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xxEightxx posted:Is there a memory leak in this game? I cant figure out why an 8 bit game is running sluggish at times, I think your version might be missing a few bits if you only have 8 edit: gently caress, new page answer: This game is not completely optimized just yet, and even then it's a good degree more complicated than an '8 bit game' so even when it is optimized it will still be a bit resource needy and if you don't have what it needs then slowdowns and sluggishness will occur
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Roflex posted:I've done LAN games with a single friend and it worked okay, had a few worlds wiped when the server crashed ungracefully so make sure you're running it on the beefiest machine available or on its own machine.
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Im trying to use the mining laser posted earlier, but Im not sure how to merge the player config file. Just pasting it in causes my game to not load.
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xxEightxx posted:Is there a memory leak in this game? I cant figure out why an 8 bit game is running sluggish at times, Starbound is not an "8-bit game" in any sense.
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KoB posted:Im trying to use the mining laser posted earlier, but Im not sure how to merge the player config file. Just pasting it in causes my game to not load. If it's the beam one desideratus posted earlier, you just throw it into your starbound/mods folder and extract it.The filepath should end up Steam/Steamapps/common/Starbound/Mods/MOD FOLDER WITH ALL THE poo poo IN IT. No mucking around with the .config yourself at all.
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Well, I feel pretty dumb. For two weeks I have been playing this game thinking I can't wait for it to be better optimized and run better on my machine. I love the concept, but have only been able to take small bits of play at a time, because it has been so frustratingly sluggish. Well, it turns out that this game isn't so bad at all, once you do two things: 1) Turn off the Steam overlay for Starbound. (right click in library, properties, uncheck steam community) 2) Make sure that Steam isn't running in compatability mode at all, including checking the registry. I used this guide. These two things have completely transformed Starbound from a sluggish and barely playable game, into a smooth running and very fun experience. I recommend everyone try it. I wish this information was in the OP. Someone probably mentioned it early on in the thread and I missed it because I read the OP and skipped to more recent posts.
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Babe Magnet posted:Check out what I found on the Nexus  Dear god how do these people exist
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Babe Magnet posted:
These are so good, nice work. I'm not sure whether they're quite grand enough for t10 armour though, other races have elaborate crazyness for their top armour. Raskolnikov posted:Come on character wipe! I want to start playing again! Yeah, I'm in this boat too. Hope it's soon, I didn't quite realise this patch would be weeks in coming otherwise I might not have decided to hold off until it drops before playing again.
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Cake Bandit posted:
Ai! Oh! Let's go! Ai! Oh! Let's go!
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Huh, so I've found out that while Starbound runs at a smoother/more stable framerate on my laptop than my desktop (for reasons that are completely beyond me), my laptop exhibits that annoying "planet hasn't finished loading yet" issue that prevents you from beaming down to a planet sometimes. I'm not really sure why that'd happen, like I said, the laptop runs about as well as the desktop, and while the laptop doesn't have as much RAM it still has 4 gigs, which should be more than enough if the game's memory usage on the desktop (which has 8) is any indication. Also while I was trying to figure out what the deal with the teleport issue was, I did a fair amount of browsing the official forums, and what's up with all the really weirdly catty people in the tech support section? EDIT: I could swear I'd deleted the ~, not the 4 in that sentence. Ernie Muppari fucked around with this message at 09:25 on Jan 9, 2014 |
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I noticed if Steam is running in compatibility mode it will seriously affect your framerate. I also ran Steam as administrator too, fixed my problem. I also updated my Nvidia video drivers if you haven't done that yet. Now my game runs pretty smooth after being borderline unplayable.
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Oh sweet lord, using a pickaxe to break blocks one at a time in Terraria has become a hellish nightmare after getting used to taking them out in chunks in Starbound  EDIT: On the other hand, I feel like some kind of Olympian God with how much damage I can take and dish out when it comes to common enemies using just the clothes on my back and a wooden sword. Oh, a zombie horde and flying eyeballs. I guess I could stop to build shelter, but why bother? Section Z fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Jan 9, 2014 |
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Wheezle posted:Starbound is not an "8-bit game" in any sense. 
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I threw together a 360 controller setup for Starbound in xpadder. It's not comprehensive but it works well enough. Holding the left bumper (L1) switches to a fixed shot mode or a fine cursor movement mode, depending on what you're using it for. Been getting some thanks for it on Steam so might as well post it here too. It's not perfect so any improvements or feedback is welcome. http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/02KR0WG4/Starbound_xpadder_concept.zip_links
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Well poo poo, the mob has spoken, gotta go make these Skellies all space-90s-rad. I should have a barebones (ohohoho) release up in a bit that's literally just their bodies. Amt I'm just redrawing human legs as skeleton ones and it's confusing my brain. But it looks good in motion!
