Apr 3, 2015
2nd April - [UNSTABLE] Update Notes
Starbound - molly...gear?
It's been a busy month and a half since our last stable update, and now it's time for the unstable branch to be updated in preparation for the next! Before I get to the actual patch notes, please read this big warning text:

As of this patch, the 'Home' planet feature has been replaced by planet bookmarks and direct teleporters. EXISTING CHARACTERS WILL LOSE THEIR HOME PLANETS!!! Make sure to write down your home planet's coordinates or leave your ship in orbit so that you don't lose track of its location.

Now, on to the good stuff!


  • Players can now save planet locations in the cockpit navigation interface
  • Select a planet, then select 'Add Bookmark' to bookmark it
  • Select a bookmarked planet from the list to set it as your navigation target


  • Players can now place and register teleporters on planets
  • Interact with a teleporter to add it to your list of registered destinations, which you can return to from any other teleporter
  • Can also be used to teleport directly to party members
  • Find Teleporter Cores in the world
  • New Outpost store, the 2-Stop Teleshop, lets you use a Teleporter Core to create various types of teleporters to suit your style
  • Breaking a teleporter destroys it, but refunds the Teleporter Core
  • Outpost store includes a teleporter you can register for easy access to the outpost


  • After logging out, players will be returned to the place in the world where they left (rather than back on the ship)
  • Mission dungeons will persist for 10 minutes after all players have left, allowing continuation of a mission after dying
  • Mission dungeons now have teleporters at the entrance and exit, should help clarify how and when to leave
  • Players can no longer be attacked while teleporting
  • Players can no longer initiate another teleport while teleporting
  • Teleport cinematic while destination world is loading


  • All player ships should now be inhabited by a non-combat pet corresponding to the character's race, in one of a wide variety of color options
  • Pets will investigate held items and various ship objects
  • Pets can be fed and will develop preferences for certain foods
  • Terramart now sells several pet-related items
    • Food Bowl to keep your pet fed while you're busy adventuring
    • Pet Ball for your pets to play with
    • Pet House for your pets to sleep in adorably


  • Ancient Gates now have another destination, a huge and ancient ruin
  • Gives a few clues about Starbound's overarching plot... so mysterious!

  • NPCs and ground monsters now jump accurately and reliably find paths across complex terrain
  • NPCs and ground monsters are much better at avoiding and escaping liquids
  • NPCs and ground monsters should become stuck MUCH less often


  • Can be found underground on Radioactive worlds
  • Includes various unique items and a new furniture set

  • Reworked Apex, Avian, Floran, Glitch and Hylotl name generators to be much less (but still a little bit) silly.
  • Changes to melee weapon responsiveness, damage sounds and visual feedback. Lots more of this coming in a future update!
  • Ranged weapons now have varying accuracy depending on the weapon type, quality and rate of fire
  • Player energy now refills much more rapidly and has a shorter delay before regenerating
  • Various improvements to server architecture which should greatly improve server performance and stability
  • Various improvements to internal handling of Lua API calls which should greatly reduce CPU usage, particularly in areas with many monsters or NPCs
  • Many small improvements and fixes to objects throughout the game, including updating 3d printing costs in preparation for future additions to the game's economy
  • Scroll bars can now be clicked and dragged properly
  • Fixed several bugs with codexes. Codexes are now retained across universes. Existing players will, unfortunately, have their codexes reset.
  • Moons are now generated with solid cores to help avoid falling out the bottom
  • Several improvements to grass placement, also add underground ceiling grasses to several biomes
  • Fix bug where music volume changed in combat
  • Several small improvements to AI interface
  • Removed the annoying levitation status from random status pods
  • Added optimizations and cyrillic character fixes for Hobo font. Thanks to user dsp2003 for this fix!

Existing characters and universes are safe (aside from the codexes and home planet, as listed above). However, a few of these changes may require a new universe or new planets to take effect. Hope you all enjoy the changes, and for those of you playing on the Unstable branch, let us know if you find any bugs or have other feedback!
Apr 3, 2015
2nd April - [UNSTABLE] Update Notes
Starbound - mollygos
It's been a busy month and a half since our last stable update, and now it's time for the unstable branch to be updated in preparation for the next! Before I get to the actual patch notes, please read this big warning text:

As of this patch, the 'Home' planet feature has been replaced by planet bookmarks and direct teleporters. EXISTING CHARACTERS WILL LOSE THEIR HOME PLANETS!!! Make sure to write down your home planet's coordinates or leave your ship in orbit so that you don't lose track of its location.

