List of Announced Game Information (Retired due to release)

Lighting demo

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<Booboorocks998> im curious about changing what youre wielding without the mouse...
<@Tiy> Booboorocks998
<@Tiy> 0-9 to change left hand
<@Tiy> shift + 0-9 to change right hand
<@Tiy> i was swapping the torch back and forth at the start
<@Tiy> to show that 

 

Let's not forget Terraria had a lot of the same planned features that never showed up, so I hope it's not the case with Starbound

 

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<@Tiy> Tachyonwolf, I like the res we're working at a lot
<@Tiy> and the fact that it has a zoom in/out button
<@Tiy> [15:21] <Geoshadow> can I go in so far as going into the exact pixels in the charachters eyes P:?
<@Tiy> not quite that far haha
<Geoshadow> XD
<@Tiy> going out is fun
<@Tiy> i can see like
<@Tiy> the whole map at once
<@Tiy> and my character is a few dots
<JermEx> wait wait
<@Tiy> but that wont be in the finished game
<Lazerus> wait you were?
<Geoshadow> tXD
<Lazerus> lol
<@Tiy> it slows the game down too much
<JermEx> LOL ok
<@Tiy> and you can just cheat :P
<Geoshadow> lool
<Geoshadow> Find all magic stuff
<@Tiy> but useful for developing!
<Geoshadow> fly off
<Geoshadow> repeat!
<JermEx> Will there be a degree of zoom?
<@Tiy> yeah we'll leave zooming in the final game
<@Tiy> but with a sane max + minimum

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<Geoshadow> Im curious
<XZolon> Yes, Tiy. :)
<Geoshadow> if the flashlights are dropped
<Geoshadow> will they still emit light?
<LadyAijou> Tiy, some of us will never recover, but in a good way XD
<Geoshadow> or just flick off
<@Tiy> thats an interesting question
<@Tiy> right now they dont
<@Tiy> but i dont think its hard to make it happen
<Geoshadow> cause I like dropping light sources to see how deep things go at times
<Geoshadow> XD

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<Geoshadow> also diffrent coloured flashlights?

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<Tachyonwolf> Tiy, will there be an item that will let you move the cammra away form your chracter? Like binoculars or a scout drone?
<@Tiy> Tachyonwolf yeah you can already do that
<@Tiy> you can "look" with the arrow keys 

 

Awesome thread. Perfect for people like me just joining in. Thanks.

 

Wow This will be the ultimate game! I really love the fact that some planets can be infinitely dark or light. The acid rain is cool too..... Oh gosh all of it is super cool!

 

pickaxes confirmed through the lightning video.

staple item nowadays it seems

 

I want this game. NAO
I'll have to buy diablo 3 to kill time waiting for this one. ^^

 

AWESOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

NYAN CAT. We need a nyan cat easter egg! PLEEEEEESE <:

 

what about minimap?

 

Did they say anything about the colored flashlights?
I guess I've gotta sneak into chat...

PS: Also, new avatar and sig, courtesy of DezoLord over at Minecraft Forum

 

Thanks for doing this! I'm getting more hyped up about the game just reading these facts. =)

 

I'm not familiar with the term "Micro-Transaction"... whazzat mean? Is not havin' it in the game a good thing?

 

I think not having it in the game is a bad thing O.O

 

Micro transactions are like buying game content in game, like hats in tf2 or that stuff from most mmos.

 

I see! I couldn't care either way, then, I suppose. As long as it's for arbitrary stuff. So, I guess it's awesome that it won't be in the game!

 

ohhh if this is anything like terraria, =D

Please keep this up, I'd love to play this game one day.

 

You're not the only one. Somehow, I've fallen in love with the Sandbox genre.

 

Well, every choice is better than MW3, I suppose...(BF3, for example)

Also, I swear that Tiy & Co. said a few times on IRC, that the galaxy map isn't what you would initially think of - instead of being a visual representation of solar systems, you put in coordinates (seeds) that take you to a given planet.
Somebody get the chatlog from that time, please...

 

I did a bit of slicy slice through my logs and found this:

Mar 16 05:10:21 @Tiy: [19:09] <Sarzael_> the star map's functionality is a bit different than what you might think. Instead of there being visual planets on screen,
Mar 16 05:10:23 @Tiy: no one said you dont see them
Mar 16 05:11:05 WrathPhoenix: So having saidd that tiy - is that basically the crux of it? you can input coordinates which essentially act as seeds?
Mar 16 05:138 WrathPhoenix: Tiy - is that essentially how the coordinate travel works thouggh? as a random seed that generates on cue?
Mar 16 05:13:56 @Tiy: coordinates are seeds yeah
Mar 16 05:14:43 @Tiy: the space stations location is undefined
Mar 16 05:15:14 NaturallyMode: Tiy so basically, when you type a co-ordinate it generated a world, so co-ordinates produce the same world across all saves? so if you think about it, every universe is the same? do we start at the same place?
Mar 16 05:15:45 @Tiy: NaturallyMode, well.. there ISNT a prexisting universe, but there are seeds for random planets
Mar 16 05:15:51 @Tiy: in the same way there are seeds for minecraft worlds
Mar 16 05:16:11 NaturallyMode: Tiy maybe a random seed for the universe too? to mix it up a bit? so each universe is different?
Mar 16 05:16:23 @Tiy: NaturallyMode but its nice if people can share awesome planets they found
Mar 16 05:160 @Tiy: by sharing the seed (coordinates)
Mar 16 05:164 @Tiy: thats the purpose of a seed
Mar 16 05:16:40 @Tiy: like in minecraft, you find a cool world gen
Mar 16 05:16:43 @Tiy: you share it with the seed
Mar 16 05:17:23 NaturallyMode: Tiy that is a pretty cool aspect, but how many seeds will there be? aka, how many numbers in each seed? so we can avoid the risk of running into the same world the second time around if we want.
Mar 16 05:171 @Tiy: NaturallyMode
Mar 16 05:178 @Tiy: there are almost an infinite number of planets
Mar 16 05:17:45 @Tiy: you're more likely to get struck by lightning
Mar 16 05:17:50 @Tiy: than you would be to find the same planet twice
Mar 16 05:18:17 NaturallyMode: Tiy oh ok lol, just wanted to check, thanks :>
Mar 16 05:180 @Tiy: its.. possible.. yes
Mar 16 05:191 @Tiy: but so is the chance of accidentally falling onto a unicycle, which accidentally rolls you into a news agent, where a lottery ticket accidentally falls into your pocket, and your money falls out of your pocket, accidentally onto the table, and the unicycle accidentally wheels you back home where you accidentally fall onto the couch just as the lottery comes on and you accidentally win

WelshPixie also made a thread with this:
http://community.playstarbound.com/...ealed-and-some-stuff-about-co-ordinates.2967/