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Starbound Beta Thread - Begins December 4th!
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Grinchy
Banned
No, my dude definitely got hungry. I just found that I had way more food than I ever needed since rice was so easy to grow. I stocked up a bunch of banana bread, grilled meat, ect, but didn't need any of it because I just carried around a stack of rice.
Woah... just looked at the server window. Make sure you guys tweet @StarboundGAF to let me know when somethin is up. I'll shut it down now. Should be back up around 6:30pm EST.
TekGryphon
Banned
I beat the Penguin UFO already and got the engine upgrade Mk2 thing, but the game never told me how to use it. I've tried putting it in the 3d printer, into the fuel thing, into the tech thing, everything. My quest log is now empty, so I'm effectively stuck.
Also the Penguin UFO was really stupid. I had to cheese it with a fort with a tiny opening and 500 iron bow shots to beat it. Terraria's bosses were hard, but never required stupid gimmicks to beat.
tensuke
Member
so I guess I just ask in this thread and someone will pm me details for server?
Having fun with this game.. but definitely something I need to be playing with others
Quote the first post of this thread and it will have the server IP/password in the quoted post for you to see. It's down right now I believe for maintenance, but will probably be back up shortly.
"Use" the item from your hotbar.
so I guess I just ask in this thread and someone will pm me details for server?
Having fun with this game.. but definitely something I need to be playing with others
No, you read the OP.
Server is currently down for maintenance though. It'll be back up in about 45 minutes.
perfect free
Member
I'm not Emi, but I've been playing on a 2011 Macbook Pro and it's been running like butter. I'm on OSX 10.8.5 right because I had to restore an old backup, though; maybe I should see how well it works under Mavericks.
Hunger is pretty slow to add up, add in how easy it is to die... and there you go.
I've just been keeping ore in storage and turning it into pixels as needed, anyway. That way I never have too much on me at once to lose. As far as I can see that'll still be my primary banking method.
My glitch is hungry all the time.
TekGryphon
Banned
Son of a @$%^
tensuke
Member
I feel you though, there's really not much explanation at all so far (I know, I know, it's not even close to being finished yet). Still, I don't think it'd be too difficult to add a few more lines of text here and there to explain things a little better.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
That's funny, my glitch seems to constantly be hungry too. I go out bow hunting all the time to replenish my meat supplies. Maybe it's a glitch?
I have a Glitch too, and he's never hungry.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Yeah I haven't played since they announced the patch would be a wipe. Figure I'll just start over completely. Not too fussed about it, but I don't want to play however many hours and have it be for naught. Not worth the effort saving stuff since I didn't have that much.
Besides, I want to test how the new balance is.
Besides, I want to test how the new balance is.
Doesn't hurt to try and save your stuff 8)
arts&crafts
Member
Are there items that negate fall damage? Or like rocket boots or a jetpack. I keep digging and dying from falling 
tensuke
Member
I just went through an Apex dungeon to get another tech, and it was pulse jump...The only tech I already have. xD
KillerIsJed
Member
Didn't like Terraria because it just threw you in and said "good luck".
Took a chance and gave this a shot. Starts out great, giving you missions to help you learn the game, easy enough to complete in a minute or so...then maybe 30 minutes in you get to "build a distress beacon" and it turns to grinding to find supplies to build it.
After about an hour, I just stopped. The fun wasn't there anymore, it had turned into another grind fest.
This post touches on two things that really piss me off in gaming these days:.
1. Tutorials - Either they are long and drawn out in games that don't need them (Adventure Time - Explore the dungeon) or they don't exist at all (Minecraft, Terraria).
2. Grinding - Seems like the "future" of gaming is making games where you grind to get better equipment so you can grind better to get better equipment and or holding your time hostage with microtransactions.
Took a chance and gave this a shot. Starts out great, giving you missions to help you learn the game, easy enough to complete in a minute or so...then maybe 30 minutes in you get to "build a distress beacon" and it turns to grinding to find supplies to build it.
After about an hour, I just stopped. The fun wasn't there anymore, it had turned into another grind fest.
This post touches on two things that really piss me off in gaming these days:.
1. Tutorials - Either they are long and drawn out in games that don't need them (Adventure Time - Explore the dungeon) or they don't exist at all (Minecraft, Terraria).
2. Grinding - Seems like the "future" of gaming is making games where you grind to get better equipment so you can grind better to get better equipment and or holding your time hostage with microtransactions.
Sounds like this game type is just not for you dude. The game is what you make of it.
arts&crafts
Member
While I agree in a sense, I think in the retail version they will have better tool tips and "hints" such as use E to cook food on a campfire (took me 30min to find this out)
I did a short hair mod tutorial! It's not very detailed and I didn't want to get into design and pixel art theory, but it gives you a basic idea about how to make your own hair for the game. If you're not too used to pixel art, you can start by modifying existing hair into a style you want!
edit: Click through for large.
I prefer growing wheat for bread, myself. It actually fills you up more than meat and is easier to get (wheat grows super fast).
And I won't have to worry about using the utterly useless bow to try to kill the thing currently eating my face.
Iron bow is ridiculously awesome. I one shot the mobs on my home planet.
Nothing confirmed.
Tiy only said this :
This update will probably require a character reset (Im sorry! Beta
So people try to stock stuff to (hopefully) get it back after the wipe.
CornBurrito
Member
How do I grow wheat? Just plant and wait a few days of real time?
Plant in hoed dirt, wait like 10 minutes I think? Not sure how fast it grows.
Why do you hate the superior Gaf dark theme?
I'm actually using it myself. That's why I made it so you can click through to the main image.
Why did I use transparent in the first place? Because ~stylish~
That would help if my browser background wasn't the exact same dark theme as GAF's, haha. But no matter, I can just open it in some external program - nice work.
You don't have to fight the whole time with the bow. Just get the killing hit with it.
This is why we need randomized Universe seeds.
Weltall Zero
Member
I beat it fair and square with the Iron Bow / Double Jump + Sword and several bandages. It definitely took a while, but it was fun. Also, did you beat it before the patch to make it crash through blocks? Because it smashes even the hardest materials in my game.
Perhaps it's... glitched? (badum-tish).
Awesome! One thing though, you left the background color as transparent, so those of us with dark-GAF color schemes can barely read the text.
By the way, what happens if you have a character with a modded hairstyle and play multiplayer? What do other players see? A default hairstyle?
Word. I have a stack of over 50 raw meat from mobs, especially flying ones.
When you enter the coordinates, zoom all the way out to the star level. The destination you seek should have the solar system in the center of the map. Click on this, then you need the individual planet name (I/II/III/a/b/c) to figure out which one to travel to.
Addressed that above, but that's why I made it so you can click through (http://i.minus.com/i6JicCBeln2Wk.png for those who absolutely must have a white background!)
And I think it makes it so you have no hair at all (completely bald). If the server has the mods installed it isn't a problem though, and everyone sees it. The devs said they want to make it so that your mods are viewable by everyone in the future, regardless of whether or not they have them installed. But as yet this is not possible. So if they are installed on the GAF server it should be fine for everyone on the GAF server.
Thanks, i was wondering what I was doing wrong.
base shagohod
Member
Damn, so everything's being wiped tomorrow? Kinda sucks but I guess it won't take me as long to get to where I am now the second time around.
Characters probably, universe possibly. Nothing is 100% yet. The developer actually said "This update will probably require a character reset," which is why everyone is building a bunker and stashing their goodies in it, to retrieve later on a new character.