Now, on to the good stuff!


  • Players can now save planet locations in the cockpit navigation interface
  • Select a planet, then select 'Add Bookmark' to bookmark it
  • Select a bookmarked planet from the list to set it as your navigation target


  • Players can now place and register teleporters on planets
  • Interact with a teleporter to add it to your list of registered destinations, which you can return to from any other teleporter
  • Can also be used to teleport directly to party members
  • Find Teleporter Cores in the world
  • New Outpost store, the 2-Stop Teleshop, lets you use a Teleporter Core to create various types of teleporters to suit your style
  • Breaking a teleporter destroys it, but refunds the Teleporter Core
  • Outpost store includes a teleporter you can register for easy access to the outpost


  • After logging out, players will be returned to the place in the world where they left (rather than back on the ship)
  • Mission dungeons will persist for 10 minutes after all players have left, allowing continuation of a mission after dying
  • Mission dungeons now have teleporters at the entrance and exit, should help clarify how and when to leave
  • Players can no longer be attacked while teleporting
  • Players can no longer initiate another teleport while teleporting
  • Teleport cinematic while destination world is loading


  • All player ships should now be inhabited by a non-combat pet corresponding to the character's race, in one of a wide variety of color options
  • Pets will investigate held items and various ship objects
  • Pets can be fed and will develop preferences for certain foods
  • Terramart now sells several pet-related items
    • Food Bowl to keep your pet fed while you're busy adventuring
    • Pet Ball for your pets to play with
    • Pet House for your pets to sleep in adorably


  • Ancient Gates now have another destination, a huge and ancient ruin
  • Gives a few clues about Starbound's overarching plot... so mysterious!

  • NPCs and ground monsters now jump accurately and reliably find paths across complex terrain
  • NPCs and ground monsters are much better at avoiding and escaping liquids
  • NPCs and ground monsters should become stuck MUCH less often


  • Can be found underground on Radioactive worlds
  • Includes various unique items and a new furniture set

  • Reworked Apex, Avian, Floran, Glitch and Hylotl name generators to be much less (but still a little bit) silly.
  • Changes to melee weapon responsiveness, damage sounds and visual feedback. Lots more of this coming in a future update!
  • Ranged weapons now have varying accuracy depending on the weapon type, quality and rate of fire
  • Player energy now refills much more rapidly and has a shorter delay before regenerating
  • Various improvements to server architecture which should greatly improve server performance and stability
  • Various improvements to internal handling of Lua API calls which should greatly reduce CPU usage, particularly in areas with many monsters or NPCs
  • Many small improvements and fixes to objects throughout the game, including updating 3d printing costs in preparation for future additions to the game's economy
  • Scroll bars can now be clicked and dragged properly
  • Fixed several bugs with codexes. Codexes are now retained across universes. Existing players will, unfortunately, have their codexes reset.
  • Moons are now generated with solid cores to help avoid falling out the bottom
  • Several improvements to grass placement, also add underground ceiling grasses to several biomes
  • Fix bug where music volume changed in combat
  • Several small improvements to AI interface
  • Removed the annoying levitation status from random status pods
  • Added optimizations and cyrillic character fixes for Hobo font. Thanks to user dsp2003 for this fix!

Existing characters and universes are safe (aside from the codexes and home planet, as listed above). However, a few of these changes may require a new universe or new planets to take effect. Hope you all enjoy the changes, and for those of you playing on the Unstable branch, let us know if you find any bugs or have other feedback!
Feb 17, 2015
[STABLE] 17 February 2015
Starbound - molly...gear?
These changes have now been pushed to the stable branch, along with a few other small fixes. Enjoy!

It’s been a busy week and a half since our last bugfix update. While the artists have been forging ahead on content for the next major patch, we programmers have been going through lots of user feedback, stomping out bugs, and cleaning up a few annoying problems that have been on the To Do list for too long.

