Yeah, currently all the paid version does is reserve your name online.
Which is why I bought it

Flew into a star Woops...

These are the ugliest planets I have ever seen in a space game.
I crashed into one in a botched escape attempt from my second pirate wave. Nice to play a game wherein pancaking a planet is permitted.
I decided yesterday that, being that it's currently free, why not give this thing a whirl?
Quite fun and stable so far.
I'm curious to see how big one can go before the framerate chokes (it has held steady well over 60 so far).

Free? Doesn't look free to me...? Not sure where you're seeing that, unless it was a promotion that's already over.

You have to go to their website to see that the game is free until it becomes feature complete. I personally gave up on this game because it doesn't run well on my computer for some reason.

Talvieno wrote:Free? Doesn't look free to me...? Not sure where you're seeing that, unless it was a promotion that's already over.

Yeah, I could have supplied the details: they have a demo available during their alpha which doesn't withhold any content from the not-free version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLhnts8Xd5Y <-- the RF-56P Tigerlily II

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Another Megaproject game!
My dream is a leviathan modeled to closely resemble the loverly Minnie Super-carrier,
but functioning as a battleship, with 2 main batteries as well as some fore and aft guns, all remote controlled, articulated, and retractable into the hull.

Eye candy:

Billy quickly noms space rock for a mid-afternoon snack.

I think Starmade would only be fun for me in multiplayer...and I hate multiplayer unless it would be with a few trusted people.

Charley_Deallus wrote:I think Starmade would only be fun for me in multiplayer...and I hate multiplayer unless it would be with a few trusted people.

Then come to the IRC again and open up a server

Or maybe kato wamts to host one

Cornflakes_91 wrote:

Charley_Deallus wrote:I think Starmade would only be fun for me in multiplayer...and I hate multiplayer unless it would be with a few trusted people.

Then come to the IRC again and open up a server

Or maybe kato wamts to host one

I kind of ditched Kato on Starbound because of work and got burnt out >.> so I dunno what he is up to.

Charley_Deallus wrote:I think Starmade would only be fun for me in multiplayer..

Heh. I'm having a blast with singleplayer, crashes and all.

Charley_Deallus wrote: I kind of ditched Kato on Starbound because of work and got burnt out >.> so I dunno what he is up to.

Im pretty sure starmade interests kato as well

I just discovered the well-commented server.cfg file. Would it be a bad idea to increase ASTEROID_RADIUS_MAX, I wonder? ..for science purposes..

..also:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4TGR8G-fpI here's a good and recent let's play/tutorial series that is both entertaining and could be a big help with the learning curve.

Even the basic logic stuff was frying my brain until I got the idea to take the time to copy down the circuit I wanted from Bench's tutorials in crude flow chart form:

First use was in the little repair vessel I built to heal Billy's grievous sunburns. Worked perfectly after fixing a power shortage.

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Shotgun Billy totals in at 8,383 blocks. The salvage system accounts for 4,368 blocks including the slaved missile systems. Thrust to mass ratio of 1.8 isn't terrible, I guess.
I reckon the scanner is fairly useless greeble (seems either the design is ill-suited to singleplayer, or the implementation is bugged ..or both).
(still naked 'cuz I'm lazy when it comes to aesthetic design, and anyway extra mass is a serious liability in StarMade):