Journey to the Center of the Earth (or, How I Got my Stuff Back after Trying to Swim in a Lava Ocean)
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imgur.comPosted Jul 29, 2016, 6:07 PM UTC
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imgur.comNice. That was fun to read.
Unfortunately, sticking around led me to encounter my first meteor storm, and I was promptly fucking obliterated in one shot by a meteor
Yeah, I learned my lesson on this during beta. Whenever meteor storms start I either beam straight back up or dig a deep hole/cave and cower in it until it's over.
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I haven't been hit by a meteor yet, but I've been a bit paranoid about them ever since I saw a capsule get hit by one for 1000 damage.
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With tier 6 armor I took 200 damage. Terrifying
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Back during the beta, full Impervium armor let you tank a hit fromka meteor and only end up at half health. I don't know if that's still true.
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I learned it on the moon. I was mid jump when it started. I saw one meteor come down and thought hey cool! Then the 2nd hit me before i landed :( now i plan on insta beaming away.
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Another protip here, you also can't cross lava oceans with the aqua ball. You just fall in and melt.
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You also sink in regular water a little with the aqua ball. You just bounce back up. Presumably you'd also bounce back up with the aqua ball, but by that point, you're already dead.
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Which is funny because you're much more likely to float in lava than water irl.
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This was oddly captivating. I really appreciate that you took the time to explore the unexplorable for us!
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There should be a site dedicated to the journals of starbound captains. Sort of like a forum of one-page wordpress sites for the different races.
Hmm..
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Captain Erchius Felix Liberalis's Log:
Stardate SD48104
Fuck this. I lost everything…
I need my shit back.
I can't bring myself to do this but exploration awaits. That's right log, on the way I'm going to venture to the centre of this lava planet and see what lurks there.
I assume SAIL will say "Your courage is admirable but your chances of survival are -300%. I advise you appropriately equip yourself but please don't push the limits even a being such as yourself doesn't possess."
See you on the other side, Over and out.
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That ending was perfect. I too was in awe when the first meteorite rain that i saw hit me for like 250 hp and destroyed me, good thing that happened on the moon.
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I feel your pain OP... http://imgur.com/a/tpGE5
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"zoomed out"?
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In the options menu you can select the Zoom. I believe the default is set to 3X, he probably slid it to the left for 2X zoom
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There is also a mod that lets you go all the way from 1x to 10x, 1x allowing you to see very very far away, but lowering your FPS by a metric dickload.
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That's a new metric for me. How much is a dickload exactly?
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Its similar to a butt load but not delivered yet.
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It's 3.14 imperial dickloads.
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Best ending to a book
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If you die while trying to recover your previous items, do those disappear and the ones you just collected stay? Or do they persist until you exit the game?
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They persist until you exit no matter how many times you die. Unless you die by digging through the bottom of a barren map. Hahaha please end my suffering.
I'm not sure if you lose them when you quit, to be honest.
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You do. Got drunk, lost 15 manipulator module parts, rage quit. Realized I'm a dumbass in the morning.
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Really? My brother lost all his items deep into an unmarked cave system and considered it a lost cause. After a few days, and after my brother had already opened and closed the game numerous times, we decided to go spelunking together and lo-and-behold we found his stuff.
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Shit...maybe I was super drunk and didn't go to the right area? Oh well. They may pop up again at some point :p
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Yeah i did the same and thought my items were gone...after closing the game and opening it again I found them the next day.
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You can quit if you die and all your dropped stuff will be lie where you died.
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I have saved and quit a few times, come back items are still there. Seems safe enough
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hot
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Awww they should put dinosaurs under those planets :P
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This is awesome. I'm sensing a new narrative from
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This is gold.
TIL lava doesn't destroy your items in Starbound.
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Fantastic ending. I envy your tenacity. I would've turned on /admin after springing the first leak.
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I tried to get stuff out of lava, but the lava kept fulling back in, do I need to put a background in or something?
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Yes, you do.
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I ended up giving up and using admin, it appears I am a dumbass.
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All good stories end with the hero being obliterated by a meteor. 10/10
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Yeah i went for a swin at the ocean at the very end of the planet, 2 hours later i built a tunnel through the lava which is undrainable BTW i got to where all my items were only to find out touching the floor at the bottom is insta-kill. Thank god for /admin
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im picturing a bunker on the bottom of the lava ocean. i may have to make my colony there.
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That's exactly what I was thinking. Making a huge colony under a lava ocean. I did exacty the same as OP earlier today.
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That escalated.
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This post and the attached pics are so fucking full of win i cant even...
PS. What did we learn the morale of today's story boys and girls? Although tenacity is a good thing, /ADMIN IS WAY MORE BETTER AND SOLVES ALL THE WORLDS PROBLEMS!
Forgive the new question, but what is /admin?
cheat mode basically. You can tell the game to do almost whatever you want if you know the command.
A command that puts you in admin mode, giving you access to some powerful commands. It also makes you invincible, know every recipe, etc.
This allows me to collect the four hours of mining I lost remotely?
Yes. Be carefull though, it can spoil your fun if you use it too much. Unless you're trying to build something creative mode style and it's too stressful to go back and forth to build the necessary stuff or something of the sort. Then admin is suggested to avoid burning out.
Not remotely, you'd still have to go get it. He used /admin to be able to just swim to the bottom of the lava ocean and retrieve his shit rather than having to tunnel down to it.
Oh...not die. That would solve it
I learned that there can be stuff beneath the lava ocean.