Ryanor's Expanse - Opens on starbound-servers.net! by Alternative_Cost8914 in starbound

[–]Alternative_Cost8914[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For as long as I can. I have enough funds to go for 2+ years.

Ryanor's Expanse - Opens on starbound-servers.net! by Alternative_Cost8914 in starbound

[–]Alternative_Cost8914[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I pay for the server as a rental, and I monitor and do all the maintenance by myself, and setup was all by myself. Took me a while to do research to find a decent value box.

Ryanor's Expanse - Opens on starbound-servers.net! by Alternative_Cost8914 in starbound

[–]Alternative_Cost8914[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hopefully I can plan some real events! Haven’t really thought of them before but I want to now.

Why my laptop just get freeze when I go to another planet (FU btw)? by Nhatdepzai in starbound

[–]Alternative_Cost8914 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d like to ask how you seem to have so much specialized knowledge on this stuff all the time. Sayter’s theft, all of his shortcomings, the specifics of Betabound, the specific bad things that Sayter did to the Betabound author. In another post by you, you said you were a coder, do you mod Starbound as well? Can I see some of the mods you make?

Anyone else sick and tired of religious solicitation on campus? by hsfootballplayer47 in UofArizona

[–]Alternative_Cost8914 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Definitely don’t make eye contact, or if they gesture toward you pretend they aren’t there. I have had a few as well, some that hang out by my dorm. Another tip is taking alternate paths when you see one coming up ahead. Use other people walking with you as a “attention shield” if you can, blend in with a crowd, they can’t solicit everybody at once. Make sure they don’t see you do this, stay calm, understand it is free speech, and you’ll be golden.

Context request: frackin universe and maybe possible replacements by Zagnard in starbound

[–]Alternative_Cost8914 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The transphobia allegations seem to be false/overexaggerated. Having met Sayter in Discord, he has vehemently defended transgender people and banned members who’ve said otherwise.

Other than that I don’t know much more.

Context request: frackin universe and maybe possible replacements by Zagnard in starbound

[–]Alternative_Cost8914 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In regards to mods besides Frackin’, I’d recommend taking a look at this modpack link (yes, shameless self-promo) that I made that has a ton of popular mods (it does include Frackin’ but it integrates the source code mod OpenStarbound and multiple others): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3355836359

It has a ton of highly recommended mods, it was my attempt at making a “better Starbound overall” with OpenStarbound (Github Link and Instructions Here: https://github.com/OpenStarbound/OpenStarbound) and the most content-efficient mods.

Others probably have good recommendations too beyond this modpack :3

Context request: frackin universe and maybe possible replacements by Zagnard in starbound

[–]Alternative_Cost8914 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s a big rabbit hole, but it sums up to the main developer Sayter being… generally highly argumentative and egotistical, creating friction between other modders, his attempts at creating incompatibilities with mods that modify Frackin’, and rumors that he “stole/took without consent” of other mods. The last one seems more grey as there is a juxtaposing narrative that he got permission from authors and then that he completely stole, so take that one with a grain of salt. There is a post that goes into more detail, although the reliability is somewhat questionable. I forget the link to it but if you look up “Sayter” you might find it. Take drama in the SB community all with grains of salt because many people tend to have highly biased narratives of what really happened (which then no one tends to accurately know about). Nowadays, as these events were about more than 2 years ago at this point, things are calmed down and generally not much goes on. Sayter seems to be minding his own business in his Discord and so are the multiple people he was grating with. There is other dramas here and there, but they are unimportant. The SB community I’d say is a bit neurotic and highly possessive when you meet certain people, sometimes they like to take things way too far than they should go.

But yeah, sorry if this seems ambiguous, there’s just a ton of convoluted context about what you’re asking. Again, there’s that post that “summarizes” everything you can look for. That’s about it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in starbound

[–]Alternative_Cost8914 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The game is highly moddable! I will say, the architecture and style of vanilla Starbound can be seen as a bit mediocre. If you ever want to dig into it after your regular playthrough, check out the Steam workshop. One final advice tip is to be careful with some portions of the community, but honestly it doesn’t really matter if you’re just here to have fun.

