nms-modding

[vale iron]

I don't know if you can adjust the resources relative to size (I think that's in the EXE), but you could adjust the resources awarded so that the big size is the same reward as vanilla small size, or just increase the mining rate in general to achieve the same thing. This would also increase the small size return rate, though, so small would still be better, just more betterer

[whole kestrel]

is there a mod that shows the actual planet colors and doesnt change when i enter the planet?

[solid hawk]

nope

[west solstice]

does anyone know how to fix alot of building parts missing in buildframe rectum?

[solid hawk]

@west solstice Nothing should be missing with RecTUM. The mod rearranges build objects into different categories and subcategories than vanilla, to reduce the number of tabs. So, chances are, they are still there, just now in different places.

Also, do you see object with the yellow " in the upper left?

This means several objects have been combined into one. Like it says, click the x button to re-expand.

[hearty wasp]

actually get all of them

[solid hawk]

Happy New Years, one and all

[hearty blade]

You as well

[hearty blade]

@vale iron I have a question regarding your Corvette landing point mod. The version with the spot directly above the pillar. Is that the item from the anomaly you get from quicksilver, so I buy it from there?

[vale iron]

I don't think it's a quicksilver item, but maybe

[hearty blade]

Also I have a question. I'm guessing it's not possible to unrestrict access to pirate systems at station and (weirdly) Freighter teleporters?

I remember when I first played the game I thought I'd eventually get the ability to go to them without restriction, with the Atlas pass 3

[vale iron]

You mean how normal systems and pirate are separate networks?

[hearty blade]

yeah

It's a little odd a planet-side base teleporter can go to them unrestricted, but one of a freighter base can't

[vale iron]

I'm not sure if that restriction is in the EXE or an entity somewhere, would have to look

[stuck portal]

It's also odd that if the freighter is in a pirate system, you can teleport from the freighter to the station but not the other way round

[hearty blade]

Yes it is!

[hearty blade]

Well I don't see any mods that change it, so it may not be possible

[vale iron]

I've never heard anyone mention it befoore, so I doubt anyone has looked

I'm trying to remember where the freighter teleporter files are

The base teleporter works for both system types?

I found the base teleporter entity and might be able to just swap the interaction type on the freighter one. Looking for it now

I'm on my slow laptop, though

[final hazel]

I should test if the base teleporter works across networks when placed on a freighter

[final hazel]

Planetbase Teleporter shares the same restrictions as the freighter teleporter when placed on a freighter

This is one thing I'd kinda expect to be hardcoded, unless there's a teleport menu data file or a debug option that disables it enetirely

[vale iron]

Ok, so they are checking in the EXE where the teleporter is being activated

Because it looks like TELEPORTER_F uses all the same game files as TELEPORTER

So same ENTITY

Does the Nexus teleporter have the same restrictions?

[final hazel]

I do not believe so

[vale iron]

So Nexus can go to either Outlaw or normal systems?

[final hazel]

Correct, just verified

[vale iron]

ok, I might be able to use that interaction then, but not sure if it has other side effects

[final hazel]

Possibly may grant access to featured bases

As well as a "Space Anomaly" tab that may not work due to other players not being present

[vale iron]

Making the EXML

Try that

[hearty blade]

Just drop it into mods folder?

[vale iron]

Unzip it, but otherwise yeah

Nexus teleporter might be subjected to the same location test, though, can't be sure

[final hazel]

Doesn't seem to be any different (yes, I installed the second upload)

[vale iron]

Might be able to go to both because it's not in either type

Oh, working?

[final hazel]

Not working

[vale iron]

Oh, Clearance Not Granted

I see it now

So even the Nexus Teleporter has to pass through that EXE check

[vale iron]

I'll compare a little more closely to see if there's any other difference

[hearty blade]

I was trying from my freighter

Planet Teleporter is normal

[final hazel]

The changes were produced in EXPORTED too

[vale iron]

Ah thanks, good to check that

[hearty blade]

No clue what you two are talking about so I'll just pretend to nod lol

[vale iron]

Damnit, I really don't want to try to load the whole Nexus model on this laptop to find the files for the Nexus Teleporter

[final hazel]

There's a debug variable that makes it so EXML modifications will produce what the final file looks like in a special folder, useful to know that the mod is read and how the game replaces stuff using it to see if it works/is formatted correctly

[hearty blade]

neat

the different models have different traits other than visual differences? Wow

[solid hawk]

Don't know without comparing

Maybe, maybe not

[vale iron]

Found it, comparing

Nah, no other entity differences that are significant, so it looks like it's not going to be possible

[hearty blade]

Dang

I wonder why they made it that way, or made it so the function can't be unlocked with some kind of pirate themed item.

which is also something I thought the forged passports would do. Either forged passports or Atlas v3. Ah well

[vale iron]

The world may never know

[hearty blade]

Also you have a bunch of base/corvette themed mods, have you considered making a corvette mod pack?

[vale iron]

I don't think I have enough to make that worthwhile

[hearty blade]

oh

[vale iron]

The only things I am currently considering for collections are gCam, gEpic, and gLonely

[hearty blade]

It's funny you have a mod for freighter antenna collisions. That's the sole reason I refuse the Sentiel style freighters

[vale iron]

probably needs to be updated, though

[hearty blade]

sept 2024, yeah

[hearty blade]

Neat, now I might bother with that model in future saves/expeditions

thanks!

Also it much be a herculean task for you to manage so many mods Babs. The work is very much appreciated

[solid hawk]

Thanks. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Depends on external factors more than anything else. Right now a bit of a slow period, thankfully

[hearty blade]

Does the Dreadnought bridge count as a normal freighter bridge for the purposes of your freighter bridge mod?

I have no idea what things in this game my have different nuances to them

[solid hawk]

There's some minor differences in appearance

Official name is Pirate Bridge, btw.

Example: Only one teleporter on the pirate bridge, as there's only one in the pirate hangar, just like vanilla. I just have a little debris strewn about. Would someday like to bring a red theme to coloration into the mod, but that would be a VERY time consuming task.

[hearty blade]

So it does work for the bridge?

I think I had this mod on my old PC years ago, before dreadnoughts were introduced.

[hearty blade]

Oh what a lovely bridge, Looks better than in the pictures

[obsidian mulch]

Was told to ask in here to see if anybody know what mod might be used in this build.

[vale iron]

I can't make out what is special here. Need better pictures and/or an explanation of what exactly you want to accomplish

[solid hawk]

If you can get better ones, can always add then to the page, https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3680?tab=images

I'm terrible at screenshots., haha

[obsidian mulch]

I want to build an open area with Freighter habs

Basically, from what I can understand, its a 3x3 Freighter hab, built on a Corvette.

If I had to give a rough guess, this is how it was built, but I am not sure exactly how to place the Freighter habs.

Blue = Freighter habs
Red = Corvette Parts

[fresh arch]

Could be Beyond Base Building and whatever allows for scalling of base objects that normally don't support it

I think Gumsk had something for that

Or is part of BBB already

[vale iron]

That

That's part of BBB, though I think it's disabled by default for habs

I would be worried that nothing would snap to them, but maybe corvette parts do

[solid hawk]

Scaling is not disabled for habs

[vale iron]

Ah, thanks

[west solstice]

sry for being late, heres some examples of stuff missing: black hole sign, atlantideum a, atlantideum b, etc.

[thin shard]

I forgot I was still in here lol
my bad
also happy new year

[solid hawk]

I was able to quickly find The Black Hole in the Wall Sign, Atlantideum Street Lamp, Atlantideum Refiner, and Atlantid Poster, by doing this: #nms-modding message . You can too. 🙂 This is what the mod does, what it's designed to do. Reduce, combine, and compact base build entries to keep from hitting hardcoded restrictions on numbers in the build menu, when using mods which add new base build entries (like Eucli-EA or Ultra Base Building).

It's all there, you just have to look where they are now. 🙂

[west solstice]

oh i didnt know that you have to unlock the main thing to use the smaller stuff

[west solstice]

and by atlantideum i meant the expedition reward

it was just atlantideum crystals

[solid hawk]

Only three atlantideum build objects in the game

[west solstice]

theres the crystals you can place

[solid hawk]

This?

[west solstice]

literally just crystals of atlantideum like you can find on planets

[solid hawk]

If it's in the game, it'll still be there, just combined with other things.

[west solstice]

i searched everywhere, its nowhere to be found

[solid hawk]

I'll need the exact name, as it shows on the build menu, to look further. Something like 1800 build objects in the game.

[west solstice]

ill send an image in just a sec

[fresh arch]

if memory serves right the smaller atlantideum crystals are in the same group as crystallized drone

so expand that and see what's in there

[whole kestrel]

@lethal cobalt do you know what file makes it so that only one freighter is visible at a time during MP?

[kind zephyr]

Is this like modding is like using a different parts for like guns in the game or like modding in the sense that you're adding something in the game that shouldn't be in the game?

[solid hawk]

This cannot be changed, it's hardcoded

[whole kestrel]

oh

[solid hawk]

There are no mods to add different parts to guns. It's modding as in making changes from the vanilla game. To see what mods are availble see https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/newrecently. Be aware, no mod last updated prior to 29 January 2025 can work.

[kind zephyr]

Oh okay thats pretty cool that they allow that and even have a dedicated chat for modding although I am on Playstation so I'm not sure how that will work but I'll take a look

[fresh arch]

FYI there's no "dedicated chat for modding" because this server is not run by HG

[solid hawk]

Also, can't use mods with consoles.

