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Starbound Beta Thread - Begins December 4th!
- Thread starter Retro
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Wyndstryker
Member
Heh, you guys are thinking too small.
The giant room of teleport pads will be just for my build projects.
You can build the Wiley base.
Rest of us aren't as crazy lol.
Icefire1424
Member
Man, I need to get back into this game. Little odd that I just stumbled back onto this thread as I was listening to the Starbound soundtrack while getting some work done (...it makes for some damn good background music while project planning 
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).I fully expect spawn to be remodelled after Storm Eagle's stage when I get on. Perfect planet for it too with the frequent rain storms :lol
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Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Man, I need to get back into this game. Little odd that I just stumbled back onto this thread as I was listening to the Starbound soundtrack while getting some work done (...it makes for some damn good background music while project planning
Yeah, I actually listen to the soundtrack a lot. The music alone was almost worth the $15 to me, lol.
Hmmm? Was there an update? I didn't see one this morning.
Edit: Guess there was. Server updated and rebooted.
WhiskeyDiver
Member
I logged onto the gaf server (Turd Ferguson).
I'm new to the game, so my spaceship has no vroom vroom power yet. Time to get to work.
I'm new to the game, so my spaceship has no vroom vroom power yet. Time to get to work.
Aw man, the server is down? Someone create a super Starbound Server Restart Script for Winderz lol.
You picked a good time to join in, progression (as far as you can go right now at least) is a much better experience since the big update.
You picked a good time to join in, progression (as far as you can go right now at least) is a much better experience since the big update.
Wyndstryker
Member
Damn. Somehow found a planet that knocked my cpu to 100. Had a ton of mini dungeons and mostly gravel and water...
Wait... what? Server is up? Although for some reason, it looks like no one has bothered to log into it all day.
Wyndstryker
Member
Yep, all done.
Wyndstryker
Member
Well after starting a new char due to having a corrupted shipworld file and no backup my new char is back to where the old one is, but in a far better position.
Single player homeworld all developed in case ship dies out again
Found a 900+ damage crossbow to replace the lost one
Found a better rocket launcher than the ferozium one. (1300 dmg a shot)
More instruments
More 3d prints
And a lot of things stored into the SP homeworld instead of the ship.
And I backed it all up.
In general a whole better position if I didn't actually restart lol.
Single player homeworld all developed in case ship dies out again
Found a 900+ damage crossbow to replace the lost one
Found a better rocket launcher than the ferozium one. (1300 dmg a shot)
More instruments
More 3d prints
And a lot of things stored into the SP homeworld instead of the ship.
And I backed it all up.
In general a whole better position if I didn't actually restart lol.
PandaPedinte
Member
Yes!
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Fantastic!!! I can stop using a pen and tablet soon!!!! That's truly a great addition. My only concern is the limit to how many notes we can make, LOL.
Weltall Zero
Member
-Deadpool-
Member
Wonderful.
and now, the game has changed.
Game changer right there!
How is this game compared to Terraria? Should I jump? Or should I wait for the complete game?
I really want to get it, but I am still on my toes. And really want the new Terraria game, already announced.
Depends on two things:
1) How much did you like Terraria?
2) How annoyed will you be by updates to a game that's still a work-in-progress?
If you like building 2D structures, Starbound is a hell of a lot better than Terraria. Aside from that, I think the gameplay doesn't quite measure up to Terraria yet for various reasons, though it certainly still has potential, and, obviously, is still being worked on.How is this game compared to Terraria? Should I jump? Or should I wait for the complete game?
I really want to get it, but I am still on my toes. And really want the new Terraria game, already announced.
Wyndstryker
Member
Out of boredom, I burned through all the cobblestone blocks/bricks i had and what GAFWorld had to make a tower to space and a space ring.
So yeah, if you want to build in space in GAFWorld feel free. The ring does cut through a couple of asteroids.
So yeah, if you want to build in space in GAFWorld feel free. The ring does cut through a couple of asteroids.
