nms-modding

[solid hawk]

For an all in one mod, see Consumerism, https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/2062. For individual major rewards (ships and staves) there's a series of mods with the word Unlocker in their title that you can search for.

If you go the route of the Unlocker ones, once you have the item and your game saves, can remove the mod.

[iron stag]

Alright thanks

[iron stag]

Question about this mod, does it make all expedition rewards for quicksilver or nah?

[fair narwhal]

If a mod is EXML chances are it will work

Depending on the quality of the mod

Results vary widely

You have people like gumsk, and then you have myself.. I just may be the worst of you all

[pallid salmon]

yes
there is also a secondary addon mod someone made for it that makes all the items free instead, and it's called communism

[iron stag]

Alright thanks

[cunning oracle]

is there a mod to get previous expedition awards

[vale iron]

Consumerism

#nms-modding message

[solid hawk]

#nms-modding message

[slow coral]

Do you need a mod to ride dragons because someone gave me a dragon egg and idk If I need the mod for it to work

[solar smelt]

As long as you can interact with the creature, you can ride it (assuming it is large enough) some creatures do spawn too far away, and would need a mod to be able to reach them but not dragons.

[fair narwhal]

But you can now create fake Corvettes

Behold the place any object anywhere mod , that crashes when you try to actually edit your Corvette via the space station menu

That don't actually move but look good in screenshots

That's some people's secrets

This would be useful if I wasn't ass at building

[pallid salmon]

pretty sure most just use blender no?

[fair narwhal]

But with my mod you can do it without blender

But do not open Corvette via the Corvette editing menu at the space station, that crashes the game until I find a fix

But on planet surface at least you can now put ship parts on a base

[ashen peak]

bruh can you even make a funtiable corvete

[fair narwhal]

what

no i can't

so what?

[ashen peak]

bruh ima just stick to blender i can roate shit in that

[fair narwhal]

what are you trying to say?

i'm a shitty modder, you think I don't know that?

[ashen peak]

lol

wait a min how are you modding but on xbox

[fair narwhal]

im not only on xbox

im on pc and xbox

i have both currenly , just game is off on steam

im afk on console

when did i say that i was exclusively xbox?

[ashen peak]

ok

[fair narwhal]

i do not seem to recall ever indicating that

gonna rub it in my fucking face how bad of a modder i am? becuase I don't give a damn.

i havent taken my meds yet , so im a bit bitchy

mb

[ashen peak]

i cant even find the files to edit in games also i aint rage baiting

well trying to

[fair narwhal]

bruh ing me , sounded pretty ragebaiting

but im just being morning crabby rn

i wake up in an angry mood

[ashen peak]

makes sense

[fair narwhal]

so i dont mean the mean shit i say

this kinda shit is all there is to modding

its really , really, really , really fking easy

sorry for the voicd

[ashen peak]

wait i just relized you can make a working corvette you just need a cab engine and thruster for a corvette then you can get out and add on to it

[fair narwhal]

yessssss

the mods i post, you can mess with on your own and adjust however you please

[ashen peak]

lol

[fair narwhal]

you can open EXML shit in regular notepad

[ashen peak]

bs one sec

[fair narwhal]

what

did you watch that video i posted

[ashen peak]

nvm

[fair narwhal]

yeah what about it

[ashen peak]

i thought you couldent open it lok

[fair narwhal]

you can open any exml file and change up whatever the hell you want to

[fresh arch]

I don't know what's happening, but that is not how an EXML style patch mod should be done

should only contain the sections changed while preserving the original file structure

so it can be still compatible with other mods, this way is just a full overwrite that will cause issues

read on this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mnswJjYCxRaxbhvPS_QFRCer7SRch9mfOUbIQc_W5vE/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.uu6a2dc4ekxr or learn how to use AMUMSS and write LUA scripts so it can make a proper EXML patch for you

[fair narwhal]

i never said i knew what i was doing

[fair narwhal]

he doesnt know what's happening because he has me permanently blocked , because he hates me for being stupid and annoying.

[simple raptor]

the game keep stoping when i go to another app is there is a way to stop that from happening ?

[pallid salmon]

https://nmsmodding.fandom.com/wiki/Principles_of_EXML_Modification
there's a nicer looking wiki page version btw

[fresh arch]

good to know

I just shared the article that was pinned in modding discord

[fair narwhal]

ive never used chatgbt for any mods.... why does it say ChatGbt in that description?

[burnt shuttle]

looks like whoever made the google doc asked chatgpt to rewrite it in natural language

[solid hawk]

Yes. Search NMS mods on NexusMods for the word pause and you'll find one.

[simple raptor]

ty

[solid hawk]

There's no hate, that would require some form of emotional tie or caring.

[fair narwhal]

i mean you can find someone contemptable , detestable, dispicable, foolish, boorish, rude, ignorant, selfish, vain, arrogant, grandiose, psychotic

[ashen peak]

fr

[final hazel]

This mod specifically https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3308

There's another one that fully disables all pausing, which is different

[round sinew]

oops

<@&590975379678953522> sorry, could you please delete the gunter post above? 🙏

[hardy aurora]

@solar smelt

No gifs in this channel please

[solar smelt]

Fair

Anyways fandom wiki bad google doc good etc etc

[solid hawk]

In the case of the EXML document, the person who wrote the google doc is the same one who posted the version on the wiki, so should both be valid. Just one has more verbiage.

[solar smelt]

I was referring to how bad the ads are on fandom, sometimes taking up 100% of the screen

[pallid salmon]

...adblock?

[solar smelt]

I should use one but don’t because every other website I go to requires me to turn it off so I got tired of turning it on

[stuck portal]

That's weird.. no website has ever asked me to turn them on

[spice geyser]

dear corvette builders who use tools like blender or the base builder. do storage units, the large cubes, when put into a corvette, register as storage for the refiners? or no because they arent corvette specific storage units?

[final hazel]

They'd most likely do so equally as much as the vanilla ones buildable aboard corvettes

[spice geyser]

oh they are? I never tried lol

thanks

[trim wharf]

Hey friends! I am returning to NMS and trying to find the mod that allowed me to build settlement parts like the fishing pond anywhere. I had a fishing pond on my corvette before, and want to do that again. I am pretty sure I have all the build mods installed: BBB, UBB, Eucil, and Kibbles. What am I missing?

[solid hawk]

Ultra Base Building

Kibbles is broken, do NOT use. Will not work. Nor is it going to be fixed.

Missing RecTUM

Lots has changed with modding since Kibbles lived, so you'll want to read through http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[trim wharf]

Do have RecTUM installed as well, but I will go remove Kibbles

[solid hawk]

Under UBB-Other-I in the BUILDINGS section. Called fishpond. Think I may have forgotten to update, since I added that. Prepping an update for UBB now. Please give it a few minutes, then grab new 6.34 version. 🙂

[trim wharf]

Okay, thank you!

[solid hawk]

Uploaded

[trim wharf]

!! currently updating 🙂

the joy the mod brought me before because people in the anomaly would just jump aboard and fish with me

about to check now!

[unborn thunder]

sounds like a lot of fun

[empty trail]

How can you place the freighter system scanner without the surrounding room/walls (whether ingame w/ beyond base building or in the base builder mod)?

[solid hawk]

BBB can't do that. You'd need to edit the actual model to do that. The freighter system scanner and the room are one piece in vanilla.

This mod provides the same functionality in a buildable: https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3988

[jaunty crown]

Can anyone help me get money and Nantes please 🙏🏻

I’m new to the game and kinda struggling

[fresh arch]

nothing to do with modding really, just enable free purchases/crafting in difficulty options and enjoy

[unborn thunder]

Try asking around in #nms-lfg-or-trades

[solid hawk]

If on PC, can use a save editor to give yourself how ever much you wish.

[jaunty crown]

Sadly on ps5 🪦

[pallid salmon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3FZMMr6kiQ

[ashen peak]

hmmmm i think i like this

[cold sequoia]

This is sad news is one of the mods i was using

So NMS Modding is dieing

[solid hawk]

Not even close. Kibbles been dead since last summer, so not like it's a new thing and only one mod. Just so much of that mod is custom GEOMETRY and HelloGames has made several GEOMETRY changes in the past year. Just can't keep up with the (literally) dozens of man hours to fix and refix everything in that mod every time HG changes that.

