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Starbound Fixes (Quality of Life Mods)
   
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Description
A list of mods that "fix" common problems with Starbound.

The base game is fun, but there's a lot of things that are easy to complain about. These mods fix common problems and add various quality of life changes, without affecting the vanilla gameplay too much. They shouldn't conflict with much and should work with little effort.

I recommend making sure you read through every mod, as some might not fit your needs.

Some mods might not work together, but currently I'm using every mod listed in Singleplayer with no issues.



More will be added in future.
Feel free to share any I should probably add.


List of mods that didn't make the cut
These mods are either too gameplay changing or aren't on Steam yet.



Killable Erchius Ghost - Dislike the ghost on the moon and actually wanna fight him? Not included in the pack as it's too game changing.



Faster Farming - Tired of waiting forever for farms to grow? This mod fixes that, in a pretty balanced way. It's a pretty big gameplay change to some people, so I listed it here.


Reduced Fall Damage - Tired of the default fall damage? This mod reduces it heavily, but it's still a threat. The author has another mod which removes it entirely. These aren't included as they impact the gameplay heavily.

Automatic Doors - Tired of pressing e to open doors? This mod makes it so you can automatically open them by approaching them, and it also makes it so npcs always close doors behind them. The mod doesn't work on wired/locked doors, so it won't break them. This is a pretty big gameplay change and can be annoying to some, so I didn't put it in the list.

Ship Anything, Anywhere - Makes it so you can use the Terramart shipments wherever you are, as well as letting you sell anything at them. Awesome mod, but its potentially to game changing to be in this pack.
Items (23)
Perennial Crops
Created by Toyi
--Perennial Crops-- Plant once and avoid the annoying chore of replanting your crops! What does it do? This little mod makes that every base crop of the game (wild and planted) behave like tomato, grape, banana and coffee plants; so once you harvest them, ...
Compact Crops
Created by Kave Johnson
"More crops on less land." This mod halves the required horizontal space for all large crops. If you are tired of the wide spacing of crops in vanilla Starbound, and want to make endless fields of Wheat or Sugarcane, then this is the mod for you! * FAQ * Q...
Efficient Watering
Created by zecra
-Water your crops without a cooldown rate -Water while walking -Watering time decreased -Watering AOE increased...
Food Rarity (Rarity only)
Created by Mr_Oob
Non-Steam Version: Click Here Food Rarity gives you a better idea of how good many food items really are! Rarity of food better reflects how long the buffs granted by it last. Common - Less than 90 seconds. Uncommon - 90 to 180 Rare - 180 to 300 Legendary ...
Food Stack
Created by v6
This is a client- & server-side mod. If it is not installed on server then your stack can & will reduce to 1 when transferred to the server. Food Stack changes so food can stack up to 1000. To stack food that have different rotting time you will need to pu...
Improved Food Descriptions
Created by Neo
This mod improves the interface of food and medicine descriptions and make it possible to show additional information. It needs to be installed on both server and client. The new designed tooltips now showing: Amount of food (the player's max food amount i...
Skippable Cinematics
Created by v6
This is a client-side mod. Skip any cinematic with ESC-key. It does not reduce any loading times that are covered up by cinematics. For a non-Steam version, visit http://community.playstarbound.com/resources/skippable-cinematics.3730/...
x5 Basic Drop Rates
Created by Tripod
Compatible with Starbound 1.1 * Does not stack with "x10 Basic Drop Rates" (One will override the other.) * Increases the drop rate of the Basic Treasure pool (x5) for the following monster categories: - basicMonsterTreasure - noMeatMonsterTreasure - weakl...
One-Handed Torch
Created by Suphax
This means the torch, not the flashlight. This mod modifies the normal torch to be one-handed. Non-Steam version here v 1.1: * Changed to JSON patch method as I forgot to implement it into this mod. v 1.0: + Released ...
Container UI Tweak
Created by Lunchghost
When interacting with containers, move the inventory and container windows so they don't obscure the area near the player. This is a purely client-side mod and should be compatible with all other mods. *** TL;DR: Starbound v1.1 saves your inventory window ...
Inventory Interface Redone
Created by Tatsu
Fixed for 1.2 Like with any other 1.0 mods, you have to restart the game a few times before the mod decides to work (there should be a message popping up in the opening). This seems to be a problem with starbound itself, and I hope it will be fixed soon......
Extended GUI
Created by v6
This is a client-side mod. Extends most of the GUI windows so you can fit more items at the same time. The songbook can be found as a seperate mod by the name of "Extended Songbook" https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=729427264 For a non-...
Improved Containers
Created by v6
Improved Containers adds quality of life features to containers in Starbound. The aim is to keep the mod multiplayer friendly so you will still be able to play with friends that do not have the mod installed. It is not compatible with other container mods ...
Weapon Stats
Created by Tripod
Compatible with Starbound 1.4 Displays item level, DPS and damage per energy (DPE) for swords and guns. Based only on raw damage. Abilities and combo attacks are not factored in. For additional stats on other weapons (legendaries, bows, fists) install Lege...
Extended Songbook
Created by v6
This is a client-side mod. Extends the Songbook window so you can fit more items at the same time. If you want to extend more of your GUI then you can find the mod "Extended GUI" https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=729426797 For a non-Ste...
Themed Colony Deeds
Created by themrpiggy22
Colony deeds that fit in with your colony! FEATURES: Building a colony, but don't want that hi-tech colony deed standing out like a sore thumb in the corner of your medieval Glitch village? Well you're in luck! This mod adds a variety of different colony d...
Faster Warp
Created by Tripod
Compatible with Starbound 1.1 Decreases the warp animation time when teleporting. Originally included in Fast Ship Transitions which has been split into Faster Warp and Faster Ship Travel...
Racial AI Restorer
Created by Alex
Restores the racial AI portraits to those that were used in the beforetime. I was personally pretty disappinted with every race getting a recolour of the human version of SAIL after version 1.0. So... I did this... I guess. For the most part it's just a ve...
Matter Manipulator Manipulator
Created by v6
I have uploaded a early version of MMM 2.X that requires Quickbar from either Quickbar Mini or StardustLib. This version allows you to - Change size & alt size (holding down shift) - Toggle block & liquid collection. - Change color of paint tool by clickin...
Ocean Music Restored
Created by Tatsu
All songs in my music mods are in the game files, they are official tracks that chucklefish decided to remove for some reason... Restores the cut ocean theme located in the files of the game. I added one music other than the ocean theme per time of the day...
Extra Zoom Levels
Created by Patchumz
A very easy and basic mod that simply adds extra zoom levels to the options menu. You can select from between 1 and 10 zoom power instead of the default 2 to 4. The mod will be compatible with any mod that doesn't mess with zoom levels, so you don't have t...
Searchable Tenant Tags [1.3]
Created by Loose Moose
Adds the tenant/colony tags to the bottom of objects' descriptions, allowing you to search for the tags in crafting menus. The mod works by replacing the entire description field for each object's .OBJECT file. With this being said, it should be very compa...
Barrel Fire Cooking
Created by Bitsy
This mod allows cooking at barrel fires similar to previous iterations of Starbound. If you are unable to cook at a barrel fire, please place it down again while the mod is installed. Disclaimer: In the situation that a server has the mod installed while a...