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Starbound Beta Thread - Begins December 4th!
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Frantic Fanatic
Neo Member
The first rule in Minecraft is not to mine straight down, because you don't know what is underneath you.
Now, since you can see a little bit underneath the ground in this game, I was under the impression that I was safe from this rule. That is, until I discovered that gravel and fine sand obey the laws of physics. And also generate in unstable patterns like in Minecraft.
One misplaced pickaxe swing and three screen lengths of darkness later, I found myself in a bit of a cave-in.
Fortunately I had enough dirt to place platforms to get myself up.
So the first rule in Starbound is not to dig straight down in gravel.
Now, since you can see a little bit underneath the ground in this game, I was under the impression that I was safe from this rule. That is, until I discovered that gravel and fine sand obey the laws of physics. And also generate in unstable patterns like in Minecraft.
One misplaced pickaxe swing and three screen lengths of darkness later, I found myself in a bit of a cave-in.
Fortunately I had enough dirt to place platforms to get myself up.
So the first rule in Starbound is not to dig straight down in gravel.
My first rule is if I see gravel dig straight down and then around the base so I can get a ton of ores as the ores in the gravel get shook free when the gravel goes so it's a great way to get a bunch of coal and iron with a crummy pick axe early
XT Vengeance
Member
I do this as well, but also because sandstone is prevalent there. I love me some sandstone bricks.
arts&crafts
Member
all I see is "Merge branch "master" of /Starbound (I am guessing its an inside joke)
keep reading
It has to do with moving the coding changes from your local... Basically multiple developers will have their own branch and will commit their changes to the same trunk.
I'm guessing that first change may just be related to serializing data.
I liked the "hurr const correctness" change. A programmer after my own heart. "My OCD is going to make me fix the const correctness, but I'll still grumble about it."
Weltall Zero
Member
That's not some patchnotes, that's obviously a SVN/Git log. And BTW if any programmer in my team used such "descriptive" revision changes, they'd be getting an earful from me. I'm not even kidding. I suddenly appreciate that all my work mates write descriptive change logs.
Even that aside, was this leaked? I would NEVER make a repository log public as-is. :S
Even that aside, was this leaked? I would NEVER make a repository log public as-is. :S
I believe the developer put it up on Reddit.
legacyzero
Banned
So I just bought this game. I'm..... Interested. And I'm a HUGE Minecraft lover, so I think this'll fit.
Is there any beginner advice? I have no idea what I'm doing.
EDIT: ooooh I found the Wiki. This'll be awesome. Any other advice?
Is there any beginner advice? I have no idea what I'm doing.
EDIT: ooooh I found the Wiki. This'll be awesome. Any other advice?
my major advice right now....
hold off on getting attached to what you are doing for a few days, as you are going to lose all your progress real soon
What do you mean portforwards the router?
If you portforward one port everyone can play on your local server, already.
I dont recall Terraria ever actually doing that, and I ran the GAF server for that game. I forwarded the ports myself. In both Terraria, and for Starbound.
The 1.2 update had the game use UPnP to automatically portforward when hosting.
I mean I can get it to port forward myself, but it can be a hassle some times.
arts&crafts
Member
I havent played in a few weeks but was going to get back into it, there is a wipe coming soon though correct? No point in playing now if there is a wipe in the next day or 2.
I think there may literally be a wipe in the next couple of days yes, but it's hopefully the final wipe.
arts&crafts
Member
Cool thanks, I will wait for that patch
legacyzero
Banned
Fucking METEOR STORMS. I can't build shit...
Wyndstryker
Member
Weather types are planet dependent, so if you want you can build on a different planet that doesn't get meteors.
Or build a meteor shield/bubble thingy of really strong material.
I thought I had read in this thread that the material type basically doesn't matter to protect against meteors. Is that not true?
Also, how long do you have to stay on a planet before you can determine that it does not have meteors of any sort?
Maybe the patch will change it so all planets randomly get meteors.
XT Vengeance
Member
When you start on a meteor shower planet the best thing to do is rush to build a furnace and make yourself a bunch of coal to fuel your ship and leave. It's very hard to enjoy/survive meteor planets without having access to higher tech.
I tried to tough out my first planet by building lots of thin wall barriers (since it would only destroy a small AOE) above my houses but I had to keep rebuilding over and over. Much more enjoyable to leave that planet in your rearview.
More_Badass
Member
Same. I haven't played in a month
legacyzero
Banned
On the bright side, it looks like they were half right about the releasing it on a monday.
Wyndstryker
Member
I thought I had read in this thread that the material type basically doesn't matter to protect against meteors. Is that not true?
Also, how long do you have to stay on a planet before you can determine that it does not have meteors of any sort?
Maybe the patch will change it so all planets randomly get meteors.
Most materials break in meteor impacts, but the stronger materials can limit the damage. All planets only have 1 weather pattern right now. So if you see any weather thats not a meteor shower, then you're good.
legacyzero
Banned
I'll be double dipping on Vita for sure. It's that awesome.
Cool, thanks. I guess I'll watch for rain when the patch hits.
I took the server down because:
a) Universe got corrupted, so everything was wiped in regards to the server.
b) Since the upcoming update is going to wipe everything anyway, there was no point in me putting the server back up after the corruption, because we're just gonna lose everything soon anyway.
Server will go back up once the patch hits.b) Since the upcoming update is going to wipe everything anyway, there was no point in me putting the server back up after the corruption, because we're just gonna lose everything soon anyway.
http://www.reddit.com/r/starbound/comments/1w6lyt/fyi_patch_is_basically_done_just_waiting_on_patch/
Started playing regardless with a mate and beat the first boss, we stopped and are waiting for the patch. SOON.
XT Vengeance
Member
That's not from a dev. Though it wouldn't surprise me if it turned out to be true.
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