[empty trail]

When placing holo arena tables with mods, do npcs automatically go to the table or can you only use them to fight players

[solid hawk]

Depends which table you spawn. If PvE, then NPC will spawn with it.

[empty trail]

Oh wait there's different versions? Neat

[solar smelt]

Are both placeable with mods?

[solid hawk]

Could be. Only one mod out there which adds as a buildable, but I've heard it's problematic. Not tried it myself.

[solid hawk]

There's 6 or 7 different tables. Some PvE, some PvP. What the actual functional difference between them all is, in-game, no clue. The arena combat doesn't interest me. There's one for station, piratestation, settlement, nexus, tradeoutpost, and I think one or two others.

I've only messed with them to place in my custom trade outpost mod.

[solar smelt]

The Holo Arena Anywhere mod? It has some problems but otherwise it works fine

[solid hawk]

Yeah, that's the one

[solar smelt]

It’s only pvp one though, and hasn’t been updated in a while

[solid hawk]

Shouldn't need to be updated unless a) HelloGames makes changes in the files which necessitate a mod update b) it has problems the mod author needs to fix.

[solar smelt]

Strange that there is a settlement version as I don’t think they have one. Maybe a placeholder?

[solar smelt]

It would be nice to place a PVE one, considering if I run into a random player during, say, the weekend mission, they are probably too busy during the mission to want to play holo-arena. Otherwise, its playing with a player I randomly met when warping which is extremely unlikely. If I wanted to play with another player they would probably want to battle me in the anomaly 🤷‍♂️

[solar smelt]

(Said problems being that it uses a random building icon and only has the name translation, but no other translations)

[solid hawk]

Maybe, I just see what's in the game data files

[marsh stone]

Can I mod on Xbox

[unborn thunder]

no

not like on a PC, at least

[solid hawk]

Nope, but can on PC with gamepass

[cobalt condor]

Cantina and marketplace buildings in the settlements have a chance of having the game table

[marsh stone]

Ahh

Damn but that means anything I have on Xbox won’t be on pc

[solid hawk]

If using the same account on both, it will.

Same gamepass account

Save data will be carried over via cross-save

[solar smelt]

Marketplace is certainly a choice

[fresh arch]

so are trading outposts and planetary archives

personally I dont consider the earlier ones big enough "activity hubs" to warrant such an addition

the later I understand but Im salty HG took the spots I used for putting corvette teleporter

after they have been vacant since planetary archives originally released

not to mention messing up all the bases people have build into the archives

[gaunt star]

What if someone make mod that replace E-type star (green star) with A-type star (white star)

[south orbit]

In game stellar class has nothing to do with system star color or temperature on planets tho. Its pure game mechanic indicating elements for better hyperjump drives

[cobalt condor]

I don't think the letter classification can actually be changed, but if you just wanted to make green stars appear white on the map it would be really easy

[cold sequoia]

Thats truly sucks mate

[solid hawk]

It is what it is. Nothing lasts forever.

[empty trail]

Except the hunt for the one thing I'm actually looking for

[solid hawk]

❓

[empty trail]

Tis a joke
It always feels like you can never find the one thing youte looking for, and then find it immediately as soon as you dont want to

[solid hawk]

Ah ok. 🙂

[unborn thunder]

how many language files are there for the game? English ones, I mean

[solid hawk]

Thought you were referencing something specific, such as a particular mod.

[unborn thunder]

I think I may resume my "Google translate mod", but the numbering of the language files seemed a bit odd

[unborn thunder]

from what I remember, at least

[solid hawk]

16 in total

[unborn thunder]

thank you!!

what an odd numbering scheme

[solid hawk]

We no longer do or should modify these language files themselves. Been a new methodology since 29 January 2025

LocTABLE.MXML

[unborn thunder]

right right, I never edited them directly, just copies of them

[solid hawk]

LocTABLE.MXML is basically a non-file specific language patch file.

If you put in there something new, based on Id, game can use it. If you use an existing Id language entries, will replace what's in vanilla.

[unborn thunder]

interesting

I will have to look into this more when I get a chance, for sure

thanks for letting me know!

[solid hawk]

Here's an example one from one of my mods

If not providing text for a particular language, can leave as ""

[unborn thunder]

I shall take a look when I get home

[solid hawk]

When used in a mod, placement is GAMEDATA\MODS"my mod folder name"\LocTABLE.MXML

So, at the root of the mod folder

[solid hawk]

Enjoy

[unborn thunder]

Gotcha

[solid hawk]

More free time since you came up for parole from your Moderator sentence. lol 🤪

[unborn thunder]

yeah, I suppose

[stiff solstice]

....I wanna have a Thomas the Train Starship

[iron stag]

why my 2 mods don't work? i think i did everything as said in tutorial but they don't work

it also showed warning abt mods as said

[solid hawk]

Then make one. 🙂

[solid hawk]

Check the troubleshooting section in this document: http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[iron stag]

I just looked in wrong place so everything works but thanks

[spice geyser]

question for the ship editors. does shrinking an exocraft summon dish and hiding it in the ship allow the exocraft summoning?

[final hazel]

I think so, but so does having the Exocraft Summoning Unit installed in your exosuit's technology inventory

It's literally that but on your back

[spice geyser]

I didnt know that exists. sold in the anomoly?

[final hazel]

Yes, at Iteration: Selene

[spice geyser]

now do I need to have an exocraft station in that system for it to work? or does it become a universal summon?

[final hazel]

it's installation requires materials from purple star systems though #nms-commands message

[final hazel]

If you have that tech installed, you can summon all owned exocraft as if there were an Exocraft Summoning Station/Orbital Exocraft Materializer in that system

[spice geyser]

so..... do I need to have a placed exocraft station or no? cuz the stations still need to have the exocraft base in the system

[final hazel]

The stations do not need that, they only need the geobay to be placed somewhere in the universe for it to count as being owned

[spice geyser]

ok cool

[nova folio]

hello folks! im just looking for some confirmation... Im trying to use the cwmonkey expeditions starting with the 1st expedition (redux 2021). Is it as simple as going Offline on steam, downloading the json file from the github app and saving it to the cache folder, then open NMS and its all good?

[final hazel]

Yes, as that is what the steps on the website specify https://cwmonkey.github.io/nms-expeditions/

just place the file in the right place, set Steam to Offline and then open the game and it will be treated as the current Community Expedition

[trim oak]

Is there a mod that stops icons from not showing up on radar when hud is off?

[dry forum]

which icons?

[solid hawk]

You know, the ones next to the thing.

[dry forum]

🥹

[short mural]

What are some of your favorite quality of life mods

[pallid salmon]

Instant actions, Instant text display, Companion pet unlocker, Mission timer redux (MTR)
game is way slower without those four

[short mural]

Any visual ones you recommend too?

[kindred oak]

Is anyone available to help me with a project ? I'm making a battle dome arena for holo battles.

I have everything built but I don't have table and I'm on ps5 . Trying to release this so the entire community has a dedicated hub for battling. I have 8 half domes I want a table in each and one mega dome(glitch built to supersize it) I wanted to glitch build a massive upscaled table on the roof of the big dome for a champion arena. If anyone can help get this going all I need is the tables at this point and a way to get em on my base

Gonna make it basically king of the hill so it runs its self.

-Winners stay at current table
-losers find any open table

• two wins in a row allows you to face whoever the current champion is at the mega dome or can pick to stay at current table until defeated
  -any defeat will be a back of the line basically including the champ spot .

That's the idea

[pallid salmon]

I don't play with any visual enhancement mods, game already runs horribly enough for me
Other ppl can probably give you suggestions

[short mural]

Lol

So far the only visual mod I put on is the brighter lights

[pallid salmon]

I've recently been messing with audio files, which practically no one had bothered to do in a long time, and made a simple quieter space station mod, so I guess that counts as QoL
(Wwise stuff is a pain)

[brazen flower]

I deleted my SHADERCACHE folder and all of my mods stopped working

[pallid salmon]

verify files thru steam

[brazen flower]

This didn't do anything

[pallid salmon]

have you tried deleting GCMODSETTINGS inside Binaries?

[brazen flower]

This solved the issue ty

[kindred oak]

Anyone have the holo arena tables mod?

[solid hawk]

It's on NexusMods

Can't use mods on consoles though, since you said you're on PS5.

