Hey there, everyone! We've been reading your feedback from last week's stable update, and it seems like most people are really enjoying the new features. We've also seen reports of several minor bugs, so we've pushed out a new update which should address most of these. Thanks to everyone who's given us specific and detailed bug reports; it's a huge help!
Fixes in this update:
Fixed a bug causing clients to be stuck in teleport cinematic if they disconnected from a server while it was playing
Fixed a bug that could prevent players' ships from loading after a failed warp
Fixed missing outpost quest NPC, the arcade game quest is now completable again
Fixed a bug causing ship doors to be removed on upgrades
Fixed a bug locking players out of the end of the Erchius Mining Facility mission if they died after defeating the boss
Fixed a bug preventing the lever puzzle in the Floran Party mission from being completed
Fixed damage areas on ceiling and floor spikes
Fixed custom signs being set to 'on' after saving and loading
Fixed a bug causing the game to crash when entering a bad host name in the server join dialog
Fixed a rare bug in world generation which could prevent terrain from generating
Increased NPC energy regen
Greatly reduced server->client bandwidth for updating player ships
Made additional changes to further improve server stability
Included dump_versioned_json and make_versioned_json utilities for reading and writing various save data formats
Added a /suicide command for characters who are irreversibly stuck
Hopefully these fixes will be helpful to those of you experiencing issues. Let us know in the comments if you find anything new. Enjoy! [ 2015-04-27 13:33:56 CET ][ Original post ]
Starbound is an extraterrestrial sandbox adventure game in which you take on the role of a character who's just fled from their home planet, only to find themselves lost in space with a damaged ship. Their only option is to beam down to the planet below and begin gathering the resources they need to repair their ship and set off to explore the vast, infinite universe…
Use the starmap to travel between star systems, settle down and farm the land, build and colonize a modern metropolis, take on quests to earn a living, or complete story missions to unlock some of the greater galactic mysteries!
With lots to do and a near-infinite number of procedurally generated worlds to discover, Starbound allows players to create their own adventures in space.
Key Features:
7 playable races
A procedurally generated universe with unlimited procedurally generated planets
All content available in online drop in/drop out co-op
Generated dungeons full of unique enemies
Randomly generated monsters
Thousands of items
A deep crafting system
PVP gameplay
Own and decorate your own Starship
Develop your own home planet
Menacing boss battles
Procedurally generated guns and melee weapons
Farming, hunting and survival mechanics
Built from the ground up to support modding
Ongoing free updates
Multi-platform multiplayer
What will you find?
MINIMAL SETUP
OS: Debian Stable or Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or later
Processor: Core 2 DuoMemory: 2 GB RAM
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB graphics memory and opengl 2.1 compatible gpuNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 3 GB available space
Memory: 4 GB RAM
RECOMMENDED SETUP
OS: Debian Stable or Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or later
Processor: Core i3Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB graphics memory and opengl 2.1 compatible discrete gpuNetwork: Broadband Internet connection