Hey everyone! The next Starbound update is gearing up to be an exciting one, we think. In particular, we're excited to finally have implemented a feature that's been requested for a long time: terraforming! In other words, the ability to transform a planet's main biome into a biome of your choosing. You'll be able to accomplish this by obtaining a terraformer and setting it down on a planet's surface. By fueling the terraformer, you'll be able to expand the terraformed area outward, eventually changing the planet's main biome! Lots of other cool stuff in the works for Starbound 1.2, and I look forward to revealing more as we get closer to finishing it. 'Til next time!
Oh my... That is quite a feature. wonder though if will have same tier level that was originally there; after the terraforming that is... But regardless, it is nice to see this finally coming about in some form.
OH wow, I'm super excited! This is definitely a step in the right direction ^_^ Now I'm just hoping you all implement the ability to color objects with the paint tool! *nudge nudge* Keep up the good work!
That's a good question. If you terraform a planet from lava to garden, will a colony you build there get lava-level rewards? Will it still be bombarded by meteors? Can we change the weather? Turn off meteors and turn on glowing rain?
This is going to be very helpful for someone who isn't able to find a monster without expending a lot of fuel. I approve!
If it hasn't already, i'd like to request the ability to choose what trees grow, regardless of biome. c:
I'd be happy if this eventually lead towards better colonization efforts. Right now colony building is split two ways: either I'm a really good builder and I'm going to spend six hours making this beautiful city only to watch NPC's try to sit on everything while spamming emotions or I can dump them in tiny boxes and have them still pay me lots of money because they don't actually care or have real needs. Just saying, one of the neatest additions to the game is kind of a flop and could use some rectifying, and this is the perfect means of starting it through terraforming.
The same code used for the terraforming couls possibly be used to create new events, specifically ones involving biomes becoming corrupted and replaced by something else. Now we just need some bright modder to bring in the corruption/crimson/hallow into starbound.
I would love this if I had a gaming computer and not a crappy laptop to play starbound on. I would love if you could please get atleast the game preview for Xbox out. UI shouldn't take too long to work out for controllers. And the menu and stuff can just be copied from the computer version. Please get it out soon. It's up to the players to find bugs so you can fix them. We can help you do your job but only if you let us.
oooo that reminds me... now there will be a reason for myself to use a barren planet without having to use a mod or something...
Hell yeah finally !!! Hope we are able to modify the weather and set rain type ( or such, like snow, ash, etc etc )