I do like Terraria a lot
, more because I could play and go into an adventure with a friend of mine, online. And, I am not annoyed with updates, updates are always fun, love new things, haha.I am not that much into building, but more into adventuring, hunting monsters, getting materials and create better weapons and discover new areas and bosses.
XT Vengeance
Member
They had that, and it made the game laughably easy. That is why they have the parry/block system now.
All that stuff is in Starbound. It's just not all entirely rewarding yet since the game isn't finished.
TheExecutive
Member
Need to put a year in the title... 2013. That's TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN.
Unless something's changed, or they're working on it in secret, their supposed official stance is that they're not going to even bother about any other platforms until this game gets out of beta on the PC.
We're doing another pass on combat soon so don't be surprised if knockback reappears. We've already made a few tweaks to combat internally and it's night and day how much more fun it is.
Uhm, server is being taken down until further notice.
I'm not really sure WHY... but the server has been running without any password for some reason, according to the config files. I thought something was strange when my admin password suddenly stopped working for some reason.
The only possible reason I can think of is that during the last update (not sure when that was, honestly) the config was overwritten. For anyone who's been on the server lately, have you even been able to log onto it with or without the password?
Anyway, server being taken down for a few hours, mainly because I need sleep, I'll mess with the settings in the morning
EDIT: Doh ok guess it was the update around Feb 17. If you've been getting on the server without a password, you'll need to put it in now
Server still down though, I'll fix it in the morning.
I'm not really sure WHY... but the server has been running without any password for some reason, according to the config files. I thought something was strange when my admin password suddenly stopped working for some reason.
The only possible reason I can think of is that during the last update (not sure when that was, honestly) the config was overwritten. For anyone who's been on the server lately, have you even been able to log onto it with or without the password?
Anyway, server being taken down for a few hours, mainly because I need sleep, I'll mess with the settings in the morning
EDIT: Doh ok guess it was the update around Feb 17. If you've been getting on the server without a password, you'll need to put it in now
Server still down though, I'll fix it in the morning.
Ooookay, server now has proper password permissions and everything. Again, please be aware that now, you have to actually put in a user name and password to actually access the server. Don't worry, quote this message to see all the details.
BTW, if you have non-GAF friends whom you'd like to invite to the server, give them the guest access information. Technically, there really isn't any permission difference between GAF and Guest access, but I'm going to assume there will be in the future, for odd security reasons I haven't thought of yet, it's probably best if there's a distinction.
Can someone (Retro) update the OP with the new info please?
BTW, if you have non-GAF friends whom you'd like to invite to the server, give them the guest access information. Technically, there really isn't any permission difference between GAF and Guest access, but I'm going to assume there will be in the future, for odd security reasons I haven't thought of yet, it's probably best if there's a distinction.
Can someone (Retro) update the OP with the new info please?
It's done =)
ilikesanta
Member
Is the mac version borked? I haven't played in over a year and tried playing today and it's just stuck the loading screen.
If its anything like the PC version...
Since you said you havent played in a year, did you only update the game without wiping it out first? Too much has changed in a year, so when you load up the game, those old files don't play nice.
We've started doing a development roundup, which is pretty exciting! Here's me and Tiyuri talking about what's coming up in Starbound!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaVD_1VZ2YA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaVD_1VZ2YA
thanks for the update. is there and ETA yet?
The teleporting system looks great. Also glad to know that terrain generation is being looked at, particularly for underground. I like being able to dig straight down if I want to, but I think I'd do it less if I knew I could explore the surface and hit a massive tunnel or some other cool stuff. Yeah, there are the overland structures you can find, but they don't tend to lead to or contain the ore I'm usually looking for. Challenge rooms are an interesting idea too. If they reset every time you went in, they might become particularly great places to put teleporters.
It's interesting that you're going to put the attack power stat on armor. I wonder if you've considered separate attack stats to further differentiate armors between types, like having separate melee, ranged, and staff attack power boosts. I'd imagine this might be a better way of distinguishing the different high end armor sets (along with the currently different defense values) since energy will apparently refill a lot faster for everybody.