Resolved Starbound data missing when trying to use the non-steam version...

Are you using workshop mods?

~ Iris ~

 

You'll have to cope these mods into starbounds mods folder.
Workshop mods aren't loaded when starbound is started without steam.

Also which issues should steam cause with starbound? When it is because of the overlay you can simply disable it in the steam settings for the game (right click on starbound -> properties).

~ Iris ~

 

Workshop mods are located in:

Code:

steam install path\SteamApps\workshop\content\211820

The folders there will contain a .pak file. You'll have to rename those files and copy them to:

Code:

steam install path\SteamApps\common\Starbound\mods

Make sure that the .pak files are located in the mods folder. Also renaming is necessary because they're all named contents.pak and would override each other.
Copying the folders directly won't work because starbound doesn't recognize .pak files recursive.

~ Iris ~

 

Marking as resolved and closing.

Regards
Iris Blanche