I don't know if there are bigger chest but i think 16 slots are not enough. So there you go, a chest with 64 slots, craftable in the crafting table with 2 iron bars and 6 wooden planks! as usual, there is a new object in assets/objects/generic/chestclassicmod, a new recipe in assets/recipes/starter/crafting table and the entry in player.config Download http://www.mediafire.com/download/qx2kbrw7y1lmc6r/chest64.zip
This mod is my dream come true......except the chest disappears from your ship if you go into multiplayer at all. It's still gone even if you go back to single player, with all your stuff that was in it gone too.
The issue you're experiencing is common, if not expected, with all most mods and can be sort of fixed by installing the mod on the server as well. I say 'sort of' because it's not going to bring your already lost chests or their contents back, but it will prevent it from happening again.
I don't actually know, though I know it's possible as my brother runs our family's server and has been running a mod pack I've been piecing together on it. We encountered some early issues where you couldn't use mod recipes that required the furnace until he said he had "installed the mod on the server". If I had to take a guess, if you're launching the server from the Starbound Launcher it should pull it's data/resources/whatever from your assets folder and you should be fine with the "mods folder+bootstrap" edit method. If you're running a stand alone server(I am also unsure how this is done, I just know it's possible because it's what my brother is doing) you might have to put the mod files in the assets folder instead of the simpler "mods folder + bootstrap edit" method(explained here in case you didn't already know: http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/the-proper-way-to-install-mods.41929/ ) I'll get in touch with him and see if I can explain it to you in a reasonable manner.
Any way you could also release a big locker from the laboratory lockers? I like the way lockers can be stacked on top of one another. I'm sure I could mess with the files and make yours into a locker for myself but I'm sure other people would like to check it out as well, seeing as you already have experience with creating the big chest, I thought it'd be easy for you to create a big locker too
Can you make them shipping containers instead? That would be really cool, especially for my storage planet (waiting for the character crashing update).
Simple, effective, and to the point. It does what it does and it does it well. And for us packrats, extremely useful. Nicely done!
This chest mod gives an error about the player.config file and wont even start the game. I have tryed installing it both manually and using different modloaders, but the results are the same. Maybe needs an update, or a recheck for the v. Indignant Koala?