Starbound: Multiplayer Setup!

The selling point of Starbound for me, was the Multiplayer mode. There is no greater joy than exploring your planet, building a new house/base or exploring your new discoveries with a friend or two. Singleplayer mode is fun and relaxing in its own way but most of you have probably heard the saying:

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

Multiplayer Setup
And so the first thing I did when starting up Starbound was set up Multiplayer mode. There are a couple of server setup guides out there on the web but I thought I'd simplify it for you here.
If you're hosting, that means that you want your friends to connect to your PC and play in your universe, you will have to navigate to your Starbound folder. It should be in the following directory or wherever you installed the game:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Starbound\win32

There is an .exe file that you need to run first called starbound_server.exe in the win32 folder. There is no need to run as administrator.

It should take a bit to load everything. Afterwards, go to www.whatismyip.com and copy or write that IP address down. This is the IP address that you need to give your friends to allow them to connect. After they make their characters they can choose Multiplayer mode and there will be a field to enter server address. You can disregard server name and password.
For yourself, enter your own local IP address. This can be found by bringing up your command (cmd.exe) window and typing in ipconfig. Your local IP address would be the numbers next to IPv4 Address.

Additionally, if your friends are on the same network as you, they may use 127.0.0.1 or your OWN local IP address to connect to your server.

But we're not done here. You will have to set up port forwarding for the game through your router settings page which was http://192.168.1.1 for me. This will most likely be different for you so you'll have to lookup the info! Make sure the port 21025 TCP is forwarded to your computer's IP address.

*If you're getting errors trying to connect, please make sure both you and the server are on the latest version which is beta v. furious koala. You can find this version info on the lower right of the Starbound startup window.

**Try and make sure that all your friends connect to the server around the same time so you can spawn on the same planet. Every time you restart the starbound server, it will place new players on a new random world so be advised!

Here is a link to a more extensive server setup guide.
Once you're feeling more adventurous and want to play on public servers, visit Starboundservers subreddit or Starbound serverlister.

freetype6.dll and other errors: If you get a freetype6.dll error or some kind of system resources error from running Starbound, please remember to run as administrator! Or you can go download it here and place it in your windows system folder. I should probably mention that this is only for windows machines!