[pallid salmon]

I believe they're trying to get someone to place it down for them in their base
Not sure if it'll actually function as a pvp table when on console though

[cobalt condor]

Will be the pve table for users without the mod I believe

because it's the one from the settlements

[kindred oak]

They just need to hurry up and add it as an item already lol

Oh well at least it's built for when that time comes

Just sucks they released the update , the egg sequencer , and the titles/achievements but gave players a miserable 2 tables to play at in the most boring place in the game lmao

[final hazel]

The Egg Sequencer, player titles and platform achievements have all been in NMS for many years, and there are more Holo Arena tables than the two in the Space Anomaly (the xeno arena intro mission from iteration: oceanus shows you this)

[kindred oak]

In talking about the battle arena titles those haven't been in the game it literally released 3 weeks ago ?

And when I say the sequencer I mean the traits actually doing something . There is not a battle hub is my point . A pvp arena style area with mass amounts of tables for players to compete or host events at

This the squad im rockin atm

[cobalt condor]

Would be nice to be able to build both versions of the table

or just make it so you can pvp at the pve table and make that one buildable

[kindred oak]

That would be more beneficial. We need a placeable all in one

This the arena I built for when it does come

[empty trail]

Is there any way to get a custom creature json to be one of the entries in your personal wonders?

[pseudo wren]

at least they keep the 16 theme consistant

[fresh arch]

The only thing consistent in NMS is its inconsistency

[iron stag]

What is a good mod to increase corvette parts limit and active parts limit?

[solid hawk]

Search nexusmods for the name corvette

[rancid bloom]

Are there pther websites like no manss sky app where u generate corvettes

[unborn thunder]

Fyi, don't copy paste messages across multiple channels back-to-back, you may trip the spam filter and get auto muted

[rancid bloom]

Oh okay

[unborn thunder]

[empty trail]

Not a website but the base builder app can be used to create corvettes without vanilla building restrictions, and there is a blender plug in to do the same

This is how most crazy corvettes on the service bot are made

[rancid bloom]

Ah okay does it work for ps5 and are there presets

[empty trail]

I highly doubt it is possible on ps5 sadly, and not really any presets. More of just whatever corvette you're using as a base.

[hearty wasp]

Get the game on PC on a sale and get your save via cross save

[rancid bloom]

Ah okay that sucks

[rancid bloom]

I dont have a pc

[hearty wasp]

Shucks

[balmy crest]

I delivered one from the service bot and i got rid of it within 20 min

i underestimated the size

it didnt fit anywhere

and couldnt land on planets barely

i had to float above the ground then go trade it with some npc

[empty trail]

Lol

[iron stag]

Is there any mod that makes everything in construction research terminal on anomaly free?

I really don't want to farm 1k salvaged data

[cobalt condor]

Setting purchases to free in the difficulty options should do it

[iron stag]

Alright thanks

[iron stag]

Any mods to stop the shaking when pulsing and flying through atmosphere?

[final hazel]

Lower the camera shake option in the vanilla game

[balmy oracle]

is there a mod to disable the quest reminder pop ups?

[solid hawk]

Yes

Search NexusMods for the word notification

[empty trail]

Anyone know about this

[solid hawk]

Nope

[empty trail]

No about knowing about it or no you cant make a custom creature for your wonders

[solid hawk]

Definately the first, possibly the second. Really depends on what data exists for wonders in the raw json save data.

[cobalt condor]

Looks like each creature wonder is stored as a seed, an address, and basically nothing else. Custom creatures are made up of way more data than that, so no.

[empty trail]

Ah

Alas

[boreal stream]

Wsp yall, im looking forward to changing the color of a sentient ship i own, i was told i would have to use a file editor for it and im not really familiar in modding in nms, i was wondering if anyone could help me or send me a guide for it

[solid hawk]

Not file editor, save editor. Search YouTube, only a bazillion videos on save editing NMS and changing ship colors.

[errant stump]

Is there like

A

Mod

That

Lets

Me

Put my camera a bit to the back?

For my corvette

While flying

Cus its like so annyoing when 80% of the screen is blocked

[round sinew]

maybe try https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3727 or https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3757, but i'm not sure if they're working in the current build, i've never tested them

[round sinew]

@scarlet leaf

• save editing: basically ticking a few checkboxes using a save editor
• modding: basically "installing" a mod (or a couple mods), going in game, claiming stuff from quicksilver shop
• rerunning old exps offline, see <#nms-modding message>

[solid hawk]

That's
a
real
special
form
of
OCD
above!

Next time try as a single coherent sentence. 🙂

[scarlet leaf]

looks too hard for me bro

[round sinew]

well, it's actually quite simple. for example:

Consumerism: https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/2062

if you wanted to make consumerism additions free, you'd also install https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3420

[solid hawk]

Not difficult, literally over 100k people have managed to do these things over the past 10 years, but only options to achieve regardless.

[round sinew]

using a save editor? just a few clicks

[scarlet leaf]

what is the simplier the mod or the save editor ?

[round sinew]

both are simple really. some people dont mind learning+using an unfamiliar UI for a few minutes, while others will prefer doing it via in game quicksilver shop (the mod). honestly, i see the mod way being safer, but it's not like there's any known issues with doing it via save editor either.

[scarlet leaf]

does the mod changes anything else in terms of multiplayer and everything because im playing the game with some friends

[round sinew]

no, but you'd need to exit game and relaunch to actually get it to recognize the mod

[scarlet leaf]

can you tell me step by step how to do it ?

[hearty wasp]

is dragging files easier or clicking buttons easier? That's for you to decide

[round sinew]

1. have a nexusmods account
2. open https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/2062 and https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3420
3. download mod from the relevant link under files
4. read https://docs.google.com/document/d/18k5VfvzLXbpBrAGGO7LK30c2Ta_lWQ5F5YgEpuwKZ6M/edit?tab=t.0 for a step by step guide on how to install it

(probably gonna want communism too so added that)

[scarlet leaf]

how do i open game files on the xbox app ? found it nvm

[scarlet leaf]

I think i did it a created the mod folder added the mods folder in it and launched the game, it gave me the modded game warning

so apparently i messed up because nothing is unlocked in the quicksilver shop

[round sinew]

screenshot the contents of your mods folder

if you got the mod warning on load, then its working

@scarlet leaf so if you go in quicksilver shop, create quicksilver items, they should be there i think

[scarlet leaf]

so this is it, in the first screen i had to create the "MODS" folder and then i put the mods in it

[scarlet leaf]

so i relaunched the game and now its working ig ?

[round sinew]

do you see stuff that wasnt there before, expedition stuff? find the aeron parts

[scarlet leaf]

when i thought i failed the shop was just normal

now everything is free so thanks

[round sinew]

that's communism working yeah

consumerism would have added among other things the expedition rewards

[scarlet leaf]

i see

are the multi tools good and if yes which one is the best ?

[round sinew]

well, go with looks first, that's what matters most, any tool works really. you can just claim them, and see for example what supercharged slot layout they have. that said, this is no longer a #nms-modding specific topic, so questions like these can be answered in #nms-questions

[errant stump]

is there a mod that speeds up the maturing period?

for

living organs

@round sinew

do u maybe know?

[round sinew]

yeah, i think so

[final hazel]

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/2685

[boreal stream]

ty

[errant stump]

Thx

[boreal stream]

what save editor is updated to the latest version? most videos i find are outdated

[solid hawk]

NomNom and NMSSE

[boreal stream]

ty

[solid hawk]

This should be link for NMSSE, since it's new, might have trouble googling https://nmse.vectorcmdr.xyz/

[pallid salmon]

NMSSE- https://github.com/goatfungus/nmssaveeditor
nonnom- https://github.com/zencq/NomNom
NMSE- https://github.com/vectorcmdr/NMSE (fork of NMSSE)

[errant stump]

How

Do

I

Uhm

Be able to play all past expeditions?

[unborn thunder]

Check the pins, but since I already found it for you, here: #nms-modding message

[errant stump]

Atp ill js unlock all expedition awards and play all new ones

[unborn thunder]

Alrighty

[errant stump]

Is there a way to make my sandworms

Go up and down?

@unborn thunder u might know

[unborn thunder]

i do not

[errant stump]

Aw

[errant stump]

Kk

[pallid salmon]

Let's
stop
typing
like
this
please

[solar smelt]

I don't... see... anything wrong with... that... why must... you ruin other... people's fun?...

//

I've gotten purple systems, but haven't seen even one atlantid multitool. Where should I start to find one?