[fresh arch]

!officialdiscord

[hardy aurora]

-# to view info below, enable embeds

The game's developer HelloGames.org links to our Discord, officially acknowledging it as the No Man's Sky Discord (https://discord.gg/nomanssky). However, the server is 100% run by community volunteers...

[cursive wedge]

Gyuys can i put mods on ps5

[west solstice]

only on pc

[solid hawk]

no

[cursive wedge]

Damn ok ty guys

[hearty blade]

So here's a question that I don't know if it would be possible, but the thought is based on another mod I'm using

There's a mod that I'm using that allows the player to manage ship fabrication through the bridge terminal on the Freighter, would it be possible to put Corvette Storage on the freighter too?

[fresh arch]

in theory doable

riggin a new model/entity with the same interaction type

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3810

duh it's been already done

dunno if works for freighters

[pure mulch]

No space in mine, already got ship scrap one and multitool one

[hearty blade]

I might have to test that, as well an the anti matter generator mod, since I miss having that on freighters

[frank bridge]

Are there any mods which alter the rarity & size improvements for fishing baits?

[shut sluice]

there any mods that allow me to use the multi tool visor on exocrafts?

[final hazel]

There is not.

If there was, it would be easily findable on https://www.nexusmods.com/games/nomanssky/mods

[vale iron]

Not that I know of, but it wouldn't be too hard

I don't think anyone sees much need

[stuck portal]

Is it possible to reorder bases as it appears on your teleport list? And if so, is there anything I need to watch out for beyond simply copy/pasting the base data into the correct slots?

[final hazel]

Very easily, and using a program like https://github.com/IzzyTheDreamingFox/FoxTech-DNA makes it very easy

[stuck portal]

Thank you!

And it falls under the same rule as the ordering of ships? If I place bases at the back of the list, they will stay there unless I move them?

[final hazel]

Yes, they will never move

[hearty blade]

Freedom!

spawned into the game stuck, saved by babs

[hearty blade]

I have a question about the freighter bridge mod. Will other players be able to see it or will it cause problems when I play with friends?

I turned it off just in case

[solid hawk]

ALL mods are local and do not cause issues playing with others.

As with ALL model mods, they would see the vanilla bridge, unless also using the same mod, but this does NOT keep you from playing with others.

[hearty blade]

Alright, that's good!

[true flicker]

Just curious is this mod will also allow me to add landingpad on my corvette

[fresh arch]

This mod only mentions the workshop cache item so no

[solid hawk]

Although it is technically possible to add a landing pad on a corvette, for decorative purposes only (say with Beyond base building), they really won't be functional. The moment you move the corvette, the landed ship will disappear, as landing pads are designed to be fixed in location, not moveable.

[true flicker]

Appreciate it, seems blender is the only way i know before they say you can add one by using a settlement and base but it seems to be patched cant add it anymore.

[frank bridge]

i had an interesting idea: trying to claim a base computer on my corvette while it's in deep space

[vale iron]

The base would attach to the nearest planet, most likely, and any items more than 1000u above terrain level won't render for you on reload.

There's a slim chance it might attach to 0 (space), and if it did, I'm not sure how that would work

[fresh arch]

@pure mulch https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3708

[pure mulch]

Thanks FF

[stuck portal]

awesome, ty

[fair narwhal]

I'm quite possibly the worst modder of nms to ever exist

[manic mist]

.

[solid hawk]

^ spam?

[wild goblet]

so can we make a mod where zombies can appear in black and white plants when exploring?

[solid hawk]

nope

If you don't see a mod to do X on NexusMods, after 9+ years, chances are because it can't be done.

[final hazel]

At best you could probably make every planet have grunts and maybe make those attack, but I don't think those can be "predatory"

and that wouldn't be limited to the desired planets

[solid hawk]

In theory could make a zombie and new plant model.....getting a spawn on contact with a plant, would be a hideous nightmare to achieve. The major issue would be we can't make animations, so the models would be static, not moveable.

Then, of course, there's the issue with "zombies" not having anything to do with the concept of NMS.

So, to get this to half-ass sorta-kinda work, looking at dozens of man hours for something nobody would want or use.

In this case, "we" meaning "you", feel free to attempt it goku.

[inner aurora]

i'm having trouble installing the ultimate harvest all mod. I was wondering if i could get some help with that?

[final hazel]

Do you have a link to the mod you are trying to install?

also, a mod troubleshooting guide can be found at http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[inner aurora]

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/2465?tab=files

just the harvest all plants one

[final hazel]

This mod will not work with versions of No Man's Sky past Jan 29 2025

Please read http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550 for up-to-date modding info, including mod installation details

[inner aurora]

i see

will it be updated?

[final hazel]

We do not know. Ask the author in the posts or find other ways to contact them

[inner aurora]

right

[final hazel]

I believe there are existing alternatives, like https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3350 and https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3176

[hearty blade]

@vale iron I don't think the bacta healer mod works? I tried to use the device in the corvette, didn't even get a prompt. The one for the bed being an appearance changer works though

[inner aurora]

i'll try those, thanks @final hazel

[solid hawk]

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3572 is the official updated version

[inner aurora]

ahh ok thanks

im having trouble getting it to work, im not even sure its registering as a mod

[final hazel]

Can you send a screenshot of your MODS folder's contents? Like this

[final hazel]

Why is the mod's contents spread out without a containing folder?

[solid hawk]

Has to be in the mod folder within the zip,.

[final hazel]

Create a new folder and name it whatever, then place the MODELS folder inside of it
the other two files aren't relevant and may be discarded

[inner aurora]

ok give me a moment

[solid hawk]

or if using the other variant

Game will not recognize loose files within GAMEDATA\MODS

Should always be GAMEDAYA\MODS\some mod folder

[solid hawk]

Yep, that should be correct now

[inner aurora]

Ok thanks

it still doesnt seem to work

[final hazel]

Do you get a mod warning on startup?

[inner aurora]

no

[final hazel]

Delete No Man's Sky\Binaries\SETTINGS\GCMODSETTINGS.MXML

[inner aurora]

ok i did that

I got the mod warning

Ok thats working, thanks for all the help

And this mod should last a while?

[pure mulch]

Until hg update the game

[final hazel]

And even then, it most likely will still work if it is an EXML mod

[inner aurora]

Right, thanks

I really appreciate the help

[vale iron]

There's also this
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/1836

[vale iron]

I'll take a look tonight

[inner aurora]

Right, thanks

[inner aurora]

is there a way to hold d to make more than one of an item?

[stuck portal]

When you have the recipe selected, you can use a and d to control how many you can make

[solid hawk]

Please keep it to modding related things in here. For general NMS questions, #nms-questions . Thanks. 🙂

[foggy lodge]

how to play older save versions of the game?

[solid hawk]

Start game, choose save. Older saves will be updated to current schema

[rancid meteor]

Where is a good place to find mods that improve quality of life in nms? Asking for one of my good friends who doesn’t have access to discord.

[final hazel]

https://www.nexusmods.com/games/nomanssky/mods?sort=updatedAt

[rancid meteor]

Thank you so much!

[final hazel]

Also make sure to read http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[rancid meteor]

ofc!

[rose basin]

what should i say im trying to get expedidion 10

[final hazel]

Replace, like the instructions on the website tell you to do

[rose basin]

It worked but now the question is once I’m finished with this how the heck do I get rid of it and replace it with the old one

[solid hawk]

website probably says how to do that as well

[final hazel]

Just open the game while not in offline mode / while connected to the internet

[rose basin]

OK

[rose basin]

Why do you have to be offline?

[final hazel]

Opening the game while online checks if the season cache data is correct, and if it isn't then it's replaced

[rose basin]

Oh

Ok

[hearty blade]

I couldn't find the item in the build menu

[solid hawk]

He was just linking you to someone elses mod. You'd need to contact the author if an issue with it.

[hearty blade]

Oh oops, I guess I failed to read who the maker was. Sorry!

I will go do that

[solid hawk]

Someone just posted two days ago that it is working. So maybe you installed incorrectly?

[hearty blade]

I dragged and dropped it into the singularity manager 🤔

There's few possibilities. 1. 'm a blind idiot, 2. Could be conflicting with other mods I'm using without crashing the game, but #1 is most likely

[solid hawk]

That's between you and the singularity manager, doesn't means things worked correctly

Check in your MODS folder

[hearty blade]

Yep I see it there. I'll test it with all other mods off

[solid hawk]

Are you using RecTUM by chance?

[hearty blade]

I have no idea what that is

[solid hawk]

It's a building mod

[hearty blade]

only base building mods I have are your better base building mod, Gscaling and uh "better build mode and camera"

[solid hawk]

ok

[hearty blade]

I could be getting lost in the menu pretty easily

I'll give it another look

[solid hawk]

Oh, did you go to the Nexus and buy the blueprint for it?

[hearty blade]

That would be the problem I guess

I didn't see that little text thanks

[solid hawk]

Have to do that before it'll show, like other base parts

[hearty blade]

Ah, I think it completely slipped my mind that was needed

Thanks!

[rose basin]

ok i should have the crimson trail now

[hearty blade]

Of course the instance I have all other mods like unstuck disabled... I clip through the floor of the nexus and end up in space

That was scary

Reloaded from last autosave

[vale iron]

If you were in space, you should have emergency summoned your ship

[hearty blade]

I did, but I didn't trust it was actually space when all the sound cut out when I was flying

Funny enough it happened a second time. Sort of, I was exploring another player's corvette, they took off and I got deposited in space

All this space walking stuff is new to me.

It's not in the switch version, my previous experience with No man's Sky on PC was at least 2 years ago.

[hearty blade]

@vale iron Do all these versions of the Gship better ship lightning mods clash, should I only pick one as active?

