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[Flying Dice]

Lab lockers are my waifu, they're so petite and helpful~


*snerk*

[Tarran]

Huh, interesting.

[Yoink]

I wish the game would work on my computer, because that sounds really cool.
...Maybe I'll give it another go.

[Sappho]

Huh, interesting.

This links to a forum thread where a discussion is already in progress. Am I supposed to follow the link in the thread to the reddit page? If so, why don't you just link to the reddit page? I'm very confused.

Actually, I've seen this happen a lot of times in this thread: someone posts a link that says "interesting" or something along those lines. No description of what is to be found at the link. When I click the link, it takes me to a forum thread somewhere with a discussion already in progress, and I can't figure out what I'm supposed to be noticing... Can I request that people try to be a bit more descriptive? Even if you just copy-paste the information you want us to see, it would be very helpful.

[Elephant Parade]

Huh, interesting.

People don't seem to get that PvP won't happen unless you want it to.

Well, I suppose the devs might add some sort of player locator. But I'm not sure that they'd do that.

[Silfurdreki]

Indeed, the chances of stumbling into another player by chance are astronomically small. Especially with how few players any given server has.

[Twi]

Lab lockers are my waifu, they're so petite and helpful~


*snerk*

I knoooow.

*sigs*

[Tarran]

Huh, interesting.

This links to a forum thread where a discussion is already in progress. Am I supposed to follow the link in the thread to the reddit page? If so, why don't you just link to the reddit page? I'm very confused.

Actually, I've seen this happen a lot of times in this thread: someone posts a link that says "interesting" or something along those lines. No description of what is to be found at the link. When I click the link, it takes me to a forum thread somewhere with a discussion already in progress, and I can't figure out what I'm supposed to be noticing... Can I request that people try to be a bit more descriptive? Even if you just copy-paste the information you want us to see, it would be very helpful.

I didn't link to the reddit page because then the people would miss out on the discussion of the forum post (for whatever it's worth), and it's not like the links are halfway in the thread. They're right there, on the first post. I don't see any reason not to. It's not like following one extra link will kill you or something.

Fair enough on the description, I should have put effort over whatever "style" there is in not describing things. Even so, in the case of the link I posted my job is pretty much already done--the link URL itself describes what I linked to already. I.e "in-next-patch-commits-force-pvp-in-x-sector". Clicking on the link, your browser and the threads title should also say 'In next patch commits: "Force pvp in x sector"'. The information should be readily available.

Indeed, the chances of stumbling into another player by chance are astronomically small. Especially with how few players any given server has.

Well, unless you did what Aklyon did and use that server monitoring thing, which shows the active worlds. Then it becomes a definite possibility.

[Flying Dice]

I just want a way for people to locate each other easily if they want to group up. :/

[Aklyon]

Well, unless you did what Aklyon did and use that server monitoring thing, which shows the active worlds. Then it becomes a definite possibility.

Unless they're on the opposite side of the planet, which means they might get back to the telepoint before you catch up with them.

[Flying Dice]

I do have to say that there was an appropriately high level of stupid in that thread. Even spied someone asking for a refund. 

[Meta]

Abandon the ship, patch is up!

Patch notes:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Patch notes for Starbound v. Furious Koala

Hey there Stargazers and Sports Racers,

It’s been quite some time since the last patch, and we have some very large changes dropping this release.

Code Changes:

Absolutely massive changes to disk serialization (sorry reversers), which will allow us to never need to wipe players or ships again, and hopefully never need to wipe worlds again.
Related, we now have a proper versioning system for save files.
Added difficulty levels and permadeath characters to the game.
Packed assets into databases (speeds up startup significantly), and included asset packing and unpacking utilities with the distribution.  This should also allow for easier distribution of mods, and easier construction and management of slimmed down distributions for dedicated servers (official server paks coming soon.)
Fix some graphical glitches with the wire nodes.
Fixed some pretty nasty deadlocking bugs with networking.
Fixed some very strange memory leak bugs stemming from a gcc lambda capture bug.
Fixed various crash bugs related to a number of different issues (thanks for the bug reports, keep em coming.)
Speed up improvements with falling sand and other projectiles.
More efficient databases storage layout.
Documentation for lua functions have been written, and we’re going to release them soonish.
Removed NaN floats from the code for performance reasons (reenabled -ffinite-math-only), we had been using them to signal that the float is disabled or in an invalid state, but we have a system for that now.
Some internal changes that make maintaining code much happier for us, including better enum to string handling and much faster compiles.
Other minor things, too numerous to list here.

Fun Changes:

It’s no longer the holiday, so we’ve removed the holiday stuff for now, we’ll put them back when we have a better way of enabling it for holiday time.
PVP is now forced enabled within Sector X.  If you’re in a party there’s no team damage though.
All player drops are persistent now.  So if you accidentally throw your diamond drill down a mineshaft, you don’t have to suicide trying to get it back before it disappears.
New Monster attacks (gravity slam! gust attacks! other stuff!)
Fixed Legendary Weapons damage (adjusted up to be more… well… Legendary.)
We’ve put in new Techs (such as a Glitch Mech).
New biome type enabled.  Savannah.
Boss Lore!
No more eating bandages and stims, they have their own thing now.
Better, more featureful abc file support, and we have Wanderlust music in the game now.  (Thanks Leth and D2!)
Made NPC chatter more configurable and slightly more varied.
Added new objects (such as lava biome treasure chests).
Added new items (like nightsticks and bonesaws).
Sword swooshes are only active for 0.6 seconds instead of 0.9 seconds.  Making cooldown times actually matter without slowing down combat.  Also fine tuned their hitboxes.
Viking helmet?  Viking helmet.
Watch out for landmines.
Various changes to treasure drop pools (like avianguards actually dropping their guns…)
Minor tweaks to existing armors to make them look better.
Medieval Furnace now actually acts like a Furnace. (Rejoice).
Graphical upgrades to some existing plants, and new plants.
Other stuff!

We look forward to hearing what you think about the patch.  This was a very big one this time around.

[Tiruin]

Absolutely massive changes to disk serialization (sorry reversers), which will allow us to never need to wipe players or ships again, and hopefully never need to wipe worlds again.

TO SPACE, LADS AND LASSES. THE STARS ARE OURS!

[Tarran]

Well, for once I'm glad I woke up unusually early (relative to me). Time to create a new character and then hoard like a mentally ill hoarder.

So, who's gonna set up a server with the new updoot?

I'd presume it'll be those who did so previously.

[Sirus]

How big is the patch? Debating whether I should try to update out on the road or wait until I get somewhere with faster, more stable Internet