starfield-mods

[sleek cliff]

If only.

[chilly reef]

why does it need to be so complicated and time consuming...

[timid temple]

🙃 welcome to modding!

[tender stump]

If it was easy, everyone would do it.

[chilly reef]

lots of things are easier with Skyrim and Nexus...

[timid temple]

if it's any consolation (and I know it won't be 🤣 ) things were worse once upon a time

I started modding with Morrowind's Construction Set

[chilly reef]

so did I

[chilly reef]

the difficulty should be in the creation of the content, not the operation of the tools

[hoary lava]

It's not difficult, it's just a process. The tools are pretty straightforward. May I ask why you only have ESM at your disposal?

[chilly reef]

because I checked my .esp for dirty edits in xEdit, which I then saved.

[hoary lava]

But, must be master to edit in xedit...

And if you converted via ck it would have saved esp too.

[chilly reef]

... which wouldn't be cleaned, and therefore not what I would want to publish

aaand now the CK is hanging upon archive creation

[tender stump]

you can convert esm back to esp with plugin bridge

[hoary lava]

You're nicer than me...

[chilly reef]

screw this

[hoary lava]

Yeah like whatever bro.

You have a bad attitude, we didn't butcher your mod.

[chilly reef]

I have all the files I want to upload right here, but the CK insists on going its own way which takes ages

so the CK would be faster if I had a better attitude?

[tender stump]

possibly

[hoary lava]

Worth a shot.

Small community, so, your attitude is on full display...

[neat crow]

yes

Load up your plugin normally and in the upload screen click the "choose" button to select your .esm

Instead of letting CK convert the .esp

That's how you should do it anyways to avoid the bug where CK uploads an .esp :)

[chilly reef]

Is there a way to tell it "I already have a .bsa, you don't need to create a new one"?

[neat crow]

Archives aren't getting created during upload that's something you need to do manually

The uploader only picks them up

CK uploader only supports 1 main.ba2 and 1 textures.ba2 for each platform

any other archives are ignored

[tender stump]

yeah imho use archive2 to make archives manually, don't trust CK for that at all.

[chilly reef]

it picks them automatically?
I only have a button for Generate, not Select or something

[neat crow]

If valid archives exist they populate automatically in the list

If they don't exist the field is naturally empty

[chilly reef]

ok, waiting for the CK to load again

[neat crow]

They must be named "YourModName - Main.ba2" and "YourModName - Textures.ba2" and for Xbox "YourModName - Main_xbox.ba2" and "YourModName - Textures_xbox.ba2"

any other names are ignored

[chilly reef]

any other names wouldn't be loaded by the game either, would they?

[neat crow]

They would

Creations just doesn't support it, so CK ignores them

[chilly reef]

ok

[neat crow]

Given they have other valid names like "YourModName - Voices.ba2" would still be loaded correctly by the game

but can't be uploaded to creations

[chilly reef]

ah, I see
Well, this mod only has particle systems anyway

[neat crow]

Yeah everything that's not a texture simply goes into Main.ba2

[chilly reef]

that does look better, thank you
it didn't pick up the archive earlier, for some reason

[neat crow]

Ah yeah it's labeled browse not choose

but yeah you got it!

[random hound]

Wonder what you guys are cooking? what mods are in process being build?

[timid temple]

I'm currently paused due to wisdom teeth extraction and a root canal ( 🙃 ) but I plan to have something out next month

It's going to be a mod for the Nova habs, it looks so good right now

[normal steeple]

Working on that Dart mini-game under Anvil Creations and some top secret stuff going on over there too. Probably a double release end of Jan/Early Feb

[proven trellis]

Anyone have experience with shame companion mod?

If so I need help figuring out how to dismiss him. I can only have him wait

[neat crow]

big settlement in the works

[tender stump]

I'm a bit paused because there are some updates coming to DarkStar that are going to require I touch all my patches, but I am working a bit on something on the side.

[untold field]

That looks like it must hurt ngl

[hoary lava]

Working on a mod right now that essentially everytime you enter a room a random number of Roomba's spawn (1-47). Occasionally they'll form a sychronized dance sequence and hum the starfield theme. They vacuum up loot too that's not accessible to the player. They are aggressive and also pretty much spawn everywhere, all the time. It's really sick.

[untold field]

Working on a new unique for my Experimental MagShear creation

[toxic pike]

I'm working on "Relics and Wrecks" a POI focused mod, adding shipwreck POIs, including some dungeons, a new NPC and a quest.

as part of that I'm studying existing shipwrecks in vanilla, DLC and other mods.

In case anyone is ever looking for existing shipwrecks in the CK, here is where they are.

VANILLA

• Crash Site - OEBB012World (Radiant)
• Crash Site - OEBB024World (Radiant, but also spawns as Spaceship Debris)
• Crashed Ship - OESD008World (Radiant)
• Shipwreck Hab - OESD013World (Radiant)
• Crashed Ship - POI001World (Fixed, Quest) - Where Heller is found)
• Dauntless Crash Site - LC125DauntlessCrashLocation (Fixed, Quest)

SHATTERED SPACE

Va’ruun’kai, Dazra cells

• Control Site Kappa - SFBGS001LC48Ext09
• Vaifala crash site - SFBGS001LC50Ext
• Spacer crash site - SFBGS001LC42Ext

Currently mapping out all the vanilla pieces used in those sites to build my "palette" of things I can use to create shipwrecks, and working with them on my first shipwreck POI.

[fickle fossil]

can i have someone review my Load Order? i think i have everything in order except 2 mods

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yFYc3ZPpq2_q_8wss6tX4FkcYHaCAS86Oc489t22IHk/edit?usp=drivesdk

[mental estuary]

Looking forward to whatever Bub is working on next.

[sleek cliff]

@sharp lynx

I HUMBLY SUMMON YOU, I has a question for you.

[tender stump]

https://tenor.com/view/grunk-isma-broccoli-gif-7423206

[sleek cliff]

I don’t like broccoli.

Tastes like Anti-Freeze

[lyric finch]

Yknow what Starfield needs? The Flood

[sleek cliff]

Calm Down there, Kaz.

That’s horror territory

Starfield doesn’t have the STONES for The Flood.

New Atlantis would be overrun in less than a day

[sharp lynx]

@sleek cliff

[sleek cliff]

I has a question, O mighty and wise Tank Girl.

[neat crow]

just ask the question

[sharp lynx]

[sleek cliff]

||how are you?||

That is my question.

[untold field]

If Tank goes missing one day I will definitely send the police to Scarlets house lol

[neat crow]

I doubt Scarlet gets to Mars

[jolly torrent]

You guys are wild, man. 😂

[sleek cliff]

https://tenor.com/view/mission-to-mars-mars-server-gif-20889921

Don’t doubt what I can do with a bottle of Jameson, a dream and 20$ in my wallet.

[sharp lynx]

Lol

[sleek cliff]

Wars and Black Friday’s have been won with less.

[jolly torrent]

https://creations.bethesda.net/en/starfield/details/b47d5b05-1e15-459d-ae42-4fa15ade2949/Space_Nebulae

Thank you, btw!!!

[sharp lynx]

Am tire

[sharp lynx]

Mars is where it's at

[sleek cliff]

🫂

I appreciates you and your hard work, Tank.

[sharp lynx]

[sleek cliff]

Always gonna be a fan of your mods.

[jolly torrent]

Hey Fren!!!!

[sharp lynx]

Hewo!

[fickle fossil]

i want start playing starfield but i don’t want to do it until i have my LO looked over by an expert

[sharp lynx]

Most exports will say your load order is indeed made of load order

@fickle fossil the darkstar discord you're in has a channel dedicated to that

[dusk steeple]

Hi tank. Hru

[strong oak]

@sharp lynx Each time I NG+ one of the first things I do is TGs The Estate (Outpost Placeable) Love that mod.

[sharp lynx]

And there's a new one on the way!

[sharp lynx]

Hewo fren!

[jolly torrent]

Tank, how you be??

[dusk steeple]

About to go sleep soon admittedly. I need it.

[sharp lynx]

Yea sleep is important

https://tenor.com/view/gi-joe-knowing-know-learn-education-gif-22206157

[sharp lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/tyre-sales-sydney-tyre-shop-sydney-tyre-service-tyre-repair-sydney-gif-27091472

[jolly torrent]

Lol

[lyric finch]

So The Flood when?

[marsh grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-tire-cat-rollin-rollin-rolling-cats-roll-gif-17551398

[median drift]

😂

[tender stump]

hey Vince! Hope you're having a Premium day. 😄

[lyric finch]

Can the vigilance operatives spawn at POIs as an additional enemy type?
@true igloo??

[true igloo]

Nah, just in the main location. I thought about having random POIs but decided that implying the faction's deployed teams being brutally efficient was cooler than having people meander around an outpost.

[lyric finch]

So is there a way at all to encounter them again after clearing Gamma?

[true igloo]

They should respawn eventually there but I made all the equipment craftable so no one has to rely on RNG to get a specific set they want.

[lyric finch]

Just asking because I don't want to miss any of those report slates about the factions and I can't help but think personally it would be cool to land at a POI and by chance catch Vigilance there as well (so like a low chance to spawn)

[sleek cliff]

For some reason, the lower back pack doesn’t appear on my character and the tube is just flapping about.

[true igloo]

Do you have magnetic weapon holsters?

[sleek cliff]

https://tenor.com/view/good-coffee-finger-click-coffee-finger-yass-babe-gif-2422735323302802496

That’s it, thats what’s messing me up.

[true igloo]

It uses the slot that the pouches use for the weapons. I switched the slot in the next version to something else so it should work fine with it.

[sleek cliff]

Ah, so I’ll need to update?

[true igloo]

Update has been submitted but it needs to pass through QA first and with the holidays I don't know how long that'll take

[lyric finch]

Hopefully not long

[sleek cliff]

Okay, I’ll just wear something without the holster

[lyric finch]

Magnetic holster completely broke my game out of nowhere. Haven't used it since

It made every single weapon either vanish when I equipped it or exploded the parts into a state

Equip the same things without a holster and perfect

[sleek cliff]

I’ve been using it for ages and never had an issue till now

[jolly torrent]

Oh wow.