[solid hawk]

No, they do not conflict

[vale iron]

They are separated so you can customize your experience

[fleet hazel]

Does anyone know where to find the .JSON file to edit my Production rate?

In my settlement

And does anyone know how to Port ships from File to File properly? (My ship has like 2500 parts) so It doesn't port properly. And I don't know If It's the Save Editor cannot port everything over. Or not.

[vale iron]

You're going to want a different server for that stuff

Bah, one minute

[fleet hazel]

I still need to know for the File Edit on .JSON.

[vale iron]

!creativehublink

[hardy aurora]

https://discord.gg/AEXcap6

[vale iron]

They do save editing the most

[fleet hazel]

???

[fleet hazel]

The channel says, Including save editors? I'm confused? What do you mean by that?

[vale iron]

The people on that server do mostly save editing. If you want people that know a lot about it, that's where you want to go. If you want to purposefully avoid the experts, you are welcome to stay on this channel

[stuck portal]

Is the 16k build objects limit hard coded into the exe or something that can be messed with with mods, like how Corvette build limit can be?

[fresh arch]

raised to 21k, hardcoded in exe, can't be affected by standard mods

might be affected by the Transcender plugin developed by Mjstral

Gunter posted the link to Creative and sharing hub, that's their server, should have the info there

[stuck portal]

Thanks

[stuck portal]

Hey @solid hawk , this error comes up whenever I try using your astro bridge mod, anything I can do to rectify that on my end?

I tried with only this mod enabled through singularity, and it still gives me this crash

[pure mulch]

might need updating or conflict

[vale iron]

What game version are you on?

[stuck portal]

the latest version on PC

[solid hawk]

Screenshot of GAMEDATA\MODS please. Can be caused by improper extraction

[stuck portal]

This is the state of the mod folder right now, I am trying to isolate the mod to see conflicts but it's still crashing as soon as my camera turn towards the direction of the bridge

[solid hawk]

ok, hold on, that's very different than crashing on game start.....

in-game, go to Options>Display and Graphics.....

[stuck portal]

OK

[stuck portal]

Trying that now

[solid hawk]

Reflections no greater than Enhanced. See if that helps.

[stuck portal]

Improvement! Thanks! I'll keep an eye and see if it keeps working

[solid hawk]

Another user found back in September that Reflections set higher than Enhanced will cause a crash. Too much from the windows maybe?

[solid hawk]

Do you have an AMD or NVidia GPU? I'm guessing AMD. I've never had the issue with the mod (my GPU is NVidia), only a few users have. My theory is it's an AMD driver issue

[stuck portal]

nVidia RTX 5080

[solid hawk]

Ok, so much for that theory then, lol

[stuck portal]

Gonna play around a bit with the settings

[solid hawk]

Nor is it a higher end vs lower end gpu issue either.

Not the end of the world, but since I can't replicate the issue on my end, I also cannot narrow down exactly what in the mod is the root cause, so then stuck with the people who do get this having to dial down their reflection setting.

[hearty blade]

Which seeing is reflection again?

[solid hawk]

#nms-modding message

[hearty blade]

Oh I don't see that option in the settings menu!

It's in the graphics tab right?

[solid hawk]

#nms-modding message

[hearty blade]

Yeah I don't see that!

[solid hawk]

No idea then

Shows in mine and other peoples

[hearty blade]

where is it supposed to be in this menu?

[fresh arch]

between post processing and volumetrics

[hearty blade]

Huh...

Does it appear depending on the GPU?

[solid hawk]

Yep not in yours. No idea why. Maybe. Ask HG. Like everyone else, I have one game install on one platform, with one set of hardware. Can't say anything beyond that.

in No Man's Sky\Binaries\SETTINGS...

TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML

Do you have a line like this:

If not, would then explain why it's not showing in your GUI

If you wanted to attempt to add, make a backup of the TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML file, then delete the original, start the game, the file should be re-created with default settings.

[oblique dirge]

what is best mods for nms?

is planets generations was changed or is it still best to use mod for this?

[solid hawk]

There are no best. Completely subjective, based on what you want to see changed from vanilla.

[solid hawk]

Planet generation works now as it always has. Some newer biomes and planet types have been added in the past year and a half or so.

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/newrecently

[oblique dirge]

i mean, some mods feels like essentials to use, i was looking for this ones

[solid hawk]

Only mods new or updated since 29 January 2025 are useable. Anything before that date will not work.

[solid hawk]

Again, it's 100% subjective. What you feel is essential another would see as worthless.

Or vice versa

Depends on what YOU do in-game and how you play, more than anything. Some people ONLY base build, others like to explore, etc.

See what there is and use what appeals to you.

[oblique dirge]

well, for example then i was playing like a year or so ago, it was very easy combat, did it changed somehow? or should i looks for some mods that tweeks combat difficulty?

[solid hawk]

Combat is still easy. https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/1537

It's much easier to ask for mods which do specific things, like the above, than a general "good mods"

[oblique dirge]

ok thank you, gonna looks up what i want to change before asking

[oblique dirge]

any good camera mod? the default one is too close to character, i tried Enhanced Third Person Camera, but looks like it didn't updated and didn't work

[solid hawk]

I would recommend gCam, but not updated to current. Most appear to be focused to fix one specific camera issue, as opposed to a general camera mod. https://www.nexusmods.com/games/nomanssky/mods?keyword=camera&sort=updatedAt

[hearty blade]

Sorry was playing the expedition with a friend, just ended the session with them for the day

It looks like it's there in the code to me?

I'll try what you suggested now

My version is steam, and whatever the current game version is too

So odd

I deleted the file and the game recreated it

[solid hawk]

Could be based on GPU or could also show or not show based on how some other feature is set.

[hearty blade]

Oh maybe!

My GPU is whatever is on board this mini pc

amd ryzen 7 5825u

this machine

Gues sI'll bug HG like you said, though when I'm not half asleep.

Thanks for trying to help!

[oblique dirge]

ok i found some mod, camera tweak2, but it still didn't remove annoying auto zoom then using multitool...

oh wait, it was easy, i just search auto zoom and there is mod for it, idk why devs didn't gives option to turn it off by default, it gives me nausea...

[vale iron]

I updated that part of gCam for someone a little while ago. I'll see if I can find it later today and put it here or Nexus

[stuck portal]

You mod makers are legends

[hearty blade]

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/2546Was this updated before corvettes were added to the loot pool for these?

at least I'm told corvette parts can be part of the loot pool?

I'm not aware of when things got updated, All I know is Stuff from beacon and beyond isn't in the switch version and that's what I played

Oh wait I bet the mod maker isn't in here

[solid hawk]

Make a POST on the mod page. lMonk does read those.

[hearty blade]

Okie dokie!

[jaunty gazelle]

how does modding work in this game?

is it client side only?

how does it sync with multiplayer and other peoples games

[rose basin]

are there any mods that let me finish trace of metal quest

or put a camera in the ground

[solid hawk]

Mods are local. Modded files do not sync, but also do not stop multiplayer.

Location data is synced though

A good example is terrain mods. You're running a terrain mod, your friend isn't.

You might be in a valley, while your friend is on a mountain, at the same location. You'll see your friend running across the sky.

If you want to experience the same thing as those you group with, all should be running the same mods.

[jaunty gazelle]

what are some of the best mods

[solid hawk]

None

Highly subjective. You use the mods YOU want to use for your game. A mod you may see as can't live without, another may hate.

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/newrecently

Only mods new or updated since 29 January 2025 are potentially useable. Any before that date will not work, at all.

Generally you will get no specific response to such an open ended ask, unless somebody is trying to shill their own mods or collection. Best to ask for recommendation on a mod that does something specific.

Bad ask: "Which are good mods?"
Good ask: "Which are good mods to increase pool of sky colors?"

Due to #nms-modding message, filters like most endorsed or most downloaded are about worthless for NMS, because most of the results will be older non-working mods.

To summarize, the answer to best mods for NMS is whichever mods make the changes you'd like to see made for your game.

[vale iron]

@jaunty gazelle @oblique dirge
These are the mods that I think are a good starting point and will probably survive updates, so minimal babysitting needed.
https://www.nexusmods.com/games/nomanssky/collections/7qowkp

[hearty blade]

Wold it be possible for you to change how launching from the corvette landing site in your mod or no? When you take off the the camera really jerks around

I'm guessing no

I'm also an idiot and made the mistake is placing it right next to my base. When I deleted the object, it poofed everything in my main building and teleportal building, except for the structures. Oops.

[vale iron]

That's weird. No, I can't change the take off mechanics as it's a built-in function. I might change the function to a different type, though.

[hearty blade]

I think I know why it deleted the stuff in the base. It's a really big object isn't it? I noticed when it spawned a giant cube formed over the base?

[vale iron]

Yes

[hearty blade]

earlier when I was trying to put a cuboid in my "bedroom" the room got cleared when I deleted the cube. So it made sense to me

But I was pretty surprised when I got thousands of materials placed into my inventory, until I checked out the base itself

Also nothing is actually lost. I made a backup of my base a few days ago and the only thing I did since then what build a corvette, do the expeditions with a friend and place that landing point.

Just an observation I made of what happened when I deleted the object

I backup my base, ships and save every time I quit for the day. On the switch version, glitches kept corrupting my ships. I lost several ships to "ghost ships" that remained after scrapping other ships, and two S class freighters.

[rose basin]

Can I get the link for nms save editing?

