Starbound

Starbound

Startroid: beams & Missiles but it looks good
34 Comments
Zacrabo  [author] Apr 18, 2024 @ 2:14am 
there
Zacrabo  [author] Apr 11, 2024 @ 11:02pm 
to the person who keeps begging for this to support another patch: sorry i left it for later (because i didn't feel like it) and now i'm not gonna have internet at home for a few days. oops.
Jack.K Drack Jul 6, 2023 @ 7:57am 
Based on my findings: {LINK REMOVED}
Somehow the fix for the weapon model has to be edited in the weapon.lua - i'm not knowledgeable myself to modding this game sadly so if either the author of both mods can find a way to fix that or someone to make a third patch for either i hope this helps as a reminder of where the poetential issue BBAPepsiMann is as a fresh reminder.
Zacrabo  [author] Aug 24, 2022 @ 11:59am 
oh well, thanks for your time anyway
Concoction of Constitution Aug 24, 2022 @ 11:24am 
- making the erchius horror drop the cannon is a bit of a weird choice but i can't really think of a better alternative for a weapon that scales so whatever

It's the first main boss that you fight, so I figure it's a good starting point for a weapon that scales.

- i feel like you should be able to take the upgrades out of the cannon

I would love to as well, but Starbound's code was never built for an upgradable weapon type, which means I had to resort to permanent character upgrades in order to keep track of the items slotted. This is also why you can't have two different arm cannons with separate upgrades.

- i'm not sure if the shape of the missile upgrade window is intentional but it looks weird

I didn't have a specific design in place for the missile window, so yeah it does look janky and unfinished. This is also because I wasn't sure if I was going to add more to it later on or not, but this is definitely changeable.
Concoction of Constitution Aug 24, 2022 @ 11:23am 
> - when you aim up the cannon just slides out of your hand which looks bad

Not sure how to prevent this from happening, unfortunately.

- i feel like the energy ball when charging a shot should change color depending on which beam you're shooting

I wanted to do this as well, but since the charge ball is tied to the sprite of the launcher itself, I don't think I can change the color of that specifically.

- i find it weird that you can't damage enemies while they're frozen, this might've been a balancing decision but idk

Nope, that's just a side effect of the way frozen enemies are coded in starbound. This one is possibly fixable given the way debuffs are configurable, but I haven't figured out how yet. This is also something that I wanted to change as well since I'm unsatisfied with the way freezing enemies works right now.
Zacrabo  [author] Aug 24, 2022 @ 10:38am 
also, this is more of a technical thing, but if two items in starbound have the same internal name then the game crashes, most modders use prefixes to prevent this like for example "startroid_youritemname", this is worsened by the fact that as far as i remember your mod uses pretty generic names. you can't really fix this anymore without giving people problems unless you were to release a new version separately which is probably a bit too much trouble, but keep it in mind if you ever add any new items or objects or monsters or whatever. file paths can also be problematic but they're less important i think.
Zacrabo  [author] Aug 24, 2022 @ 10:37am 
okay so this is all from the last time i used it which was around when i made this patch but i assume it's still accurate

- when you aim up the cannon just slides out of your hand which looks bad
- i feel like the energy ball when charging a shot should change color depending on which beam you're shooting
- i find it weird that you can't damage enemies while they're frozen, this might've been a balancing decision but idk
- making the erchius horror drop the cannon is a bit of a weird choice but i can't really think of a better alternative for a weapon that scales so whatever
- i feel like you should be able to take the upgrades out of the cannon
- i'm not sure if the shape of the missile upgrade window is intentional but it looks weird

i'm not sure you have the modding skill to acknowledge some of these but, yeah
Concoction of Constitution Aug 24, 2022 @ 10:09am 
Yeah sure, I'm open to feedback :steamthumbsup:
Zacrabo  [author] Aug 24, 2022 @ 9:36am 
well while you're here do you mind me mentioning some other gripes i have with the mod?
Concoction of Constitution Aug 24, 2022 @ 9:27am 
Haha it's all good, I appreciate the effort to add in the OG sprites for that authentic metroid feel though :cozybethesda:

I would have liked to improve the sprites (especially the menu sprites because they're literally just letters lol) but didn't have enough time since doing all the projectile sprites took such a long time already.

I did intentionally keep the miniknog launcher sprite/anim since I love how it spins and clicks while loading in missiles though (and wanted an excuse to use the weapon more since it's one of my favorites)
Zacrabo  [author] Aug 23, 2022 @ 12:53pm 
yeah that was a bit rude sorry i was just in a bit of a metroid mood at the time and seeing a mod that didn't live up to my expectations may have upset me a bit
Concoction of Constitution Aug 23, 2022 @ 12:22pm 
> Someone makes a mod of your mod to improve it

:D

> They insult your mod and say it's awful-looking

:l
Zerim May 28, 2022 @ 5:44pm 
Matches the Samus Varia armor mod, 10/10
Zondra Stardust May 12, 2022 @ 12:18pm 
could you add other color versions or make it dyeable i have some armor it would look great on just not green lol
Mentally Ill Monarch Apr 28, 2022 @ 11:22am 
wow very very very b a s e d
yeeny. Feb 25, 2022 @ 5:15pm 
wow! no cole and his dumbass laws! michelangelo for you!
fireman4866 Jan 6, 2022 @ 11:58pm 
i just read the description i may be stupid
fireman4866 Jan 6, 2022 @ 11:58pm 
it look like metroid cannon from metroid Nice :steamthumbsup:
Zacrabo  [author] Oct 31, 2021 @ 8:51am 
the original mod is kinda stinky so i don't think i'm touching this again unless its updated to fix the problems
AmbientBonsai81 Oct 31, 2021 @ 8:45am 
any chance there could be a prime version
fireman4866 Oct 26, 2021 @ 8:52pm 
hi
Sasuke no Gantai Oct 11, 2021 @ 3:36am 
based and chargebeampilled
Cypher Oct 7, 2021 @ 7:51am 
based
Redwave Oct 6, 2021 @ 8:20pm 
Awesome and also based
Zacrabo  [author] Oct 6, 2021 @ 6:17am 
nevermind it looks too hard
Zacrabo  [author] Oct 6, 2021 @ 12:05am 
it does look like something that should be dyeable, i have no idea how to do that but i could look into it
AtomicBeaverCleaver Oct 5, 2021 @ 5:55pm 
Love the improved look, but would you by chance be willing/able to make a mod that allows them to be dyed?
Automaton Trooper Oct 5, 2021 @ 5:18pm 
i tought this was a patpat mod for a sec
MegaMato Oct 5, 2021 @ 4:25pm 
And polaroids are hemorrhoids you get from sitting on ice.
[MILA] INSAne_DrUNkard Oct 5, 2021 @ 11:47am 
Se͓̼̐̿̕x
Zacrabo  [author] Oct 5, 2021 @ 9:35am 
it does
ARandomLeafeon Oct 5, 2021 @ 9:17am 
Looks like the container for a nerf water gun, epic.
Grumbleroach Oct 5, 2021 @ 8:37am 
i like this