f you're having trouble launching Starbound after the 1.0 update, try the following:
"The game just doesn't load! There's no error message!"
Try deleting your entire 'Starbound' directory (C: -> Program Files -> Steam -> Steamapps -> common -> Starbound) and reinstalling via Steam.
"I'm getting an error message about missing "api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll"
Your PC may have failed to install Visual C++ 2015. You can download it here! If you're unable to install it, please ensure that you've installed the latest service packs for your version of Windows.