Starbound

Starbound

Realistic Fuel Cost (1.4 Updated)
125 Comments
Xaliber  [author] 6 Jun @ 5:04am 
Yeah that's too bad. I'll see what I can do when I return to Starbound modding.
theja 23 Apr @ 11:45am 
unfortunately the easier edition is no longer existant
Xaliber  [author] 26 Dec, 2023 @ 12:41am 
@MSD_Live:
Hey, just a friendly reminder that I think is useful to remember before we report any error to any mod in any game. There are two basic principles:

1.) if the error is so outlandish like deleting your character/save game, it's likely you did a mistake on your own. Especially if the mod you suspected only specifically touches one aspect of the game like this mod.

2.) it's difficult for mod authors to provide support without your mod list and the crash/error log. For Starbound the error log is located in \Steam\steamapps\common\Starbound\storage\starbound.log. So do upload the file somewhere or copy-paste the content to Pastebin.

Either way, you most likely have too many mods interfering with the same system. Frackin Universe is a possible culprit.

I need you to upload your mod list and the error log before I can help you.
MDS_Live 25 Dec, 2023 @ 12:50pm 
Hey, I believe this mod is now broken. I recently installed it and upon trying to move my ship wouldn't let me move it. When I uninstalled the mod it deleted my character. Any help would be nice.
AgentKirin 18 Mar, 2022 @ 3:19pm 
I've been looking for a mod that does this, but the cost feels a bit steep (~100 fuel feels like a lot to go the distance from one end of your cursor to the other), and the link to the easier version only leads to an error page. Any chance of another easier version (or the link to the existing easier version being fixed)?
Twisted_Code 28 Feb, 2022 @ 7:26am 
did you get your discord account back? looks like it got hijacked at least temporarily and I want to make sure you got it under control.
Gammaboy45 14 Nov, 2021 @ 9:03am 
when exactly did this stop being a vanilla feature? I kinda' stopped travelling large distances and only recently noticed how everything had the same cost, but I remember engineers and mechanic crew could improve fuel efficiency and capacity and I really miss this system ):
SanAndreaP 26 Oct, 2021 @ 10:43am 
I made an addon to this mod that caps the ship tier used for the fuel cost calculations to tier 9 (1 tier above max. vanilla level), which should fix the excessive costs for BYOS ships:

https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2637762125
Tingcat 30 Jun, 2021 @ 7:22am 
BYOS essentially upgrades your ship to its own stage beyond max level, I think? Which would make sense for the ridiculously high fuel costs as your mod makes fuel costs bigger the 'larger' (higher tier) the ship is.
Daemon 23 Dec, 2020 @ 10:48am 
It is not, it makes your nav console says "Incompatible mod detected"
TannerTopHat 12 Aug, 2020 @ 6:51pm 
Is this mod usable with FU?
Eevote 9 Aug, 2020 @ 8:40am 
The easy version doesn't exist
-=ToX=- 13 Jul, 2020 @ 10:00am 
Checked it - BYOS wasn't updated for 4 years, so it's not that.

But i did not used them together before.
-=ToX=- 13 Jul, 2020 @ 9:55am 
That will be very nice of you.

I suppose it's because of BYOS. I have almost 8 pages of mods installed, but i don't use any mods for fuel usage or traveling, and ship size is only thing a can think of, wich can cause that, because your mod considering it.

Not sure about updates neither.
Xaliber  [author] 13 Jul, 2020 @ 9:44am 
I haven't been paying attention to BYOS. Is the mod updated sometime ago? I'd like to check the issue but I have to make myself familair with BYOS first.
-=ToX=- 13 Jul, 2020 @ 8:41am 
I think, i having a same problem with BYOS. Cause travel to the next star cost me over 4500 fuel.
But i very like this mode...
Maybe its possible to take away a cost/ship size option? or lock it to the same maximum size somehow?
MegaMato 28 May, 2020 @ 10:17pm 
It seems like BYOS causes it.
MegaMato 28 May, 2020 @ 10:06pm 
I have been messing around with different ship building mods and it turns out to be BYOS that is causing the giant hike in cost. Probably because the game thinks the ship is extra huge and just multiplies it. I'll double check
MegaMato 19 May, 2020 @ 10:39pm 
Never did figure it out. I had a guess but I couldn't duplicate it. The only things I added recently that were travel related were MadTulip custom ships and a list of new star names. I uninstalled them and reinstalled and everything was fine again. Wish I knew more.
Xaliber  [author] 19 May, 2020 @ 9:29pm 
@MegaMato:
That's mad! So what caused the problem? I'd like to know.
MegaMato 19 May, 2020 @ 1:58pm 
Well never mind. The problem has corrected itself.
MegaMato 19 May, 2020 @ 1:04pm 
Crazy thing happened to me. Some combination of mods I added recently made the cost of fuel between close stars 1200 and a little farther away was 10000. Not sure what caused the multiplier but that was a little too steep lol.
Nx 14 May, 2020 @ 12:30am 
well true
Xaliber  [author] 13 May, 2020 @ 3:01am 
Right, this was made before bounty hunting update so I didn't take it as a consideration.