[tender stump]

Same lack of weapon problems, but it does some dodgy stuff. Changes the base male morphs for Sarah's outfit, for instance, which affects everything that inherits them.

[jolly torrent]

That’s not good.

[lyric finch]

Thing is when I used it on Xbox it worked flawlessly and even had an additional patch for shattered space

On PC no such patch and like I say, stopped playing for maybe a month, came back and loaded my save (did not change anything in Creations at all) and BAM broke

[tender stump]

Sorry to hear that, hope you find a solution.

[lyric finch]

Oke so if no Flood is a large high damage charge kinetic ship weapon plausible? A MAC cannon...

[tender stump]

Ask Matilija, he's trying to build one.

[sleek cliff]

Who?

[subtle jungle]

I'd like to see a proper railgun for ships. I decided to re- binge The Expanse again. Lol.

[lyric finch]

@true igloo found a switch to transport the ship to the surface but not seeing it on the surface. Am I missing something?

[icy bramble]

@ruby dawn do you think that Face Variety will work along mods like Catalyst, Ronin or the Great Unknown? Are you using these creations?

[sharp lynx]

VINCE

[median drift]

TANKY !

[sleek cliff]

https://tenor.com/view/jim-gif-18374743862297969497

[median drift]

[dapper galleon]

Hello, just wanted to report an odd issue with the Falkland mod after the update. For some reason it is causing constant stuttering inside my ship whenever im in a wilderness area. Out in space and in the cities areas, this issue doesn't occur.
I tested to check if it was a mod conflict by having a fresh save with only it activated and the issue persist, so I think it is some kind of bug with the update.

[viscid olive]

https://tenor.com/view/none-of-my-business-awkward-gif-26775303

[viscid olive]

But in all seriousness, mod count? Platform? Haven’t noticed any stuttering in the mod myself, so that might just be a system issue with your hardware, especially if you’re on Xbox S running a lot of mods

[sharp lynx]

[subtle jungle]

Good Evening, Madam Tank.

[dapper galleon]

Xbox Series X, performance mode, 60fps, and the PC version, medium graphic settings. Got 55 mods, which includes the Bethesda-made ones.

Tried a fresh save with that mod only active and I still experience the issue. Very strange stuff.

[viscid olive]

I’m a little confused, are you playing on both platforms?

Xbox could be a number of things. Did you try clearing cache for starters? Xbox ventilation plays a part. Are you cloud streaming the game and if so are you using a wired or wireless connection? Have you tried adjusting your frame rate? VRR smoothing is also apparently very good but I will also fully admit I’m reading an AI overview for performance enhancement on series X because I don’t play on Xbox myself and am pretty lost in this department but still trying to help 😬

[dapper galleon]

Yeah, I play on both platforms because it's a Play Anywhere game. No cloud gaming, installed on both. I play locked 60fps on both, but I could try 30FPS and see.
Not sure where to look for VRR, but I will look into that and see.

[viscid olive]

It mentions 60 fps being inconsistent on series X and recommends 40hz with VRR which I believe is in the games display settings

[tender stump]

Lots of folks seeing stuttering inside ship when landing in certain biomes since the last big game update, clears up when you go outside, so poly count inside ship may be involved.

Ship interior goes away when you exit.

[dapper galleon]

It's weird, every planet biome I been to got the stuttering inside the ship. Doesn't happen in space or at the cities weirdly enough. Once I disable the mod, the stuttering stopped. No issues at all.
I'm going to see if adjusting the fps and graphics will fix it. 👀

[lyric finch]

Is there a mod that adds a favouriteable toggle item that flips between hidden and shown helmet?

[tender stump]

https://creations.bethesda.net/en/starfield/details/eb8cb801-0c99-4942-b39a-3ab0c6401e00/Hide_Show_Helmet__amp__Suit_Switch

[lyric finch]

Fantastic 😍 appreciate the spot

[nocturne timber]

Anyone else having issues with Zone's Spacer Overhaul where the heavy spacer suit is invisible. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling. Never had this issue before and it only seems to effect this one suit. Not sure if mod conflict or its a "another formID softcap" issue raising its ugly head.

[viscid olive]

Strange question, but is your ship pretty big and are you using any mods that push the size limitation further than it’s supposed to go? Having too many habs in your ship at once is likely going to hit FPS pretty bad when they’re all loaded up and my habs are (admittedly) pretty detailed. I’ve tried to mitigate what I can with instanced static PKINs, but there’s also just a lot going on inside my babies. They’re well fed 😅

[dapper galleon]

My ship is I think small-medium size (modified Varuun Hyme), got 6 habs total, 1 1x1, 4 1x2 and 1 2x2.
Regarding mods, I think one of them is like 1gb (clothing mod), everything else is below that size.

[viscid olive]

Hmm yeah ok that’s actually a pretty normal sized ship without too much going on. Some players have monstrous, modded out behemoths that exist for no purpose other than to serve as a monument to their own hubris, so I figured I’d at least ask lol

[tender stump]

https://tenor.com/view/im-in-this-photo-i-dont-like-it-dinosandcomics-dinosaur-gif-19587179

[viscid olive]

https://tenor.com/view/icarus-too-close-too-close-to-the-sun-we-flew-too-close-to-the-sun-gif-24784389

[median drift]

XD

[dapper galleon]

Lol, you're all good. Someday I'll make a ship like that for the lols. 😂
But yeah, I tried it with the unmodified Frontier and same issue. Neither ship use any parts from your mod...yet. It's a peculiar issue, seems like. 🔎

[ruby dawn]

I am not using those creations but as long as they dont add faces to the same groups i did they should work together.

[icy bramble]

Hmmm. Got it.

Sometimes, even without those mods, I get the same face npc for the Crimson Pirates.

Sorry for the pic

This happens, most of the time, when they need to use spacesuits due the environment

[ruby dawn]

Interesting, I'll test it a bit, but I definitly didnt give any of the pirates that haircut.

[icy bramble]

Yes. This is so unusual. I did multiple tests. Even in Vanilla.

Crazy

[ruby dawn]

I have never seen this thats weird.

even in the base game there are 8 unique faces for the pirates.

[icy bramble]

Even with the Spacesuits on?

Did you tried to remove the spacesuits

When they are dead

[ruby dawn]

I havent no

[icy bramble]

Ok. Do this test

Because most of the time, when the environment is habitable, I notice that the face-variety system kicks in normally — plenty of variety. But for some reason, when I encounter fully suited pirates in inhospitable environments, they tend to all be the same NPC once I strip their armor using Simple Immersive Loot.

[ruby dawn]

I see I have never tried it with the immersive loot mod that might be it. I can check the settings I used and see if the faces are biome specific.

[icy bramble]

This will be amazing. No rush at all.

I will run more tests

[ruby dawn]

I am updateing CF outfiited so I'll test it in a day or two when I am testing for that one.

[icy bramble]

No rush, brother. Your mods are mandatory. Truly.

[sleek cliff]

https://tenor.com/view/the-godfather-michael-corleone-sinister-things-are-about-to-happen-gif-23067946

[icy bramble]

Kkkk

[jolly torrent]

What’s getting updated with that?

[ruby dawn]

Adding some things to the tee outfits (Wristwear) to make them look a little less like civillian clothes, Fixing the gloves so they are not white and the hands no longer clip through. Making a new version of Shinya voss's Outfit with the bomb removed. And adding a new outfit which was made in blender. Oh also fixing a mistake I made with one of the Outfits in the heavy category. A backwards baseball cap as-well. I think thats it but I may add a thing or two more.

[jolly torrent]

Nice!!!! I can’t wait.

[ruby dawn]

Good to hear, Ill likely post when its updated, Ill also update the creations banner aswell.

[jolly torrent]

🙏🏾

[prime ice]

I really want someone to add Baylan Skoll and Shin Hatti outfits and lightsabers to creations and a mod that allows you to learn and use all 7 lightsaber combat forms so it feels more real also adding more Star Wars ships full sized like a full sized and fully skinned Ghost (as seen in rebels) using Falkland system parts and new republic cruisers (Ahsoka), an owl tech imperial light cruiser (as seen in Mandalorian). And we need more mods that add more planets from Star Wars, Star Trek into starfield

[gleaming rune]

Man vigilance really is great

Prayin one day i can do some va work for nova because this lore and faction had me pumped

[prime ice]

Are there any Starfield modders out there I can talk with?

[timid temple]

you're gonna need to be more specific, most of us have niches

[tender stump]

Ideally ask questions publicly. Many of us happily answer public questions for free, but our one-on-one time is spoken for by our employers and families, and parted with only for remuneration.

[prime ice]

I have a huge Star Wars mod project in mind that could openly expand on 7 different things only problem is I don’t have the skills or a computer to do it myself! Otherwise I’d be hard at work trying to acctualize it

So that’s why I’ve been looking for a Starfield modder who likes a good challenge and who is willing to talk with me in private about making this dream come true!

[tender stump]

That sounds like thousands of hours of work.

[normal steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/dreams-shia-motivation-dont-let-your-dreams-be-dreams-gif-4777431

[sleek cliff]

From what you’ve put out so far, I feel like your niche is 18th century elegance.

[timid temple]

you'd have the best luck reaching out to the folks already publishing Star Wars mods, I think

[timid temple]

😆 p sure my niche is just "ship habs" but yeah, I do trend into late Victorian, don't I? 🤔

[prime ice]

I don’t know how to get in touch with Radiclown or Mr.Crozzbow or I’d have asked them

[tender stump]

Oh, and a VC won't be able to sell it, either, so thousands of hours of work with no pay except what you pay them.

[sleek cliff]

I mean, that Jewelry Box is an INSTANT buy for me.

[timid temple]

if they're on NexusMods, I think you can message people there?? (I don't really use it, so someone fact check me pls)

[tender stump]

yes, although not everyone reads their messages.

[prime ice]

I’m not entirely broke you know I know how finance works i would never ask anyone to do anything for nothing in return

[timid temple]

now that my teeth are either fixed or yeeted I should be able to get back to work on that set

[tender stump]

Thousands of hours of work, people don't work for pennies an hour.

