
Using a text editor (if you don't have one, or know what this means, use Notepad), copy and paste this into a blank offĮcho Unpacking. This time, it's totally OK not to know what that means, just follow these instructions: The alternative to using the command line is to write a file to run it for you.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Starbound - Unstable\win32\asset_unpacker" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Starbound - Unstable\assets\packed.pak" "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Starbound Assets" If you have installed Steam in the default location, and installed the unstable/nightly in the default location relative to Steam, this code will unpack into a new Starbound Assets on your desktop: "LOCATION OF UNPACKER" "LOCATION OF ASSET" "WHERE TO UNPACK" Running From Command Prompt If you're comfortable running it directly from the command line, its syntax is: If you don't know what a this means, or aren't comfortable using the command line, skip to the next section. Windows has a unpacker executable: \win32\asset_unpacker.exe that can be run from the command line. If the unpacking process for your operating system isn't shown below, there's a compilation of guides on the forums. Now that you know where the nightly's assets are, it's time to unpack them. This is the magic file where game's assets hide. From this directory, open the /assets folder.ĥ. A file-system window will open to the root directory of your nightly install.Ĥ. Feel free to close this this Properties window.ģ. Under the Local Files tab, click the Browse Local Files button. Open the properties of your freshly updated nightly install.Ģ.
#How to add starbound download to stem install
Where your nightly install is will vary on your operating system, but this location can be found easily through Steam.ġ.

If not, make sure you have the Starbound - Unstable installed first.
#How to add starbound download to stem update
Steam should automatically update to the nightly version. There isn't a code to get access to the nightly, so leave that input-box blank.Ĥ. Under the Betas tab, change the drop-down menu to nightly. To install the nightly, find your game called Starbound - Unstable in Steam, and access its properties.Ģ. It may or may not be playable, because its stability changes day-to-day.Įveryone has access to the nightly build, but it is not installed by default.ġ. It is the most current incarnation of the game, including all developer's work from the preceding day. Every day, when the developers go home from work, the nightly build is uploaded to Steam. Remember, Starbounder uses data from the nightly builds.
