So one big benefit to a game like Starmade or Minecraft is the perceptually generated worlds. you can spawn a new world dozens of time and it'll never be quite the same. however if you're not playing on a community server with lots of activity and faction warfare and the like, i've noticed a much more rapid progression with getting to know everything and eventually bored of what you can find. now that doesn't mean i'm bored of the game. but after you've seen the same 5 or 6 stations of the various types, and every type of planet you suddenly find yourself missing that sense of exploration and wonder when you cam across something new.
i remember when i first stumbled across the Lost Shangra'la that came with the base game when i downloaded it. i was absolute ecstatic. i pulled up my ship to one of the holes in the hull and dived right in. now this was still when i was in the game maybe less than a week or so. and of course the more i explored the most spooky it got. Eventually the thought crossed my mind there there might be aliens or something that shot this ship down and i might be next on the menu. I even equipped my blaster not knowing that sadly there are no such aliens in the game. (Devs, if your reading this *wink wink*) and regardless i spent the rest of the weekend trying to figure out what i had to do to repair and eventually fly it!
Of course to my disappointment i eventually found it it was one of the winners for the Derelict Station Contest way back when, and i would have to use some 3rd party software to fly it, not to mention i'd have to undo the original creator's hard work to make it look pretty.
but this was just one example of some fun exploration i had while roaming the galaxy. since then i'd added some additional stations and ships to the game. (as of right now i can only manually spawn the stations, haven't figured out how to let the game decide where they spawn yet). and i'm still noticing that aside from building massive ships, there really isn't much else to do in the game. as far as single player goes, once you've got a big enough ship to fend off pirates or even annihilate their stations, there's just nothing left for you to explore.
So i would really appreciate some recommendations for the best of the best derelict station mods for one. something that makes me want to spend an hour in game getting lost in a massive station trying to figure out what happened like the first time i was in the Shangra'La.
That and i'd like to know what you would think about populating the worlds, derelict stations and maybe even having some unique stations for aliens and other type creatures.
And side from that, what are some other mods/recommendations to help make your singleplayer endgame a littler more fun? I mean i still put too much time into this game building but it'd be nice to take a break and get back to just dorking around in space.
also just showing off some stuff i've been working on youtube!
(i made this to show my friends and try to get them to play, that's why its s long sorry)
i remember when i first stumbled across the Lost Shangra'la that came with the base game when i downloaded it. i was absolute ecstatic. i pulled up my ship to one of the holes in the hull and dived right in. now this was still when i was in the game maybe less than a week or so. and of course the more i explored the most spooky it got. Eventually the thought crossed my mind there there might be aliens or something that shot this ship down and i might be next on the menu. I even equipped my blaster not knowing that sadly there are no such aliens in the game. (Devs, if your reading this *wink wink*) and regardless i spent the rest of the weekend trying to figure out what i had to do to repair and eventually fly it!
Of course to my disappointment i eventually found it it was one of the winners for the Derelict Station Contest way back when, and i would have to use some 3rd party software to fly it, not to mention i'd have to undo the original creator's hard work to make it look pretty.
but this was just one example of some fun exploration i had while roaming the galaxy. since then i'd added some additional stations and ships to the game. (as of right now i can only manually spawn the stations, haven't figured out how to let the game decide where they spawn yet). and i'm still noticing that aside from building massive ships, there really isn't much else to do in the game. as far as single player goes, once you've got a big enough ship to fend off pirates or even annihilate their stations, there's just nothing left for you to explore.
So i would really appreciate some recommendations for the best of the best derelict station mods for one. something that makes me want to spend an hour in game getting lost in a massive station trying to figure out what happened like the first time i was in the Shangra'La.
That and i'd like to know what you would think about populating the worlds, derelict stations and maybe even having some unique stations for aliens and other type creatures.
And side from that, what are some other mods/recommendations to help make your singleplayer endgame a littler more fun? I mean i still put too much time into this game building but it'd be nice to take a break and get back to just dorking around in space.
also just showing off some stuff i've been working on youtube!
(i made this to show my friends and try to get them to play, that's why its s long sorry)