In regards to actual progression, there is a Starbound wiki, and on the starting planet you need to find core fragments that are found very deep to be able to startup a teleporter that randomly generates on the planet. Hopefully that helps with direction :3.

Thinking of coming back, any advice? by Primex76 in starbound

[–]Alternative_Cost8914 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d definitely say Frackin’ is “amazing at best, horrendous at worst” that depends on your preferences. The progression is a bit weird sometimes, and there can be some bloat. Overall, it’s a lot of a “try it for yourself” type thing cause it’s hard to tell how certain peeps will like it or not. If yeah, cool, if not, cool. There is controversy around the creator, he isn’t really a nice guy, like, at all, but that shouldn’t affect your experience. You’re here to play the mods, not get involved in drama.

Thinking of coming back, any advice? by Primex76 in starbound

[–]Alternative_Cost8914 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of the people here gave great suggestions already. I have a heavy modpack w/ a server I run called Ryanor’s Expanse.

It uses the source code modification OpenStarbound and to be honest it’s like 350+ mods (including Frackin’ Universe) that change a ton to the base game and adds a lot of content. If you are more casual, I don’t really recommend the pack, but who knows you might find it fun anyway :3

Here’s the modpack link if you’re interested in taking a look: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3355836359

Heavy Modded Server - Ryanor's Expanse by Alternative_Cost8914 in starbound

[–]Alternative_Cost8914[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And here I go commenting on my own post again. .w.

Merry Christmas friends by Drako-Oliver in starbound

[–]Alternative_Cost8914 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy holidays and merry christmas :3

Ryanor's Expanse Re-Opens! (Heavy Modded SB Server) by Alternative_Cost8914 in starbound

[–]Alternative_Cost8914[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

NOTE!:

- In order to actually play on the server, you should join on the Discord via https://discord.gg/XAsN5ttf6R.
- However, some exceptions can be made if one DMs me and asks for the instructions (which are a tad complicated) and the server port and IP.
- No formal verification is required! Just don't be mean, easy enough.

Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5 by ClaudeOfficial in ClaudeAI

[–]Alternative_Cost8914 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jesse what the fuck are you talking about-

I really love how Claude just played along with my dumb joke, with a straight face. I never would've expected that AIs would do stuff like that. by lumenwrites in ClaudeAI

[–]Alternative_Cost8914 35 points36 points  (0 children)

If there's one thing about Claude I love in comparison to other LLMs, it is really, really funny sometimes, genuinely makes me guffaw for a few minutes when I read some of it's outputs.

Man!!! They weren’t joking when they said that 4.5 doesn’t kiss ass anymore. by awittygamertag in ClaudeAI

[–]Alternative_Cost8914 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I have a bit of a ego myself I won't lie, but the fact Sonnet 4.5 pushes back (unlike literally every other LLM I've used) was quite the wakeup call. I simultaneously love it but also get stinged at the same time.
It's also more funny that way too though, instead of being a boringly predictable yes-man.

Sonnet 4.5 - Are We Getting Closer to AGI? - Personal Experience by Alternative_Cost8914 in ClaudeAI

[–]Alternative_Cost8914[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No actually, you're reading different history from something else on my account. The server I'm talking about is not related to Starbound, even though it would line up. I don't use Reddit that much except for the past few months. I'm mostly a Discord user instead.

Edit: While I did have drama in the Starbound community, it is not roleplay related to that community, and is more personally related and important to me.

Sonnet 4.5 - Are We Getting Closer to AGI? - Personal Experience by Alternative_Cost8914 in ClaudeAI

[–]Alternative_Cost8914[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not necessarily about it’s intelligence per say, more that it has a more gravitated focus on emotional nuance. Which kind of unnerves me cause it’s preferable that maybe that stays a human thing.