[prime ice]

You assume I’m broke

[sleek cliff]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-bob-esponja-spongebob-celebrating-shout-gif-15748766

[tender stump]

No, I assume you weren't kidding about $100-$500.

Expect to add multiple zeroes to that number.

[prime ice]

That’s just a beginning estimate

I was gaging price range

Never make assumptions without cold facts to back it up

[mental estuary]

Bub200 does it again.

[sleek cliff]

That is a FINE lookin’ guns, bravo bub!

[icy bramble]

Awesome work, Bub! Now we just need some love for melee weapons too. ❤️

[lyric finch]

Someone got a sc of this week's mods? Page isn't updating for me

[tender stump]

don't tell Bub to add love to melee weapons, he'll take that the wrong way

[normal steeple]

I remember his Oblivion Remastered mod 👉 👈

[tender stump]

15 whole minutes after launch

[icy bramble]

Lol

[tender stump]

yo @molten vector wake up we're slandering you

[sleek cliff]

Bub is HERE?

[molten vector]

my ahegao multipack will be announced in the game awards

[icy bramble]

https://tenor.com/view/hes-here-brayden-mills-raising-dion-monster-problem-he-has-arrived-gif-25248290

[sleek cliff]

I loves your weapons

[molten vector]

[sleek cliff]

I’ve killed so many civilians with them.

https://tenor.com/view/hellsing-gif-26091522

[lyric finch]

Honestly all I want is an endgame strong combat knife (not OP but strong like painblade or so)

Combat knife with a bipod and a UI icon for when favourited

[sleek cliff]

I can’t remember who, but someone was working on a Kurkri knife

[lyric finch]

That's good but bipod combat knife

[jolly torrent]

Has any mod on console actually made a true survival mod that focuses on eating, sleeping, and hydration specifically that will severely punish the player if those needs are not met? Just curious.

[tender stump]

yeah there's a couple, that is so incredibly not my jam that I don't have a recommended one, but a bunch of people did them in their streams during Sweetpea704's Starfield Survival Week challenge.

[lyric finch]

Carabast

Let's see a Power Sword or Chainsword

[sleek cliff]

Halo Reach Emile’s Kurki Knife

[lyric finch]

Now that's an iconic knife

[sleek cliff]

Bruh, I wish we could have a knife like that in Starfield

[tender stump]

We can. It's in the Creation Kit, you just need to carve away the parts that aren't the knife.

[sleek cliff]

Man, I wish I had the skill and talent of a hi tier modder, unfortunately, I is the dumb, I barely know how to work my Alexa, let alone CK

And apparently my pc is a potato

[timid temple]

CK is learnable, not much can be done short-term about a potato PC though

[tender stump]

bake the potato

[sleek cliff]

I sent the specs to a friend to ask what she thought it was capable of.

She laughed.

[sleek cliff]

[timid temple]

GLaDoS would like a word with you

[tender stump]

not until I get my cake

[sleek cliff]

Point is, CK will NEVER be in my grasp, best I can hope for is a kind hearted modder to hear my humble plea.

If not, well, I guess I can get angry at Skyrim switch 2 release

[jolly torrent]

I’m in the same boat. Don’t feel bad.

[normal steeple]

I've thought about doing a chainsword for a while tbh

If I find some spare time over xmas I might attack it

[hoary lava]

I just got this genius idea of a chainsword.

[tender stump]

revolutionary. It could revitalize the game!

[hoary lava]

Absolutely. What does @normal steeple think?

Look for it soon from Incus Creations.

[jolly torrent]

So there are some hanging around on console? Thanks. I may have to look around a bit.

[normal steeple]

The more the merrier gang, for the players

https://tenor.com/view/finger-gun-wink-gif-15590270

[jolly torrent]

Ha!!!

[normal steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/gears-of-war-gears-of-war-lancer-gif-6186612

[tender stump]

gers of wer

[narrow isle]

The update for Lost Light just released, featuring a new location, increasing the total count from 6 to 7.

[safe sorrel]

I did a street kid run of that game where I could only use weapons by budget arms because she was broke/cheap.

the Cut-O-Matic swiftly became my favorite weapon

[sleek cliff]

My god, that takedown with it is BRUTAL

[safe sorrel]

All the takedowns are brutal, but yeah, that one is straight up savage

[sleek cliff]

You LITERALLY eviscerate your target

Would hard to have an open casket after an encounter with that

[sleek cliff]

People are always telling me to let starfield and cyberpunk be their own separate things, but how can I when in Starfield I can be Indiana jones using gears of wars guns and the errata from cyberpunk all while being a celestial like pirate being, that sentence only EXISTS in a BGS game.

That’s beauty of Starfield, not the story, characters or even the quests, NO, the infinite sandbox modders can turn their imagination loose on.

[dusk steeple]

You do have a point

[safe sorrel]

I feel like the beauty of Starfield is both. I love the world that BGS created with the game, and it has some really fantastic quests.

Then to me it’s a mod maker’s dream on top of a solid game, because yeah, any kind of sci-fi you can think of or enjoy can be explored while remaining grounded in the original vision of the game.

It’s one of the main reasons whenever I think about making mods for other games I find myself being pulled back to Starfield, because the almost limitless possibilities and scope

[sleek cliff]

To quote Tank? It’s a modders paradise.

[sleek cliff]

Seriously, there’s SO much space in Starfield waiting to be filled

Like the Firestarter and Venera crews.

[safe sorrel]

Yup, everywhere you look is a pocket of possibility.

[lyric finch]

I was looking at NA earlier and just got to thinking how many vacant buildings that are hollow which I'm assuming means modders can essentially plug in their own rooms/areas within the structure provided which is pretty cool

[tender stump]

keep spending most our lives living in a modder's paradise

[safe sorrel]

Yeah there are a few locations in all the various cities I’ve made notes of for potentially adding new locations.

There’s a lot of potential real estate, and then with all the planets that don’t have any settlements, you can go truly wild with what you can create

[sleek cliff]

Exactly, limitless possibilities, hell! Look at Nova, he went and did a thing, YUGE thing, Tank with GH, your Lambent ship yard

[sleek cliff]

You know what I’d like to see in Neon someday? The Afterlife from Cyberpunk

Starfield is lacking in choice Dive Bars

[normal steeple]

The paradise;

https://tenor.com/view/marmalady-loading-cat-loading-no-thoughts-head-empty-orange-cat-gif-16839780121924734769

[safe sorrel]

Booting up the Creation kit? You mean my go put the kettle on and do some lite chores time

[tender stump]

on my list, but a long way away

[safe sorrel]

Careful, or Madame Sauvage is gonna come hunt you down for a word

[sleek cliff]

Brother, you have no idea the amount of patience I have, I’ve been waiting months for Miiirty’s Cowboy hat and by god I’ll continue waiting.

[sleek cliff]

now she frightens me

She’s ffffuh fffuh, oh, almost threw up a bit, FRENCH

[safe sorrel]

She’s always on my ass when I’m trying to steal Velocity to decorate my outposts

[sleek cliff]

Who does she think she is? A successful businesswoman?

She literally has squatters inside her bar

[safe sorrel]

All the finest Neon establishments have squatters in them

Lambent has squatter inception, there’s a squatter inside the squatters location

[sleek cliff]

I take strong, personal issue with Andrea, that striker girl.

She thinks she’s tough?

Has she ran bare assed through an ecliptic base with nothing but a rip shank and single health pack?

[safe sorrel]

You know maybe, I bet she got up to some wild stuff when she was strung out on Aurora

[sleek cliff]

Doubt it, she’s too GREEN for Aurora

She probably has a salt rock light at sleep crate

[safe sorrel]

I thought was a former corpo that hit rock bottom when she developed an Aurora addiction?

I feel she could definitely throw hands

Also interestingly, she seems to have some of the most animations to go along with her dialogue

I wish there was more action with the Strikers, I’m a fan of terrorizing the Disciples, and tagging around Neon

[sleek cliff]

She should’ve been a companion I feel

[safe sorrel]

That would have been rad

I like her voice acting, and she’s a pretty unique character

[sleek cliff]

Would’ve made sense story wise, she would’ve seen us as “The Big Leagues” to see what made us tough.

[safe sorrel]

I recently started on a companion mod that should fill a similar niche, but it’s got a looooooooong way to go yet

[sleek cliff]

You take all the time you need, hopefully 2026 is a better year for all us Starfield enthusiasts.

[dusk steeple]

Ironically you do have plenty of planets to play with to make new stuff and all for mod wise

[sleek cliff]

I mean, Starfield can be the playground for any modder, I’m genuinely surprised nobody here has claimed a planet for yourselves to test your mods and make your own plaza

[tender stump]

people still figuring some of the pieces out

[sleek cliff]

True, sometimes I forget that there’s a bunch of stuff that STILL need figuring out.

Instead re releasing Skyrim for the upmteenth time, maybe they should release the ANI-kit

[prisma phoenix]

Real Lights Starfield has finally been released to creations https://creations.bethesda.net/de/starfield/details/aff5e97a-2a7d-4a09-ac04-dcb6ab73c199/Real_Lights_Starfield

[normal steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/idea-parksandrec-parksandrecreation-adamscott-benwyatt-gif-5935334

[mental estuary]

More VCs like Lambent would be awesome. There are enough player homes imo.

[jolly torrent]

Yay!!!

[tender stump]

There will not be enough player homes until TG releases the Lodge.

[neat crow]

Not as long as I can come up with new designs every few months

[mental estuary]

Player homes do sell well, so do what ya gotta do.

[sharp lynx]

LOL I'm making two right now

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/650847916080103427/1343592185760845894/M2xX6O.gif

[mental estuary]

Btw, is there a proper review of Galactic Harvest on YouTube that you recommend? I avoid CF.

[sharp lynx]

I don't think there is, but I can say at the very least you'll get more new food items than all of their game combined LOL

that counts for something

[safe sorrel]

I really enjoyed working on Lambent, so will for sure be doing more mods similar to that one

[neat crow]

it's not about the money

[tender stump]

it's OK if it's sometimes about the money

most landlords and mortgage lenders don't accept pay in exposure

[sharp lynx]

it's all about the chunks

[neat crow]

I just genuinely love what I'm doing hence there being so many free mods from myself too

[sharp lynx]

[sour steppe]

https://tenor.com/view/bearded-dragon-drargon-lizard-gif-3413276

[sharp lynx]

Lizzer!

