


If you have purchased Starbound from Steam, then these instructions will work. Note - This step will not remove or change your packed. This means we need to unpack the assets before we can start modding. Only UTF-8 is supported, other encodings are likely to cause crashes.

Do not use a word processor such as MS Word instead of a text editor. You will need a text editor that is not the Windows included notepad. This article will show you the steps you need to take before you can start actually modding, and also the steps you can take after you are done modding, to pack and publish your mod.