[stuck portal]

The link I gave had saved editors on

[vale iron]

!creativehublink

[hardy aurora]

https://discord.gg/AEXcap6

[rose basin]

So if I’m gonna use a save editor to get back trace of metal cause mine is glitched if u delete it will it go to my settlement that’s above the ground or go back to the one that under the ground btw if I get rid of the mission I am goin to retire as overseer at the glitched one?

[solid hawk]

Best to ask in the saveedit channel on the cs discord. That's where save experts hang out

[oblique dirge]

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3425

is this mod good? or basic planet generation after worlds part 2 is fine?

i remember that old world generation feels pretty empty without big forests and other things, but i watched worlds part 2 trailer and it looks like they fixed this

[hearty wasp]

all of em are just different flavours

you're always just gonna get some sidegrades

[solid hawk]

Not my cup of tea. There's better out there.

[gentle yoke]

I used to play on Playstation but recently got the game on steam. Any must have quality of life mods?

[solid hawk]

Here what you want to do, regarding a biome or terrain mod, play vanilla for awhile FIRST. When it starts to get boring and repetitive, THEN consider a mod.

[solid hawk]

No. Mods are VERY subjective, so there are no must have for everyone. The mod you love, another will hate, for the same reasons. Entirely depending on how you play and what YOU want to see changed from vanilla. https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/newrecently

No mod new or updated prior to 29 January 2025 can work, so basically only the mods from the last year.

<@&590975379678953522> SPAM ^

[gentle yoke]

Good to know. Main thing I'd be looking for is more controls customization. I'd love to be able to fly my ship with keys while aiming only with mouse.

[solid hawk]

Also filters like most endorsed or downloaded have VERY limited usefulness, since many are older, abandoned mods which won't work.

🫂 to staff. 🙂

[oblique dirge]

the problem is i played vanilla before worlds update, and i think, even if worlds brings alot of changes, then mods probably brings even more... i did more search and found this https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/2675?tab=description, looks like complete overhaul that brings more difficulty too

[solid hawk]

Up to you 🙂

Few fans of overhauls with NMS, which is why there's only one or two. Get too much junk you wouldn't want along with the one or two bits you do. Lasagna does much better biomes. https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3457?tab=files https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3386?tab=files

But also VERY subjective. Eye of the beholder. You do you. 🙂

[oblique dirge]

@solid hawk is there any way to check if mod working or conflicting with something? i tried different mods for camera (like no auto zoom then using multitool and to make camera centered, not on shoulder) but seems like non of them working...

oh wait, did my MOD folder must be in GAMEDATA? or PCBANKS?

[final hazel]

GAMEDATA

[oblique dirge]

oh damn, thanks

[final hazel]

Please refer to the doc http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[solid hawk]

Check the files in the mods folder. Alternately, can get AMUMSS and run _Check_MODS_Status.bat, BUT just because two (or more) mods make changes to the same game file, doesn't necessarily mean that they conflict. Most mods now use the .EXML patch format for files. These should only contain the specific changes the mod is making. That being said 1) an "author" (especially one that doesn't know what they're doing) may also include other data in the .EXML which is not being changed 2) Some game files cannot use patch .EXML and must use .MBIN full file replacement (mostly model or UI related files).

DEFINATELY read the doc Grouch linked.

[oblique dirge]

yeah already doing it, i do not know why did i put MODS folder to PCBANKS but looks like it's common issue

[solid hawk]

That's where mods used to go, prior to 29 January 2025, when HelloGames changes the mod delivery system for the game.

After 8 years, they wanted to spice things up, haha.

[oblique dirge]

oooh got it

[solid hawk]

Common issue with returning players who are trying to do things the old way 🙂

[oblique dirge]

lmao, i put mods in right folder and now game didn't work 😄

[solid hawk]

Big reason why you don't see many mod related YouTube videos and those that exist are completely wrong. HelloGames changes things over time and the lazy people who make videos (for a few likes) rarely, if ever, update the videos when they become obsolete. This is why those within the modding community do text documents, like the one above, and not videos. MUCH easier and quicker to update a text file than it is to record a new video. 🙂

[oblique dirge]

yeah i start to research what this overhaul did and didn't like it at all, what about this Lagana? should i use both mods? Biome generation 3 and Highlights or only one?

oh wait Highlights is like compilation of all his mods

[loud thorn]

Does anyone know of any mod that allows me to make a multi tool cabinet buildable

[loud thorn]

Put MODS folders in both gamedata folder, for your files, then inside PCBANKS make a MODS folder and only put .pak files in it if the mod you download is a singular or 2 pak files

And change the disableallmods setting from "true" to "false"

[rose basin]

also where do i extract the file?

for nms save editing?

[rose basin]

how do i get this to work

[solid hawk]

Nothing to do with mods, try #nms-questions which is the more general help channel.

[solid hawk]

For save editing help, you'd be MUCH better off in the savegame-edit channel on

!creativehublink

[hardy aurora]

https://discord.gg/AEXcap6

[rose basin]

They never type

And never respond

[solid hawk]

That is where the save experts hang out. People aren't there 24/7, but the save experts do not hang out in this channel here.

[rose basin]

Ok

[solid hawk]

Somebody will be along who can answer your questions here, just have a reasonable expectation for a response. Can be days.

@rose basin Does yours show a save path, like this:

If not, I "think" you have to go to

Then navigate to your NMS save location, which should be similar to my path above, just with your user name.

Then the dropdown should work

It's been years since I set up Goatfungus, which is why it's "I think". Hence me not being an expert on this, lol

[oblique dirge]

is there any mods for reducing flashing effects on screen? like then low on health, or low supply systems? i found it in settings, but it still only lowers to 35% and low on shield is still very bright, it's hurting my eyes...

[hearty blade]

I havr a question regarding the cameras in this game. Is each camera different or do some of them over lap? I was running a mod that effecting the player 3rd person camera, a mod for the corvette 3rd person camera and one to improve the build camera. Sometimes with getting into the seat of the forget my camera would so this weird thing with the 3rd person view and make it first person as if I was in photo mode. I turned off all the camera mods now, but I'm wondering how the cameras work in general now

I'm also asking because I think an interaction was making it so the corvette camera mod didn't work

[vale iron]

Cameras are individual, but mods might affect multiple cameras. There are also global settings that aren't tied to individual cameras

[solid hawk]

Look in the actual EXML files in the mods to look for overlap of sections. Two mods making changes to the same settings in the same files will generally cause weirdness. In these cases, last applied wins.

[fair narwhal]

would it be possible to swap out the projectile that a weapon fires, with a different one

like say i wanna shoot starship weapons from my multitool

because there are a lot of mxml files that have the option where i can put anything i want in between the quotation marks

[solid hawk]

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3263

[solid hawk]

You can put anthing you want, BUT in many cases, the game will ignore anything that is either incorrect or outside of a set numerical range.

[fair narwhal]

i put a gek one time

for my multitool

and i was lagging like shit

i then tried contourpodd

[solid hawk]

Not saying all, just many

[fair narwhal]

the tower thing with the ball on it remember?

that's called contourpod tower

i tried to make that a ship

[solid hawk]

It's actually worse, when it accepts a value which tanks the game, like your Gek lol

[fair narwhal]

the gek moved too

like all the other geks and npcs in my game , really fast

talked too

i do have video on here but its like 2 fps

[solid hawk]

Thanks, but no. I don't watch videos unless it's a how to, like how to change the belt in a dryer. 🙂

[fair narwhal]

the belt in a dryer?

[solid hawk]

Yes.

Dryers spin by a belt between the drum and the motor. Being rubber they do break.

and every make and model has the belt in a different configuration.

You get it wrong and it won't work.

[teal fulcrum]

Ok, so I am looking for the end all of laziness.. I have the mod gShip Corvette Supercomputer and it is a game changer, is there any mod that allows for planetary scanning without getting up from the cockpit?

[hearty blade]

@vale iron I tested something I read on the nexus forums about your bacta tank mod. I think I mentioned earlier that the tank doesn't have any prompt to use it, but also if you use a first aid kit on a corvette with the mod active the game crashes. I turned off all other mods to test this.

[hearty blade]

I don't want to play without UNSTUCK. The game is scary without it, I keep running into bugs where I get stuck in something. I guess I'm danger prone

Unstock and Maglock

Maglock has an interesting effect with the Corvette version of the phase beam, basically turns it into a death star laser if your ship is set up to have multiple turrets. The beams coverge onto the enemy ship.

[solid hawk]

lol, that's interesting. The mod uses settings which are based on the weapon itself, not the ship. I'm guessing the above effect is due to the distance between the turrets.

[hearty blade]

in the description I think you said the game used to have a mag-lock innately for most weapons? I feel like I remember that four years ago

[hearty blade]

Gumsk, the Super Bunk also doesn't seem to have a node for the save point like mentioned in the mod description, but it does have the appearance changer.

[hearty blade]

Yeah, it's a cool effect

[frank bridge]

"Fear will keep the local star systems in line"

[solid hawk]

Mind if I steal the screenshot?

Going to upload it to the mod page

[hearty blade]

Go for it

[solid hawk]

Thanks

[hearty blade]

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3885
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3504
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3957 These are other mods involved in the cockpit screen shot just for crediting purposes if you need the info

I can always retake the image without thos emods involved if you'd like

[hearty blade]

the third one shows the beam sweeping to the locked on target

all other mods are off here, in case you'd prefer that for a more accurate pic.

[marsh sail]

boy do i miss gumsks custom freighters 😔

[heavy sail]

Is there a mod to help with water transparency? I go underwater and cannot see more than 10ft in front of me. This is an issue on every planet with ultra settings

[solid hawk]

He's working on it

[solid hawk]

Aren't any real working water visual mods since HG made MASSIVE changes to how all that works around NMS version 5.29 or so. They completely changed how it all works and is heavily affected by shaders. At some point, the community will figure it out. I've been poking at it here and there to revive my Abyss mod, but not there yet.

