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The combat is the only thing i dont like very much about the game to be honest, it would be nice if they had block and evade mechanics other than jumping all the time to avoid the same charge attack :).

Other than that i have zero complaints so far.
 
Unbound By Death said:
The combat is the only thing i dont like very much about the game to be honest, it would be nice if they had block and evade mechanics other than jumping all the time to avoid the same charge attack :).

Other than that i have zero complaints so far.
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I'm pretty sure these things will be in the game eventually...
 
I never actually tried using it but you can get various shields that you can hold up in your off-hand, I assume they're functional already for blocking. But I agree it's a bit frantic atm.
 
fleck0 said:
I never actually tried using it but you can get various shields that you can hold up in your off-hand, I assume they're functional already for blocking. But I agree it's a bit frantic atm.
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Yes if you have a 1 handed item you can use a shield in the other hand and block with it.
 
Unbound By Death said:
The combat is the only thing i dont like very much about the game to be honest, it would be nice if they had block and evade mechanics other than jumping all the time to avoid the same charge attack :).

Other than that i have zero complaints so far.
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They do have blocking with shields and I think there are techs for dodging but I haven't found them yet.

I don't disagree the combat needs more depth/variety, but I'm 100% sure that combat isn't anything close to final as it is.

shigsy said:
Something I've wondered, can you 'pick up' water? I saw the water tech video and I love how the water acts etc, but is there an item or way of say filling a hole in the ground with water?

I did find a bucket but the description said it had a hole in it! :)
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I'm fairly certain there is no bucket in the game as of now, but I'm sure they'll ad it eventually.

As it is right now water/lava are pretty much just for show, I mean you can easily get rid of lava by placing blocks on it so it's not even a threat.
 
Something I've wondered, can you 'pick up' water? I saw the water tech video and I love how the water acts etc, but is there an item or way of say filling a hole in the ground with water?

I did find a bucket but the description said it had a hole in it! :)
 
So when I start a server and have people join, do we start in the same place or do we need to get fuel and travel to each other and then set that place as a home planet or something?
 
Xyber said:
So when I start a server and have people join, do we start in the same place or do we need to get fuel and travel to each other and then set that place as a home planet or something?
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I haven't played multiplayer but I understand that everyone starts in completely different places.

To meet up you create a party, and then I guess you can teleport to each other's spaceships, and from there you can go explore planets together/etc.
 
Xyber said:
So when I start a server and have people join, do we start in the same place or do we need to get fuel and travel to each other and then set that place as a home planet or something?
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When You start a server, then everyone who join Your server will land on Your home planet.
 
Can people on multiplayer servers hear the locally hosted music files people are making? haven't looked at that stuff at all.
 
fleck0 said:
Can people on multiplayer servers hear the locally hosted music files people are making? haven't looked at that stuff at all.
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yes, because of the format, the game can read the file and reproduce it even if other's don't have the file.

If you've ever played LotR online, it works the same as their instruments
 
surprised no one has done "Is This The Way to Amarillo". Meanwhile still waiting for the patch. Not played this game all day expectantly waiting the patch to hit. Ho well maybe tomorrow.
 
VandalD said:
A lot of us did on the GAF server, but not all of us. Not sure why it worked out that way, but it did. Could have to do with updates or just server changes.
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It was a strange glitch. We all started at the same planet. At one point everyone teleported back to their ship and became invisible. I couldn't beam back, hence I went to bed IRL. The next morning I realized that for some people the spawn planet changed to another one.
 
I've been fiddling around with the midi to ABC converter, and I'm getting the hang of it. The thing is that a single ABC track can't cover the full tone range; neither does a single midi track, I think, but midi files usually have several tracks. You could convert each track to a separate ABC file and play it like a band, but if you want to have a single ABC file with the whole song (for soloing it), some songs have several of their notes changed. Fortunately, the converter itself will warn you about this, but the best way to check the result is to play the ABC file in the ABC player.

Also, I've found a neat easter egg (not sure if this has been mentioned before). Pressing the cursor keys in your keyboard will make your character emote (similarly to Little Big Planet). Up for smiling, down for crying, and left and right for... something.

Unbound By Death said:
The combat is the only thing i dont like very much about the game to be honest, it would be nice if they had block and evade mechanics other than jumping all the time to avoid the same charge attack :).

Other than that i have zero complaints so far.
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I never enter combat without a shield; blocking and retaliating is an excellent strategy. Of course, the shield I have blocks about half damage, so it's not a guaranteed victory.

mileS said:
We have such an amazing community around this game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAk73l8MKFo
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So apropriate that it's you ("Miles") who posted it. :D
 
Oh StarBound, you so silly.
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DXLelouch153 said:
im still waiting for a Game of Thrones abc
cant for the life of me find one
among other abc music files(its a long list)
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You can DL the Song pack that I posted a few pages back. Its got a Game of Thrones ABC. Someone should host a dropbox of Songs so we all can add songs and play with anyone on the server.
 