[sour steppe]

Hiya TG!

[sharp lynx]

how goes!

[sour steppe]

So far so good. You?

[sharp lynx]

Making cool things! got a ton in the works!

[sour steppe]

So business as usual

[sharp lynx]

exactly lol

I make this cute little retro controller

[sour steppe]

Nice

[mental estuary]

That didn't come out the way I intended. Apologies.

[sharp lynx]

What's your favorite thing to do in sf?

[neat crow]

You're good, nothing to worry about!

[sour steppe]

Exploring and building

[sleek cliff]

That thing is way more dangerous than a grenade

[sharp lynx]

So it fits

[sleek cliff]

Man, I hate having to re-update mods every time I open creations

[sharp lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/well-that's-too-damn-bad-holes-too-bad-oh-well-suck-it-up-gif-14703423262202948839

[sleek cliff]

yeah…

[sharp lynx]

lol

[sleek cliff]

[sharp lynx]

cheer up scars we wuv you

[sleek cliff]

going into creations is like going into the grocery store, once I finish updating, I grab what I need I.E any cool mods that came out on a Tuesday.

Had to Delve in for Rabbit’s Lights and Bub’s GUNS

Guns and Lights, Story of my character’s life.

[neat crow]

Like exploring other ships cargo holds? Or exploring nice places?

[sour steppe]

Yes

[sharp lynx]

[neat crow]

Relatable

[jolly torrent]

@prisma phoenix Thanks, Rabbit!!!

@sharp lynx Don’t forget me, Tank!!!

[autumn idol]

Haha I love this line. I coach youth soccer and this was how I’d get the kids to run warmup laps. By yelling “I’m tired of digging holes grandpa“ and they would respond in unison. But saying dang of course, because they are 11yr olds lol.

[sharp lynx]

wholesome

[jolly torrent]

I love your handle, ngl.

[sour steppe]

Thanks

[jolly torrent]

If I could do it all over again, I would be Pretentious_Imperial, but I doubt people would get the reference.

Oh, btw, has anyone downloaded “New Atlantis Awaits”? I want to try it while “Vigilance” gets updated.

Wait….wasn’t “Lazare Milvan” from Oblivion an Imperial or was he a Breton? Dude was straight up insulting as all get out.

[sharp lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/obi-wan-kenobi-obi-wan-riding-star-wars-gif-16334785

[untold field]

You dont have to do that though

[jolly torrent]

The “Starvival - Immersive Survival Addon” is the original file, right? That’s the original mod without any of the extras before I download?

All I want is a mod that will punish me if I don’t eat, drink, or sleep for long periods of time.

[sharp lynx]

The base game does that

Side note you all are awesome ❤️

[sour steppe]

https://tenor.com/view/mattp-do-you-think-it-funny-gif-21356244

[jolly torrent]

Hmmmm not enough to my liking.

And you are awesome!!!

[icy bramble]

Go for Starvival. It's very punishing, but nowadays is more malleable; allowing you to fine tune every system in the mod

[jolly torrent]

Thanks, bro bro. I am still on the fence about it because I have mods that may conflict with it, such as Real Fuel and the Heatleech infestation mod.

All I really was looking for is if the player character doesn’t eat/sleep/hydrate over a certain period of time, DEATH is what happens. Not silly debuffs that are in the base game. Like, your character will straight up croak and die.

@icy bramble Can I fine tune it to just accept those three attributes?

[icy bramble]

There's no conflict

I am using Starvival + Real Fuel

You just need to disable the Spaceship System from Starvival in the settings

[icy bramble]

Yep

[jolly torrent]

Thank you, bro bro.

I may have to look into that mod and fine tune it, as my research has shown me that it will supposedly conflict with a lot of mods that pretty much do certain branches of it.

This is the base mod, right? Lol. Just want to know if I’m downloading the correct one.

[jolly torrent]

Free question to modders. Would changing the whole game lighting in INTERIORS (sans ship) be hard to replicate the Cyberpunk 2077 interior lighting, especially on Neon?

[jolly torrent]

Lol. Well, damn, Tank. Lol

[icy bramble]

Oh, brother. You are playing on the Xbox right? Hmmmmm

I dunno for sure if on Xbox you can disable the Starship System to use the mod along Real Fuel

[neat crow]

Yet another confirmation you're from Mars

Earthlings don't have a Death Star

[sharp lynx]

lol

[sleek cliff]

yet.

[neat crow]

do you have plans??

[slim sun]

They're not in the main computer.

[sleek cliff]

I have plans that I cannot share right now because the Rebels will sabotage me.

[jolly torrent]

Yes I am.

[slim sun]

Some mods from VCs are no longer getting the VC 'tick' for some reason. This seems to affect both the website as well as the in-game store. For example, see Betamax's mods: https://creations.bethesda.net/en/starfield/all?author_displayname=Betamax76&sort=created_at and note the Auto-Doc in the store in-game.

The fact that many free mods are no longer appearing at all on the in-game store is of course the bigger problem.

edit: OK, I guess this is normal for non-updated mods from VCs then.

[little hare]

Good eye, this seems to only show betamax's most recent mods with the VC tick. (Sort by recently updated)

[neat crow]

You need to update old mods to get the tick if you weren't a VC at that time

like make a description change or something similar

[jolly torrent]

@icy bramble At this point, I’ll wait, unless @slim sun can help me out. Lol.

[slim sun]

Sorry, I'm afraid I'm not up on what Starvival conflicts with or what the options are.

[lyric finch]

Playing vigilance again for like the third time (love it)

And what really sets it apart for me is the non combatants. Really sells that this isn't an abandoned POI filled with scavvers it's a genuine site we are umm raiding? And I love that

[icy bramble]

Apparently, to use Starvival + Real Fuel you just need to turn off the Spaceship System inside the settings of Starvival.

I am playing on PC using Starvival + Real Fuel and works flawlessly

But on Xbox, sadly, it’s a different story since I don’t have a console to test.

Let's see...

Once you download the mod through Creations, I imagine you just need to open the in-game settings (Starvival’s configuration appears as a notepad in your inventory) and disable the Spaceship System there.

First, turn off all the individual settings inside the Spaceship System, and only then disable the feature entirely.

Also, make sure that Real Fuel is after Starvival in your load order.

It's easy. Try a new character just to check if it works.

[boreal osprey]

Oof. That would go hard with the CF

[lyric finch]

Scaled down 40k Chainsword (because.. were smol) would be fire

[boreal osprey]

I'm adding it to my list CF arsenal list XD

[sleek cliff]

Bruh, the CF would actually be TERRIFYING with those

[boreal osprey]

Indeed. I also found some concept art from Borderlands 3 for this claw type weapon. Going to make my own version of these bear claws for the CF as well

[untold field]

Only if it somehow explodes 😄

[untold field]

I did see the update, can it be that there is no changelog on the creations page for this one? At least I did not see it yesterday.

[untold field]

Mhhhh make some new cockpits please? 😅

[untold field]

I have a dejavu, I feel like I just told someone that you don't actually need to do that.

[sleek cliff]

Well, whenever I don’t I get brown lines on my character and andreja’s head is invisible

[sharp lynx]

Lol I don't think I'll ever touch the ship side of the ck

[untold field]

Well that is a load order problem then

Which makes sense, when you update the creations it also changes your load order. Every time.

[untold field]

https://tenor.com/view/broken-heart-heartbroken-spongebob-spongebob-crying-sad-spongebob-gif-4464540655684797946

[sleek cliff]

Yeah, so, guess I’ll have to keep on doing it, I don’t much care, it’s just time consuming.

[sharp lynx]

I know, the system is just ....... Not enjoyable work with lol

I do have some really cool stuff on the works tho!

Check out this living room

[untold field]

I mean the proper solution would be to solve those conflicts (by sorting your LO for example) but each to their own I guess.

[untold field]

way too clean for my taste

[sharp lynx]

Uhhh I take it your living room is a pile of filth then lol

[untold field]

That checks out yeah

[sharp lynx]

LOL

I do need to add more pizza boxes hahaha

Lizer!

[sour steppe]

Hiya TG!

[sharp lynx]

I made a thing

[sleek cliff]

[sour steppe]

Do tell!

[sleek cliff]

That is my kind of space

I’m a minimalist in game and IRL

[tender stump]

hey that's not the Lodge, nor is it my beloved M41A Pulse Rifle

[jolly torrent]

On Xbox?

[icy bramble]

Yep.

[jolly torrent]

So those options do exist on the Xbox? That is good to know. Thank you for looking into that for me @icy bramble You’re a gentleman and a scholar.

[fickle fossil]

anyone seen the new Real Lights Starfield mod yet? think it’s worth downloading?

[dusk steeple]

I’ve been messing around with mods and I enjoy the ecliptic outfitted mod by PilgrimCreations and the Freestar Outfit Overhaul by Wulfy. I wanna see more of these types of outfits/kitbashes and styles with non spacesuit outfits for more groups and factions.

[sharp lynx]

I'd like to see some newly modeled stuff

[jolly torrent]

Hey Tank!!!

[sharp lynx]

Hewo

[sharp lynx]

Starfield lol

[jolly torrent]

@sharp lynx Is your next release the figurines or…?

[sharp lynx]

Not sure

I have lots of stuff on the way tho

[dusk steeple]

From said mod

[jolly torrent]

I’m like Nu Shooz, “I Can’t Wait”

[sharp lynx]

Neither can I lol

I wish I had more time to mod ugh,

[jolly torrent]

Understandable

@surreal storm Bro!!! The music!! Lol

When is that update coming?

[edgy plover]

There are tons of assets in Starfield, how do you browse these when you make POI?

Any tips?

[sharp lynx]

I'll respond to this as soon as I get home

[jolly torrent]

TG is at the rave.

I actually need to go to a rave this weekend. I love House music.

[sharp lynx]

So, for me it's a lot of getting the BGS naming convention down and just using filters but I also make notes of assets I enjoy using.

