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[Neonivek]

Starbound seems to suffer from one of the early game problems Terraria had.

Which is that getting back from mining is a total pain.

[Frumple]

Ever wanted to know what happened when you reach the absolute bottom of a world?

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You get stuck, Can't move left or right, jump, or even use a rope to get out. Just stuck endlessly falling.

You can still swim, though, if there's swimmable stuff touching the bottom, too. Like lava.

I guess if there's a tech item that makes you fly or whatnot, it'd work as well.

[Slayerhero90]

FLORAN IS INCOMPETENT

HOW DO KILL UFO

Also got a bubblegun in a rainbow desert, as well as some neonmelon and sugar cane.

[Sirus]

I found a Floppy Lady's Hat. Now I have to try and save a backup of this character, in the slim chance that his inventory can somehow survive.

Quickly, file wizards! Where should I put this hat to give it a chance to survive?

Anyone? I hear that the next update will break everyone's characters. Seeing as how I just started getting enough iron and possibly silver to finally progress, is there any place I can try to place this stuff for after the update? Maybe storing everything in chests on this planet and writing down the coordinates?

[Elephant Parade]

Today I learned robot townspeople can kill you in one hit.

Also, you can cheese pretty much anything by burying yourself in sand or gravel.

[Flying Dice]

I found a Floppy Lady's Hat. Now I have to try and save a backup of this character, in the slim chance that his inventory can somehow survive.

Quickly, file wizards! Where should I put this hat to give it a chance to survive?

Anyone? I hear that the next update will break everyone's characters. Seeing as how I just started getting enough iron and possibly silver to finally progress, is there any place I can try to place this stuff for after the update? Maybe storing everything in chests on this planet and writing down the coordinates?

Personally I'm making a full backup of all the game files, so I can test the various possibilities without time constraints or having to get it right the first time.

[Elephant Parade]

I found a Floppy Lady's Hat. Now I have to try and save a backup of this character, in the slim chance that his inventory can somehow survive.

Quickly, file wizards! Where should I put this hat to give it a chance to survive?

Anyone? I hear that the next update will break everyone's characters. Seeing as how I just started getting enough iron and possibly silver to finally progress, is there any place I can try to place this stuff for after the update? Maybe storing everything in chests on this planet and writing down the coordinates?

Personally I'm making a full backup of all the game files, so I can test the various possibilities without time constraints or having to get it right the first time.

Since one of the purposes of the new update is to test progression, I'm going to make a new character.

[Flying Dice]

I found a Floppy Lady's Hat. Now I have to try and save a backup of this character, in the slim chance that his inventory can somehow survive.

Quickly, file wizards! Where should I put this hat to give it a chance to survive?

Anyone? I hear that the next update will break everyone's characters. Seeing as how I just started getting enough iron and possibly silver to finally progress, is there any place I can try to place this stuff for after the update? Maybe storing everything in chests on this planet and writing down the coordinates?

Personally I'm making a full backup of all the game files, so I can test the various possibilities without time constraints or having to get it right the first time.

Since one of the purposes of the new update is to test progression, I'm going to make a new character.

Who said anything about not making new characters?

[Sirus]

I'm fine with making a new character. I just don't want all this stuff I gathered (some useful, others purely cosmetic or decorative) to disappear into the ether. I will kinda miss his vaguely punkish look though.

@ FD: Which files should I grab? I don't think I can make a backup of the entire 3 gigs...

[Flying Dice]

I'm fine with making a new character. I just don't want all this stuff I gathered (some useful, others purely cosmetic or decorative) to disappear into the ether. I will kinda miss his vaguely punkish look though.

@ FD: Which files should I grab? I don't think I can make a backup of the entire 3 gigs...

The Character folder. Get the Universe folder as well if you're planning on stashing stuff in chests, though if your character doesn't work any more, it won't matter if the stuff was stored on your ship or on a planet.

[Sirus]

So visiting a certain planet that you've previously altered with a new character won't show the stuff you've done? That's unfortunate. I wonder how one would transfer items between characters in that case.

[sambojin]

What are some of the more impressive random weapons (or even hard-coded uniques) that people have found? Any explosive multi-shot shotguns? Acid-blob grenade launchers? Rocket sniper rifles? Just something really cool or funny or pretty?

And is the floran armour (with energy regen) any good? Is it fast enough at regenning, or just a mild perk? I'll probably play as an Apex (because I can make one that looks like a dwarf), but unlimited ammo sounds like the racial mod of choice.

[Darkmere]

So I blew a bunch of money I won't need when my Apex gets deleted (Alas, Zaius, you were the best orangutan hominid reference I never cared that much about).

Holding up a shield prevents energy regen... which is useless EXCEPT when you're immune to bullets and returning fire over the top of a shield with your machine pistol. This is my new favorite thing.

Guns seem to be pretty good versus about level-3 things right now, and kinda workable in of-level situations. Hopefully the combat revamp makes them a bit more effective all around, coz i REALLY want a shield and pistol forever now.

@Sirus, If anything might work, I'd try making a house on some level 1 planet's dropzone, stashing everything in it, screenshotting the coords, THEN backing up the universe file and trying to replace it when the new version hits, so nothing's attached to your character or ship. It still might not work depending on how they're re-scaling all the planets, but that seems like your best bet to me. Just be prepared to lose everything anyway if that doesn't work.

[Sirus]

Worth a shot. In fact, I just thought of something: making a backup of the character first, and THEN storing everything on the planet and making a backup of the Universe. Double the chances of things working out, right?

[Jacob/Lee]

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Truly, the Apex citizens know the right questions to ask. With the approval of Big Ape, of course.

Also, fun fact: I killed the first town guard thinking he was an enemy. Whoops.