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Starbound Beta Thread - Begins December 4th!
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Trickster
Member
That's the point I got too as well. So I think that's where it stops for now in the beta.
Hmm, so it looks like we're stuck with lvl
35
Alex
Member
Of all the games of this nature, this is the first I've truly enjoyed. Couldn't get into Terraria or Minecraft or any of the other peers but this one is doing it pretty well for me, curious to see where it goes.
One thing that I'd like to see, dont know where (or if?) its present on the road map is that its too easy to bowl over peaceful villages. They don't currently defend themselves at all unless they're hostile. It's hard to resist all that free loot, though...
One thing that I'd like to see, dont know where (or if?) its present on the road map is that its too easy to bowl over peaceful villages. They don't currently defend themselves at all unless they're hostile. It's hard to resist all that free loot, though...
A friend of mine told of this..unbelievable...i am stunned how many trolls are doing stupid shit like this.
me and Gon, (whoever that was) had a nice long exploration, through slimy caves, poison, enemies falling from the sky, ripoff Frog Merchants, to icy pockets inside the lava core, all the way to the glitchy bottom of the map, stuck for eternity (or until save and quit)
CrazedProfessional
Member
Maybe it depends on the starter planet, mine has acid pools and mushrooms and nothing is dropping leather.
Don't know if it's been mentioned but here's a Google doc listing interesting/useful coordinates.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AqWeq8NLrAsqdGIzaU1YQnZmUk5EeEw4X1Q2c2twbUE&toomany=true
Edit: Heres where you can submit any new ones you find.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oGAL9aJTGRIMC-X2HKahHCv62PfqO_igMh5tgcX0Hu4/viewform
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AqWeq8NLrAsqdGIzaU1YQnZmUk5EeEw4X1Q2c2twbUE&toomany=true
Edit: Heres where you can submit any new ones you find.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oGAL9aJTGRIMC-X2HKahHCv62PfqO_igMh5tgcX0Hu4/viewform
Weltall Zero
Member
Interesting. I just found out that holding Alt not only makes interactable objects shine, but also pops up your hunger indicator. Neat!
Trickster
Member
If you're playing on the gaf server then the initial planet has probably been strip mined completely. Otherwise I don't see why it should be hard to find.
You may have gotten unlucky with your starting planet and not have any. Or you might need to dig deeper.
Roland1979
Junior Member
Lol even if it was, Terraria is basically Minecraft translated Minecraft into 2D so there's that...
I see it's on point 15 and with point 15 all other points do not really matter.
That's just stupid, why put you on a planet with no iron at the start?
Trickster
Member
Just fly to another planet. You don't need a lot of coal or wood to fly to another planet
They might have made it too random, but as mentioned, you can use
coal or wood
There are a lot of balance changes they are quickly testing. They already did things like making bandages easier to craft, so who knows what sort of easier or more difficult things will get adjusted by the time a few months have gone by.
Along the way, there will probably be some silly things though.They might have made it too random, but as mentioned, you can useto get to another planet.coal or wood
There are a lot of balance changes they are quickly testing. They already did things like making bandages easier to craft, so who knows what sort of easier or more difficult things will get adjusted by the time a few months have gone by.
I thought you were stuck on the planet...!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
there's no love for avians it seems
Nope. Spaceship spoilers:
You can use coal or wood if you find either (cut down trees for wood and use the raw logs) to fuel your spaceship. I think it takes 1000 units to fly to a destination planet. I didn't play around with it much, but I -think- it may take 1000 units no matter how far away the destination is.
Be careful since you may lose your home planet, if you wanted to find it again. You can write down coordinates, or use the mark home planet thing on the map.
If I recall correctly right clicking the map in the spaceship navigation screen will show you a LOT of planets you can visit. Be very careful to zoom in and look at the warning level before you fly, since some of them may be very high level, and you probably want to stick to level 1 or 2 planets or everything will kill you, haha.
Be careful since you may lose your home planet, if you wanted to find it again. You can write down coordinates, or use the mark home planet thing on the map.
If I recall correctly right clicking the map in the spaceship navigation screen will show you a LOT of planets you can visit. Be very careful to zoom in and look at the warning level before you fly, since some of them may be very high level, and you probably want to stick to level 1 or 2 planets or everything will kill you, haha.
Rabbit Lord
Member
Really enjoying this game, filling that minecraft itch that I have had for a while. Sucks about the character wipe though. Here's my grave yard ship.