But also making a good mock of cell with assets sorted out to use

best way to find the part you want is to have them all out infront of you

But I dunno usually I have a plan in my head before I start working on my projects

[upbeat furnace]

OPAL aka Object Pallettes might help you. It's like a favorites list for objects in the creation kit. They are stored as an external file with an opal extension so you can Share them between your projects or with other people.

[sharp lynx]

cant say I've ever gotten into that, honestly prefer my own ability of finding what I need and keeping that sharp

that's the fun of modding lol, having a ton of ways of doing it XD

[edgy plover]

👍

[sleek cliff]

A guitar! I can finally pursue my dreams of being a country music star

[untold field]

<@&784552354183381052>

<@&784552314911588403>

Sorry not sure which one to ping for stuff like this

[stoic sand]

Taken care of, thanks for the heads up

[icy bramble]

@surreal storm amazing work with your entire Tiny Reasons to Explore series! The latest updates refined so many elements, reducing and rebalancing things into a much more believable and immersive approach. And Tiny Reasons to Explore Space is really well done — truly impressive. Thank you for all the updates. Incredible.

[jolly torrent]

It’s one of my favorite mods @icy bramble

[subtle jungle]

Yeah. Tiny Reasons to Explore Space has been awesome on my Pirate Playthrough. I spend a lot of time in space. Lol

[icy bramble]

Definitely ❤️

[surreal storm]

Thanks for playing! I'm currently away so can't work on any Starfield stuff, however I will return to it in January and release more updates

[icy bramble]

Thank your time! We will be here

[sleek cliff]

Farewell, winking Lizard man.

[sleek cliff]

Y’know what I’d love to see? A Super Starborn Form.

https://tenor.com/view/future-gohan-ssj-gohan-ssj-future-gohan-dragon-ball-z-gohan-gif-5016118215849186003

[surreal storm]

i was working on a custom race that's basically this with a custom skill tree etc. i'll probably get around to finishing it next year maybe

[sleek cliff]

Mara’s blessing upon you, Winking Lizard Man.

I was watching this DBZ special the other night and I can’t help but draw similarities to the Starborn

[sharp lynx]

Hard disagree lol

[sleek cliff]

Let me rephrase that.

some.

some similarities

[sharp lynx]

Still disagree lol

[sleek cliff]

Didn’t know you was a DBZ watcher, Tank.

[sharp lynx]

I am not lol

But I know enough of it

[sleek cliff]

And I probably should rephrase further, Similarities between the Saiyan’s and The Starborn

Not the show in as a whole.

Like, for example, when a Starborn takes a “Super Form” I think of all their energy escaping from their body and their aura flares to life, kind of like the Dragonborn’s “Super Form”

[sleek cliff]

Anyways, just my ramblings is all.

Gotta pass the time somehow till TGAs

[sharp lynx]

I like ramblings

[sleek cliff]

Lord knows I’ve got a bad habit of it.

That said, I wonder if BGS will expand more on the Starborn powers in the future.

And what that’ll mean for MOD potential.

Like, a Starborn power to turn people into sweet rolls would be funny.

[worldly furnace]

Wabbajack power

[sharp lynx]

Jackwabba

The companion

[amber sparrow]

I want a teleport power

[dusk steeple]

Does anyone feel like the whole Starfield crowds are a bit…generic and just bland filler?

Are there any mods that edit the behavior of those npcs?

[sleek cliff]

I want a mod where every NPC is out to get me and I can rack up bodies

[amber sparrow]

You want to do the Cher roleplay?

[dusk steeple]

That’d be perfect for Akila City

[green pumice]

Zone79's Starfield Crowd Overhaul, huge addition to atmosphere, NPCs actually feel like they belong

[sleek cliff]

Nah, John Wick esque

[sharp lynx]

The crowds are their own type of npc not a base actor

[dusk steeple]

So they can’t use firearms or such?

[sharp lynx]

The reason for this is to have large numbers of NPCs without all the packages and details NPCs come with reducing lag and bloat

[green pumice]

Still just generic "freak out" if conflict

[sharp lynx]

Yes they don't have anything to them

[green pumice]

But they look cool

[sharp lynx]

They're meant to be filler population

[green pumice]

Like a filler season on Bleach, it's THAT generic

[sharp lynx]

The games stability really dies down once you have a large cluster of NPCs in one area

[dusk steeple]

Shame. Would have been neat to have a few of the crowd NPCs fight back, call for security, help others to safety and all

[green pumice]

There's Crime Overhaul, they react more noticeably towards crimes (even subtle ones) but they still run away unfortunately

[sharp lynx]

Just put a few regular actors in the crowd and problem solved

I really would like to do my own UC overhaul

I think I'd add more to it tho maybe give them some more function

[dusk steeple]

I think we all do lol

[sharp lynx]

Anyone can kitbash an outfit

[green pumice]

More than just the occasional bounty hunter, that's my gripe at least

But a UC overhaul sounds sweet, would a surveillance/military state look better for their posh utopia?

[sharp lynx]

Yea absolutely

[green pumice]

The only kitbashing I do has nothing to do with nifscope;-;

[sharp lotus]

probably do have more security above ground than the well

[sharp lynx]

That's what I was thinking, I'd honestly wanna add some more to them in that regard

Such as additional structure, ranks, specialty gear etc

Maybe even include some missions

[dusk steeple]

I think having some security outfits and armor variety for the UC would be nice for sure.

[sharp lynx]

Boring scan civilian here search ship there

Join usec

[sleek cliff]

It’s takes an expert like you to make something unique.

[green pumice]

Ratty neighbourhood watch or zealous poor hating "private security" instead of UC Sec in the Well would be an entire mood change, would really make it feel like a slum

[sharp lotus]

usec more like
usuck
gottem

[sharp lynx]

Imagine doing a search and seizure as UC lol

[dusk steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/tarkov-verified-verified-by-usec-this-post-has-been-fact-checked-tarkov-usec-gif-9723430833983656353

[sleek cliff]

DON, where you been, Dawg?

[sharp lotus]

in the void

[sleek cliff]

https://tenor.com/view/ncr-fallout-fact-checked-by-real-patriots-ranger-ncr-ranger-gif-6538938350957171308

[dusk steeple]

Couldn’t resist lol

[sharp lynx]

Don my favorite

[sharp lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/count-dooku-indeed-star-wars-the-clone-wars-2003-gif-23438770

[sharp lotus]

ncr is only cool cause of their rangers

[sleek cliff]

yeah….

[dusk steeple]

I totally see UC Vanguard using a lot of the rugged style military uniforms and older UC gear compared to the rest of the UC.

[green pumice]

Without the trench coats, it's just another group of larpers acting tough

[green pumice]

Typical third child getting hand me downs behaviour

[dusk steeple]

Until you use the drag body NCR overhaul mods lol

[green pumice]

I'm not on pc so I can't enjoy them ;-;

[dusk steeple]

RIP

[sleek cliff]

The Riot Gear on its own would be cool.

Someday, That Armor and I, someday.

[green pumice]

I NEED it in Starfield

[sleek cliff]

SO I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE, someday Wolf Ram, Someday we’ll have it, in the mean time, we wait.

[green pumice]

Closest alternative is Tank's spacesuit with the coat and a vigilance helmet

[sharp lynx]

Lol I am far from that

[sharp lotus]

I'm jsut happy to have clothes with cloth physics by default, could never get the capes for Skyrim to work

[sleek cliff]

There’s a thought.

[sleek cliff]

Well, I think you’re an expert, you do some of the best hand designed stuff.

[sharp lynx]

These two with that helmet would go hard

I bet the hat fits it

[sleek cliff]

BRB, onna go find out

[sharp lynx]

I can see NA executives having better equipped privatize PMCs

Wanna make that too

SF needs some deep lore

[dusk steeple]

Honestly screw Ecliptic, make a new PMC faction

[sharp lotus]

anyone can

[sharp lynx]

Well this is all of humanity I doubt Ecliptic are the only pmc out there

[sharp lotus]

though Ecliptic might show up and ask what you're doing on their turf

[sharp lynx]

I personally wouldn't wanna hire weirdo batman people

[green pumice]

THEIR Turf?

[sharp lynx]

These would be uniformed professionals

[green pumice]

Ecliptic are boxy though, they give me "nerds got a taste of power and went awol" vibes

[sleek cliff]

Huh, Nova’s Armor do scream private military

[sleek cliff]

They need a lozenge, poor guys sounds like they have scratchy throats

[sharp lynx]

They give me the rehabilitated spacer now took a bath and is paid so much they have to behave and contribute to society vibe

Like someone went to a scav colony and said, hey y'all wanna a nice paying job?

[dusk steeple]

Give me some time and I can talk your ears off when I’m home and not driving

[green pumice]

There's a crude joke about what else they could replace a lozenge for with how scratchy they sound

[sleek cliff]

[green pumice]

Beurocratic Scavs?

[sleek cliff]

They give off ex soldiers that formed a Merc Company

Like Talon Co from FO3

[sharp lynx]

I mean... Talon Co were pretty much just raiders who took a bath and were trained

[green pumice]

Very obsessed with musky men taking a bath and getting trained today aren't we

[sharp lynx]

Well their NPCs are cleaner than your average raider

[green pumice]

True, someone had to do it

[sharp lynx]

That's about the only difference, much like spacers and Ecliptic

[sharp lotus]

you could at least pay them off

Ecliptic would be glad to have you if you got the credits, while spacers don't really care about that

[green pumice]

All I can imagine now, is ecliptic are just puppy boys that were given a bone and they straightened up

[sharp lynx]

There's so much cool possibilities

[sharp lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/gordon-freeman-half-life-half-life-2-smoke-smoking-gif-10286882637165944395 any half life mods

[green pumice]

Vigilance is the closest I've gotten to Half-Life in Starfield, please more half life references

[dusk steeple]

Pilgrimcreations ecliptic outfits are solid for some ideas of military/PMC designs

[sharp lynx]

Eh

I'm sure they'll make some cool stuff

[green pumice]

A wood/brutalist cabin like the ones in halo reach would be a nice player home, especially in Schrödinger

[sharp lynx]

I mean yea their outfits are awesome, def would prefer to do my own designs if I do em

[dusk steeple]

Oh, I was saying using them as like ideas not actually copy them

[sleek cliff]

Would be nice if they were less bulky

[green pumice]

Speaking of designs, any sneak peaks of future plans?

