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{{Fixbox/fix|Play in OpenGL mode|ref=<ref name="workarounds">[http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/current-work-arounds-try-these-if-youre-having-issues.35207/ CURRENT WORK-AROUNDS (Try these if you're having issues!) - Official forums]</ref>}}
 
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#Go into the properties of both, go into compatibility and check "run this program as administrator" and click apply
 
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Revision as of 20:53, 10 December 2013

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Starbound
Starbound cover
Developers
Chucklefish Games
Release dates
Windows TBA
macOS (OS X) TBA
Linux TBA
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Starbound on Wikipedia

Key points

Notable performance issues.[1][2] Potential fixes listed below.

General information

Official forums
Official wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

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DRM-free version will not be available until a later date.[3]

Game data

Save game location

Template:Game Location Table

Configuration is stored in starbound.xml located within the main directory.

Video settings

General options

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Multi-monitor

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Issues fixed

  • Note that there is an active bug causing this for Windows XP users. Try the below fixes if you are not running Windows XP.
Instructions
Instructions

Game does not start at all with no error message (Windows)

This may occur due to a DLL file conflict with other installed software, such as Microsoft's IIS web server.
Instructions

"libdirectfb-1.2.so.9: cannot open shared object file" Fix (64-bit Linux Distros)

Instructions

Access violation

Instructions

Poor performance / low FPS

Instructions
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB 4 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.8.0
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB 4 GB
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Debian Stable or Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB 4 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.1 compatible

References