How To Play Multiplayer Starbound
Welcome on the most popular server list and tracker for Starbound. Find all the best multiplayer servers for Starbound. In Starbound, an extraterrestrial sandbox adventure game, you take on the role of a character who's just fled from their home planet, only to crash-land on another. Launch your Starbound and proceed to the options menu. At the bottom right, make sure that Allow Assets Mismatch IS CHECKED ON. Otherwise you may have trouble connecting to eachother. Now close the game and launch your dedicated server and you're done! You're now ready to play Frackin Universe with your friends and enemies alike.
Getting a dedicated server running with Frackin Universe can at times be frusturating. This guide will attempt to make this process a bit easier. There are four methods of doing this that can be found below.NOTE: We have not yet found a way to get dedicated servers to run correctly with the Workshop version of the mod.
If you are subscribed to Frackin Universe on the workshop, please unsubscribe now.Navigate to: community.playstarbound.com and download the mod from either Chucklefish or GitHub. Alternatively we have now found a way of using a dedi with mods from the Steam Workshop. This is REQUIRED for people to connect to you 99% of the time. If you haven't port forwarded and have followed this guide correctly and it STILL doesn't work, then port forward, chances are your problems will be solved.You will need to forward port 21025 on your router AND add exceptions in your windows firewall.(NOTE: If you have a third party anti-virus / firewall you MAY need to add exceptions for the game and or ports for it aswell. However I personally have never had any need for this step. If this becomes a problem for you, you'll have to find a guide for your specific Anti-virus.)For specific information on how to port forward for your router, look on the back or bottom of your router for the model number, and google the model number + port forwarding guide. This should provide you with enough information to get you through it.
Starbound How To Play Local Multiplayer
Every router is different, so I cannot possibly give a detailed guide for everyone.Personally I forward TCP and UDP both, but Starbound claims you only need to forward TCP.You can use a website such as www.canyouseeme.org to figure out if your port forwarding did indeed work, otherwise, you can just have someone attempt connection.You can also use www.canyouseeme.org to figure out your public IP for helping people to connect to you.Thats it! Continue on with the guide. So it took me ages to figure out, but I finally found out the reason behind my many crashes was that I had FU (github version) and the rest of the mods from the steam workshop. I would prefer to switch to using only Steam workshop if possible, but I wasn't sure. Is there any way to change the plugin directory path to being towards where the Steam workshop mods are stored? Or is PenGUIn hardset on using only H:SteamsteamappscommonStarboundmods?
Step 1: Install Starbound (steam downloads)Step 2: Navigate to the Starbound server folder. Default Path: C:SteamSteamAppscommonStarboundStep 3: Navigate the folder giraffestorage and find ‘starbound.config’ file. Open in a text editor (notepad.exe)Step 4: Confirm the Line “GamePort”: 21025Step 5: Change password line “serverPasswords”: “”, “YOURPASSWORD”Step 6: Save the fileStep 7: Open the folder “starboundwin32” and double click starboundserver.exe to start your serverAt this point you can connect to your server using the IP address assigned to it. You will need to open and forward ports on your router from the outside public IP to your internal private IP. A quick google of your routers model will show you how to do this.
If you are hosting your starbound dedicated server in a datacenter you can avoid this issue.You may also want to look at getting a server manager such as Starry which will help with administration.