  • Crafting and inventory windows can be closed by pressing the key or activating the object that opened them
  • Crafting (and other interfaces) close when you are no longer near the object
  • Interacting with objects now requires the player have line of sight to them.
  • This means that you cannot sit in chairs, flip switches, or use crafting stations through walls.
  • Add race-specific craftable storage lockers, accessible from the Robotic Crafting Table.
  • Fix bug with Erchius Horror causing beams to deal damage in areas different from the visual beam positions
  • Fix bugs with Targeted Blink which allowed blinking through walls and could result in players being thrown outside of the world. Any characters previously broken by this bug should be usable again.
  • Fix bugs with server banlist functionality
  • Fix ‘Not allowed to discard stack when locked’ crash when moving items to/from containers
  • Fix bug causing servers not to display error messages for some crashes
  • Support user specific username/password login for servers
  • Bow tooltips now display damage and energy cost
  • Container tooltips now display storage capacity
  • Penguin Bay will now tell players to come back later if no quests are available
  • Most beds allow players to sleep more comfortably, without armor
  • More changes to human armor designs, some old designs now available as cosmetic items
  • Capes now craftable on spinning wheel
  • Foods that poison/burn you won’t do so for as long
  • Fix appearance of tents while in use
  • Fix hand positions of a few items
  • Make Red Dye craftable to facilitate quest
  • NPCs spawned on the ship from spawner objects will have clothes again
  • Human Prison dungeons shouldn’t spawn without shield generators
  • Add less obtrusive graphics for wire nodes
  • Fix a few bugs with the custom signs including frame numbers for wired signs and light colors
  • Added some music tracks and ambience to biomes that were missing them
  • Added /whereis and /whereami commands to display players’ celestial coordinates
  • Make Steel Platforms craftable
  • Make Alien Wood placeable
  • Various improvements to cat AI
  • Fix a bug where sounds would build up while invisible, then play all at once
  • Restore suffocation warning sound
  • Better loot in microdungeons
  • Fewer lights in microdungeons
  • Back items are no longer stackable (for consistency with other armor types
  • Fix invisible sun
  • Fix consumable/weapon items ‘queueing’ when switching slots during windup
  • Add biome parallaxes to some mission dungeons
  • Lots of tiny changes to descriptions, graphics, object orientations, etc.

    ːpizzasliceː
Feb 17, 2015
[STABLE] 17 February 2015
Starbound - mollygos
These changes have now been pushed to the stable branch, along with a few other small fixes. Enjoy!

It’s been a busy week and a half since our last bugfix update. While the artists have been forging ahead on content for the next major patch, we programmers have been going through lots of user feedback, stomping out bugs, and cleaning up a few annoying problems that have been on the To Do list for too long.

  • Crafting and inventory windows can be closed by pressing the key or activating the object that opened them
  • Crafting (and other interfaces) close when you are no longer near the object
  • Interacting with objects now requires the player have line of sight to them.
  • This means that you cannot sit in chairs, flip switches, or use crafting stations through walls.
  • Add race-specific craftable storage lockers, accessible from the Robotic Crafting Table.
  • Fix bug with Erchius Horror causing beams to deal damage in areas different from the visual beam positions
  • Fix bugs with Targeted Blink which allowed blinking through walls and could result in players being thrown outside of the world. Any characters previously broken by this bug should be usable again.
  • Fix bugs with server banlist functionality
  • Fix ‘Not allowed to discard stack when locked’ crash when moving items to/from containers
  • Fix bug causing servers not to display error messages for some crashes
  • Support user specific username/password login for servers
  • Bow tooltips now display damage and energy cost
  • Container tooltips now display storage capacity
  • Penguin Bay will now tell players to come back later if no quests are available
  • Most beds allow players to sleep more comfortably, without armor
  • More changes to human armor designs, some old designs now available as cosmetic items
  • Capes now craftable on spinning wheel
  • Foods that poison/burn you won’t do so for as long
  • Fix appearance of tents while in use
  • Fix hand positions of a few items
  • Make Red Dye craftable to facilitate quest
  • NPCs spawned on the ship from spawner objects will have clothes again
  • Human Prison dungeons shouldn’t spawn without shield generators
  • Add less obtrusive graphics for wire nodes
  • Fix a few bugs with the custom signs including frame numbers for wired signs and light colors
  • Added some music tracks and ambience to biomes that were missing them
  • Added /whereis and /whereami commands to display players’ celestial coordinates
  • Make Steel Platforms craftable
  • Make Alien Wood placeable
  • Various improvements to cat AI
  • Fix a bug where sounds would build up while invisible, then play all at once
  • Restore suffocation warning sound
  • Better loot in microdungeons
  • Fewer lights in microdungeons
  • Back items are no longer stackable (for consistency with other armor types
  • Fix invisible sun
  • Fix consumable/weapon items ‘queueing’ when switching slots during windup
  • Add biome parallaxes to some mission dungeons
  • Lots of tiny changes to descriptions, graphics, object orientations, etc.