[sharp lynx]

Yea I have my own ideas

[sharp lynx]

Currently making a ton of things 🤣

[dusk steeple]

I am not good with words right now give me a few moments

[sleek cliff]

[sharp lynx]

Two DLC sized things / a collectables mod / few outfits "singular" and a player home

[green pumice]

How have you not worked yourself to death? I can barely handle two projects

[sharp lynx]

Can't die if I'm not even living

[green pumice]

That's too relatable xD

[sleek cliff]

Outfits?

👀

https://tenor.com/view/yes-yas-wwe-scream-gif-17625417

[green pumice]

Outpost home or location home cause... either way I'm probably moving out of dream home

[sharp lynx]

It'll be similar to my estate mod

[sleek cliff]

In size?

[sharp lynx]

So it'll be a buildable outpost building with a linked interior

But..... You'll go nuts when realize what it is lol

But this time I'm loading it with nonsense cause I can hahah

[green pumice]

Scar, we are in for yet another treat

[sleek cliff]

Hoo Ray!

But, of ALL the mods out there, there’s really one thing I want more than anything, I’d love to get a NCR Flag decoration.

[sharp lynx]

Lol

[green pumice]

Bar 3 things, I don't think anything you've made has been recycled and even then you added to it so it had relevance and purpose outside of usual recycling

[sleek cliff]

Like, I’d be more than thrilled with just that.

Getting a quest to investigate a distortion on a distant moon and find a book detailing stuff about the NCR

[sharp lynx]

I'm super excited to unveil what it is lol

[jolly torrent]

Similar to the estate mod, you say?

[green pumice]

Well if you're excited, I'm manically ready for it

[sleek cliff]

And unlocking the ability to build a flag for your base.

[sharp lynx]

Correct, it will barrow the QA stuff the estate uses too

Like the shops

Active showers etc

[dusk steeple]

Now I am home hooray

[sharp lynx]

Btw I friggin love the pilgrim outfits, let me be clear lol

[dusk steeple]

Ik. What I was trying to say was it might not be a bad idea to examine them a bit and get some layout for equipment and uniform design.

[sleek cliff]

Wait, what pilgrim outfits?

[sharp lynx]

Which, eh, I have my own plans

They aren't similar

[dusk steeple]

PilgrimCreations Ecliptic Outfitted

[sleek cliff]

Oh, I thought she meant ACTUAL pilgrims.

[dusk steeple]

Understood. I just don’t want to be saying or be sound like I was suggesting you’d copy them

[sharp lynx]

Makes sense

[green pumice]

Maybe a cheeky Scott Pilgrim reference too?

[sharp lynx]

LOL

Man I love this game

[green pumice]

Single-handedly making fire mods with it too

[sleek cliff]

And it loves you, cause you didn’t JUMP SHIP when things got sketchy.

You didn’t flee the ship when it was going down.

You didn’t wear a mask when toxic gas flooded the ship

[green pumice]

I thought we moved past that, we do at least agree their talent is better spent on Skyrim and fallout?

[sleek cliff]

You didn’t change the batteries on the smoke detector

I’m a little TIPSY BTW.

[green pumice]

Please be a cider guy

[sleek cliff]

….

[sharp lynx]

LOL

[green pumice]

Scotch?...

[sleek cliff]

nope.

[green pumice]

...beer...wine?...

[sleek cliff]

I’m an IPA and Irish Whiskey kind of man.

[green pumice]

Oh thank god

[sleek cliff]

I do like wine, but it HARD depends on what kind, wouldn’t go out of the way though

[green pumice]

But we have whiskey in common, I just have opinions about unwinding to beer or wine

Nothing nasty, I just like harder drinks

[sleek cliff]

Same, can’t stand tequila though.

I do love Sake though, cold preferably

[green pumice]

I've never had sake, I really want to try it

[sleek cliff]

Soju is bangin’ too

[green pumice]

But I have tried mead and god is it good

[dusk steeple]

So you want to make a UC overhaul as well as a few new private security groups to compete or fill the gaps of UC Security

[sleek cliff]

Y’ever had Shine?

[green pumice]

I wish, I'd probably die, I always drink the same amount regardless of alcohol content

[sleek cliff]

[jolly torrent]

You guys know I love my wine

Does anyone have New Atlantis Awaits installed?

And also, what’s the best place to encounter legendary enemies? I don’t think I’ve come across one. Lol

[dusk steeple]

Also I think someone should overhaul all the goofy looking outfits from Neon. They don’t feel cyberpunk or punk for the cyberpunk styled place

[jolly torrent]

Not at all. Neon is a Night City for Mormon families.

[sharp lynx]

Because I don't think neon is meant to be cyberpunk

[dusk steeple]

I mean I feel like they could be less goofy looking though

[sharp lotus]

everyone in cyberpunk looks goofy, that's the point

[sharp lynx]

Seems more back to the future 20s than cyberpink

[dusk steeple]

I was thinking more like gritty punk like blade runner and all but fair.

I don’t want it to be like Cyberpunk 2077 but have a short of vibe of being a gritty cutthroat world that Neon suppose to be

[sharp lotus]

Security makes people disapear and people can't do anything about it, major corporations run things

[sharp lynx]

I never thought that, tho tbf I don't spend much time there but it's more like a fishing colony dedicated to chem production while also being the corporate galactic center lol which is a hilarious and unique combination I feel they need to double down on

[sharp lotus]

all it's missing is women of the night in the ebbside part of town really

[dusk steeple]

I think new outfit designs and such could reflect it better.

[sharp lynx]

But even the gangs wear your retro vicecity style suits

I think it needs more fish mongers

[sharp lotus]

boats on the water

[dusk steeple]

The gangs are fine. I’m talking about civilians outfits

[sleek cliff]

Well, to be fair, it could use way more Neon for a city called neon.

[dusk steeple]

Speaking of outfits, I got a suggestion for your UC overhaul, Tank. Formal and off-duty uniforms for branches and groups of the UC

[sleek cliff]

I think a government outfits overhaul is needed

[sharp lynx]

Yes

[jolly torrent]

I would love that.

[jolly torrent]

Or at least an off-duty/semi on duty UC shirt that reads: “SUPERIOR FIREPOWER” or some PTs and some dogtags.

It just amazes me how neglected these things were in the original game.

[dusk steeple]

Funnily enough, you can probably use a combo of UC and Freestar gear for Vanguard as well since they are like a foreign legion of such. Joining the ranks to earn citizenship.

[sleek cliff]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-with-green-bandana-scarf-gta-grove-street-animated-men-guys-standing-around-cat-gif-25836123

[boreal osprey]

What is that caused by? All the ai packages that have to get computated?

[boreal osprey]

I've been thinking of this too. I have a map/vehicle project going where factions will be more militarized and the game just be more vehicle friendly. Going to try to learn how to code and make custom ai logic for vehicle enemy types. Don't even know if it's possible but I'll give it shot XD

[sharp lynx]

Basically yes actors and lights are the most engine intensive

[boreal osprey]

Huh. Learned something new. I always thought engine hits come from the amount of polygons/assets it has to deal with. I wonder if that's why some areas have really good lighting, and some are meh. Limited sources of lights. I also wonder how other games like Cyberpunk pull it off with so many places being dense with NPC's.

[safe sorrel]

With both Cyberpunk and Starfield the game limits the number of NPCs at certain settings, and the quality of lighting.

Like on Xbox the crowd density in both games is below what’s possible on PC, and I believe changes based on quality vs performance modes.

[dusk steeple]

Is there a way to make new game plus actually a new game in the sense that the entire world is a bit different? Because I have the idea of one setting where the colony war never ended.

[safe sorrel]

Possibly, but it would essentially require remaking the game in the new setting to do if you wanted it to be reflected in existing quests and locations

[tender stump]

That would require a mod the size of the whole game.

[safe sorrel]

If you just wanted minor changes like some random encounters, and some active war zone locations, with everything else untouched that might be doable, but would clash with the dialogue and narrative of a lot of the existing quests

[boreal osprey]

Makes sense. Guess I'll test and figure it out when I work on my Neon kitbash

[dusk steeple]

Shame but understandable

[boreal osprey]

I had a different idea for my overhaul project where some of the factions would be exclusive (you join them, it serves as the main questline for the game, can't join the others) and your faction choice influences/moderately changes certain aspects of the world. Like how a narrative based poi plays out and other areas (like if you're a pirate and go to free star space). Then once you go through the unity, you could experience a new faction questline and everything that comes with that. Still a lot of work, but fun to think about lol

[sleek cliff]

I wonder if SF’s limits is why there are so many ass ugly NPCs.

[safe sorrel]

That’s part of it yeah, crowd NPCs are different to the ones you interact with, they’re less detailed and have simplified AI packages I believe

[boreal osprey]

I just assumed it was their method of creating it. Didn't they use a bunch of scanned data of people? The npc's are just gender ambiguous mutated combinations of them lol.

[sleek cliff]

Man, if SF had Cyberpunk’s ai? Damn.

[safe sorrel]

I don’t know that the crowd AI is much if any better than SF. They just wander along their routes staring ahead the same as in Starfield for the most part

[sleek cliff]

true, but at least cyberpunk NPCs don’t look like dried out raisins

[boreal osprey]

I think they maybe be similar to a degree. But CP npc's seem to be more grounded in their environments. Wide variety of actions, dialog, etc.

[safe sorrel]

I’ve never noticed the random NPCs doing much different in Cyberpunk. They mostly seem to use their animation markers (cleaning windows, drinking etc) or wandering around.

They look good, but the crowd actors never struck me as being different to crowd actors in other games including SF

[sharp lotus]

both say random lines when interacting

[safe sorrel]

The dialogue is a different thing to the crowd actors, and there might be more conversation markers set up, but Starfield seems to have a similar amount of random ambient dialogue

[sharp lotus]

there's also normal npc's that are spawned in public areas

[boreal osprey]

True. I guess what I'm saying is CP did a better job with making the actors immersive in their respective environments. I spent a stupid amount of time wondering around and soaking everything in. But I guess that won't carry over the same with a lot of the SF locations, not being insanely detailed compared to night city.

