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Shima Honnou: Dec 1, 2010; The Once And Future King Of Dicetroit; College Slice

I like that this game is slowly becoming SS13 as goons mod it.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 16:08

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# ? May 29, 2024 03:36

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
Ya need sumthin'?

WarpedNaba posted:

Mein

GOTT

Mein BUTT!

:yosbutt:

# ? Jan 17, 2014 16:19

eonwe: Aug 11, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

Shima Honnou posted:

I like that this game is slowly becoming SS13 as goons mod it.

As it should be!

# ? Jan 17, 2014 17:49

Kea: Oct 5, 2007

Shima Honnou posted:

I like that this game is slowly becoming SS13 as goons mod it.

Someone (not a goon afaik) has put together a chemicals mod based off ss13.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 17:59

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
Ya need sumthin'?

Desideratus, you have to finish it now. They know.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 18:49

Kea: Oct 5, 2007

Shoehead posted:

Desideratus, you have to finish it now. They know.

Correct the woman, its a robutt.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 18:52

Not My Leg: Nov 6, 2002; AYN RAND AKBAR!

m.hache posted:

How often did you have to resort to "cheesing" a boss? I just killed the dragon last night and I did it by hiding in a house and taking pot shots with my bow.

I feel like with just bandages and 5 health injectors there was no way I was going to kill that thing. The vendors do not seem to have any guns that are worth buying either.

You can beat at least the first three bosses without cheesing (I haven't tried the fourth).

I honestly found the first the most difficult - throw bombs at it or, depending on your definition of cheesing, use a cave that you can retreat under and shoot it with arrows.

For the robot, just get a decent shield and whack it with a one-hander, preferably one with a DoT effect.

For the dragon, I switched between a shield and a high damage two-hander. Hide behind your shield until the Dragon's in a spot you can hit it, switch to your weapon and hit the dragon, switch back to shield. Bandage yourself with the shield up if you got hit. Repeat forever.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 21:56

Desideratus: Oct 5, 2008; Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

Oh hi, I just finished a animated Rail Gun mod (with real charge-up action!) as a request by DarkDobe (Enjoy!)
Woulda had it out yesterday, but I was busy having a life :v:

Shoehead posted:

Desideratus, you have to finish it now. They know.

Now, I'm doing this :getin:

I doubt I can iron out all the code and bugs by tonight, and tomorrow I have plans for most of the day, but Sunday something should be up, I hope~

# ? Jan 17, 2014 23:06

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
Ya need sumthin'?

Desideratus posted:

Oh hi, I just finished a animated Rail Gun mod (with real charge-up action!) as a request by DarkDobe (Enjoy!)
Woulda had it out yesterday, but I was busy having a life

Now, I'm doing this
I doubt I can iron out all the code and bugs by tonight, and tomorrow I have plans for most of the day, but Sunday something should be up, I hope~

It's like so close to being almost... testable at least

# ? Jan 17, 2014 23:19

Kea: Oct 5, 2007

Desideratus posted:

Oh hi, I just finished a animated Rail Gun mod (with real charge-up action!) as a request by DarkDobe (Enjoy!)
Woulda had it out yesterday, but I was busy having a life

Now, I'm doing this
I doubt I can iron out all the code and bugs by tonight, and tomorrow I have plans for most of the day, but Sunday something should be up, I hope~

This looks fantastic, I might have to pick your brain about modding at some point, the existing tutorials are lacklustre at best.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 23:22

Desideratus: Oct 5, 2008; Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

Kea posted:

This looks fantastic, I might have to pick your brain about modding at some point, the existing tutorials are lacklustre at best.

Hit me up anytime, on IRC or Steam (Same name, also a galo sengen avatar). I think the big thing is that all the tutorials are user-made, and it doesn't seem like very many people understand Starbound modding in a meaningful way. If anyone wants to request a specific tutorial, I can probably cobble something together.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 23:30

Tres Burritos: Sep 3, 2009

Desideratus posted:

Hit me up anytime, on IRC or Steam (Same name, also a galo sengen avatar). I think the big thing is that all the tutorials are user-made, and it doesn't seem like very many people understand Starbound modding in a meaningful way. If anyone wants to request a specific tutorial, I can probably cobble something together.

