Buildable Custom Ship for Upbeat Giraffe
⚪ Last updated 2015Preview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.3% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #8 of 83 Custom Ships mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
What exactly does this mod/shipworld file do? Gives you a MASSIVE build area to make your own ship, block by block. Recent testing shows that the build area is essentially a planet 2048 blocks wide, meaning if you made a 2048 block long path it'd wrap around and touch itself. This includes ample amounts of ship-specific building materials such as captains chairs, storage lockers, etc, from each race's color scheme. It also includes numerous engine thrusters... they differ by the sprite alignment when placed.
There are two options to use this, a .shipworld replacer and a full mod. The .shipworld replacer replaces your current ship with a brand new ship as seen in the screenshot. The full mod makes all races' ships of all tier levels into the buildable ship, but the ship locker isn't prepopulated with ship building items. Instead, you get them after picking up your flashlight for the first tutorial quest. The full mod won't change any of your current ships but will allow you to progress in tiers and keep your buildable ship (with possibly some small cleanup after each upgrade). The .shipworld replacer lets you change your current ship without using the mod. Both are multiplayer compatible, but the mod only works if you upgrade your ship at SAIL offline. If you're running a server, I do NOT recommend using the mod as an official mod.
Installing the .shipworld replacer 1) Go into starbound/giraffe_storage/player 2) Find your character's .shipworld file 3) MAKE A BACKUP OF THAT FILE SOMEWHERE SAFE 4) Rename this mod's .shipworld file to your character's .shipworld file
Installing the full mod 1) Put the "buildaship" folder into your starbound\giraffe_storage\mods folder or use NMM
Tips and tricks You can reset your spawnpoint to the location you're standing on by typing: /admin /setspawnpoint /admin You can also protect your ship by typing: /admin /settileprotection 65532 true /settileprotection 65535 true /admin You can turn it off by changing "true" to "false".
Please let me know if you have any suggestions!
(yes I go by a different name on the starbound forums, I am the original author)
Buildable Custom Ship for Upbeat Giraffe lets Starbound players construct their own ship block by block in the Upbeat Giraffe version. It's a niche build-focused mod with 132 endorsements and 5,825 downloads, last updated in 2015.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid niche pick for builders (132 endorsements, 5,825 downloads).
- Opens up ship customization for players who want more than the default ship.
- Simple concept: build your own ship from the ground up.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2015, so it may not work with current Starbound versions.
- No detailed feature list, so you're going in blind on what blocks are available.
- Compatibility with other ship mods is unknown—could conflict.
For Starbound players who love base building and want to extend that to their ship. If you're on a modern Starbound version, this might not work, so check compatibility first. Skip if you prefer pre-built ships or don't want to deal with potential version issues.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you're on the Upbeat Giraffe version of Starbound, as this mod targets that specific update.
- If you're using a mod manager, manually placing the files in the mods folder is straightforward.
- Test the mod on a new character to avoid messing up your existing ship.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Starbound Mods
- Author
- Koshinn
- Version
- 1.2
- Downloads
- 5,825
- Endorsements
- 132
- Category
- Custom Ships
- Created
- 2/1/2015
- Updated
- 2/1/2015
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