    :pizzaslice:
Feb 12, 2015
12 February - [UNSTABLE] Update Notes
Starbound - molly...gear?
(cross-posted from this post by metadept)

It’s been a busy week and a half since our last bugfix update. While the artists have been forging ahead on content for the next major patch, we programmers have been going through lots of user feedback, stomping out bugs, and cleaning up a few annoying problems that have been on the To Do list for too long. These are the changes we’re pushing to the Unstable branch, which should hit stable after a few days of testing to make sure nothing breaks.

  • Crafting and inventory windows can be closed by pressing the key or activating the object that opened them
  • Crafting (and other interfaces) close when you are no longer near the object
  • Interacting with objects now requires the player have line of sight to them.
  • This means that you cannot sit in chairs, flip switches, or use crafting stations through walls.
  • Add race-specific craftable storage lockers, accessible from the Robotic Crafting Table.
  • Fix bug with Erchius Horror causing beams to deal damage in areas different from the visual beam positions
  • Fix bugs with Targeted Blink which allowed blinking through walls and could result in players being thrown outside of the world. Any characters previously broken by this bug should be usable again.
  • Fix bugs with server banlist functionality
  • Fix ‘Not allowed to discard stack when locked’ crash when moving items to/from containers
  • Fix bug causing servers not to display error messages for some crashes
  • Support user specific username/password login for servers
  • Bow tooltips now display damage and energy cost
  • Container tooltips now display storage capacity
  • Penguin Bay will now tell players to come back later if no quests are available
  • Most beds allow players to sleep more comfortably, without armor
  • More changes to human armor designs, some old designs now available as cosmetic items
  • Capes now craftable on spinning wheel
  • Foods that poison/burn you won’t do so for as long
  • Fix appearance of tents while in use
  • Fix hand positions of a few items
  • Make Red Dye craftable to facilitate quest
  • NPCs spawned on the ship from spawner objects will have clothes again
  • Human Prison dungeons shouldn’t spawn without shield generators
  • Add less obtrusive graphics for wire nodes
  • Fix a few bugs with the custom signs including frame numbers for wired signs and light colors
  • Added some music tracks and ambience to biomes that were missing them
  • Added /whereis and /whereami commands to display players’ celestial coordinates
  • Make Steel Platforms craftable
  • Make Alien Wood placeable
  • Various improvements to cat AI
  • Fix a bug where sounds would build up while invisible, then play all at once
  • Restore suffocation warning sound
  • Better loot in microdungeons
  • Fewer lights in microdungeons
  • Back items are no longer stackable (for consistency with other armor types
  • Fix invisible sun
  • Fix consumable/weapon items ‘queueing’ when switching slots during windup
  • Add biome parallaxes to some mission dungeons
  • Lots of tiny changes to descriptions, graphics, object orientations, etc.
Feb 12, 2015
12 February - [UNSTABLE] Update Notes
Starbound - mollygos
(cross-posted from this post by metadept)

It’s been a busy week and a half since our last bugfix update. While the artists have been forging ahead on content for the next major patch, we programmers have been going through lots of user feedback, stomping out bugs, and cleaning up a few annoying problems that have been on the To Do list for too long. These are the changes we’re pushing to the Unstable branch, which should hit stable after a few days of testing to make sure nothing breaks.