[unborn thunder]

monoliths

[solar smelt]

They do more than just stories and give portal locations>

?

[unborn thunder]

i believe dissonant monoliths have the atlantid multitools. You could ask in #nms-questions to get a more definitive answer

[solar smelt]

kk

[final hazel]

All Korvax Monoliths' Discordant Interface

[solar smelt]

I actually thought I was in #nms-questions my bad

[final hazel]

You are given this ability during They Who Returned, where you directly use it to interface with the Discordant Interface, and it hints that all Korvax Monoliths have this ability/connection/whatever

[solid hawk]

No

[solid hawk]

He's posting one word per message as a way to artificially boost his ranking faster. Not cool and incredibly annoying for those of us who answer questions here. At least two frequent helpers have already blocked him, meaning less of a chance of him getting an answer. If it continues A) staff may become involved. B) No one who can answer his questions will see them, because we'll all have him blocked. There are consequences. Also, this is not a channel for "fun". It is a working support channel. 🙂

There are discussion channels for more fun conversation.

[unborn thunder]

-# little does he know gunter has a cooldown, lol

[solar smelt]

I was supporting Mariti, I was making fun of the annoying ... discord... typing quirk... that some people... have

[vale iron]

FYI, you'll get the mod warning screen if it detects any folders in MODS, not necessarily working ones

[final hazel]

i should fill my MODS folder with 6,230 empty folders to make it crash due to that

[round sinew]

oh right, yeah, mostly meant it's detecting something 😄

[solid hawk]

Hopefully not something that requires an ultra fine comb to resolve.

[frank bridge]

Is there any mod which makes every planet that can have rings, have rings? I know that the opposite exists

[solid hawk]

Let me know how it goes.

[final hazel]

From my testing, this does not exceed the 1 planet with rings per system limit

and it probably doesn't exceed the 0 planets with rings per purple system limit

[errant stump]

Is there a mod that lets me bypass the time for a pet to lay a egg

[pallid salmon]

companion pet unlocker
does that among other things

[errant stump]

Thx

[round sinew]

@thick quartz have you seen this post? <#nms-modding message>

[thick quartz]

Yes I just having problem understanding how to navigate the desktop mode and how to find the folder to drop that file

Dolphin file manager doesn’t show me my hello games folder

[round sinew]

can you voice chat?

[thick quartz]

Yes

[round sinew]

i'll dm you

[thick quartz]

Ight

[slender crow]

In working on using the save editor for my steam deck save. Unfortunately I can't select the whole saves folder to edit. What exact file do I want to open the save editor with here?

It's goatfungus save editor

Opening the .exe file prompts me to open it with another file, so I assume I need to open it with my save file?

[pallid salmon]

yes you need the actual save file because it's a save editor, you can't edit the executable like that, it's just not how it works
from a quick search about steamdeck nms saves are in the same location as windows in Appdata/Roaming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm9KIgcmpVY

[gritty coral]

@errant stump Please don't spam the channel with gibberish or you will be muted.

[hasty prism]

are there mods that add cities to the game?

[final hazel]

No. The closest we will ever have to cities most likely are Settlements, which are already in the vanilla game #nms-commands message (or player-created "cities" using the base building system)

[hasty prism]

also how do I install mods?

[final hazel]

http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[hasty prism]

ty

[errant stump]

Oh shi i thought this was an empire server i was in….

Mb

[round sinew]

the exe is for windows - you grab and use the jar, the java application that's the save editor itself. that said, you could instead of goatfungus use nmse from vector_cmdr - it has an appimage that you can run on linux, most likely on the deck as well, without needing to deal with any possible missing dependencies.

jar is a java application, cross platform, you'd need to have java runtime installed to run it

[raw hinge]

Hey Hey, Is there a resize mod?

[pallid salmon]

resize for what?

[raw hinge]

Building any placeable item

Like a big dome

The mod i used for this doesn't work anymore and no update

[pallid salmon]

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

[raw hinge]

Omg thank you

[proven mason]

Ok don’t judge me but is there a mod that allows grid snapping items when building?

I’m stupid and can never align them properly and it annoys me

[pallid salmon]

I'm assuming you mean things other then buildings that already have built in snap points in vanilla (i.e. walls, floors, etc)
In that case, no
though it is possible to add them because a mod does exist that adds that functionality to production buildings

[proven mason]

Aw shame. Thanks anyway

[pallid salmon]

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/2113
this is the closest thing, only includes a very limited amt of buildings tho

[proven mason]

interesting, I’ll check it out.

[vagrant helm]

How do you mod NMS? I want lighting overhauls and cinematic visuals

[final hazel]

http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[raw hinge]

This mod doesn't let you resize the dome for example

[final hazel]

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

[pallid salmon]

oh yeah there you go
hadn't seen that one yet

[final hazel]

Please read the description page of mods that you install

[pallid salmon]

mb thx

[solid hawk]

Will, if you also use Beyond Base Building with it. 🙂

Oooff, sorry. Echo.

[lament bolt]

hi...im confused on why is my base in odyalutai not showing up on my warp list?

[solar smelt]

#nms-questions

[final hazel]

All of your bases are on the teleport list at all times, other than when you're teleporting from that base I think

So if you're at a teleporter at any other base/space station and the base is missing, that's closer to being a sign that the base no longer exists

[lament bolt]

but i just built it...at the centre system in odyalutai

[final hazel]

And it's missing from the list?

Did you claim the base computer?

[fair narwhal]

is it forbidden to construct anything at a point of interest?

such as a fence surrounding it

because how is anyone going to even know

they dont join my games

[solar smelt]

People only dislike it if you do it at quicksilver mission locations or large player gatherings. Nobody is gonna care that one building is blocked off out at the corner of the galaxy

[final hazel]

Regardless, anybody who takes issue can just report the base to make it disappear for them only

[fair narwhal]

well somebody i wont name names, acted like somebody else was justified in messing my base up that i had built a sentinel drone farm around a pillar

[south orbit]

And u have to upload base first

[fair narwhal]

oh if you upload they can do that shit...

uhhhh maybe that was my mistake eheheh

like i had built a building around a sentinel tower that i can just go in and target practice sentinel drones

what nobody make shooting ranges in this game?

also there was a door too

Miteymarvel was the one that told me that its bad to do that yeah, now i remember

but they dislike me in general anyway so i dont care their asinine opinions

wrong channel sorry

[raw hinge]

unfortunatly not

for context, this is how big I used to build

[keen hamlet]

when it comes to modding, do i need to use a mod manager?

[solid hawk]

Yeah sorry you're right. I'll get that fixed in next update of Beyond Base Building. In the meantime, this should fix it.

[vale iron]

Not really. You can use Vortex or just do it manually. A handful of people use things like MO2

[keen hamlet]

thank you, what would you recomend i use for no mans sky as i have never modded it before

[empty trail]

Just browse the nms page on nexus mods for recently published or updated mods (as older ones dont work anymore) and see what looks good. Most mods are quality of life anyway because we cant really add new features

[keen hamlet]

thats fair, but i meant mod loaders or none, like what would you recomend i use? if its a mod loader, which one or just none

[empty trail]

You dont need a mod loader as you put mods directly into a folder in the game's files. You can use one (vortex, generally) if you want, however I personally think its a pretty mid mod loader

[keen hamlet]

would you recomend i use a mod loader or not? if you recomend i use a mod loader, which one should i use?

[empty trail]

Unless you're planning to install like 30 mods at once, I would not recommend a mod loader as it is not necessary

[keen hamlet]

got it

[empty trail]

A guide to modding can be found in the pinned messages of this channel

[keen hamlet]

thank you

[empty trail]

Ofc :)
Good luck, traveler

[raw hinge]

Omg thank you. I'll try that

[keen hamlet]

if i were to use mo2 for modding no mans sky, how would i know if it is working or not without having to go into no mans sky?

[fresh arch]

you don't

you install the mods and run the game and check in-game whether they are working

you don't need any mod manager, better to do manual installation to make sure the mod folders have been extracted properly

its a common issue and it's hard to tell how given mod manager will handle that

[slow coral]

I have a steam deck and a ps5 I have nms on ps5 and moding is not allowed for ps5 but if I get the mod I want, specifically the compaion pet unlocker can I get it on my deck and bring my save data to deck back to ps5 with the mod and are there any down sides

[limpid parcel]

You can mod nms?