From my perusal of some pages it seems that starbound "modding" is just creating/modifying sprite files and JSON looking files. Is there anything else to it?

# ? Jan 17, 2014 23:41

Lallander: Sep 11, 2001; When a problem comes along,
you must whip it.

Tres Burritos posted:

From my perusal of some pages it seems that starbound "modding" is just creating/modifying sprite files and JSON looking files. Is there anything else to it?

You're forgetting the Lua scripting! :science:

Edit: Advanced engine modding is coming later using an API as well. That will be fun.

Lallander fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Jan 17, 2014

# ? Jan 17, 2014 23:45

Desideratus: Oct 5, 2008; Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

Tres Burritos posted:

From my perusal of some pages it seems that starbound "modding" is just creating/modifying sprite files and JSON looking files. Is there anything else to it?

Lallander posted:

You're forgetting the Lua scripting!

You mostly got it Mr. Burritos, rarely is LUA script actually needed. Most of the need for tutorial stuff is because a lot of people have 0 experience scripting or modding, but they have some ideas they wanna make into content.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 23:51

Stokes: Jun 13, 2003; Maybe Kris can come in, and we can throw M-80s at his asshole.

Newbie checking in. So I managed to craft myself full scavenger armor and completed all the starter quests, including defeat the 'hard' Penguin UFO boss all on the very first starter planet. Was that supposed to happen? I'm guessing I can place a distress beacon on multiple planets to summon bosses? Is there more than just the 'Alpha' sector? I have a feeling I'm missing something.

# ? Jan 18, 2014 00:51

Section Z: Oct 1, 2008; Wait, this is the Moon.
How did I even get here?; Pillbug

Stokes posted:

Newbie checking in. So I managed to craft myself full scavenger armor and completed all the starter quests, including defeat the 'hard' Penguin UFO boss all on the very first starter planet. Was that supposed to happen? I'm guessing I can place a distress beacon on multiple planets to summon bosses? Is there more than just the 'Alpha' sector? I have a feeling I'm missing something.

The UFO should have dropped a Molten Core item. To progress you combine this with an Anvil at the workbench to create the Metalworking station.

You then build the starmap at the Metalworking station, and "use" it like a bandage or eating food to unlock not only the Beta Sector, but your next tech rank. Because being able to make steel bars and other such objects requires map knowledge for Reasons.

It's entirely possible to beat the first, AND Second boss on your first spawn world. Because you don't need to head to a new sector for required materials until unlocking and using the second starmap upgrade, and need to head to the Gamma Sector to start finding Titanium Ore for the third.

EDIT: My own question, at this point in the Beta is there any practical difference between the Alpha and Beta sectors aside from Threat level? Like, I've heard supposedly there is more ore density but I haven't really been able to notice.

Section Z fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Jan 18, 2014

# ? Jan 18, 2014 01:02

Desideratus: Oct 5, 2008; Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

BUTTBOT IS LIVE :frogsiren:

COME ONE, COME ALL, GET YER BUTTBOTS HERE :frogsiren:

# ? Jan 18, 2014 02:25

theysayheygreg: Oct 5, 2010; some rusty fish

This is a most beautiful thing.

# ? Jan 18, 2014 02:28

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
Ya need sumthin'?

Desideratus posted:

BUTTBOT IS LIVE

COME ONE, COME ALL, GET YER BUTTBOTS HERE

I can't wait for people to get mad at us

# ? Jan 18, 2014 02:39

boo_radley: Dec 30, 2005; Politeness costs nothing

Desideratus posted:

BUTTBOT IS LIVE

COME ONE, COME ALL, GET YER BUTTBOTS HERE

DM from tiy in 5... 4... 3... 2...