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Shoehead posted:Well poo poo, the mob has spoken, gotta go make these Skellies all space-90s-rad. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this, ongoing, if anything. This is pretty rad.
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Babe Magnet posted:Check out what I found on the Nexus
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CJacobs posted:It originated on the Starbound forums but was quietly removed Not quietly enough it seems!
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Babe Magnet posted:Check out what I found on the Nexus It's been their featured mod for like a week too. There's some tits and dicks stuff up too.
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xxEightxx posted:Is there a memory leak in this game? I cant figure out why an 8 bit game is running sluggish at times,
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Chalks posted:These are so good, nice work. I'm not sure whether they're quite grand enough for t10 armour though, other races have elaborate crazyness for their top armour. Yeah, I thought that too, but I figured with t10s like the Apex around, it should be fine. When I do the other 9 (the Assassin's Creed style robes I'm doing for t9 is going to destroy me) I'm hoping it give me better perspective on each design so I can really flesh them out.
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Ok guys here is the super secret first tiny part of my Skelly race. poo poo that is in:
poo poo you'll need:  THIS MODpoo poo I want to add:
So please you rad dudes, give it a shot, and send me screens because I totally need 'em! Oh also let me know if any pixels are sticking out from under clothes, especially with the female Skellies. I think I got most of them! Also yes I'm calling them Skellies. Edit: Fixed the starter sword not showing up. Shoehead fucked around with this message at 17:21 on Jan 9, 2014 |
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Shoehead posted:Ok guys here is the super secret first tiny part of my Skelly race. If you need any help writing lore, descriptions, dialogue etc. I am 100% down. These dudes own and you own for making them.
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Wheezle posted:Starbound is not an "8-bit game" in any sense. It was a tongue in cheek reference because of the graphics. I didn't think anyone would believe I thought it was an 8-bit game. whoops.
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Shoehead posted:Ok guys here is the super secret first tiny part of my Skelly race. Their ship needs to be the spaceship equivalent of a Ghost Train after Xibit gets his hands on it. They are also going to need a death animation that is literally them collapsing into a pile of bones. Finally, if it's possible to make their racial weapons into literal extensions of their arm that can be hotswapped in and out as necessary, it must be done.
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Can we get a list of goon-mods added to the OP? Or is there already a place to find them? Between the kick-rear end geode guys, the skeletons, the mining laser, the ships... I'm not sure what's in progress, what's done, or what's just a "here's an idea" mod!
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quote:@Tiyuri: To clarify, the next update will make characters backwards compatible, meaning no more character wipes. Including ships. Now I'm genuinely curious how they're pulling it off!  But yay for this making sure ships are safe, too.
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I've already deleted my old saves but it's nice to know going forward that wipes will be a thing of the past.
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Babe Magnet posted:Check out what I found on the Nexus You were expecting anything else? This is from a community that built a MLP mod within a week of the game's release.
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Shoehead posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgIIelfm6zA You should make it so that the cloning machine malfunctions and throws sparks or smoke or something, like the machine breaks before it could finish cloning the entire person. Hence just the Skelly comes out.
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E-Tank posted:You were expecting anything else? This is from a community that built a MLP mod within a week of the game's release. And people wonder why aliens have not contacted us yet.
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I'm thinking the Skellie respawn animation should be them rising out of a grave.
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E-Tank posted:You were expecting anything else? This is from a community that built a MLP mod within a week of the game's release. When PvP exists I will become an MLP Bounty Hunter. Nix that, simply an MLP Hunter. I take none alive.
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Cryohazard posted:They are also going to need a death animation that is literally them collapsing into a pile of bones. I like the idea of their respawn animation being the opposite of this: a pile of bones that twitches and then reassembles into a skeleton (like a red skeleton in Castlevania) EDIT: VVVVVVVV Okay, that's way better. I fully support this idea. Zero_Tactility fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Jan 9, 2014 |
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No, a human body should step out of a cloning tube and then the Skelly just suddenly explodes out in slow motion, throwing up a peace sign while blood and meat just flies everywhere.
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I've been out of the loop for a while, are there any mods that help distinguishing ores for colorblind people? That was my main beef with terraria, and Starbound default ores are even worse.
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Fishstick posted:I've been out of the loop for a while, are there any mods that help distinguishing ores for colorblind people? That was my main beef with terraria, and Starbound default ores are even worse. It's hard even for people who aren't colorblind. I am completely incapable of differentiating silver and titanium without digging it up. Coal and iron can get hard too depending on the color of the dirt they're in.
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