You create a new character with the appearance you want and transfer this appearance to your character. Transfer the appearance from one character into another.This guide covers various aspects of player customization and since it grew in scope as I was writing it, the different workflows became a bit confusing, I’m working on that aspect of the guide.ĭepending on the task your are about to perform, some sections of the guide will be of interest and some others won’t. The appendix includes a more advanced procedure for the creation of unique color schemes that is more challenging. I’m just trying to be thorough with the explanation.

It looks like a long process but it really isn’t once you get the hang of it. This is my first forray into processing any kind of save file, please be gentle, constructive criticism welcome.In this guide I do my best to show you the process of editing your character name/appearance directly from the player file. Display the rest of the player data that is collected ( Health, blueprints, techs, etc).player save file and it will parse and output information about your character save.Ī big thanks to McSimp and his files on starbound save structure research, it really helped me fill in the blanks for the things I was missing. Hey guys, i'm making the first test version of my web-based save file parser available here: Notice: Changes made to items are not yet saved, i'll be adding it soon. Click save to get the link to your new save file MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR SAVE FILE, i'm not responsible for losing your save. player file from your Steam/steamapps/common/starbound/players folderģ. Please make backups before using this tool, i'm not responsible for lost saves.Ģ. Fixed some bugs related to editing items and their properties.Added the option to change your current and max health/energy/warmth/breath/hunger.Fixed some bugs with large numbers being calculated incorrectly.Fixed bug where you couldnt add items to empty slots.Clicking import will open a textbox where you can paste these codes to import the item into that slot. Clicking export will give you a chunk of text representing that item. Item Sharing (Exporting and Importing) In the 'View More' section for every item there are now 'export' and 'import' buttons.

How to backup starbound save file