[empty trail]

Yes

Generally only on PC, however

[limpid parcel]

How

[pallid salmon]

http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[limpid parcel]

@pallid salmon wanna coop

Im bored of solo can i join ur world

[pallid salmon]

Isn't really how it works
You only join other ppl per instance, the universe is shared for everyone if you're online
And it seems like you've already asked in lfg, asking here isn't going to yield much results

[limpid parcel]

Wait so

If im playing solo rn

Can i play with others

I didnt see other people tho

[pallid salmon]

The universe is large, but also make sure your multiplayer is turned on in settings
If you're new to the game, you eventually unlock something called the Anomaly which is the only real social hub

[limpid parcel]

Oh yeah forgot anomaly has players

[empty trail]

You can turn multiplayer on and off in settings. If you turn it on dont expect to see anyone unless you go to the anomaly or are in busy, well known areas

Its the same universe for everyone

[limpid parcel]

But if i want to inv my friend to party and we have to go to anomaly isnt anomaly basically diff hubs so the chances we both join same hub is low

Also can others deal harm to me like damage my freighter and stuff

[pallid salmon]

if your friend joins on you, the game automatically puts you into the same anomaly instance if you're in a party

[limpid parcel]

One last wuestion can i share.my freighter with a friend till he gets his own

[unborn thunder]

No

[pallid salmon]

freighters dont take damage, and you can turn off pvp in settings
iirc it's off by default
you should really be asking these questions in #nms-questions as this channel is for modding

[unborn thunder]

They can build in it with permissions set correctly, but they cannot access it in their inventory

[limpid parcel]

Can they land

[unborn thunder]

Yes

Now as was said, feel free to move to #nms-questions

[limpid parcel]

Ty

[vale iron]

Should work fine if you tame the companion on deck then save and switch to PS

[solid hawk]

All good?

[raw hinge]

Haven't had the time to check, I'll check later

[solid hawk]

Gotcha, thanks. I'm just trying not to forget. 🙂

Also, reminded myself what was going on with Beyond Base Building. Is there, but disabled, by default. If you take the included Lua script, edit, changing line 36 to true:
`CAN_SCALE_PREFAB_PARTS = true "
then process the script through AMUMSS, will generate a custom version of the mod where the bio dome can be scaled. Mod makes almost 10,000 changes to a game data file, sometimes hard to remember one setting for just one build part. 🙂

If you do this, then don't have to use that little one off I posted.

[raw hinge]

Which one do you reccomend?

[raw hinge]

How do i edit it?

And which file is it located?

[keen hamlet]

with mo2 how do i get the mods to work if they arent?

[pallid salmon]

well the first step is to delete GCMODSETTINGS in Binaries\SETTINGS and see if that fixes it
if that doesn't work and it's a mod manager problem not sure you're going to find much help, afaik most ppl just install mods for nms the basic way

[solid hawk]

Any text editor

[solid hawk]

The Lua script, only one in the downloaded Beyond Base mod.

[raw hinge]

i did it through the vortex and i changed it

let me see if it works

[solid hawk]

Changed script has to be processed through AMUMSS to do anything. Just changing the script does nothing.

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/2626

[raw hinge]

let me try this haha

I am not that good with coding or whatever this is haha

[solid hawk]

No coding involved 🙂

[raw hinge]

i made this lol

[keen hamlet]

could you possibly explain the first step in a bit mroe detail please? as tbh i dont know where to look for the binaries/settings part

[pallid salmon]

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\No Man's Sky\Binaries\SETTINGS

[keen hamlet]

thank you

lets see if it works

seems like mo2 doesnt work with no mans sky rn

how do i manualy mod no mans sky?

[raw hinge]

Okay i think i made it work

[pallid salmon]

you just extract the mod to GAMEDATA/MODS
gamedata folder is next to binaries
you have to create the MODS folder as well*
http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[raw hinge]

Okay i changed the script and i still can't edit it

[keen hamlet]

thank you

[solid hawk]

...after the change did you process the script through AMUMSS, which I said you had to do?

Did it all for you, here, use this one

Does have scaling enabled for the bio dome.

[pallid salmon]

you might be fast but Babscoole is always faster xD

[gleaming light]

bangers

[spare acorn]

Sorry Ima dump the few mods I use here: https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/1083 Realistic atmosphere clouds https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/1662 This makes them rotate https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/2602 Dark space, vivid nebulae https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/3934 ATMOS Reshade

[vagrant helm]

Tysm these are the overhaul mods I wanted to get

[spare acorn]

Heres a good example of how it makes planets look from space, and the lighting of the cockpit, I've been loving it so far

[gleaming light]

thanks ill download ts when i get home

[vagrant helm]

Magnificent

now I just need to learn how to actually install mods bc Im new to pc

[spare acorn]

I was having some trouble myself and found that Vortex works perfectly with NMS and those mods, except for the reshade, which has its own thing going on

[pallid salmon]

http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[gleaming light]

.

[verbal creek]

Anyone use the monkeyman192 tool in anyway ?

[pallid salmon]

if you're referring to MBIN compiler, yes
probably the most used tool for modding

[verbal creek]

Oh, It's not that but it's made by the same guy lol

NMS.py + PyMHF ( I didn't realize they were made by the same person )

I'm scraping live data from source code and then looking at it myself through my own programs I make and a few other things and then I'm going to try to inject it in myself and see if I can change the game myself lol

But right now I wrote a program the test it and all I'm scraping is all the ship data raw hash anything that the ship's bring in

[empty trail]

I dont really know what this means but why does it feel against the eula

[verbal creek]

Made by the same exact people that make your mods literally same exact guy

There's a huge community online also that do this like a huge huge community You can check it out It's pretty cool I find the stuff interesting that's all

[solar smelt]

People are allowed to modify the EXE, scripts are far from being not allowed

[pallid salmon]

I'm going to repeat verbatim what other more experienced modders have said- but making non patch mods is not recommended because with each update there's a very likely chance they break, which means you have to update them constantly
whereas patch mods are much less susceptible to breaking from updates
at least if I'm even understanding what nmspy does tbh

[verbal creek]

This is like the only game that's like wild West with mods and everything super interesting I mean I get why it's only one server and they don't split it between modded and not modded cuz it's just outrageously big One reason but I really do find this fascinating

[pallid salmon]

I mean because like there are very few things modders can change that won't just be client side

[verbal creek]

Yeah I noticed too older versions had a lot more connected to source code and now everything is wrapped externally and injected in so I think the only seeds left from the beginning programming are the planets themselves If I'm understanding this correctly

[solid hawk]

There's maybe 2 or 3 people at a time who play with it. No mods published with it, just personal usage.

Something of a high bar to use

[verbal creek]

Okay I thought a lot more people would be using it I'm using it as of curiosity I actually used to write a lot of programs using hex and security and different things like that I just find the stuff fascinating I personally am just curious lol ty ✌️

[verbal creek]

Oh man, This game is ran like the library of Babel and I'm more in love lol 😅

Only differences one is static and one is on demand 😅

[vale iron]

16 years of development, so a lot of spaghetti code

[verbal creek]

I was just looking at the core functions practically magnifying planet seeds before and after jump seeing all the data and what changes after jump and I'm going to see if I can figure out the keys of the planets or the triggers that cause the exact outcome when you go there because it don't matter who you are even if offline that planet will be of the same and the seed is forever embedded in the original star which is kind of wild and then it only generates when you're near and when you leave it's gone lol there is no database whatsoever in this game that saves all ships and people It's all done streamline on spot with algorithms math and probability and it's amazing lol

Probably not the best description but it's early and it's pretty close anyway lol

[solid hawk]

Feel free to dig into the seed system. Has already been deciphered, long ago, though. Just not public and cannot be made public.

No sharing what you find out, with anyone.

[verbal creek]

All good, I legit just find this fascinating and love a puzzle lol

[keen hamlet]

What quality of life mods should I get?

[gleaming light]

few months old

i usually get mods under a year

[solid hawk]

Whatever appeals to you and what you want changed in-game.https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/newrecently

FYI, Only mods new or updated since 29 January 2025 will work

[keen hamlet]

Thank you

[blazing pollen]

is there a way to bypass this with mod or glitch?

[solid hawk]

Not via mod. Would have to ask in corvette channel about glitch

[blazing pollen]

ah

[empty citrus]

i kinda need help on how to mod in the first place, can someone teach me?