# ? Jan 18, 2014 02:57

Desideratus: Oct 5, 2008; Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

Shoehead posted:

I can't wait for people to get mad at us

We just heard from Mollygos, buttbot is A-okay for the site. So no worries about butt problems~

# ? Jan 18, 2014 03:00

GruntyThrst: Oct 9, 2007; *clang*

Desideratus posted:

We just heard from Mollygos, buttbot is A-okay for the site. So no worries about butt problems~

Good, I have enough butt problems already.

# ? Jan 18, 2014 03:20

Fargin Icehole: Feb 19, 2011; Pet me.

Question is, do you have modder's rights to butt bots.

# ? Jan 18, 2014 03:22

Mice Everywhere: Sep 7, 2007; I love animal porn! So F* you if you don't accept that!

Desideratus posted:

BUTTBOT IS LIVE

COME ONE, COME ALL, GET YER BUTTBOTS HERE

Do they randomly say "butt" in the chat? That's the most important part.

# ? Jan 18, 2014 03:24

Desideratus: Oct 5, 2008; Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

Mice Everywhere posted:

Do they randomly say "butt" in the chat? That's the most important part.

This isn't possible in-game yet, but I've lodged a complaint with the Chucklefish staff and hopefully some sort of chat parser is possible in the future.

# ? Jan 18, 2014 03:30

eonwe: Aug 11, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

Fargin Icehole posted:

Question is, do you have modder's rights to butt bots.

I'm waiting for him to force the download through an ad.fly link.

# ? Jan 18, 2014 03:45

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
Ya need sumthin'?

Desideratus posted:

We just heard from Mollygos, buttbot is A-okay for the site. So no worries about butt problems~

We did?

# ? Jan 18, 2014 04:01

WarpedNaba: Feb 8, 2012; Being social makes me swell!

Shoehead posted:

We did?

Even if she complained, I for one would be willing to lay down my life to defend my right to have cyborg butts floating around in a 2D spaceman game :colbert:

# ? Jan 18, 2014 04:14

Splizwarf: Jun 15, 2007; It's like there's a soup can in front of me!

Desideratus posted:

This isn't possible in-game yet, but I've lodged a complaint with the Chucklefish staff and hopefully some sort of chat parser is possible in the future.

This was a thing. Pets spouted memes for a while until someone (us?) talked Tiy out of it. I think there's some screenshots of it in the old thread.

# ? Jan 18, 2014 04:17

eonwe: Aug 11, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

Shoehead posted:

We did?

Yup, you guys are good, don't worry.

# ? Jan 18, 2014 04:20

Splizwarf: Jun 15, 2007; It's like there's a soup can in front of me!

Question for anyone else playing with MadTulip's Ship Mod: is there anything I can do to recover from having literally all the shiptech stuff suddenly disappear (fuel hatch, ship station, 3D printer, captain's chair, etc)?

# ? Jan 18, 2014 05:16

Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

Splizwarf posted:

This was a thing. Pets spouted memes for a while until someone (us?) talked Tiy out of it. I think there's some screenshots of it in the old thread.

That was concept art. Those pets are not in the game yet.

# ? Jan 18, 2014 07:17

Desideratus: Oct 5, 2008; Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

Splizwarf posted:

This was a thing. Pets spouted memes for a while until someone (us?) talked Tiy out of it. I think there's some screenshots of it in the old thread.

I don't think it's a thing now, sadly; I haven't found a single solitary trace of anything resembling chatbox interaction :saddowns:

If you can find anything to help, I offer you a bounty of 25 cool points.