Patently Right
Member
The furthest away I've traveled took me more than 200 units of fuel, but never 1000. Click on the planet you want to travel to and the fuel gauge will show a section in green. That green amount is the fuel you'll have used up if you do go.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I plan on playing as one once phase 2 is confirmed
That's really cool!Really enjoying this game, filling that minecraft itch that I have had for a while. Sucks about the character wipe though. Here's my grave yard ship.
Speaking of cool things, I hunted down some procedurally generated monstrosity and it dropped a fancy sword that fires bubbly projectiles (crap damage, but it's fun to murder stuff using bubbles). This game keeps surprising.
That is really hard to know, considering there will be an ore rebalance.
Yeah. We don't actually know for sure that if you stash stuff on your planet (remember ALL the info for your planet by the way. The full name and coordinates. Coordinates can be negative or positive!) that things will actually be there after the update. Stash some of your more important things if you want, and assume they'll be gone unless we get clarification.
Edit: I think I'm going to disregard all my old stuff anyway just to get a fresh take on how the beginning of the game works out with these changes. I have been trying to find out how to mod the matter manipulator to be less shit though in the meantime. Maybe keep the slow mining speed, but make it mine 4x4 blocks - but I can't actually find the item in the assets folder.
Edit again: Someone over on the official forums has already released a working cat-people mod. Not something I'd be into having, but it's really cool that people are already making a new working race.
Edit yet again: And a mod for new matter manipulators instead of pickaxes. I'd guess you can't use this stuff on a server unless the server and everyone else on it has the same mods, but this is still really cool. Also, I learned that the matter manipulator is probably called the beamaxe in the item files. Gonna try to make a quick, ridiculous mining speed and huge radius mod just for fun.
ChosenPredator
Banned
thats pretty cool but for some reason i can never get into mods i always like playing the game as it was intended unelss of course the mod fixes stuff then im cool with that
This was before the last patch, but I've noticed that regarding fuel, it takes 1 unit to move between a planet and its moon (still goes through the entire FTL cutscene unfortunately, probably to mask loading/generation), 100 between planets in the same star system, and 200+ to travel between star systems. Maybe even more for different sectors, but I haven't gotten very far with the impending character wipe coming soon.
I haven't tried it, but is coal more efficient for fueling the ship? Wood is usually plentiful and gives 1:1 unit of ship fuel, coal is harder to come by and has other uses, can't really see a reason to use coal as ship fuel unless I absolutely had to.
I haven't tried it, but is coal more efficient for fueling the ship? Wood is usually plentiful and gives 1:1 unit of ship fuel, coal is harder to come by and has other uses, can't really see a reason to use coal as ship fuel unless I absolutely had to.
Coal gives 2 fuel per 1, but I've always used unrefined wood for fuel, since that way I can use coal for everything else, and wood is easy enough to get that I can just burn that when I go exploring new planets.
Yeah, I can understand that. Not every mod is good for the game how we as individuals want to play it, but I'm glad stuff is already getting made. Options are always nice to have, and it helps show the potential this game has for the future.
I may have gone too far with this. Also has the side-effect of showing the blocks/ores through the ground as you highlight it while aiming.
Aiming at trees requires holding shift, the radius is so big. Radius is 10 now in this dumb, quick mod, instead of 2.
Hey, why is the world all blue? I didn't change that.
Oh, right, because that's the highlight of what the matter manipulator is pointed at. For science! This is at 100, by the way.
And then I died along with all the blocks. My computer almost died with me. Fun stuff.
You also use it to make steel out of iron and coal. It's probably used in the future too, as a similar process.
Agreed. It became a lot of getting one-shot or one-shotting everything you see. I'd like combat to have some actual length to it. Feel like more of an activity. It'd also be nice to feel more powerful when going back to a previous sector, but not completely outclassing everything you encounter.
so much this
AzureSkies
Member
When does the character wipe hit? I just started properly playing a few hours ago.
fluffydelusions
Member
First reset incoming!
Actually I don't mind losing all my stuff, I love this game enough to start over again and again
When is this?
When does the character wipe hit? I just started properly playing a few hours ago.
I don't think they've said exactly for certain, but sometime over the weekend.
fluffydelusions
Member
Already put 24hrs into this game lol
fluffydelusions
Member
Ah cool. Looks like it's time to rebuild the GAF Inn
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
noooooo char wipes.
I've only been playing SP.. am i safe?
I've only been playing SP.. am i safe?