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MrTheDevious posted:I'm sure this comes up every 3 pages, but how is the game now compared to early releases? I played the gently caress out of this game for a few weeks then decided to wait on more content/poo poo to do. Is now a good time to fire it back up? It still isn't a structured game at this point. There's no clear avenues of progression beyond the stuff that was in place months ago, so if your idea of good times isn't just flying around and finding rare drops on new planets or building elaborate bases, you'll want to wait a while longer.
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doggiebiscuit posted:It still isn't a structured game at this point. There's no clear avenues of progression beyond the stuff that was in place months ago, so if your idea of good times isn't just flying around and finding rare drops on new planets or building elaborate bases, you'll want to wait a while longer. Is there enough new stuff to find that it's worth playing again though? I don't mind flying around and seeing weird poo poo, I just exhausted everything the game had back then
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MrTheDevious posted:Is there enough new stuff to find that it's worth playing again though? I don't mind flying around and seeing weird poo poo, I just exhausted everything the game had back then Nope. There hasn't been any new "content" added except weather and biomes really added. I'd wait until at least they throw in the quest system before jumping back in.
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I wish there was more of a point to the various dungeons. There's not really much loot to be found, and there doesn't seem to be any like... ultimate item to find inside the dungeon. I always have an initial "oh sweet!" when I come across one but then as I'm fighting NPC after NPC I'm like oh yeah bleh and just leave. The human prisons are the worst for this I think. They all just feel like a waste of time.
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Macaluso posted:I wish there was more of a point to the various dungeons. There's not really much loot to be found, and there doesn't seem to be any like... ultimate item to find inside the dungeon. I always have an initial "oh sweet!" when I come across one but then as I'm fighting NPC after NPC I'm like oh yeah bleh and just leave. The human prisons are the worst for this I think. They all just feel like a waste of time. Sounds like the best part of Dungeons is still looting their materials for cosmetic reasons (Let's line our homeworld base with piles of free tesla spikes and barbed wire!). Even those rare matter block devices don't seem to have much of a point at this current stage of development. Since the only thing Matter Blocks do right now is craft armor that is better than Steel, but not as good as Titanium (a little tougher, but half the energy and no warmth). At least Human Prisons tend to have a decent chunk of Stimulant drops.
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IAmTheRad posted:Nope. There hasn't been any new "content" added except weather and biomes really added. I'd wait until at least they throw in the quest system before jumping back in. Roger, will do, thanks!
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The worst dungeon has always been the sewer dungeon. Fighting hordes of anime poo and robot spiders and pools of poison for NOT A SINGLE DROP OR CHEST, just some pipes, unique bricks and, of course, some poo for your fortress.
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Poop is it's own reward
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More gifs (thanks Gooncam!) covering the rest of the weapons in Tier 9!    edit: http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/the-peglaci.1768/ Oh also I released it which I ought to have mentioned earlier. Dog Kisser fucked around with this message at 05:30 on Mar 17, 2014 |
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Mar 17, 2014 04:06
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That last one looks like a giant lobster claw.
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Lobsterpillar posted:That last one looks like a giant lobster claw. At that point I was running out of weapon designs that looked fun and figured "eh gently caress it if it doesn't make a lot of sense it looks neat"
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Mar 17, 2014 05:01
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These are the sort of guns the base game needs. 
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Mar 17, 2014 05:29
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What are the practical applications of this gun? 
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Jackard posted:What are the practical applications of this gun?
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Jackard posted:What are the practical applications of this gun? Landmines! Or, for secondary fire, blowing poo poo up huge.
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They're Crash Bombs, of course you use them to blow up specific walls in dungeons to gain access to health-restoring items or a boss.
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They're proximity triggered, plus a timer? That's cool!
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diarmuidqq posted:They're proximity triggered, plus a timer? That's cool! Not quite prox triggered, unfortunately - have to get into scripting for that and I'm trying to keep them pretty simple. Basically, if a monster/npc touches the sprite hitbox, it'll go off. So very very close proximity, I guess?
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dog kisser posted:Not quite prox triggered, unfortunately - have to get into scripting for that and I'm trying to keep them pretty simple. Basically, if a monster/npc touches the sprite hitbox, it'll go off. So very very close proximity, I guess? 
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dog kisser posted:Not quite prox triggered, unfortunately - have to get into scripting for that and I'm trying to keep them pretty simple. Basically, if a monster/npc touches the sprite hitbox, it'll go off. So very very close proximity, I guess? Yeah, you can totally call that a proximity trigger. It's basically a landmine and sounds awesome. Nice work!
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How'd you do the aiming line on the alt fire for that?
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Luminaflare posted:How'd you do the aiming line on the alt fire for that? The hackiest goofiest way - made each frame really wide and just drew in a line and gave it transparency. No scripting or anything fancy.
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Modding is what makes this game loving amazing, and we're not even beyond the first stage of beta. Imagine the (2-dimensional) possibilities! 