Tiy just posted on IRC that an officially hosted mod website is coming tonight! It'll be great to get everything in one place, so glad the devs are so mod-friendly this early into the game.
 
KKRT00 said:
When You start a server, then everyone who join Your server will land on Your home planet.
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I can verify that's not true, for some reason, everyone on the GAF server have never been even remotely close to my home planet, save for a select few I invited over.
 
HaRyu said:
I can verify that's not true, for some reason, everyone on the GAF server have never been even remotely close to my home planet, save for a select few I invited over.
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Have You changed a Home planet setting in Your ship for GAF planet?

Because every time i make new server and people join with new chars, they land on my home planet.
 
HaRyu said:
I can verify that's not true, for some reason, everyone on the GAF server have never been even remotely close to my home planet, save for a select few I invited over.
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I was looking around in the config files last night, and noticed there was a default world coordinate: "defaultWorldCoordinate" : "alpha:-84936662:-62554636:-13754701:6:12"

Maybe it only happens with newly created characters and not someone who has already started a game?
 
I wish there were other armor solutions besides actual clothes. I love running around as a naked Ape. Makes me feel like Cha-Ka from Land of the Lost. But then I'm crazy vulnerable and freezing half the time. I guess a mod could make invisible clothing items, or super minimal ones or body suits that look like fur.
 
Enduin said:
I wish there were other armor solutions besides actual clothes. I love running around as a naked Ape. Makes me feel like Cha-Ka from Land of the Lost. But then I'm crazy vulnerable and freezing half the time. I guess a mod could make invisible clothing items, or super minimal ones or body suits that look like fur.
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Imagine instead that you're a refugee from Planet of the Apes and you can run around in natty outfits!
 
ZenVolta said:
After jamming with some friends I went ahead and uploaded my songs folder. Iv renamed the files and all that so they are easy to find(although im not sure what to do with mulit part songs =/) Anyway heres the link.
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This... is just so... damn good. Can't stop listening to Star Wars. Thank YOU!
 
iosefe said:
no, the music is streamed. you can find the files in the assets folder.

instruments use .adc, thats all
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I think he's referring to how the game doesn't just play a prerecorded mp3 or something, instead it actually reads the notes to play and produces them live through emulated instrument sounds
 
Foaloal said:
I think he's referring to how the game doesn't just play a prerecorded mp3 or something, instead it actually reads the notes to play and produces them live through emulated instrument sounds
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yes, i see that now. pretty decent soundfont, aside from the vocal oohs and ahhs. just my opinion
 
arts&crafts said:
Not guarenteed but we all put stuff in chests on a planet and saved the coordinates. The stuff should be there once they reset the characters shortly.
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Yeah, I figured as much. I put all my stuff on my ship earlier without thinking. :p I'll join in on the fun and horde my stuff on a planet! Thanks.
 
More from IRC:

<@Tiy> armor done
<@Tiy> weapons done
<@Tiy> now balancing bows
<@Tiy> now balancing tier 2 content, then tier 3, then finishing up the new tier
<@Tiy> kyren is going to make a change so we .. might, not have to wipe characters so much in the future
<@Tiy> *no promises*

.....<+kyren> the change will require a character reset

<@Tiy> just so you guys know
<@Tiy> when we put this patch out
<@Tiy> the balance might be a bit off, because we havent had long to test it
<@Tiy> *but*
<@Tiy> the new SYSTEM
<@Tiy> is really good
<@Tiy> we just need to change all the numbers and tweak them

<@Tiy> tier 2 balance done
<@Tiy> moving onto tier 3
<@Tiy> only 4 tiers in this version
<@Tiy> there were 3 last version
<@Tiy> the other 6/7 are just smooshed together for people to mess with

.....<Soaryn> So Delta Sect?
<@Tiy> yeah
<@Tiy> delta sector will be in this

.....<mxrhd_> Tiy: please look into letting us move our spawn points so if we die 8 minutes from the start point we don't need to spend 8 minutes of antifun running! thank you!!
<@Tiy> its on the todo list mxrhd_

.....<qazqazqaz> Tiy, are you guys planning to change how ladder/steps work? currently you climb up automatically when you just want to pass by, which is a bit awkward and have to jump down. (i was asked to ask this!)
<@Tiy> you can walk
<@Tiy> and you wont go up

<@Tiy> an officially hosted mod website is coming tonight too
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