[solid hawk]

Nah, all good

[hearty blade]

Already did just in case lol

[solid hawk]

I'll add these to the mod page tomorrow, unless you want to

[hearty blade]

I have no idea how to, so go for it

Glad I could be a little helpful to you for once, since you've been super helpful to me

[heavy sail]

@solid hawk Yeah, I'm looking at google and seeing bases like this and wondering how they are so well lite and easy to see

[solid hawk]

I should be in bed already. Up for work in six hours, so I need to call it quits

[hearty blade]

Oh gosh! Yeah go to bed

[solid hawk]

Could just be as simple as monitor adjustment, say to turn up gamma, although that can also wash out the images or low depth water. Gets darker the deeper you get.

[heavy sail]

Yeah, maybe I just need to build my water base at about 100u down

[heady smelt]

Hey, I’m new. I was gonna see if somebody can give me a modded pet.

[solid hawk]

You might have better luck in #nms-lfg-or-trades This is more finding mods to use, troubleshooting mods not working, and some minor save editing.

What you're probably after are save edited pet eggs.

Which is more of a player to player thing.

[bold galleon]

Is it okay to ask a possibly dumb question about save editing

Idk if save editing counts as modding is all

[final hazel]

It's relevant to this channel, as per it's description

[bold galleon]

oh thanks for the clarification, in that case does save editing for the expeditions make the expedition items available across the whole account?

[elder sky]

Hello.
I found a defect in the Corvette's mesh and was wondering if I could fix it myself...
I've identified the problematic file.
Is there a way to edit the vertices of the vanilla mesh file?

[hearty blade]

@solid hawk found something with your Astroport mod that you put out recently. Gek ports have the furniture and characters hovering in the air. Korvax and Vykeen are fine

I guess Gek's use hovering technology lol

[fresh arch]

FYI Babs did not model these, they just took an old mod and updated it to be compatible with current modding system

It is fixable but it's not Babs' fault per se

[analog cradle]

Does anyone know of a mod that enables the warship to join combat? Like freighter on freighter combat?

Considering my top deck is covered in guns, surely there must be some way to use them instead of fighting 50 pirates by myself. 💀

[final hazel]

This isn't possible to be added by a mod, mods cannot add new functionality like this

!hg

[hardy aurora]

Submit bug reports, suggestions or feedback to Hello Games here: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[hearty blade]

Ah I see. Still cool that he brought the mod back

Also I wanted to ask you something too @fresh arch I'm enjoying the scrap guy selling ship parts mod, especially with the reduced cost. I was wondering if it'd be possible to have the scrap merchants primarily sell parts based on races for the ships, though they could still dabble in other ships types. Geks primarily selling hauler parts, Korvax mainly explorers, Vykeens doing fighters, and Pirates selling Solars.

[daring tusk]

Are there mods for this game to disable fuel costs for flying ships as the fuel cost system is one of the biggest things putting me off playing this game all together. For a game boasting near limitless space travel having a extremely restrictive fuel system that makes traveling form planet to planet extremely difficult seems to work against the entire concept of the game.

[fresh arch]

Vanilla game lets you disable fuel costs

[fresh arch]

I'm on work trip with no access to game files but I think that can't be done

Individual races have shop inventories for pilots, but not for scrap dealer

It's only 1 data structure shared for all races

[hearty blade]

I guess nobody likes the scrap dealer and that's why he's under the stairs.

I forgot about them until your mod actually

Good luck with the trip, stay safe

[daring tusk]

I was completely unaware of this.

I might reinstall the game and get back into it then.

[solid hawk]

Probably something local on your system, interaction with another mod. Taken 15 seconds ago.

[hearty blade]

Hmm I'll disable all the others and check

[solid hawk]

It is my responsibility as I now have ownership, BUT 1) was thoroughly tested before publication 2) 200 current users, no other reports of this, and I cannot replicate. Issue local to him. Guessing may be some terrain mod he's using, but could be any number of different mods.

[hearty blade]

I'm trying to think of any environmental mods I'm may be using

I am using the grass fix mod

And a LOD adjustment mod

I'll try those

Hmm... Tried with just thos emods on the place is still like this

I'm gonna warp out of the system see if that changes it now that all mods are odd except astroport

[solid hawk]

Could also see if the same in multiple Gek systems or just that one.

Unfortunately, with me not being able to replicate this, not much I can do from this end.

[hearty blade]

It's still like this even after warping in and out. I'll try another gek system

Huh, like that in a gek system I never went to before too. I wonder what's going on

The devices work as intended, they're all just raised

Well we alreayd know something is odd with my game locally because my settings menu is different too if you recall

[hearty blade]

Well apparently that corvette camera issue I have s a vanilla thing it just happened again with all mods disabled, also looks like somebody else ran into it a few days ago too

[solid hawk]

Actually figured that one out. Some settings do not show if only using an integrated (lower end) GPU. Doesn't even matter if the GPU would support those setting or not. Like my laptop have both an Intel Arc GPU and an NVidia. The Intel handles all the windows 2D stuff and the NVidia handles 3D (games). Because there's two, all the feature settings show up. No idea why HG did this, but that's the way it is. Either way can configure everything through that settings file.

Your mini-PC only has the integrated AMD GPU, so settings don't show in the GUI for you.

[hearty blade]

Ah okay that makes sense

Thanks!

[vale iron]

Vanilla already does this, the range is just so short you rarely see it happen. There was a mod in the past that increased the range and did some other things, but I don't think it's been updated in a long time.

[final hazel]

and that's only combat frigates warping in to assist against pirate attacks, they don't help in freighter battles or anything like that

[hearty blade]

One time my dreadnought blasted a Sentinel freighter, the range really is short like you said, usually when I try to set up the scenario it doesn't happen, or the sentinel freighter ends up stuck inside mine

That and sentinel interceptors end up stuck inside my freighter and can't be killed

[analog cradle]

Hm.

I'll have to experiment with it ig

[vale iron]

It's not just combat frigates. Freighters will fire as well

[final hazel]

Yeah, I thought you were referring to the special event when your freighter is in-system and has a combat frigate on standby

[heady smelt]

I want a modded pet

[solid hawk]

#nms-lfg-or-trades

[solid hawk]

How am I a they, plural? lol

Nor do I identify as a moose.

[vale iron]

You may not identify as one, but moose is determined at conception

[stuck thorn]

hey so i just downloaded the lite version of no build limit mod to get rid of the build limit but it appears that the build limit is still here despite the fact the game gave me a warning about using mods which i assumed meant it works

would anyone know why this happens?
i have no other mods

[rustic ledge]

The Overall build Limits are hardcoded and cant be changed with mods. What you got is being able to build any Part anywhere / scale any Part, If I assume correctly?

[vale iron]

Screenshot of your MODS folder

[solid hawk]

Did you ask the mod author in POSTS on the mod page? That persons mod, that persons responsibility to answer your questions about it. 🙂

[stuck thorn]

oh right forgot i sent a message here

someone from the corvette build channel alr helped me

turns out i was using the wrong mod bc i took the name of the mod they said literally instead of realizing it was just like a general description of the mod im looking for

i have already gotten the mods that allow for corvette part limit bypass and increase of the corvette build area

[solid hawk]

Mods are "products", with the name being marketing for the mod. Lots of people use hyperbole in the mod names, to draw attention. Like anything with infinite in the name. Looks cool, but infinite is an impossibility in reality.

[stuck thorn]

ok? i have no idea how that has anything to do with what i said

[solid hawk]

"bc i took the name of the mod they said literally" is the connecting point. 🙂

[hearty blade]

@solid hawk Natural skies II + the sunset add-on is so pretty on a world with pink skies

Here you go if you'd like to use them.

I think you have a natural dusk mod too?

Oh "Better dusk"

I'll add them to the page if that helps

[tight pendant]

because of my ISP blocking P2P connections i can't play multiplayer. are there any mods that could help with this issue?

[final hazel]

No. Your best bet would be some sort of VPN or something

[tight pendant]

well that sucks bc my ISP also blocks VPNs

this was the last thing i could think of, if mods can't help me i'm screwed oh wells

really cool game too, shame multiplayer is busted for spectrum users

[hearty blade]

You're using spectrum too?

Oddly I had issues at first but then I was able to play with my friend in Finland

[hearty blade]

I just realized I just posted this on the wrong server, meant to post it in.. the other

[solid hawk]

I see it either way. 🙂

[last vortex]

I need some help I’m trying to edit a save and I wanna give it all expedition items and I’m using nom nom how can I do it

I just got a rog ally and wanna make a new save with all expeditions and stuff kinda have like a goof off kinda save

[final hazel]

It might be easier to install Consumerism https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/2062 and Communism https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3420 and claim them all in-game from the Quicksilver Synthesis Companion for free

[last vortex]

Is it easy to use and safe?

[final hazel]

Yes to both, just follow http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[last vortex]

I have no idea what I’m doing is there a guide I can watch for this

I’m new to modding games so I’m kinda having some trouble

[final hazel]

http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[supple wing]

Does anyone know where to find a file called "TRA_CAPT_LOG_LANG_6"?

[final hazel]

That's not a file, that's a text localization string in NMS_LOC6_(Language).MBIN

[solid hawk]

Just as an FYI, not many, if any, good videos for use with NMS. Reason being HelloGames changes things with updates, which makes videos obsolete and the people that make them never update. Which would involve making a whole new video. We do text documents, as they are much easier to update, like the one Grouch linked. 🙂

If you're one of those people who prefer learning via video, you'll need to adjust that for NMS.