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dog kisser posted:The hackiest goofiest way - made each frame really wide and just drew in a line and gave it transparency. That's pretty ingenious actually.
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So possibly another stupid question, are there Human or Hyltoyl villages to find in the current version? I've never seen any, so I'm cusrious as to what they might look like. My current goal is to make a small multi-race village on some planet, so knowing what Hyltoyl or human settlements look like (and being able to take some apart and put 'em back together later) would be nice.
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Ashsaber posted:So possibly another stupid question, are there Human or Hyltoyl villages to find in the current version? I've never seen any, so I'm cusrious as to what they might look like. My current goal is to make a small multi-race village on some planet, so knowing what Hyltoyl or human settlements look like (and being able to take some apart and put 'em back together later) would be nice. Hylotl won't have proper settlements until seas are added to the game, unfortunately.
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dog kisser posted:Alright, Gooncam is pretty decent. This is amazing. Like something out of a Ratchet and Clank game. I wish all the weapons in Starbound were this stylish and creative.
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AHungryRobot posted:This is amazing. Like something out of a Ratchet and Clank game. I wish all the weapons in Starbound were this stylish and creative. Welp that's the highest compliment ever, thank you. Ratchet and Clank is amazing (and in hindsight I REALLY ought to have cribbed ideas off of them instead of just inventing some random ones, d'oh.)
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 I was inspired enough by the ice guns to make a lovely little flamethrower for my chemistry mod!  I might do an upgradey thing similar to the Peglaci guns, to be honest it sounds fun as all hell.
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dog kisser posted:Welp that's the highest compliment ever, thank you. Ratchet and Clank is amazing (and in hindsight I REALLY ought to have cribbed ideas off of them instead of just inventing some random ones, d'oh.) What is stopping you from adding other ideas to the mix? I love your stuff so far also.
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How high up is the orbit/space/whatever biome with the asteroids and what kind of preparations do you need for it? I went up pretty high and the sky got like half dark with stars and everything but I don't think I was even close still. And the flying mobs! 
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Excellent! Have the projectile gib into molotov fire and it'll leave a trail of fire, too! Also, if you want to look at/cannibalize/use outright any of my code or assets go ahead. Lallander posted:What is stopping you from adding other ideas to the mix? I love your stuff so far also. Mostly that I want to work on other stuff other than guns - after tier 10 guns (just straight damage upgrades/new sprites for each type of gun in previous tiers (15 new guns?)), I'm moving on to village stuff (which I think I will have more trouble with because I have spent basically no time BUILDING anything in game).
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Macaluso posted:How high up is the orbit/space/whatever biome with the asteroids and what kind of preparations do you need for it? I went up pretty high and the sky got like half dark with stars and everything but I don't think I was even close still. And the flying mobs! You need a bunch of campfires/nanostoves to provide heat, but you don't need air. That is, if you're talking about the one you get on planets. There is a point where your temperature starts dropping very quickly, at this point you need to start setting out warm spots.
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dog kisser posted:Awesome stuff I know you've heard it before, but man that is some really, really high quality work. Hope you are getting the recognition you deserve. Did you post your race on the official mod database thingie? If so, post a link so I can go rate you up!
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I was having huge issues with lag, but it turned out to be because of the Persistent Farmables mod. Has anyone noticed it actually getting worse recently?
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Flameingblack posted:Exactly how similar to Terraria is this? I saw the Giant Bomb quick look and I think I'm going to end up beating Terraria in a little less than 5 days from picking it up to the first time to the end of hard mode. I like exploring more than building, so the new environments/different races has me excited. In terms of basics it's fairly similar. I didn't play Terraria a whole bunch, but I feel like this game is much more open in terms of exploration and all that. There's just a huge amount of content you can access on a single character with the different planets and stuff. That said, the progression in beta isn't done yet, so if you aren't just exploring for shits and giggles, there isn't a huge amount of direction.
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bobtheconqueror posted:In terms of basics it's fairly similar. I didn't play Terraria a whole bunch, but I feel like this game is much more open in terms of exploration and all that. There's just a huge amount of content you can access on a single character with the different planets and stuff. That said, the progression in beta isn't done yet, so if you aren't just exploring for shits and giggles, there isn't a huge amount of direction.
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Flameingblack posted:I just like going underground and exploring. I was a huge fan of playing Minecraft until whatever update had Chasms which made mining pretty much irrelevant since you could find almost everything you would ever need in one chasm. Mining in this is less of a pain than it is in Terraria, but yeah, not everything is implemented yet. Chances are if you like those aspects of the game you'll get some enjoyment out of this. If nothing else it wouldn't hurt to wait given that it's still being fleshed out.
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USMC_Karl posted:I know you've heard it before, but man that is some really, really high quality work. Hope you are getting the recognition you deserve. Did you post your race on the official mod database thingie? If so, post a link so I can go rate you up! http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/the-peglaci.1768/ There ya go! edit: Got bored of guns for the moment so I'm trying my hand at tile design!  Dog Kisser fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Mar 18, 2014 |
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