[final hazel]

http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[empty citrus]

thx

[rough magnet]

so who's gonna make a mod that replaces all references to "16" in the game with "67"?

[gleaming light]

what

[fair narwhal]

demonstration of the mod

[final hazel]

isn't this just Beyond Base Building

[vale iron]

Look at the collections on Nexus to see what they include for ideas about most popular mods

[half glen]

Bro, tell me, what kind of mod do you have that adds old buildings?

[pallid salmon]

just look up "legacy" on nexus and you'll find it

[solid hawk]

At a cursory glance, pretty much https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/1096

Just with a lot less features

[empty trail]

yeah can we ban them thanks

[pallid salmon]

for me at least, can't play the game unless I've got instant actions, instant text display, companion pet unlocker, and mission timer redux
those are like bare minimum imo

[slender crow]

About to use a save editor for the first time. Wish me luck

[empty trail]

Good luck! Just make sure to have a backup of your save, select the right save, and like save in the editor lol

[pallid salmon]

if you're not editing the raw json you can't really mess much up
but yeah always back up your save

[slender crow]

How far into a save do I have to get to start save editing whatever I want?

Past the tutorial, I assume?

[vagrant helm]

Hey what are the absolute best mods you know in nms? The type can make it a whole different genre of game. Are there gargantuan fauna mods? Are there weapon mods? Ship mods? Space mods? Tell me tell me

[final hazel]

Create the save

that's it

once you save your game for the first time in any way (autosave or restore point), then you can modify that and reload it

[slender crow]

Can I make it so I'm done with tutorials

[final hazel]

You can create a save that skips the tutorial by choosing such in the custom mode creation options

[slender crow]

Oh okay

So I gotta make a new save lol

Okay so how do I go about using the save editor? I downloaded nmse by vector and it's got an exe, a jar, and a zip inside it that look important. I'm on Linux (specifically steam deck)

[pallid salmon]

don't know if this video will apply to the vector fork but this may help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm9KIgcmpVY

[slender crow]

Just. Do I run the exe?

I am so confused

I think I got it?

What do I do here?

Idk which one is my side save I made specifically for this

Or which one to open in the app

[solid hawk]

There's these: https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/newrecently

[vagrant helm]

On second thought, just focusing on corvette mods, what mods let me make sick corvettes that are actually streamlined and huge, surpassing the 100 part limit?

[solid hawk]

Most new or updated since 29 January 2025 should be good to use. Before that date won't work. Beyond that best is highly subjective. Mod one person would like another would hate. Start looking through and see what appeals to you.

[solid hawk]

There is one, search NexusMods with the term corvette and you'll find it in the results.

[vagrant helm]

What is this site named?

[solid hawk]

I'd personally want a healthy corvette, not a sick one. Corvette prescriptions are expensive and not covered by insurance. 🙂

[slender crow]

Okay I've figured out what I need to open in the app, but I can't open it because I can't copy the file path. It just doesn't have a text bar for me to copy from

I'm in the dolphin file manager, hidden files are shown.

No copy button

[solid hawk]

Only place for NMS mods

[slender crow]

The save editor is not detecting my saves at all when I input the directory

I am using the No man's save editor by vector. I am on steam deck. I have input the directory for my save file folder into the directory section of the save editor. I cannot get any save slots or other files to load

[half glen]

thank you very much

[slender crow]

I can find 0 sources on how to fix this because everyone else uses goatfungus and I'm using vector_cmdr

I'm so close to giving up

Does anyone know anything

[pallid salmon]

you could just try goatfungus?
vector's NMSE is a fork of goatfungus

[slender crow]

I can't use goatfungus because it requires way more setup than I can do. Using the terminal scares me

It requires java 19 and terminal useage and useage of files idk how they work, where as I've got vectors open rn and it's working except it wont see my saves

I've never used java before, it's unfamiliar to me

I just want it to see my goddamn saves

I tried copy pasting the file into it but it won't work

I tried inputting the directory, I tried inputting it everywhere, I tried using the browse files feature. None of it works

[solid hawk]

Started as a direct fork, but since been rewritten from scratch, so more it's own thing now.

[pallid salmon]

ah didn't know that
only heard it referred to as a fork

[solid hawk]

Yeah, began as an update to the Java Goatfungus, but that's since been retired and NMSE was rewritten in C

I think C++, but might be C#, I haven't really looked. 🙂

[solid hawk]

May want to go directly to the support source for vectors: https://github.com/vectorcmdr/NMSE/issues?q=sort%3Aupdated-desc+is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen

I mean, it's a VERY new thing, many don't even know it exists yet, so other than the developer himself, support from others is going to be minimal

[slender crow]

I can't even get goatfungus so idk what to do

[solid hawk]

I just gave you the link to get support for vector commander not seeing your saves

and vector himself is the only one in the world who's going to "know" the level of support for Steam Deck.

Goatfungus works for Steam Deck because it's written in Java, which was designed to be an OS independent platform\language.

I'm not even sure if any of the regular helpers in this channel have a Deck. I know I, FriendlyFire, Gumsk, and Grouch don't. We're all poor. lol. Pretty much impossible to support something platform specific when you know nothing about that platform.

[slender crow]

Yeah. If anyone know what java to get and what site to get it from I can try goatfungus

I know it's java 19 but there's like 5 sites

[pallid salmon]

oracle is the company that makes java

the youtube vid I put in chat has links in the description

[solid hawk]

Uuummm, there is no Java 19. Current latest is 8, update 491 https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

Be aware, as Goatfungus hasn't been updated in a couple of months, will be no support for any of the Xeno Arena features.

[pallid salmon]

I don't think any of the save editors support it yet
could be wrong

[solid hawk]

Yes, NMSE does and NomNom has some basic support for it, with more forthcoming.

[pallid salmon]

oh wait yes it does that's right sorry

[fresh arch]

I do have a Steam Deck actually but I haven't tried to run any save editor there

Just copy-paste mods from my Windows PC

[slender crow]

Wait if I use cross save and access my saves from my PC, save edit them, can I then just go on deck and have the edited saves?

I shall do that tomorrow then

[boreal stream]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfKxGyd-_w4

is this video still accurate?

[solid hawk]

Go Elon!

[solid hawk]

No idea, never watched it. What's it say?

[boreal stream]

basically to change the title of a specific file from DISABLEMODS.txt to ENABLEMODS.txt

[boreal stream]

u got any up to date guide?

[boreal stream]

5y old 😭

[solid hawk]

If it was made before 29 January 2025, then most details about using mods would be outdated.

[solid hawk]

http://tinyurl.com/nmsmodding550

[boreal stream]

ow yeah

then yeah

[solid hawk]

As far as types of mods available, that hasn't changed

[boreal stream]

kinda wish a curseforge for nms existed or just steam workshop

😭

[solid hawk]

Nope, just NexusMods.

[boreal stream]

vortex

isnt vortex some kinds of Curseforge for nms?

[solid hawk]

I just skimmed through, he keeps mentioning Enterprise. That was one of my old mods. lol

[boreal stream]

oh nvm

its just a mod manager

skipped that part nvm

nvm again it does what i think it does

[solid hawk]

Oh NM, he's talking about after I retired the standalone Enterprise and it got rolled in Gumsks custom freighter mod. haha

You know been making mods for NMS too long when.....hahaha

[boreal stream]

Any up to date mod that lets you bypass the 100 part limit of corvettes?

[solid hawk]

First one in the screenshot here, should be it #nms-modding message

Just search NexusMods for corvette

[boreal stream]

How do i check if the mod works properly latest version?

check/know

just prayers?

[solid hawk]

Can read POSTS for the mod. Not always, but in most cases, mods updated after 29 January 2025, if EXML patch mods, should be good to use.

[pallid salmon]

not always the best way
many ppl will post before doing literally any troubleshooting

[solid hawk]

Best way is to try it and see. Not like it costs anything. 🙂

[solid hawk]

Best we have, when put into context.
POST: "Your mod is broken"
REPLY: "Myself and the 1200 other current users disagree. Think you messed up the mod install. See this troubleshooting guide...."
🙂

[pallid salmon]

fr lmao

and like 99% of the time it's cause they need to delete GCMODSETTINGS or unzipped it wrong

[solid hawk]

yep

But it's always "Mod is broken" and not "User is broken". lol

[boreal stream]

welp

did this whole thing for a single mod

which thank god works

[solid hawk]

At least you had the option, unlike console players.

