To play as a custom species you got from a mod, you need another mod to add more blank species.

Name generator - I took special care to ensure both the old style and the Markov-based name generators work as they do in-game. An external character creation application for Starbound.

Allocate stat points, unlock techs and weapons, and choose a Profe. Defeating monsters grants experience and raises your level. Give them a custom description or Matter Manipulator beam color. The mod that adds RPG Mechanics to Starbound This mod adds the ability to raise stats and make your character stronger.

Edit - You can import an existing character and tweak their looks.

Export - You can export your current character's preview as a 1:1 scale PNG file with a transparent background.

Previews - They may be a little small but those dropdown lists do count as scrolling panels with previews.

Doesn't mean it can't work on Linux or MacOS via Mono. Just edit sources.txt to fit and the application will do its best.

Mod support - Any PAK file with well-formed metadata and any mod folder.

There are a few alternatives to Xbawks and a few translation mods thatve been seen. We can't make it more like The Sims 2 if we wanted to. You may have two mods installed that both try to edit the character creator. To play as a custom species you got from a mod, you need another mod to add more blank species buttons.Īdding more species buttons and changing the basic layout is all we can do here. Now consider there are by default only seven buttons to select a species for your character. The only real constant is that the clothing colors are limited. Starbound has the same basic issue as The Sims in that it has several different options, each with their own arrow buttons and not a clue. The Sims 2 did much better with a scrolling panel full of previews.

Install enough content and you could need tens of clicks to reach the option you wanted, only to find you could've gone the other way and reach it in two. What we have here is the solution to the problem that Starbound's character creator quickly gets unwieldy.ĭoes anyone remember what the character creator in The Sims looked like? The original? It wasn't pretty, with arrow buttons for the two visual elements you could change.

Starbound character creation mod