Of note, I'm currently putting the finishing touches on my Exploration Enhanced mod, which makes a bunch of changes to various things. It probably won't be out tomorrow (I have social plans all evening), but Monday is a good bet. Please mention features that would be good to make exploration and stuff better; This is what I have on the schedule so far (Completed just means I have all assets done but untested, implemented means it's good to go)

Four craftable drones that follow you and shed light (Completed)
A handheld floodlight and a fusion lamp (Very bright lantern) (Completed)
A teleporter that takes you between points on a planet (requires coordinate input, very complex, game may be #REKT) (Implemented)
A backpack that provides the energy shield status effect; I have no idea what this is, but I'm adding it cause I'm intrigued~ (In progress; Code Complete)
Three concrete saw things, they're like drills but one-handed so you can hold, say, a drill and a flashlight; Tiers aegisalt, cerulium, and rubium. Currently the firing sound is too quiet, but (Implemented)
A hazmat suit that protects against poison (In progress; Code Complete)
A heatsuit that protects against lava (In progress; Code Complete)
Some sort of mining mech (May not be in the initial release) (In progress)
Additional biomes and planet modifiers (May not be in the initial release) (In progress)
The above will include a hive/bee minibiome, because you're drat right it will
A kickass hovercycle and/or a tron lightcycle (Will definitely not be in the initial release)

Things I've planned/been recommended/know are wanted that are currently not possible (And why)

A teleport that beams you back to your ship from anywhere; This just doesn't seem possible, and I can't find where the "interactAction" : "Teleport" or "interactAction" : "OpenTeleportDialog" variables are actually dealt with, so any leads would be appreciated; Other than the actual point of the whole thing, all other assets are in place for this
Some sort of night-vision goggles that are properly implemented, rather than just a light-emitting hackjob
Pretty much any ideas that would require specific scripting to go off; I've found that scripting does NOT play well with random generation (RIP dungeon that changes shape as you move through it)

# ? Jan 18, 2014 07:22

Fur20: Nov 14, 2007; すご▞い！
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね！

Desideratus posted:

I don't think it's a thing now, sadly; I haven't found a single solitary trace of anything resembling chatbox interaction
If you can find anything to help, I offer you a bounty of 25 cool points.

I'm a big fan of circumvention methods. Can you classify it as a race and make all its flavor text "buttbutt" without adding it to the character creation screen? You could always just have them spawn as NPCs, who can indeed talk. You could probably even make a spawner just for them.

# ? Jan 18, 2014 08:57

Kikas: Oct 30, 2012

Desideratus posted:

BUTTBOT IS LIVE

COME ONE, COME ALL, GET YER BUTTBOTS HERE

This IS going into the OP, right? Cause no other mod can top this.

# ? Jan 18, 2014 12:06

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
Ya need sumthin'?

FREEZE!

We really should have something in the OP or second post about goon mods, because a lot of them have been pretty awesome right from the start.

# ? Jan 18, 2014 17:19

WarpedNaba: Feb 8, 2012; Being social makes me swell!

Say, would anyone be interested in some kind of command prompt AI voice thing as a mod? Like VOX from Half Life?

# ? Jan 18, 2014 17:21

XboxPants: Jan 30, 2006; Steven doesn't want me watching him sleep anymore.

Desideratus posted:

A teleport that beams you back to your ship from anywhere; This just doesn't seem possible, and I can't find where the "interactAction" : "Teleport" or "interactAction" : "OpenTeleportDialog" variables are actually dealt with, so any leads would be appreciated; Other than the actual point of the whole thing, all other assets are in place for this

Could you create an object that gives you 40% of your current pixels to cover the penalty, then immediately kills you? Possibly with a custom animation?

# ? Jan 18, 2014 17:26

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
Ya need sumthin'?

WarpedNaba posted:

Say, would anyone be interested in some kind of command prompt AI voice thing as a mod? Like VOX from Half Life?

If it's like SS13 then yes. YES

# ? Jan 18, 2014 17:58

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# ? May 29, 2024 03:36

McCoy Pauley: Mar 2, 2006; Gonna eat so many goddamn crumpets.

There's probably something basic I'm missing here, but I recently got access to Sector X, and with the guns I'm now finding, my energy needs are way in excess of what my Vanguard armor can provide me. How do I get access to the next tiers of armor for humans? From looking at a FAQ it seems like Seeker armor is next -- but I don't seem to be able to make the necessary bars for it or have the recipe itself in my Robotic Crafting station. What do I do to keep advancing through the armor tiers?

# ? Jan 18, 2014 17:59

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