  • Crafting and inventory windows can be closed by pressing the key or activating the object that opened them
  • Crafting (and other interfaces) close when you are no longer near the object
  • Interacting with objects now requires the player have line of sight to them.
  • This means that you cannot sit in chairs, flip switches, or use crafting stations through walls.
  • Add race-specific craftable storage lockers, accessible from the Robotic Crafting Table.
  • Fix bug with Erchius Horror causing beams to deal damage in areas different from the visual beam positions
  • Fix bugs with Targeted Blink which allowed blinking through walls and could result in players being thrown outside of the world. Any characters previously broken by this bug should be usable again.
  • Fix bugs with server banlist functionality
  • Fix ‘Not allowed to discard stack when locked’ crash when moving items to/from containers
  • Fix bug causing servers not to display error messages for some crashes
  • Support user specific username/password login for servers
  • Bow tooltips now display damage and energy cost
  • Container tooltips now display storage capacity
  • Penguin Bay will now tell players to come back later if no quests are available
  • Most beds allow players to sleep more comfortably, without armor
  • More changes to human armor designs, some old designs now available as cosmetic items
  • Capes now craftable on spinning wheel
  • Foods that poison/burn you won’t do so for as long
  • Fix appearance of tents while in use
  • Fix hand positions of a few items
  • Make Red Dye craftable to facilitate quest
  • NPCs spawned on the ship from spawner objects will have clothes again
  • Human Prison dungeons shouldn’t spawn without shield generators
  • Add less obtrusive graphics for wire nodes
  • Fix a few bugs with the custom signs including frame numbers for wired signs and light colors
  • Added some music tracks and ambience to biomes that were missing them
  • Added /whereis and /whereami commands to display players’ celestial coordinates
  • Make Steel Platforms craftable
  • Make Alien Wood placeable
  • Various improvements to cat AI
  • Fix a bug where sounds would build up while invisible, then play all at once
  • Restore suffocation warning sound
  • Better loot in microdungeons
  • Fewer lights in microdungeons
  • Back items are no longer stackable (for consistency with other armor types
  • Fix invisible sun
  • Fix consumable/weapon items ‘queueing’ when switching slots during windup
  • Add biome parallaxes to some mission dungeons
  • Lots of tiny changes to descriptions, graphics, object orientations, etc.
Feb 3, 2015
Winter Update - Bug Fixes
Starbound - molly...gear?
Hey all!

As many of you have noticed, we’ve released several small updates to the Stable branch since last week’s big patch. These have mostly been bug fixes, but since a lot of people have asked for a changelog, here it is!

  • Fix a crash when trying to keybind unrecognized keys
  • Fix masking on headband for avian beaks
  • Fix a button position overlap in sign store GUI
  • Fix border detection on adjacent signs
  • Fix some bugs with cat AI
  • Fix exploit with Dreadwing not properly aggroing player at long range
  • Change default ‘hide interface’ binding to avoid overlapping with Steam screenshot key; now uses Alt + Z
  • Update a few more human armor designs
  • Alien biomes now properly apply radiation status
  • Fix scrollable list widgets starting at bottom
  • Fix reversed alphabetical sorting in songbook
  • Fix a crash due to inconsistent animation sorting in networked animator
  • Change a number of container sizes to better match their object sizes
  • Fix a 32 – 64 bit compatibility issue
  • Fix bug with servers not properly clearing temporary files
  • Fix a few other miscellaneous server and client crashes
  • New fireableItem Lua API
  • Fix erroneous hotkeys listed in paint tool / wire tool descriptions
  • Restore Nanostove to portable pixel printer unlocks
  • Fix asset loading errors on several Windows versions including XP, pre-SP2 Vista, 10 preview
  • Change Windows file locking to allow multiple simultaneous client instances
  • Fix a bug sending excessive inactive client disconnect requests
  • Change Erchius Horror phase 3 to not cross the beams
  • More sign fixes
  • More changes to container sizes
  • Fix cooked fish hand position
  • Fix more issues with keybinding international keyboard layouts
  • Fix bug where NPCs were killed by breaking beds
  • Updated more human armor graphics
  • 3D printer shouldn’t show prices for items that can’t be scanned
  • Fix monsters being hit while dying
  • Fix wired objects being wired to themselves
  • Fix a graphical glitch in aurora parallax
  • Fix bugs with spawn adjustment and don’t allow spawning in liquids
  • Fix a graphical bug where some monsters’ animation parts displayed the wrong image
  • Fix universe server world corruption due to double world loading
  • Adjust rarity of food items
  • Fix hue shifting some stone types which prevented cobblestone from stacking properly
  • Fix effects for player damage and energy depletion / regeneration

Check our support page or post in our support forums if you're having trouble!