[fair narwhal]

yeah but i made that myself

with just changing false to true

in notepad its so fking easy

like its so easy, an idiot like myself can do it, like you have no fking idea

or maybe you do have an idea

but somebody as dumb as me should NEVER be allowed to mod

but here i am

here i am using mods multiplayer

yall let me do this shit and dont come and try to stop me from my bs

its funny to me

other games, id be witch hunted

i go around in the space anomaly in all the exocraft

and build shit

am laughing my head off because i bet you people reported it, and i didnt get a single fk given

on rust i would have been yeeted months ago

palworld too

[fair narwhal]

i didnt copy anybody else

anyone can fking make mods, EVERYONE can be super

and when everyones super, no one is

[pallid salmon]

nms community is pretty chill you know

[fair narwhal]

if an idiot like me can mod nms, then anyone can, all it takes is knowing how to extract, and decompile the sht, and edit with notepad , yadda yadda

you know the drill

a little of this , a little of that, and before you know it

[unborn thunder]

I think we can all calm down a bit

[ebon cosmos]

This channel is mainly for help with modding the game and adjacent topics. I'm not sure what you are going on about right now, but drop it.

[fair narwhal]

somebody called my mod somebody elses with "less features"

[ebon cosmos]

So what?

[fair narwhal]

that ticked me ?

[ebon cosmos]

Learn to deal with it or resolve it in private if the other party is willing to have a private talk with you. Otherwise, block/ignore and move on.

[fair narwhal]

yes sir

im sorry

[ebon cosmos]

Public channels are the place

[solar smelt]

Probably not. Last time I took my oversized colossus to the anomaly, everyone jumped on it and had a dance party

someone even sat down and let me just torch them with the flamethrower

[vale iron]

FF has a Deck; that's what he plays on when on work trips. I'm not sure if any of the editors work on it though.

[cursive wedge]

guys

how do we mod in mac steam

[fresh arch]

we don't

Mac build of the game doesn't support modding like PC versions do

there's some shenanigans involving binary modification of the game files that works on Mac

but Im not the person to even try to start explaining that

[fair narwhal]

You play on a modded steam version, or download somebody's save

Use two pc at once

It Xbox and Mac

As to proper modding shit out of luck

Game save shit will work still tho

[fair narwhal]

That's what I did but I was also flying around in a flying giant nautlion submarine turned aircraft

And shooting people

And ramming into them with the car

Like running them over

As if I thought it would do damage

It does not you cannot hurt anyone in the anomaly afaik

Plus that ain't in me , I just wanted to scare the shit out of somebody on PD

Just the thought of them possibly being hurt

Even if it doesn't

Which it does not, it's a prank bro

[stuck portal]

If I make changes to a mod file, I have to quit and restart the game for them to take effect, right?

[final hazel]

Yes

there is a debug variable that allows many global files and a few metadata files to be rechecked upon alt tab or whatever I think, but that's wacky

[stuck portal]

OK, thanks

[upper quarry]

does somebody have a link to the legit save editor?

[stuck portal]

#nms-modding message

[void marsh]

Oh modders how does one get AMUSS installed i already did the .bat file stuff

[fresh arch]

!faq-modding

[hardy aurora]

-# to view info below, enable embeds

<: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.

Contributors: friendlyfirepl, .sohail, Atlas Emissaries

[fresh arch]

See the 2nd link

[round sinew]

@drowsy fox mark is supposed to be given to you if you complete the atlas path denying it - if you want to save edit it in, simply add it to knowntechs

[drowsy fox]

I don't want you to go through the process of explaining what that means necessarily-- is there a guide you could link? Your message makes it sound like it's as easy as editing a folder or txt

[round sinew]

what save editor are you using?

[drowsy fox]

... Which would you recommend? ":) Assume this is the first that I've looked into it at all.

[round sinew]

ah ok. well, there's 3 save editors atm that i'm aware of:

• nmsse
• nmse
• nomnom
  i'm currently using nmse https://github.com/vectorcmdr/NMSE

[drowsy fox]

Okay super helpful
Will futz with it soon, but that makes me feel better

I really don't like missable content blehh

[round sinew]

as mentioned before, if you got star seed instead in that char, mark isnt really going to be of any use

completing atlas path rewards one or the other, depending on how we did it

i guess this might be about catalog completion lol

[austere fractal]

need help; the "expanding the base" quest is broken; I have the quest twice and if I speak to the overseer, they want infinite gravitino ball; can I just delete the one of the two that says I need to give gravitino balls?

where in the .json would it be?

nvm, found a easier fix (delete and replace construction terminal)

[solar smelt]

You should be able to just give the ball and when they ask for another one, exit out of the dialogue and be fine

[buoyant abyss]

ive got a question for any experienced modder, would it be possible to put a tech in your inventory that shouldn't be in your inventory, like mod it into, say like an engine?

[cobalt condor]

You mean like put a pulse engine in your exosuit?

You could but it wouldn't do anything

[buoyant abyss]

yea im wondering bc technically its not a packaged technology when its in your inventory could u transfer it to someone?

you can transfer tech aslong as its not packaged so yk

[cobalt condor]

If you can transfer tech that's not packaged then yeah, you could probably give it to someone else

[buoyant abyss]

alr so say someone put an unpacked tech in their inventory like a photonix core or vesper sail could they then transfer it to another player?

hyperthetically

[cobalt condor]

It would still be tech, just installed in the cargo inventory instead of the tech inventory. So I don't think you could

[buoyant abyss]

damm im tryna figure out a way to transfer techs seen at you cant trade a ship with tech on it as it gets deleted

[final hazel]

The game deletes the misplaced technology on load

(I just tested this)

[buoyant abyss]

oh damm appreciate u testing it tho

I will keep thinking on ways to get those tech

if u got any ideas lmk bc i dont know much about modding and its capabilitys

[final hazel]

If we had any new ideas, we would have tested them

there aren't any ways to do what you seek within the normal game/save editing/regular modding

[buoyant abyss]

fair

alright would it be possible to use the xbox app on PC to save edit it (i play on xbox but have a laptop that could prob run no mans sky for a very short time)

[final hazel]

Yes, of course #nms-modding message

All PC versions (Steam, GoG and Xbox PC) support cross-save and save editing

[buoyant abyss]

cool any videos that will teach me how to do it

[final hazel]

Only Mac lacks the abilty to use mods, but can still save edit

[buoyant abyss]

all i want to do is put a ship on my game file

[final hazel]

what ship?

[buoyant abyss]

its a starborn runner someone made me it custom but then they realised it would delete everything if we tried trading it

[final hazel]

just enable it as unlocked in the Account section of NMSSE

NomNom/others have a similar tab I believe

If you just seek the Photonix Core, just unlock it's blueprint in the Discovery tab

[cedar gulch]

Whats the easiest way in yalls experience to get a sentinel interceptor

[buoyant abyss]

wrong image lol

[final hazel]

Not related to modding, but see this post #nms-commands message

[cedar gulch]

I see wrong groul sorry

Group

[buoyant abyss]

before I go messing around in my files should I be wary of anything

[final hazel]

Then just unlock their blueprints, or add them to the tech inventory of the desired ship and remove the regular core tech

[final hazel]

No need to "mess around in your files"

save editing uses external programs that interface with your save files, there is no need to interact with or open these files yourself

[buoyant abyss]

perfect

[buoyant abyss]

ah okay perfect

so i should download NomNom

[final hazel]

The latter would be more desireable, as having more core tech than intended can break things

also, if you just seek a specific stat, you could just install multiple of the same blueprint tech that improves the desired stat

as those Exp 3 core techs are basically just regular ones with slightly better stats or something

[final hazel]

If you wish to use that one, yes

[buoyant abyss]

alr perfect

quick question do I have to load nms on my laptop for the change to take effect

im guessing i do right

[final hazel]

You would need to do so for the cloud to probably recognize the changes and upload the saves

[buoyant abyss]

its laggy as hell but it can just about loaf so I think its fine

@final hazel do I download on nexus mods or github?

[final hazel]

github is more updated I think
https://github.com/zencq/NomNom/releases/tag/6.30.0

[buoyant abyss]

okay ty

@final hazel ive gotten confused ive downloaded it but I cant find the nonon.exe file

[final hazel]

Then what did you download?