[tender stump]

Cyberpunk 2077 spent so much time on the city because it's the primary antagonist.

[sharp lynx]

Usually for most games light has to process every surface and reflection and volume on each surface etc, it can get pretty crazy. Polygon count can effect game loads too but modern games can handle those pretty well.

It's more about the complexity of the mesh really

Cyberpunk is also, correct me if I'm wrong, one location lol

[safe sorrel]

It’s also the entire game location

[sharp lotus]

Night City is wonderful

[sharp lynx]

That's comparing apples to oranges imo, if na or neon was the singular location I'm pretty sure it would look a hell of a lot different

[sharp lotus]

nuh uh you get a desert too

[safe sorrel]

You do, but that is pretty much empty outside of set events

[boreal osprey]

True. But we were comparing NPC's and I kinda came full circle to the environments is what differentiates them more than the npc's lol

[sharp lotus]

and once again saints row 2 beats cyberpunk

[sharp lynx]

That and the games handle both completely different I assume

I don't see cyberpunk having a ton of ai packages for the general wondering npc

[tender stump]

Kudos to them that one thing it DOES have is official mod support and tools.

[sharp lynx]

Yea I don't see any mods for SF

[safe sorrel]

It doesn’t, it’s very similar

[sharp lynx]

[tender stump]

that's because all the modders quit when Shattered Space didn't come out

[sharp lynx]

Okay Mikey lol

[sleek cliff]

They always say the modders left right? What if and hear me out, they were never here to begin with?

[tender stump]

https://tenor.com/view/out-disappear-bye-vanished-gif-4932063

[boreal osprey]

Did SF xedit get abandon? Or did someone else pick it up?

[slim sun]

The most recent build is 4.1.5p, from October. You need to get it in the xedit discord.

[tender stump]

the current README in it states that Starfield is a top priority for them.

[sleek cliff]

Are you real?

Is tank real?

Am I real?

[jolly torrent]

Lol

[kindred ferry]

Earth is real

[boreal osprey]

Ah, so I guess the "devs abandon SF xedit because the game is boring" was just a salty rumor lol

[tender stump]

lotta that going around

[sharp lynx]

Yea there's a ton of hate propaganda

[sleek cliff]

I think they’re just disgruntled former fans.

Fans that were WEAK and couldn’t stand the wait anymore

[tender stump]

Every time it happens on Reddit I see people make statements that aren't even a matter of opinion, they're objectively factually incorrect, and I know those are people who literally never played the game, or didn't play it for more than a few minutes.

[sharp lynx]

Lol

[tender stump]

Really enjoyed the other day seeing that guy who said "there is not one use of profanity by any NPC in this game. Not. One." or somesuch and got downvoted into Hades.

I didn't even bother sending him a clip of somebody being called one of Vasco's more colorful inclusions.

[sharp lotus]

I don’t know if the f slur is ever said

[tender stump]

Ecliptic at Red Mile do it constantly too

[sharp lotus]

Just because you’re not hearing everyone have a mouth or a sailor

[fast owl]

Just because it's in game, doesn't mean it's not against #rules here in discord

[sharp lotus]

Why even the censored version

[fast owl]

Yup,
Cursing and Profanity
Purposefully circumventing our profanity filter or otherwise cursing or using profanity is not permitted.

Use other words, it's not hard

[sharp lotus]

Fudge pops

Bunch of blue cheese that

[tender stump]

It actually is hard to talk about what's in the game without indicating what's in the game, but I will comply.

[sharp lotus]

I mean avoiding swears is easy enough f slur, s slur seems to be fine

[tender stump]

the slur that starts with that letter and the profanity that starts with that letter are different, unrelated words.

[safe sorrel]

When I was trying to upload the Lambent mod to Creations profanity filter kept telling me I couldn’t submit the mod because I was a potty mouth.

Spent ages looking to see if I had accidentally a typoed something into a swear word, then shutting down and reloading the CK a few times

In the end it was the work cockpit that was triggering it

[jolly torrent]

Dark Universe Outlaws, here I come!!!

[sharp lotus]

Thas funny

[tender stump]

enjoy your ChatGPT creative writing

[sleek cliff]

I wish I could say the F word about Starfield ||fun||

[tender stump]

I wish I was a little bit taller. I wish I was a baller.

[jolly torrent]

Lol. I did chuckle at the whole ChatGPT admittance, but it is what it is. As long as it adds something to do in this game, I can look past that.

Tonight…

[boreal osprey]

I hope they proof read it lol

It is kinda sad seeing so many people out source their ability to think to ai

[sharp lynx]

AI slop will be our future

And it saddens me deeply

[tender stump]

Unrelated, remember the Butlerian Jihad in Dune? That was a cool lore inclusion. We should have more mods like that.

[jolly torrent]

That’s true.

Or like Linda calls it: A1 technologies.

[boreal osprey]

Yeah, when chatgpt servers went don't and there was all these people started panicking because they didn't know what to do. Complete brain rot.

[dusk steeple]

In the year 2025
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the screen you look at today

[sharp lynx]

I'll stick to doing everything manually, thank you

[dusk steeple]

That’s why you’re awesome

[sharp lynx]

I painfully make my own assets too

Even the stupid stuff lol

Like this guitar amp

[dusk steeple]

That’s why you’re amazing and awesome all in one cool burrito

[sharp lynx]

Awe shucks

[untold field]

I really hope that our governments will wake up at some point and regulate AI more strictly.

AI has a lot of potential. It has a lot of use. AI is the perfect assistant. If you know what you do, AI can help you very well. And it can also be used to automate stuff that we don't want to do ourselves anyway.

It should not replace us however. Because even if you tell me that AI could be creative, it doesn't mean I want it to be. I want to experience what a human being came up with. The imperfection, the unpredictability, the craziness of human creation is what makes it stand out so very often.

And lets not forget that our society will not work if AI replaces us all. AI is not going to buy your products. AI is not going to consume your stuff. AI is not going to find explore new worlds, new things, make new experiences etc. AI just learns from existing stuff and mashes it together in an ugly mess, sometimes right, but so often completely wrong. The internet based on AI content is a place that is not worth spending time in.

Right now, companies will make money by using AI. But when they continue this path and everything is AI, there is no more money to be made.

[sharp lynx]

Holy wordwall batman

[dusk steeple]

Someone mentioned neon being like back to the future like in a way right? Maybe we need some Back To the Future Mods for Starfield

[untold field]

When I've seen the video about this mod, I was like "wtf is this?"

The gameplay loop it adds is super boring, while filled with unecessary long AI generated slates and quest descriptions that I have no reason to read because it's all unimportant radiant quests after all.

[sharp lynx]

Todd says it best, the human factory of artistry is what makes it special. "Paraphrasing of course."

[untold field]

At least my own words 😄

[sharp lynx]

That was me lol

It's what back to the future thought the 20s would look like

Ots?

[sharp lynx]

And I did read

Lol

[sleek cliff]

I wish I knew how to read

[sharp lynx]

Common gamer

[untold field]

Man I am really happy how this one turned out

[jolly torrent]

And I appreciate you doing everything manually. That’s why I love your mods. All the handcrafted items and content. It shows a human was behind it.

[sharp lynx]

[untold field]

Maybe nobody knows how to actually read and we are just AI ourselfves who generates the most likely answer to something 😄

[sleek cliff]

I remember the days before AI and FO4

peaceful days, eating oranges under the tree

[untold field]

Still a mystery to me why the character is capable of gripping foregrips without any clipping in the menu but not in the game itself lol.

[dusk steeple]

Y’all cool with it if I ramble about that previously mentioned Cold War/war planet thingy from before?

[untold field]

I put a lot of work into having the clipping reduced to an absolute minimum, meanwhile some vanilla grips are clipping like crazy 😄

Bethesda be like 🤷‍♂️

This for example is how the Drum Beat looks in the menus

Vs ingame 😄

[dusk steeple]

Glitch I guess or something up idk

[sleek cliff]

Starfield: Cold War

[dusk steeple]

I mean that one planet that’s like a endless war between two factions with UC and Freestar backing the sides

[sleek cliff]

That would be sick as hell, two rival camps abandoned by the UC and FC, fighting a war long since over

[dusk steeple]

Who said they were abandoned?

[sleek cliff]

C’mon man, we both know the UC and FC would throw their troops to the wolves

[dusk steeple]

Nah. Both sides are just sending supplies and stuff through third parties and all. Trying to see who wins this ongoing war in secret for whose new buddy gains the planet

[jolly torrent]

Well, I’ve been recommending a mod that adds a Cold War-esque vibe to Starfield, but nobody ever listens to me.

My theme song around here is “Losing my Religion” by REM.

[dusk steeple]

Hence why it’s better to focus it on a new world with new factions to allow for exploration of stuff

[sleek cliff]

So, like a REALLY messed up war game.

[dusk steeple]

Allows the UC and FC to keep their vibes while making new drip for new groups to join or fight against

[dusk steeple]

Nah more like promises and opportunities both sides don’t want to give up

[nimble latch]

People are saying the new dark universe mod is ai generated?

[sleek cliff]

Okay, like a battleworld.

[dusk steeple]

Maybe. Or battle system if more planets in system are battlefields as well. Who knows though? Might be best to keep it to one world

[sleek cliff]

Basically both sides keep fighting for a social experiment

[untold field]

The empty open worlds could have been used perfectly for dynamically generated battlefields. So much space all around.

[dusk steeple]

I’d totally want Tank, Wulfy and PilgrimCreations to be involved with outfits and drip for sure because they cool with doing that

Maybe Nova with their Vigilance mod skills

[nimble latch]

Oh you guys already talked about it further up, lemme read

[dusk steeple]

I love their mod but idk if I wanna do the full halo vibes for factions outside of Vigilance

[tender stump]

the mod page itself says what parts are AI generated.