<3
Feb 3, 2015
Winter Update - Bug Fixes
Starbound - mollygos
Hey all!

As many of you have noticed, we’ve released several small updates to the Stable branch since last week’s big patch. These have mostly been bug fixes, but since a lot of people have asked for a changelog, here it is!

  • Fix a crash when trying to keybind unrecognized keys
  • Fix masking on headband for avian beaks
  • Fix a button position overlap in sign store GUI
  • Fix border detection on adjacent signs
  • Fix some bugs with cat AI
  • Fix exploit with Dreadwing not properly aggroing player at long range
  • Change default ‘hide interface’ binding to avoid overlapping with Steam screenshot key; now uses Alt + Z
  • Update a few more human armor designs
  • Alien biomes now properly apply radiation status
  • Fix scrollable list widgets starting at bottom
  • Fix reversed alphabetical sorting in songbook
  • Fix a crash due to inconsistent animation sorting in networked animator
  • Change a number of container sizes to better match their object sizes
  • Fix a 32 – 64 bit compatibility issue
  • Fix bug with servers not properly clearing temporary files
  • Fix a few other miscellaneous server and client crashes
  • New fireableItem Lua API
  • Fix erroneous hotkeys listed in paint tool / wire tool descriptions
  • Restore Nanostove to portable pixel printer unlocks
  • Fix asset loading errors on several Windows versions including XP, pre-SP2 Vista, 10 preview
  • Change Windows file locking to allow multiple simultaneous client instances
  • Fix a bug sending excessive inactive client disconnect requests
  • Change Erchius Horror phase 3 to not cross the beams
  • More sign fixes
  • More changes to container sizes
  • Fix cooked fish hand position
  • Fix more issues with keybinding international keyboard layouts
  • Fix bug where NPCs were killed by breaking beds
  • Updated more human armor graphics
  • 3D printer shouldn’t show prices for items that can’t be scanned
  • Fix monsters being hit while dying
  • Fix wired objects being wired to themselves
  • Fix a graphical glitch in aurora parallax
  • Fix bugs with spawn adjustment and don’t allow spawning in liquids
  • Fix a graphical bug where some monsters’ animation parts displayed the wrong image
  • Fix universe server world corruption due to double world loading
  • Adjust rarity of food items
  • Fix hue shifting some stone types which prevented cobblestone from stacking properly
  • Fix effects for player damage and energy depletion / regeneration

Check our support page or post in our support forums if you're having trouble!

<3
Jan 30, 2015
Can t Craft, Won t Craft
Terraria - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Adam Smith)

Crafting requires commitment. How does a person wary of settling down survive in the barren worlds of Minecraft, Terraria and Starbound? A tale of tourism, travel and cooperative tension.

… [visit site to read more]

Jan 29, 2015
Starbound releases first stable update in almost a year
Starbound

Starbound has a new stable update—the first since March, 2014. It rolls together the various changes from the last year of experimental branch updates to create a massive and wide-ranging overhaul.

New to this "v. Upbeat Giraffe" is... well, lots. Combat has been overhauled, new weapon and armour systems implemented, a new playable race introduced, new world types added, survival has been tweaked, barren planets introduced for large-scale building, new ship upgrades and ship AI inserted, and... well, maybe you should just watch the highlights trailer that Chucklefish released last month.

"Because of all these changes, we recommend that everyone start a new character," writes Chucklefish's 'mollygos'. "The game has changed so drastically that you d miss out on most of the new content if you simply used an old character. As a result, the launcher will automatically rename your old data. We may be releasing external tools in the next few weeks to import and convert these files to approximately equivalent characters, but unless and until then they will be unusable."

The update is out now, and you can see the full list of changes over at the Starbound blog.

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