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DST Memory Optimizer

1 Introduction
In 2014, NSimplex[1] has provided a mod named “memspikefix” for Reign of Giants DLC of Don’t Starve to mitigating the problem of “out of memory” while client is loading large mods at the time of players entering or migrating the game worlds. The nice mod works well and reduces the frequency of crash significantly. Yet there is no any version that is really compatible, stable and considerate for Don’t Starve Together (DST). Because of that, I propose this mod and share it with you after I have checked the DST scripts[2] and tuned the “memspikefix”.
2 Discussion
I have tested this mod on my dedicated server for several months. It is well-behaved and alleviates the suffering of “out of memory” dramatically. Some mods may not be suitable for this mod such as "workshop%-1115709310". In this case, the mods' “Assets”, for instance, "IMAGE" and "ANIM", that should have been loaded in their custom UI do not run sometimes.
If you encounter this phenomenon, you could add the file names of the mods which are not worked with this mod to “ModDirFilter” in “lazy_loader.lua” to avoid loading them lazily. Please note that “%” should be added before the “-” because of LUA string functions.
References
[1] NSimplex. memspikefix. https://forums.kleientertainment.com/files/file/775-memspikefix/.
[2] Klei. Don’t Starve Together. \Don't Starve Together\data\databundles\scripts.