[nimble latch]

I see now, "Narrative stitching powered by ChatGPT trained on Starfield lore, giving each bounty a unique backstory and motive.". That's not very good

[sleek cliff]

Would be cool if the modders had an all out brawl with their factions, Nova’s vigilance, Tank’s TPS, Nem’s SeluPeak

[dusk steeple]

I wonder if I can gather peeps to help me make this because I’d love to write stuff out but cannot make anything myself modding wise

I’m a writer, not a modder so rip me

[tender stump]

Maybe people could use your services to write flavor text for their mods.

[sleek cliff]

Starfield could use more serious tones and some humor.

[tender stump]

some serious humor. Humor, but serious.

[sharp lynx]

Man, making up the background characters and deep lore is the fun part

[sleek cliff]

YES, main characters mean nothing if you don’t have interesting characters to interact with

[dusk steeple]

So y’all cool if I ramble a bit about some of the history of the factions I have in mind for the endless war planet?

[safe sorrel]

Right? I love building things for my mods, but the writing is always my absolute favorite part

[dusk steeple]

Someone please say yes to this lol

[sharp lynx]

No, do not do that

[dusk steeple]

Aw….

[sharp lynx]

I joke

[dusk steeple]

That’s mean lol

So that’s a yes to the ramble?

[nimble latch]

Yes

[dusk steeple]

Hooray

[sharp lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-freak-out-mouth-agape-how-could-you-ahhh-gif-15407466461964829512

[dusk steeple]

So I mentioned that there’s an American/NATO/US allies inspired faction and a Russian/bloc inspired faction. Now what would be your first assumptions about these factions?

[nimble latch]

My first assumption is McCarthyism Vs Communism

[dusk steeple]

A good guess. Anyone else wanna add to it?

[sharp lynx]

I don't know what I'm looking for lol, is this a orwellian reference

[dusk steeple]

Nah. Just guess or make an assumption. I’m not judging anyone here

[sharp lynx]

Okay I have an apple and banana what do you see

[dusk steeple]

An apple and banana lol

[sharp lynx]

My first assumption is a nuclear cold war

I dunno

[dusk steeple]

A good assumption too

[nimble latch]

I'm imagining cold war era political rivalry

[dusk steeple]

First glance you think it’s a copy of the iconic Cold War. Communism vs capitalism.

The truth is the only group even remotely close to communism is just the socialist aspects of the American styled faction while the Soviet styled one is heavily influenced by corporations and the oligarchy. Basically flipping the Cold War aspect around in a way.

And that’s not the factions original stances or politics

Wdyt so far?

Feedback is appreciated because this is heavily WIP as in its literally just thoughts in my head lol

Guys? Gals? Peeps?

[safe sorrel]

It’s an interesting idea, would it be on a grand scale with two super power factions, or a smaller localized story with two smaller factions?

[dusk steeple]

Superpowers but limited to one planet or system

Likely one planet really

[amber sparrow]

An issue is for an endless war idea the planet would need the industry, infrastructure and population to support it because war is extremely resource intensive and the constant need to build not only weapons and machines but settlements hit by the war would mean it'd constantly need a production aspect to support it. You also need a population that would support it because an army is only as strong as it's morale, wars have been lost due to low morale among troops and lack of supplies.

You could do that it's basically just a war between two robotics manufacturing companies trying to push how good they are at building robots to get bought out by Ryujin who seem to have a monopoly on robotics through Drone.

[dusk steeple]

That’s why the UC and FC is supplying both sides. It’s kinda inspired by the Forever Winter and the idea of an endless conflict where you have moments of ceasefires that never last long and two sides who don’t want to lose for various reasons

[safe sorrel]

I’d say if you’re going to have each faction being propped out by the existing big factions like the FC and UC, then you’d have to think about the reasons the FC and UC would be supporting each one in their never ending war. Like how do they align ideologically, what are the gaining from the endeavor

[dusk steeple]

I do have them in mind thankfully. I just need some time to put it into words because I’m buzzed in two ways rn lol

[safe sorrel]

If you were to have two smaller factions it would be easier to set up the stakes.

Two societies on the fringes of the settled systems fighting over scant resources for eg would be easier to sell the premise because there is a tangible stake

[dusk steeple]

When I mean superpowers, I mean the two factions with the industry, materials and manpower to fight over one planet.

They are kinda stuck on the planet anyway

[amber sparrow]

A lot of the cold war was also fought over resources and political domination which isn't really something we're seeing in the settled systems. Sure the two sides aren't happy with each other but there's no real threat of mutual assured destruction like the US and USSR had with nukes and neither faction wants to risk a war. You also have it would cause issues with vanguard's story where you're given a lot of options to improve relations with the two factions.

Starfield's setting makes resource wars less of a major deal because a lot of resources are easy to find, there's plenty of living space, there's not even much ideological differences considering both factions are heavily capitalistic where corporations are shown to have a lot of freedom.

Now if it's a collection of LIST settlements that are propped up by corporations vs a faction secretly backed by House Va'ruun or say one of the other unaligned factions like Fleet and Zealots it could work I suppose

Honestly just a cold war between two corporations trying to get a rare resource would make more sense

[dusk steeple]

You have a point but I don’t want to devolve it to a mere corporate war since it’s just less stakes. Once I’ve gotten home and a clear mind, I’ll give a better explanation and thought out reasoning. Wouldn’t be fair to try and do this while buzzed and outside

[amber sparrow]

Fair enough, after all it's your mod and I heavily support what you do with it!

[boreal osprey]

Indeed. There's not much to signal that the UC and FS are enemies/hostile towards each other, other than the game telling you there was a war. There's not much friction there. Like why would the FS accept having the secured vault filled with war stuff in NA? The FS guards could easily be kicked out. Would make more sense to have the vault in some underground bunker, on a moon, in distant space. Neutral grounds.

[dusk steeple]

I like to think that this isn’t a continuation of the colony war or considering the hostilities of increasing between each other but rather a bit of a proxy war turned ego battle to see which side one supports wins between the two. It’s kinda of a secret ongoing competition to see who gains the upper hand in the region without directly going to war with each other.

[jolly torrent]

What is even going on in here?!? What did I come back to?!?

Ugh. I’ll stay out of this. I will say that there needs to be more UC heavy military esque mods. PERIOD.

[dusk steeple]

Oh. Talking about some concept I have

[jolly torrent]

Okay. Lol

I thought the world was ending or something based on amount of responses and texts you got back. Lol

[dusk steeple]

The UC and FC at one point were backing the sides during the wars for possibly future allies in the next fight if one side finally won or the other, a bit of influence over certain areas and new opportunities. However, when the Colony War ended and the treaties signed, there was no mention of the ongoing conflict of the war down on the planet and the UC and FC were a bit reluctant to part with the sides they supported. For the UC, leaving someone behind even if it was because of peace would leave a bitter taste in their mouth especially right when they just lost the war. If they could win one war even if via just merely providing material support, it would be less of a blow to the impact the colony war had and likely establish a new partner or friendly power in that region of space once its developed and rebuilt. For the FC, it’s mainly to spite the UC further and to make money off of the conflict for their vast private interests. The war was over and the FC was not gonna fight anymore conflicts against the UC but a lot of powerful people and groups wanted to still make money off an ongoing conflict. Plenty of corporates within the FC saw the planet as a test bed for new weapons, concepts and ideas while a bunch of political and military leaders saw more of it as trying to ensure UC didn’t pull another clinic or prop up a UC friendly government. Though as time went on, a lot of the motivations boiled down from bitterness and spite of war to more or less seeing who would win this conflict with support from the powers. In a way, it had become some what of a silent game between FC and UC to see who could get a little ego boost without any direct confrontations. Ironically there has been attempts to a ceasefire brokered by the UC and FC together to help the world but all attempts either fall through, stall out or end up lasting a bit before something reignited the fighting once more. To this day, UC and FC cannot determine why it keeps happening.

But this is just merely a brain fart so idk if it would be viable or not

And most of the aid is mainly humanitarian and materials for repairs and infrastructure though both sides do provide materials to construct equipment and weapons even if they shouldn’t from time to time.

[sharp lynx]

[lyric finch]

@crisp haven you cooking up something buddy??

[lyric finch]

Ahem House Va'ruun mods I think you mean

[subtle jungle]

🤔

[sleek cliff]

I think of that Japanese fella that got left on the island YEARS after the war ended.

Two splinter groups that are still fighting

[sleek cliff]

You know what I realized? There ain’t no temple homes.

[tender stump]

There are with mods.

[sleek cliff]

None on Xbox however.

[tender stump]

I had two mods in mind when I said that. Both are on Xbox.

[sleek cliff]

See, I want to live in a defunct temple.

I feel like temples are severely underused

[tender stump]

I would argue that Starborn Player Home at Moonhenge and TGs Andromeda's Palace fulfill this requirement.

[sleek cliff]

Without a doubt, no arguments, my only problem is, I’m a minimalist, they did amazing work, but I get overwhelmed with too much space.

[dusk steeple]

Morning

[jolly torrent]

Well, those would be nice, but more UC/FC conflict mods would be amazing. I won’t hold my breath, however.

Just like I won’t hold my breath for mods that make the UC more into a universal power military force. I just don’t think modders have that vision in mind. They rather do dumb ass Star Wars mods.

It’s a damn shame that this game doesn’t have the same amount of mod support that Skyrim and FO4 has. It’s hurtful and baffling at the same time.

[lyric finch]

I can't open creations at the moment

[jolly torrent]

Why is that not a surprise?

[lyric finch]

It's just not is it :/ couldn't connect to bethesda.net servers as per

Guess the lemon ran out of juice

[tender stump]

multiple people seeing that, probably doing PS5 testing again.

[mental estuary]

ah was coming to check what that was about

[jolly torrent]

It’s not like they are updating anything lol

[sleek cliff]

[tender stump]

seriously, some of the problems a few weeks ago were attributed to the testing for external assets in Skyrim archives for PS5. Creations backend is the same for all the games.

"were attributed" by the community, but the fact of the testing (not of its impact on other games) was confirmed.

[dusk steeple]

Or are they?

Wait I can’t post gifs? Aw….

[sleek cliff]

🗣️

[jolly torrent]

Lol

[little hare]

Ah... testing in prod, the mark of a true dev.

[tender stump]

Everybody has a testing environment. Some are fortunate to have a second environment for production.