[last vortex]

Thank you all so much sorry for the late response but you have been an amazing help @final hazel ty sm

[balmy gull]

@solid hawk I have a question about your mod that allows you to obtain the Starborn Phoenix. Once I have it in my possession and remove the modification, could a game update take it away from me?

[dark oak]

Hey new player here, is there a mod that allows me to tag multiple poi's in my visor? I hate that i can mark only one poi at a time

More specifically, i'd love to be able to mark 5 ore deposits at the same time and then visit and mine each of them , instead of having to scand , tag and mine one at a time

[solid hawk]

With NMS, mods cannot add new functionality

Only HelloGames can do that.

[dark oak]

I see, thats a bummer.

I wonder why they limited it to only 1 "pinnable" poi on the visor

[balmy gull]

@fresh arch @vale iron @final hazel @solid hawk Thank you for information.

[solid hawk]

Because HG. 🙂 Nobody, outside of HelloGames, will ever know and anyone else who gives a reason is just guessing.

I, generally, do not ask or answer "why" NMS related questions due to this.

[last widget]

Hey, im getting into vr, and wanted to play no mans sky in vr. Are there any must have mods for the game i should get? I imagine most of them would be visual improvements for the game

Im also not sure if on pcvr the modding process is different

or if its the same "remove the text file and drag and drop the pak files"

[solid hawk]

There are no must have mods for NMS, VR or not. Highly subjective. You use the mods that appeal to you. https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/newrecently

Two FYIs: 1) No mod new or last updated prior to 29 January 2025 will or can work, due to changes made at that time

2. There are neither text files nor mod .paks anymore

[last widget]

oh, time to look up a yt tutorial then

ty for the headsup

[solid hawk]

See this doc: http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[solid hawk]

Youtube videos for NMS are mostly workthless and often times incorrect, as Hello Games changes things with updates.

Like most, if not all, existing videos show the old info for mods, which doesn't work anymore.

[last widget]

I see that some mods include a lua file, is this moreso for the merging aspect i see some mods require now?

im assuming that ill probably be okay just dragging the folder from 7zip into the mods folder and just running the game to see if it works

[final hazel]

Pretty much, merging isn't really required for most mods at all, only if two mods contain the same MBIN file as those are full file replacements

[fresh arch]

Many of the "popular" game files can be modded with EXML patches

Those are automatically merged by the game (if done correctly by mod author), no merging action required by user

Some files can be only modded as full MBIN replacements. In that case needs to be merged

And programs like AMUMSS allows to merge mods if their lua scripts are provided

[hearty blade]

So the water on my planet is blue, but the skies are pink, with the natural skies II mod that's a deep pink, the water looks pink because of reflections I'm guessing? So I'd need a blue skies mod to make it reflect blue yeah?

Pink is nice, but I'm do like the water looking bloody, It's what annoyed me about the worlds update to my old world. Beautiful paradise planet with green grass, blue water, rings... transformed into brown ground, blood red water and.. the rings were lost

[steel crypt]

Yes

[woven patrol]

is there a mod for short range teleporters in corvettes?

[solid hawk]

The scripts can also be used for self updating of mods

[solid hawk]

The mod for allowing non-corvette objects in a corvette is called Beyond Base BUilding.

[final hazel]

Short-range teleporters can be built in/on corvettes in vanilla, but are non-functional

I do not believe that mods can fix this

!hg

[hardy aurora]

Submit bug reports, suggestions or feedback to Hello Games here: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[solid hawk]

He didn't specify functional.

Correct, it would conflict with the built-in corvette teleporter system.

Somebody did play with it a bit and got the buildable short-range one working, but at the expense of the built-in one breaking. It's one or the other due to technical limitations, sic.

[devout patrol]

Can somebody help me use GoatFungus save editor to change/spawn a ship seed? I just got the file and Idk how files work, so Idk how to run it in the first place and don't want to mess things up.

It would be easier if I were in a call to stream it. I already have the seed.

[round sinew]

to run nmsse, you need java runtime installed - did you cover that part already?

[devout patrol]

No.

New to the computers so.

[round sinew]

open https://github.com/goatfungus/NMSSaveEditor, scroll down, click this link

what do you see then?

[devout patrol]

how do I screenshot?

oh

[round sinew]

print screen normally does the trick but iirc win key+s also works

should want to grab this one or the one after it

[devout patrol]

okay done

[round sinew]

run that installer

should see something like

[devout patrol]

says succesfuly installed now

[round sinew]

okay so now, we grab nmsse - did you download option 1 or option 2?

[devout patrol]

Oh I clicked code and downloaded the zip

[round sinew]

nah, no need for that, but that would have basically given you a copy of the entire repository

the jar file we want to use is in there

[devout patrol]

Do I delete it and get option 1 to make it easier?

[round sinew]

extract the zip you downloaded, and screenshot it

or just dm me and we'll vc if you prefer

[devout patrol]

I will vc, but I'm setting up my mic real quick one sec

[round sinew]

please ping before dm'ing

[devout patrol]

what does that mean?

like, @ ?

[round sinew]

yep

[devout patrol]

oohh ok

@round sinew Finaly got it to work

[solid hawk]

Brave. lol

[round sinew]

we got it done 🙂

[stuck portal]

Just a quick question, if I were to make changes in say an MBIN file, do I only need to include the parts which I changed, or do I need to include the parts I have not changed?

[final hazel]

You could just keep the parts that you change and make it an EXML file, which patch in their changes

also for globals, they must go inside of (modname)/GLOBALS

[stuck portal]

👍 thanks

[vale iron]

What file?

[final hazel]

it does also depend on what kind of file yeah, scene files can't be EXMLs

[stuck portal]

Probably one of the globals, I may make my own global settings file for ship/ freighter hunting

[vale iron]

For GLOBALS DEFINITELY convert to an EXML. There's a link to Winder's EXML editing document inside the modding document

[stuck portal]

Thanks!

[solid hawk]

AND there's a little needed formatting in an EXML file, can't ONLY be the property you're changing. Look at published mods for examples.

[stuck portal]

Alright, thanks

[vale iron]

I think Winder's document covers that

[solid hawk]

For unique property names within a file, especially globals, basically need to add the top header info from the MXML and the botton footer info. Once you look at an existing example, it'll make more sense. If the property name is not unique or not top level, then it gets a bit more complex.

Here's a very simple example

[solid hawk]

I know, but so important, doesn't hurt to have repetition.

[supple wing]

Does anyone know if the NMSPakViewer by cmkushnir still works?
https://github.com/cmkushnir/NMSPakViewer

[solid hawk]

It would not

Too old and the .pak format changed about a year ago. To extract .pak contents, you want HGPAKTool

[supple wing]

Does unpacking the files affect how my computer will load/launch the game?

[vale iron]

No, they are separate. Your normal files are still there

[supple wing]

Okay, I downloaded it, extracted the file, tried running it, but it's not launching

[solid hawk]

HGPAKTool?

[supple wing]

Yeah, I can't run it, it closes when it tries to launch

[solid hawk]

Sec, let me get you a file.......

This has a self contained exe version. Should just need to drag\drop the .pak onto the exe

The original python version is more of a pain in the butt, imo

Better?

[supple wing]

Yeah, but the issue wasn't the software, it was me 😅 I'm just not good at reading or listening to instructions

[solid hawk]

Ok, cool. Glad you're fixed up. Enjoy.

[supple wing]

Theoretically, what would happen if I changed the value to "TRA_CAPT_LOG_LANG_6"?

[solid hawk]

For that specific property right there, changing the value GcAlienPuzzleTableIndex to TRA_CAPT_LOG_LANG_6, it would fail to be recognized and potentially crash the game as a file structure violation. That is a section header line.

For inserting dialog, you'd need to scroll down and find a child section like this:

To insert it into

[supple wing]

And this would be for Direlect Frieghters right?

[solid hawk]

For any section in that file. Doesn't matter which, they all have a set file structure for how they all must be laid out. My example screenshot is not from the section, just one I scrolled to quickly.

The exe is the arbiter of this structure and if something isn't put in the proper place or there data that it can't understand....crash.

[vale iron]

What are you trying to accomplish?

[solid hawk]

Pick any Property name="Table" value="GcAlienPuzzleEntry" section in the file. Each is it's own thing. Scroll through until that one ends and next begins to get a feel for how things are laid out.

If you are trying to replace one specific dialog entry with another.......

[supple wing]

Trying to complete the Collected Knowledge section of the Catalogue. I think the last entry I need is a Derelict Freighter Log that's in the files but not in the game loop, I've tried finding the normal way, but just kept running to a dead end

[solid hawk]

TRA_CAPT_LOG_LANG_6 is a language variable. In the language files of the game this is defined....that is the variable name is equated with specific text to be displayed.....

Whatever the current vanilla entry displays in-game, you need to search in the language files to find what the variable name is, then can use the variable name to search the alienpuzzletable file to find where what you want to replace lives.

Now not all text you see in-game is necessarily spelled out in the language files exactly as you see in-game, as the language entries can also use variables.

Example: %DATE1%

So may need to do multiple searches and try variants of a few concurrent words in the in-game text.

[supple wing]

Since the language variable is in the files, it should still have a chance to generate in game right?

[solid hawk]

As a first time mod idea, you didn't pick the simplest thing. Not too terrible, but you do need to correlate data from multiple sources.