[final hazel]

If on Windows, either of these will work

[final hazel]

That's the source code, which is not what you download to use the program

[buoyant abyss]

ah

[final hazel]

follow this link:
https://github.com/zencq/NomNom/releases/tag/6.30.0

[buoyant abyss]

ty

[final hazel]

or click the Releases section

[buoyant abyss]

I got it perfect

it crashed 😂

whats going wrong @final hazel

[final hazel]

I do not know, I personally do not use NomNom

[pallid salmon]

You should join nomnom's discord and ask there.

[buoyant abyss]

I have gotta wait for a response

[solid hawk]

Be waiting here a lot longer for less accurate info.

[buoyant abyss]

ive done it

[wheat lake]

yo i was wondering if it possible to get a multiplayer holo battle on ur base or in corvette? either or

pls lmk

@final hazel

[pallid salmon]

you know if you just search what you're looking for on nexus you'll probably find it faster than asking here

[wheat lake]

alright but i dont really know how to install mods or like will it mess with my saves or multiplayer function?

[pallid salmon]

vast majority of all mods will not affect multiplayer or function perfectly fine

[wheat lake]

okay so if i wanna download this one https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/4148?tab=description

can i just put it in gamedata? i dont use vortex manager

[pallid salmon]

did you read the google doc that I linked? it tells you what to do

[wheat lake]

yeah i did i just dont ever do mods really

i dont use vortex

[pallid salmon]

you don't need vortex

[wheat lake]

so just unzip to gamedata?

[pallid salmon]

You have to create the MODS folder inside gamedata. It should say that in the google doc*

[wheat lake]

okay so it doesnt have to be created with vortex or nothing? the doc is saying i should already have the mods folder?

nvm im overthinkin it

[pallid salmon]

you don't need to use vortex
the modding info doc should really specify that you need to create the MODS folder, but it doesn't

[pallid salmon]

no

you need to leave those inside the folder of the mod you downloaded, and put that inside MODS
you shouldn't need to move anything after you extract it

[wheat lake]

thats how it extracts

it should still work no?

[pallid salmon]

are you using 7zip or just default windows extractor
I have heard that that particular mod has some problems

[wheat lake]

Winzip i think?

[pallid salmon]

you mean winrar?

[wheat lake]

yeah lol

[pallid salmon]

oh yeah actually it's just the file structure of the mod that's incorrect, you can just put them in a folder named whatever you want and have that in MODS

[wheat lake]

ok so just folder those up as "HoloArenaAnywhere"?

[pallid salmon]

because the creator of the mod left out the actual top level folder that contains the mod, for whatever reason

[wheat lake]

Launch game?

[pallid salmon]

before that

go into binaries\settings and delete gcmodsettings.mxml
binaries is next to gamedata

[wheat lake]

deleted

[pallid salmon]

yeah now you can launch the game
if your mods ever stop working delete that file as the first check, the game sometimes turns mods off after crashes

[wheat lake]

ok lets see how it goes

tysm btw

got a warning but im assuming that its ok?

[pallid salmon]

that'll happen everytime when you have something in the mods folder

[wheat lake]

not seeming to be able to access it

it should be something i can research

cant find it though

[wheat lake]

the node below sphere creator what does that mean?

[pallid salmon]

I didn't create the mod, no idea
gl

[wheat lake]

doesnt appear anywhere so idk could be broken lots of comments saying the same things

well thanks for the help anyways appreciate it

nvm figure it out sweet!

[buoyant abyss]

anyone know anything about cutom painting ships?

[fresh arch]

Tell us what you wanna do exactly and hope people who know what to do will reach out

Different ship types have their colours applied in different ways

[buoyant abyss]

I have a fighter ik tryna colour just to get my bearings as it shouldn't be too hard but no natter what I do it doesnt change in game

eventually I wanna try and change the colour of a starborn runner but I dont think thats very possible

and maybe see if I can change my wraiths colour

[fresh arch]

Star born Runner and many other expeditions ships have fixed colours on their textures

Can't be changed with save editor, only via modding on PC by replacing dedicated texture DDS files

[buoyant abyss]

ah gotcha

what about a normal fighter

[fresh arch]

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/4173?utm_source=discordbot&utm_medium=app&utm_content=subscribedgame - example of such a mod

Fighters can have their colours adjusted via save editing, you need to figure out which colour palette the ship uses and modify the corresponding values like Paint Primary or Alternative1

[buoyant abyss]

I cant use mods on xbox pc tho can I on save editing

[buoyant abyss]

alr ty

ill try again later

[final hazel]

Yes you can though

[buoyant abyss]

I didnt know that

but if I modded my save file I couldnt then go play on my xbox and have that colour ship?

[final hazel]

What do you mean by "modded your save file"?

Do you mean installing a mod, or modifying your save using a save editor?

Consoles do not support mods whatsoever, so the former is no unless the mod just enabled you to get something that exists normally without mods in which you'll still have that. The latter is always yes

[ocean prairie]

Which save editor is best as of now?

[buoyant abyss]

I personally found that nomnom sucks and now use goatfungus

[buoyant abyss]

so if i used a mod to change the colour of my starborn runner when I went onto my xbox would it still have a changed colour

[ocean prairie]

So it still works?

[buoyant abyss]

yea it works but its so slow

[ocean prairie]

well not if it works but is it more or less updated and why did you change it

[buoyant abyss]

nomnom works and is fully updated

but is laggy as hell and slow

goatfungus is much quicker

the only thing I like better about nomnom is json files are easier to find for specific things

[trim wharf]

NMSE is a great save editor, better than goatfungus

I don't think goatfungus is still updating his, so NMSE is my primary now

Seeking anyone familiar with how to modify bone scale or creature size in the anomaly to its maximum potential please

[buoyant abyss]

might have to check it out

how easy is it to mod json files with NMSE

[pallid salmon]

it's basically the same thing but with better color coding
just make sure you use split view

[buoyant abyss]

thats what I want better colour coding ill check it out later

[solid hawk]

No

Those one off expedition ships get their coloration mostly from TEXTURES.

[buoyant abyss]

ah gotcha

can u not just change the TEXTURES then 😂

I know fuck all abiut save editing lol

or modding

[final hazel]

Not without mods.

The save file system does not include the texture or model data for starships that have fixed models

it only has definitions on the path to find these, which upon changing makes it into a completely different ship or just probably deletes it if invalid, idk

[buoyant abyss]

ah okay

[trim wharf]

And if I understand correctly, modded textures would only be visible/viewable by you. All others would still see the original state

[solid hawk]

Correct. All mods are local

Game files are not synced in MP. Main thing that's synced is location data.

[orchid scarab]

Where can we find mods for no man's sky

[solid hawk]

NexusMods

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

[cold sequoia]

@solid hawk hello mate how are you ?

[rotund quartz]

whats the best mod for building. like i want to use base and corvette parts on planets in corvettes. be able to move arts on corvettes freely and stuff. i want to get creative im not much for copying someones build its boring

[valid ginkgo]

What are good mods and plugins and what does transcendant do and how goot is it copared to other mods.

?

[fresh arch]

browse through Nexus mods and pick what strikes your fancy

nothing comes close to what the Transcender plugin is capable of

!creativehublink

[hardy aurora]

https://discord.gg/AEXcap6

[fresh arch]

home server of Transcender and other projects, best to ask there

[solid hawk]

The best mods for you are the ones that change what you want to see changed. https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/newrecently Info on what transcender can do is at https://www.patreon.com/posts/transcender-no-130465541

[solid hawk]

In game, https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/1096 Out of game the NMS Base Builder plug-in or app

[solid hawk]

Still breathing, how about yourself?

[valid ginkgo]

soooo which mod has the most and best qol features. like in gerneral

[cold sequoia]

Thank god that you are mate I am fine just been waiting on getting better still almost getting out from the end with the recovery ive not played the game since last year

[solid hawk]

None. It's all HIGHLY subjective. Most NMS mods are designed to do only one thing. Be very specific what you want the mod to do to get specific recommendations.

[cold sequoia]

😂

[valid ginkgo]

oh ok

[solid hawk]

If new to NMS, play vanilla, without mods, for awhile to get an idea what you want changed is the best way.

[cold sequoia]

I agree

[solid hawk]

Or browse through at the NexusMods link I gave. Only mods newer than 29 January 2025 will work. Any older than that date will not work.

[valid ginkgo]

ok

[buoyant abyss]

!nms

!nmsversions