Recently, we made a change to how the nightly manages its current working directory (to make managing servers more sane, to make launching the command line utilities less mysterious, and generally have less spooky action at a distance, and to potentially support multiple profiles in the future), but unfortunately, that change broke the launcher. I’ve worked for a few hours and found that there seems to be no good answer to our problems without reverting the changes we made, and we can’t really justify reverting those changes.
13:12:03.621 Info Chat: It is not safe to remain here! Please take the Matter Manipulator. You must proceed to the shuttle pad! 13:12:16.668 Info Chat: It appears the ceiling has collapsed. The Matter Manipulator can be used to clear this dirt. Press the R key to equip it, then click and hold on the pile of dirt to dig. There’s also co-op, so you can play alongside friends either on a dedicated server or simply by joining their game through your Steam list. I tried a bit with Tyler through Steam.
As mentioned, the root issue is now that we’ve made changes the launcher has the wrong working directory. In order to fix that, I had to move the launcher to the proper location (or do a change to the working directory for the starbound executable, which is what the change was originally intended to prevent.)
Eventually, we decided to move the launcher to the same directory as the executable, but now it’s screwing up because Steam wants it to be in the same location as the current stable.
We can’t change launch paths by branch, it’s set per depot, not per build. We’re sending in a support request to Valve on the matter. It might be as simple as “just add another launch option that’s valid on the other builds, but invalid on the stable, and it will try them all.” And I’m hoping it’s that simple. But it’s not something that I want to test out right now without knowing for certain.
Starbound Not Working
So what does this mean to you?
Starbound Not Launching Through Steam Home
Starbound is currently available through Steam’s Early Access program. That means the game is still in active development. It’s a beta test that you can pay to take part in. This isn’t a. I downloaded it like normal, but when I click play it just doesn't launch. I just get a black screen with a white box for a few seconds, then it's gone. If I run the program by clicking Starbound.exe in the program files, then it launches fine, but doesn't have any steam connection. Through the course of this page we will guide you through the steps involved in setting up a proper file structure to use your mods! Starbound Steam Mods Not.
Starbound Not Launching Through Steam Account
The nightly on Windows and OSX (OSX was broken as well by the same change, even though it doesn’t use the launcher), you will need to launch the executable directly, rather than through Steam, until further notice.