[vale iron]

I don't think changing the language file reference will unlock the guide entry

You would need to create a rewards table entry

[solid hawk]

Depends. Again you should look through an entire entry to see how things are laid out. Like any given in-game dialog tree can only have 4 options per page. If there's more than one page, then the last on each page has to be Next, excepting the last page. If the last page of a dialog tree, there has to be a quit\exit option last.

So, if replacing an existing option entry language variable, then the original one would no longer be used. If wanting to add a new one, the above "rules" would apply and you'd need to probably redo multiple entries in the existing dialog tree.

Welcome to hours upon hours of files spelunking and research to make an NMS mod. This is what we do. 🙂

[supple wing]

Where would I find this kind of section? I'm not seeing it in the catalogue.mbin file...

[stuck portal]

Anyone who messed with tech stats confirm whether this is correct?

#nms-multitools message

Because my impression is that sentinel MT upgrade only affects bolt casters and not any other weapon

[final hazel]

It only applies to the Boltcaster

[stuck portal]

That's my impression too, the poster said he looked at the codes, I didn't, and every other source of information says it only affects boltcaster, just wanted to double check

[fresh arch]

Only a handful of people can do something close to "looking at the code of the game" to determine what the game actually does

And they have far better things to do then check some random upgrade working

So feel free to shoot down any claims like that on the spot

As for Sentinel modules, no need to check anything other that stat bar for damage potential displayed in inventory screen

[stuck portal]

Cool, thanks

[fresh arch]

Quick look at stories table MBIN shows the game displays 6 logs for Korvax and Vykeen and only 5 for Gek

Is this the entry about the detective Gek some people have been talking about?

[supple wing]

Yes

[fresh arch]

Well whatever it is, I can't tell whether it actually spawns in game or not

But I'm 80% sure at the current state the game will not display it in catalogue and guide

Even if a player were to get this dialogue bit from a freighter

[supple wing]

Well if it isn't the Detecti-Gek, then what would the 592nd lore entry be?

[fresh arch]

No idea

The collected knowledge is a mess in general

Under a rebel star is not showing for people who completed it

HG find it important to include Liquidators lore when the stats unlocking those are save specific

!hg

[hardy aurora]

Submit bug reports, suggestions or feedback to Hello Games here: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[fresh arch]

I'd recommend filling a bug report, ain't first time they would be fixing collected knowledge, won't be the last

[supple wing]

There used to be like 682 lore entries before right?

[fresh arch]

No idea

[supple wing]

That stories table file, where would I find it? I tried looking in metadata but it wasn't there...

[fresh arch]

Metadata reality tables

[supple wing]

That's the reality folder right?

[supple wing]

That's where I have been looking, I didn't see a stories table. I saw tables for 5 other sections of the Catalogue, but not the stories.

[fresh arch]

Do you have all files unpacked?

Have you navigated down the whole chain? Metadata - reality - tables?

[supple wing]

I only unpacked the metadata specifically, should I unpack all the files?

[rapid sandal]

or use nmsmb to find what you need then just extract that. it unpacks into memory, not disk, to search and view items.
do you have a text fragment of what you are looking for, if so then can search for that.

[marble mulch]

how does modding work in the game if its semi online or what?

what happens when i play with friends when modding is active

or what happens if i go into the space anomaly while mods are active

[gray charm]

Usually not a problem. Most mods only change your own client and how you affected by the world.

As an example if you have a mod that changes rewards for multiplayer mission and you do one with another player. You get the altered rewards and they get the normal reward

Just like how you can play with other people despite having different difficulty settings

[marble mulch]

ah so modding while online is fine

neat

[vale iron]

Yeah, don't screw with other players or try to reverse engineer the procgen formula and HG doesn't seem to care at all what you do.

[marble mulch]

no i dont have the intend to ruin others experiences, and i know HG doesnt since i learned that u can gather all ur items from expeditions to ur main save file trick long time ago looool

[vale iron]

Yeah I wasn't implying you were going to, just saying what they seem to care about

[marble mulch]

noted

[unborn wing]

Hi there, learning a bit about modding the atmospheres of gas giants and would like to know how to mod the horizon color if that is possible. Looking at the options on the file I got I have SkyColor, SkySolarColor, SunColor, FogColor, HeightFogColor, and LightColor, Looking to see which of these would change the color of the horizon please. Thanks.

[cobalt condor]

Not sure where you're looking that you don't see it listed, but the horizon is set by the HorizonColour. It's in the metadata\simulation\solarsystem\weather\skysettings\dayskycolours.mbin file, all six gas giant skies are listed with all their respective colour values in the GasGiant section

[unborn wing]

Ok thanks.

[stuck portal]

Question, if I mess with this, is the effect reversible?

[solid hawk]

Yes, already current mod which does this

Think it's by Lenni

[stuck portal]

OK, so the game doesn't save the state of "guarenteed fights" permanently

[final hazel]

It saves nothing

[fresh arch]

In most cases, the game doesn't save data / changed values from mods into the save files

There are mods that add custom items or techs, those will be saved and usuable as long as the corresponding mod is active

[stuck portal]

Ok, I wasn't sure how the game decides whether a system has guarenteed freighter fight or not, I thought it would keep a record of what stars were given that tag, but now I think of it (all players see the same systems having the guarenteed fight) that doesn't make a lot of sense

[fresh arch]

For regular freighter space battle events, the game does store the values of warps done and playtime in save data

For forced freighter battles it's just matter of procedural generation done by game engine

[last widget]

Been playing nms modded vr, been having a great time, but i got to the mission to contact the mysterious stranger after warping a couple times. It seems that whenever i approach the marker and the area renders, the game crashes. Ive already tried verifying my files, no effect. Lemme know what sort of logs or anything i should provide and where i could find it

[fresh arch]

there are no mod specific crash logs

remove the mods, try in vanilla game, that's all there is to do

there are general app crash logs if you're on windows, that's a topic for #964865106334875698 channel

[last widget]

gotcha, ty, ive also found out that it seems to only happen in vr

which is very odd, but hopefully means i can just finish the mission and not have to deal with it anymore

[visual trench]

When it comes to save editting (I want to change the supercharge slots on something that has a design i really like), are there any pitfalls or dangers to note?
And what should I use to save edit?

[hearty wasp]

#nms-modding message

!creahublink

!creativehublink

[hardy aurora]

https://discord.gg/AEXcap6

[hearty wasp]

tips and troubleshooting best asked there

[visual trench]

Oop alright!

[gentle yoke]

Is there a mod that makes the transfer item window show more items? No idea why the game still shows only 8 items and has no search feature.

[final hazel]

This cannot be made as a mod.

!hg

[hardy aurora]

Submit bug reports, suggestions or feedback to Hello Games here: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[stuck portal]

Can EXML mods be temporarily disabled by just renaming the file? Like say adding a period of exclamation mark, and renaming back to reactivate?

[solid hawk]

Possible, but there could also be the chance of crashing the game, due to it finding something it doesn't recognize. Much easier and safer to either move the mod folder out of mods or edit GCMODSETTINGS.MXML to disable.

These are the two supported means of disabling a mod.

[upbeat quail]

recommened vanilla building mods?

also mp friendly

[vale iron]

gBase Scaling and Beyond Base Building

[final hazel]

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/1096
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3291

There's also a mod that adds noclip and speeds up the build cam, but it's speed increases are way too high imo

[upbeat quail]

any for free cam in corvette building?

like interior building

[final hazel]

No.

[upbeat quail]

darn

[final hazel]

!hg

[hardy aurora]

Submit bug reports, suggestions or feedback to Hello Games here: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[final hazel]

Only Hello Games can do that

[upbeat quail]

its like the most annoying thing trying to place furniture while your character blocks the view

[final hazel]

There's also external programs that allow you to modify objects in bases with full freedom, though it requires copying to and from a save editor https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/2598

[final hazel]

You can enter first person using the Quick Menu > Utilities > Toggle Camera View

On PC, you can also bind any quick menu option to numbers 0 - 9 on keyboard, which allows you to bind extremely common actions like switching camera modes, exiting corvette seat etc to buttons

[teal fulcrum]

For anyone using zBest Freighter - I am getting ready to dl/install it but was wondering: What happens if I make a bunch of changes based on the mod and then decide to stop using it. Will my freighter revert to default or will it need to be reset?

[final hazel]

Your freighter will """revert""" to the default hangar and bridge appearance/functionality, until you reinstall/re-enable the mod again

[cobalt condor]

if by "changes based on the mod" you mean glitch building stuff in the bridge, the parts you build will stay without the mod, but obviously won't line up with the vanilla bridge

[stuck portal]

Question, for the EXML files, do the properties have to appear in the same order as in the MXML file (assuming the properties are, of course, under the correct data heading)?

[bright fable]

Does anyone have any experience with Powered Doors on Freighters?
I've been able to get them placed with Beyond Base Building but once placed they open and stay in the open state - is there anyway to control them?

[cobalt condor]

Nope. As long as the data heading is correct, it will put them in the right order based on the property names, ID value, or Index value. Depending on which are applicable

[teal fulcrum]

Time to make the bridge better!

[gentle yoke]

Is there mods to improve vehicle control? I'm looking to be able to pitch my ship with keyboard, and remove exocraft first person camera speed limit / accelleration. I want to be able to control my camera as freely as I could in VR.

[bright fable]

There are mods that change vehicle controls for sure

Probably one of those "try it yourself, and keep it if you like how the changes feel" situations

[stuck portal]

Anyone know which MXML has the variables that govern the weighting of pulsing random events? I am specifically after the events that occur during the effects of of Anomaly detector, I want to increase the weighting of Whalesong and Starbirth events

[azure olive]

Is there a mod that let's you make your ships roll faster? I think it's kind of slow.

