toni Macaroni. The player race system was found by
reading the source of ArmorMod by clairenheit.