But isn't the default fuel is 100 anyway?
Nx 13 May, 2020 @ 2:27am 
I feel like the cost is a little too much. 106 fuel to travel to system just an inch away sounds a lot (even for a T8 ship). I'd say lower the base number (the one that gets multiplied by distance) by 10 or so. It'd ease out the bounty hunting quests since they require jumping between stars frequently.
Xaliber  [author] 13 May, 2020 @ 12:03am 
Enjoy the game! Let me know if there's something I can improve.
Nx 12 May, 2020 @ 6:56am 
I was confused as to why my ship fuel cap suddenly went down to 1000.

Apparently the first mod I subbed to got deleted (or whatever happened to it)
And now I'm here! Resubbing~
Xaliber  [author] 9 May, 2020 @ 6:42am 
Not sure. I wasn't the one who maintain the mod. Try contacting BansheeBri88?
Averdery 8 May, 2020 @ 1:32pm 
what happened to the Easier Version?
Xaliber  [author] 13 Nov, 2019 @ 10:00pm 
Thanks! It would vary to each's interpretation I guess, but I think the higher fuel cost is accounted to the amount of energy the FTL engine uses to travel long distance. Since the game doesn't show us actually travelling in normal way (which would benefit from inertia), but always in "jump to hyperspace" way.
mathgeniuszach 11 Nov, 2019 @ 7:32pm 
Really good mod! I previously used it until I realized that most of the time inertia makes traveling long distances a lot cheaper than you think, thus accounting for the original fuel costs.
Xaliber  [author] 24 Sep, 2019 @ 12:38am 
Whew, sorry for the extremely long delay! Was away for months because I had to go out of town for a research work.

Finally pushed an update to 1.4. It was just an easy fix, fortunately. Sail away!
KKelso25 21 Jul, 2019 @ 12:53pm 
Can also confirm for Twisted_Code and Tail
SpicySpaceSnake 27 Jun, 2019 @ 10:05pm 
@BansheeBri88 When you click Play to play Starbound, one of the options should be to launch the Mod Uploader Tool.
GamerBanshee 27 Jun, 2019 @ 10:03pm 
ok- I managed to unpack, cross fill the new missing code, and repack (with a slightly more forgiving formula). how do I upload / publish?
Arbiter1223 13 Jun, 2019 @ 5:57pm 
Hope this mod gets fixed soon.
SpicySpaceSnake 13 Jun, 2019 @ 3:54pm 
Renders the Navigation Console unusable as of 1.4. Good mod, but unsubbing until this gets patched.
Tail 13 Jun, 2019 @ 2:08pm 
can confirm the previous comment
Twisted_Code 13 Jun, 2019 @ 11:50am 
incompatible with the just-released Bounty Hunter Update. You can't use the navigation system with this installed currently; the GUI will display an almost empty system and won't respond
pal1d1nl1ght 31 Dec, 2018 @ 6:28pm 
0/2500 refuel again
Eris Entropy 31 Dec, 2018 @ 6:27pm 
Sadly no longer works with FU installed, giving an "incompatible mod" screen at the navigation console. Shame. Please update and fix dis.
Bitz 11 Jun, 2018 @ 11:13am 
can you make it so it isn't completly lore breaking fuel limit?
16BitPotato 23 May, 2018 @ 3:14pm 
I made a BYOS, and now jumping one system over costs upwards of 4000 fuel. Is this intended behaviour?
Vendo Collector 23 Apr, 2018 @ 2:32pm 
multiplayer?
Hubnester 24 Mar, 2018 @ 3:36pm 
That's because you have FU installed and both mods modify cockpit.lua making them incompatible (though i'm planning to try make FU compatible with mods that modify cockpit.lua, but it might end up overwriting this mods fuel calcultions if you have both installed)
ZapSnap 18 Mar, 2018 @ 8:41pm 
Keeps giving me an "Incompatible Mod Detected" issue, do you know why?
Meovyle 25 Feb, 2018 @ 12:43pm 
I didnt play that far...
What is it normaly? Everytime 100?
pelusaloca 12 Feb, 2018 @ 7:45am 
Hello ! thanks you for this amazing mod ! can you add or make the fuel prices more expensive at the outpost and for the gas stations? Maybe like 1 fuel 100 pixel? Thanks.
Xaliber  [author] 24 Jan, 2018 @ 6:28am 
@The White Tortoise:
I'll check the issue soon, thanks for letting me know!

@jerrylee22:
No, I didn't buff the Mechanic. Now that you bring it up, it's an interesting perspective in terms of balance.