Once more, change the line with “adminPasswords” to:Ĭhange the line containing “serverPasswords” to: Then repeat the adminPasswords and serverPasswords lines within the nfig (copy and paste is possible.) Use CTRL-X to write changes and close nfig. Wherein changing the line with “adminPasswords” to:

Once more, these commands are a mix of my setup and user Nordan’s guide at the official Starbound forums.Ĭd /home/steam/starbound/giraffe_storage/ I ended up editing both to match each other. There’s conflicting advice as to whether nfig should go untouched in favor of editing nfig. To list what screen processes are running: Navigate to the linux32 directory and start a server via screen: If you don’t have this extra security step, lucky you!… until your account gets broken into and a message like this appears:Īnyway… after logging in set the directory where Starbound will be installed. I have Steam Guard enabled so at this point an email would come through and the code will need to be entered to move forward. Needs your user information without the chevrons. Remove the compressed file and run SteamCMD.Īfter it finishes updating, login to your Steam account. These instructions are paraphrased from a user called sovredcat at the official Starbound forums:

While all of this occurred on a Windows 8 machine, the process is identical on OS X (i.e., install VMware Fusion, create an Ubuntu 12.04 VM.) In fact, the same would hold true for QEMU, VirtualBox, and other VM software.

To accommodate around four simultaneous users, I allocated 2 CPU cores, 2GB RAM, and a 30GB HDD.

The latter aspects are insanely useful for minimizing the VM instance to access it from a fancy terminal located on your host machine.

This is a great guide that explains in a nutshell how to install Ubuntu server, setup SSH access, then tie a bow on the virtual machine with VMware tools.

Download Ubuntu 12.04 圆4 server (or x86 if you don’t have a 64-bit machine or plan on using over 4GB RAM) it will look like ubuntu-12.04.5-server-amd64.iso and/or ubuntu-12.04.5-server-i386.iso respectively.

Especially the prospect of having a portable server image that can be reverted and cloned at will!įirst, a virtual machine with Ubuntu 12.04 was established via VMware Fusion. Since I had to start from scratch (beta blues), creating a virtual machine (VM) for the server sounded like a fun project. Recently Chucklefish pushed a massive update to Starbound this prompted me to reinstall the game to see what has changed.

Create a starbound server