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In 2 collections by Kaamalauppias
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Essential Mods For Sandbox
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Description
Sandbox turns Starbound into the sandbox game it was always meant to be. It removes the storyline and replaces it with a new progression system that gives you freedom to play how you want.

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Sandbox removes the storyline from Starbound completely, you are no longer a space-jesus who just graduated from universe-saver-academy and who is taking orders from an old lady in a wheelchair. Instead you can choose what you want to do, with zero handholding, and progress through the game at your own pace.

In addition to removing the storyline, Sandbox adds variety to every aspect of the game to increase replayability and to make every playtrough feel different. Tired of seeing the same annoying monsters on every planet? Monsters on planets are now 100% procedurally generated, with hundreds of new monster parts that the generator can choose from. Sandbox also adds variety to planets by making them use randomized colours instead of the few selected ones. There are plans to add new plants, microdungeons and blocks to all of the existing biomes, as well as to add completely new biomes.

Supper's Combat Overhaul is required for Sandbox to work. Download it here: Supper's Combat Overhaul

It is also HIGHLY recommended that you subscribe to all of the mods in this collection to increase variety and experience Sandbox the way it's intended: Essential Mods For Sandbox


Compatibility
Requires you to make a new character to work properly.

Sandbox supports the following race mods natively: Avali, Avikan, Bunnykin, Familiars, Felin, Munari, Orcana, Peglaci, Fenerox, Skelekin, Vespoid, Viera, The Saturnians. It's possible that unsupported race mods might work, you will have to try out if you want to know.
Make sure that "skip intro mission" option is ticked (as it is by default) if playing with a custom race mod, otherwise it won't work.

If you use RPG Growth download this patch: RPG Growth Patch for Supper's Combat Overhaul

Sandbox is not compatible with the following mods:
- Frackin' Universe
- Optional Story
- Optional Erchius Mining Facility Quest
- Nebula Pack (Nebulan Intro) [community.playstarbound.com]
- Felin Intro Mission
- Natural Slopes
- Scripted Artificial Intelligence Lattice (Customisable A.I.)
- Supper's Monster Additions and Supper's Npc Improvements (They are already included in Supper's Combat Overhaul , which is required for this mod)
- Manufacturer's Touch

If you are using Pandora's Box or Shiny Monsters to add more monster variety, I don't recommend them since they will massively limit monster variety because the colors are pre-made are not procedural like in this mod.

The following mods are included with the mod, so you don't need them separately:
- Radiant Worlds by Mackinz
- Rattan Crop [community.playstarbound.com] by Mackinz
- Monster Part Mod Pack
- Npc and Monster Fall Damage by Kitikira
- Fall Damage for Supper's Monster Additions by Xaliber
- Tile Ground Effects by Storm_UK
- Racial AI Restorer Recolorer

Starbound forums link: https://community.playstarbound.com/resources/sandbox.5664/

If you find bugs or a way to access the main questline, report them below.
Popular Discussions View All (8)
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17 Jan, 2024 @ 4:20am
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3 Jul, 2019 @ 8:31am
how do i use the outpost brochure to get the coordinates?
[BAG] Duh Binky
475 Comments
Conotron 16 Feb @ 4:23pm 
i dont see what this mod does? as far as i can tell/remember unless you mean repair your ship your progression is in no way tied to the story
Fei the SCREAMING BEAN! 17 Jan @ 5:54am 
can i use this mod adjacent to betabound?
Million 4 Nov, 2024 @ 2:23am 
Why would you make the combat overhaul a required part of the mod? I don't understand.
peach 15 May, 2024 @ 1:40pm 
Is there an alternative to this that does not require the combat overhaul mod? anyone?
Duodecimal 14 Feb, 2024 @ 10:05pm 
Installed, beamed down and walked around for a minute on the starting planet, pirate beams down in front of me and two hit kills me, uninstalled.
Ironence 7 Jan, 2024 @ 5:13pm 
why is the combat overhaul mod of all things the one thing absolutely required? It don't make a whole lot of sense to me considering the contend of both mods
Kaamalauppias  [author] 28 Dec, 2023 @ 12:34pm 
I think you answered your own question.
ComradeCorvus 27 Dec, 2023 @ 10:29pm 
Is this even being updated anymore? it was last updated way back in 2019.
LuniFoxo 6 Dec, 2023 @ 9:02am 
My useless review on this mod.

Pros:
Obviously, removes story missions and progression isn't tied to it, planets are more random, monsters are more varied, and overall, pretty good changes.

Cons:
Perhaps the biggest problem for me is the combat overhaul mod, which for whatever reason is absolutely required for Sandbox to not crash. Said mod changes the core gameplay and ramps up the difficulty, so not newbie friendly. It's also weird how you need to go out of your way to find the easy patch.
Getting the Ship Repair Kit and FTL Repair Kit is not very obvious. Sure, it's in the handcrafting menu, but it could've been specified by SAIL.
The removal of story missions is also kind of a problem because of how you need to complete the Floran mission to unlock EASEL, and possibly other Outpost vendors. Also, no peacekeeper missions, which is a shame, those are kinda fun.

Other than that, the mod is alright. Still better than Frackin Universe lmao
Azuli-Bluespots 27 Nov, 2023 @ 6:08am 
My borked outpost was about Anom's outpost not having all the necessary patches.

That said, how can I access the arena that Nuru teleports you to in this? It's not story related. Also, is the bounty hunter poster disabled in this?