News on the next patch:

I haven't heard of a single one complaining about the potential world wipe regarding this news. Asking questions about it, yeah sure. Whining? nope.

 

c'mon now, you expect people to miss the slightest chance to say: "IT'S A BETAAAAAAA!"?

 

I never said people whined about it. Its just that every single time a wipe is (potentially) announced there are always those who act like it is some great surprise or remotely a big deal; saving items, backing worlds up, worrying about losing progress, etc. It shouldn't even be an issue at this point. In fact, it should be expected.

 

I haven't here, drop over to reddit though if you want to see whining.
I've seen people already saying they are done with this game because "CF are liars and they are done wasting their time on a game that has wipes"

 

isnt that the very reason why they supposedly avoid us here?

 

I like that they post information about the updates and the future of the game everywhere /but/ the official forums well before it happens...

 

To be fair, we don't know the reason why they don't post here, because, well, they don't post here =P

 

I'm surprised that everyone's glossed over "new death animations". I remember seeing suggestions threads on that just a month ago. This means cf is actually listening to us. Which is pretty cool.

 

Not really glossed over here, it is just that is a minor one that is welcome to hear of. The major ones I am awaiting to see are not even in this one... but I am patiently awaiting them, as they piece together the parts & covers to the overall game. So for me it is just noted...

 

How does one safely back up their world?

 

By enlisting the help of a flag-waving human, and activating their blinkers and a repeating "BEEP" sound. While wearing a seat belt, of course.

Or, by backing up the "universe" folder within the .....\steamapps\common\Starbound\ folder. I think that's where it is?

 

Chucklefish don't exactly give a damn about these forums, that much has been repeatedly proven. No need to beat a dead horse.

Update sounds neat but file me in the "I'll believe it when I see it" camp, when it comes to those "daily updates."

 

Your first two sentences contradict each other, and are obviously refering to my post, (keyword: back ups) so please stop trying to hide it. I have been playing the game since beta release and I have never complained about wipes. I am only now simply inqiring about back ups only because Tiy has mentioned it like it was a way to preserve existing planets through an updated universe structure. If the back up doesn't work, no bigge...jeez...I say ONE thing after all this time and bam.....

 

okay, so, you're telling me to get all the cool stuff from my house and store it in my ship until wipe is over?
or will this result in a ship wipe as well? I admit, I'm half paying attention.

 

There should be no more player/ship wipes going forward(anything could happen though, lots of beta left ). So yes, moving stuff to your ship should be safe. However the universe wipe is NOT happening with this upcoming patch, Tiy clearly stated that it WILL happen in the future, but not until they've finalized the universe layout. I'm assuming once thats ready to go they will warn us again it's going to happen. Tiy also mentioned you should be able to backup your worlds as well, though who knows what sort of wonkiness that might cause on those worlds.

 

Is there any info when patch will be applied ?

 

Sometime between now and the end of man kind.

 

Wondering if I should take bets on the ETA accuracy this time... if there will be an ETA

Nah they should take their time to do these necessary "engine changes" or whatever thats called ^^

 

It sounded to me like they're doing the "universe" version of the last patch. Basically they're making it so that universe patches in the future won't wipe ours if we don't want them to. There is no wipe for this patch, but they are expecting one final one in the future. This patch will apparently let us back up our universes/worlds so we don't lose them in the looming final wipe to come. Basically:

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