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Starbound

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Starbound
Starbound cover
Developers
Chucklefish Games
Release dates
Windows July 22, 2016[1]
macOS (OS X) July 22, 2016[1]
Linux July 22, 2016[1]
Starbound on Wikipedia

Key points

Modding and Steam Workshop support
Notable performance issues.[2][3] See Poor performance / low FPS.

General information

Official forums
Official wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Steam version doesn't include DRM.[citation needed]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Twitch Twitch Desktop App
Windows

Version differences

Unstable

The Unstable version (included with the game) is an unstable release that "may destroy your saves and be generally, well, unstable."[4]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Soundtrack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\storage\starbound.config[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux <path-to-game>/storage/starbound.config

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\storage\player\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux <path-to-game>/storage/player/
Saves are <path-to-game>/player/ and <path-to-game>/universe/
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General options
General options

Template:Video settings

Multi-monitor

Modify config[5]
  1. Launch the game and go to Options.
  2. Set the resolution to one which is single-monitor and tick Fullscreen.
  3. Click Accept and quit the game.
  4. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  5. Open starbound.xml with your text editor of choice.
  6. Modify the value in "maximizedResolution" : [ xxxx, yyyy ], with your desired resolution.
  7. Save and close the file.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open starbound.config with your text editor of choice.
  3. Change the value labeled Vsync from true to false
  4. Save and close the file.

Disable Frame Skipping

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open starbound.config with your text editor of choice.
  3. Delete the value labeled Maximumframeskip
  4. Save and close the file.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Spanish
Fan translation, download. Incomplete.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Connect by using a local IP.
Online play

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 21025
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

There is an active bug causing this for Windows XP users.[citation needed] Try the fixes below if you are not running Windows XP.
Wait[citation needed]
Many people have encountered this while launching the game for the first time. Simply waiting for it finish loading assets may work. This can take anywhere from 2 minutes to more than 10 minutes.
Resize window[citation needed]
For users experiencing hangups on OS X and Linux, re-sizing the window with your cursor has been shown to help.[citation needed]

Game does not start at all with no error message (Windows)

This may occur due to a DLL file conflict with other installed software, such as Microsoft's IIS web server.
Copy files[6][7]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\win32\.
  2. Copy the files libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll to <path-to-game>\win32\launcher.

libdirectfb-1.2.so.9: cannot open shared object file

This only applies to Linux users.
Instructions[8]
  1. Open a Terminal.
  2. Type the following in one by one:
ln -s /usr/lib/libdirect-1.7.so.1.0.0 /usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.7.so.1.0.0 /usr/lib/libfusion-1.7.so.1.0.0 .
mv libdirect-1.{7.so.1.0.0,2.so.9}
mv libdirectfb-1.{7.so.1.0.0,2.so.9}
mv libfusion-1.{7.so.1.0.0,2.so.9}
mv {,_}libSDL-1.2.so.0

Access violation

Instructions[9]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\win32\
  2. Right-click on starbound.exe and select Properties.
  3. Select the Compatibility tab and tick Run this program as an administrator.
  4. Also in compatibility mode tick Run this program in compatibility mode for:
  5. Select Windows 7 and repeat the same steps for starbound_opengl.exe and launcher/launcher.exe.

Notes

This doesnt work for newer versions of the game.

Poor performance / low FPS

Play in OpenGL mode[10]

If you experience low FPS and FPS drops:

  1. Launch the game and click Launch Starbound (OpenGL) on the launcher.
Disable threaded optimization[10]
  1. Go to the NVIDIA Control Panel.
  2. Set Threaded optimization to Off.

Notes

This only applies to users who have an Nvidia card.
Unset compatibility mode for Steam[11][12]
  1. Go to the steam.exe application or shortcut.
  2. Right-click and select Properties.
  3. Select the Compatibility tab and click Change settings for all users.
  4. Untick Run this program in compatibility mode for: and click Apply.
  5. Run Steam and launch the game.

Notes

This only applies to the Steam version of the game.
Delete registry entry[13]
  1. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers.
  2. Look for a entry with your path to steam.exe.
  3. Delete that entry.

Notes

If you dont find it there try HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers.
This only applies to the Steam version of the game.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP or later
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7 or later
Processor (CPU) 64 bit Intel CPU
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Debian Stable or Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or later
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.1 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References