[fresh arch]

https://www.nexusmods.com/games/nomanssky

[final hazel]

Could try looking at https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/1874, https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3739 and https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/2194

[fresh arch]

use the search option on Nexus Mods, all the active mod authors post there, nobody remembers all types of mods and what they do

using less keywords is better, pick only mods that were updated recently or newly released, don't go further than 1 year back

[stuck portal]

Found it, thanks

[fresh arch]

see experience spawn table MBIN, somewhere in Metadata/Simulation folder

keep in mind, some pulse encounters have conditions that dictate their spawning, ex having specific mission active

[stuck portal]

Thanks

[fresh arch]

so it's not just a matter of cranking the % chance up

[stuck portal]

Cool, I think the mod has extracted the most useful, the variables look intuitively named

[solid hawk]

Then there's camera mod, which would be different than vehicle handling.

[bright fable]

Another question: does anyone know of a mod that lets you place this style screen down?

I have looked, but I've not spotted it anywhere in nexus screenshots, or even showcase builds

the Frigate Command Module used to use it, but that changed quite a few updates ago

[stuck portal]

This means that the game code will ignore whatever is written in these lines?

[final hazel]

Yes, it will be treated as if everything in green truly does not exist

It's a good way either to write notes or simply disable something while still leaving it there to mess with later

[solid hawk]

Called commenting

[solid hawk]

The only one that MIGHT have that is EUCLI-EA. It's not a buildable in vanilla and non-trivial to make something buildable that isn't. FYI, if is in there, about zero chance it would be functional, decorative only. Also, nobody else without the mod would be able to see it.

[bright fable]

Oh totally figured it'd be non-functional, I just have my own Emergency Docking Bay on my Freighter(#nms-base-building message) and would kill to have the correct monitor.
Also, love your work 🍻

[solid hawk]

Thanks. If not in EUCLI, I can look into adding it to Ultra Base Building, but may be a few days before I can begin looking for it.

[bright fable]

🙏

[solid hawk]

Found the model. Added it to Ultra Base Building. Mod will be updated after next content add update (6.20). Will be in the UBB-OTHER-I group, BUILDINGS subgroup. Lavelled as DERELICTTERM

[bright fable]

You're the 🐐

[solid hawk]

bbbbaaaa

[teal fulcrum]

How can we tell if a mod will work with current version? Is it based on last updated date? Looking at Exocraft speed mods, and some seem very old

[fresh arch]

Modding system was reworked at the end of January 2025

Mods that weren't updated past that date will not work with current game version

Pick mods from recently updated or newly released sections on Nexus Mods

Don't go further than 1 year back

http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

More details + instructions on how to install and troubleshoot mods

[austere whale]

Does anyone have a Corvette mod that allows for better interior decor like doors or walls

[final hazel]

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/1096

[rose basin]

I’m trying to do the expedition thing where you put it in the files and then do the expedition but when I go offline and go to the game it won’t let me begin

And there is no muse cursor thing for it

I try think I might of figured it out.

[stuck portal]

Question, the class rolling chances is controlled by one single variable, and not possible to assign it to specific items or shops right? So I can't say make freighters all S ranks but make starships obey the original rule? I don't see any other variables anywhere but I am not sure if I missed anythinf

[vale iron]

Correct

At least not easily. You might be able to come up with some really weird work around, but unlikely

[final hazel]

Might be something tied to living ships and exotic ships that makes them always S, but that may be hardcoded idk

[vale iron]

I'd have to look how they do that. I think it's hardcoded, but they might only define S class stats? I don't think so though

[stuck portal]

Alright, thanks.

[solid hawk]

What you see in the files is exactly how it is and the structure (layout) is set in stone. Cannot take a property that doesn't exist in a file, or section of a file and plug in a property from elsewhere.

We cannot add anything actually new, as in new functionality. Only change values.

[stuck portal]

That i understand, I was not sure if had missed a variable somewhere or something obvious, which I am quite prone to do

[vale iron]

I wonder if I could make shuttles only spawn as C

[solid hawk]

I think only if you made is so only shuttles spawn

[vale iron]

I was wondering what would happen if I removed the definitions for B class and up

Probably crash

[final hazel]

There's definitions for "what B-Class is"? or are you just referring to the stat definitions

[solid hawk]

I'd venture a guess the game may automatically readd with default parameters

Or, as you say, 💣

The ClassProbabilities are an array, so can't add or remove

[final hazel]

Ohhhh just the probabilities lol, yeah crashy washy

[vale iron]

No, not the probabilities, the inventory table entries. I know one or more ships that only spawn in S only have one definition set, I think Alien?

[final hazel]

Ah, I thought those still had definitions for lower classes but they were either 0 or identical to S

I think that's true for the inventory sizes or smth else

[stuck portal]

We can't modify the MXML values directly, could we?

[final hazel]

We can change whatever we want, given it exists and is a number and the game itself cares about that number

[solid hawk]

Yes, then would need to recompile to MBIN, as game doesn't read MXML, with the exception of the LocTable. MXML usage.

[stuck portal]

Ah, and then overwrite the MBIN with that of the original?

[solid hawk]

Yes, but in general considered worst practice to publish mod files as MBIN unless they are required to be in that format (most model related and UI files).

Because MBIN = conflicts with other mods making changes to that same file.

EXML patch format, containing only the changes being made and necessary header, footer, and path information was designed to avoid this issue.

[bright fable]

Would it be possible to make the Base Assets/Blueprints from Derelict Freighters actually accept colors properly via a mod? 🤔

[vale iron]

Possible, probably, but not easy nor quick. I think @fresh arch or @lunar quartz would be most likely to be able to make that, but not sure they want to.

[abstract stag]

hello guys, is there a mod that adjsuts the refiners capacity in permadeath so u can put in 9999 mold whil ehaving the inventory restrictions?

[vale iron]

Refiner limits are hardcoded, unfortunately

[abstract stag]

whats LUA?

i was thinking i get the 10x refiner speed mod and then it would be fione in permadeath again

can you somehow modify the things that permadeath disables like perfect fishing timing and reduced costs?

[vale iron]

You can modify them, yes, but it requires a mod that specifically does that

The mod you posted a picture of looks like it just removes the sound from the personal refiner. What are you trying to do?

[abstract stag]

to remove the sound of the personal refiner ^^

[vale iron]

ok, that looks like it would do what you want, but it's way out of date. You want things made from January 2025 or later. I don't think that one will work

[bright fable]

so mods pre-2025 update will require a different install process and may not work at all

[vale iron]

99% chance won't work at all, yeah

[abstract stag]

yeah both dont workl

[bright fable]

definitely easier to adjust your Nexus filters to just not show anything that wasnt published/updated since 2025

[vale iron]

The entire modding system changed in January of 2025

[abstract stag]

i got he most downloade dones

[vale iron]

Downloads don't matter

[bright fable]

the game is nearly a decade old - mods that have been around a while are naturally gonna have a ton of downloads

[vale iron]

One of the top 10 downloaded mods hasn't worked for 7 or 8 years and keeps getting downloaded and keeps getting endorsed because people have no clue how to use mods

[bright fable]

but the ones that work have only been out for a year, so fewer downloads

there are exceptions, like I mentioned about mods that have been updated to the new standard

but generally the "most downloaded" is not a useful metric for NMS mods now

[abstract stag]

this one also didnt work tho. is vortex the problem? i set the folder to the same harddrive as vortex recommended

[vale iron]

Vortex usually handles things properly

!faq-modding

[hardy aurora]

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<:AtlasNmscord:1269532093076078658> Helpful links and tips for Modding

• See guide on how to install and troubleshoot mods »

• Learn how to use AMUMSS to compile mods »

• [Mods do work in Multiplayer:](#nms-modding message) #nms-modding message

Always check the correct path and contents of the MODS folder! Example Image »

• Game updates can break mods - PAK mods will not work with current game version - check if your mods have been updated: https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky?tab=updated

If you experience any glitches or bugs, please remove or disable all mods and try again before reporting to HG or asking in #nms-questions.

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[abstract stag]

and they also work on existing saves or maybe do u need to do a new one?

[vale iron]

Check the first link

Works on exisxting saves and you can remove them and keep playing

[abstract stag]

damn ok then i nee dmore tiome to look into that, i thought i coudl get a quick fox and enjoy the game again ^^

[bright fable]

it really should be a quick thing

[vale iron]

Just depends on what you are wanting to do

Fast refiners, one sec

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3309

I know that one works

If installed correctly

When possible, you want EXML mods

[abstract stag]

this one also doenst work

installe dand enabled in vortex and then launched the game

[vale iron]

Did you get a mod warning when you launched the game?

[abstract stag]

no

[vale iron]

Follow the troubleshooting and getting help sections of the link I gave above. Most likely you need to delete modsettings.mxml

[bright fable]

might need to direct Vortex to the right folder too - could be that its not finding the install

[vale iron]

Most important part of getting help is a screenshot of your MODS folder

with path showing

[bright fable]

should go InstallPath\No Man's Sky\GAMEDATA\MODS, like in screenie below

in this case the mod is gGUI Stable UI No Parallax

[abstract stag]

yes it dd a new folde ron the same drive, i set the directiony to the one you listed now

but when enabling the mod in vortex it doent show up in the folder

[bright fable]

😬

funkiness like this is why I avoid Vortex like the plague

honestly, if you're only dealing with 1 or a handful of mods, I'd just manually install 🤷‍♂️

[abstract stag]

ah i didnt hit apply...