Ship Builder Configurator - Console Edition
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Description
Creates new Game Play Options that allow one to customize pretty much every aspect of the Ship Builder tool:
- Build ships with merge/overlapped components without awkward "glitch" techniques
- Customize how the Ship Builder UI interface operates for a personalized ship building experience
- Enable access to ship modules that are not normally available for player user
- Enable access to the ComSpike and Conduction Grid modules even if the Crimson Fleet is defeated
- Reconfigure Ship Services Technicians to have a wider availability of ship modules
- Move the Mantis "Transponder" from the Razorleaf to any other ship in one's fleet
All of these features are available in a single plug-in and can be mixed and matched to suit each player's individual tastes. The features can also be changed dynamically while playing the game by simply going into the in-game settings menu.
As of version 2.1.0 this plugin also support text localization for all nine languages supported by Starfield.
The Game Play Options
The Game Play Options can be changed in-game by hitting 'ESC' then clicking on 'Settings' and the clicking on 'Game Play Options'. These options can be changed as often as one likes at any time that one likes and are saved as part of one's save game.
The new options added by this plug-in are:
- Module Overlap Checks - allows one to disable checks for overlapping modules entirely
- Module Overlap Tolerance - allows one to merge/overlap ship modules without using the legacy "glitch" techniques
- Enable Class-M Modules - allows one to add Class-M modules to a ship design - note that the Piloting Skill is altered such that Level 4 allows piloting on Class-M ships (see below for limitations)
- Snap Distance - the distance at which a module will snap to a snap point
- Zoom on Add Module - indicates whether the Ship Builder will zoom in when adding a module to a ship
- Min/Max Floor Limits - how far one can move the Ship Builder floor up and down
- Floor Change Speed - how fast the floor will move for each up/down button click
- Maximum Zoom Distance - the maximum distance to which one can zoom out
- Minimum Zoom Distance - the minimum distance to which one can zoom in
- Keyboard Pan Speed - the rate at which the Ship Builder will pan when using a keyboard
- Mouse Pan Speed - the rate at which the Ship Builder will pan when using a mouse
- Mouse Rotation Speed - the rate at which the Ship Builder will rotate when using a mouse
- Mouse Zoom Speed - the rate at which the Ship Builder will zoom when using a mouse
- Gamepad Pan Speed - the rate at which the Ship Builder will pan when using a gamepad controller
- Gamepad Rotation Speed - the rate at which the Ship Builder will rotate when using a gamepad controller
- Gamepad Zoom Speed - the rate at which the Ship Builder will zoom when using a gamepad controller
- Mantis Transponder - allows one to move the Mantis "Transponder" to another ship
- Basic Modules - allows one to make all Basic Ship Modules available at Ship Services Technicians
- Exclusive Modules - allows one to make all Exclusive Ship Modules available at Ship Services Technicians
- Smuggler Modules - allows one to make all Smuggler Ship Modules available at Ship Services Technicians
- Pirate Modules - allows one to make all Pirate Ship Modules available at Ship Services Technicians
- Recover Mode - allows one to reset the Ship Services extensions after an unclean uninstall
The Mantis Transponder
Once on acquires the legacy Razorleaf ship, enabling this option will add dialogue options for all Ship Services Technicians to move the transponder to/from one''s home ship.
Note that the "Mantis Transponder" is a virtual component. It does not show up on one's ship nor in one's inventory.
Please consult the Nexus page for this plug-in for more details: https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/11077
Ship Services Options for Ship Modules
These options will add keywords to various groups of Ship Services Technicians to make a wider array of ship modules available from those technicians. Note that this option does not change the unlock preconditions for any ship module. It only alters which Ship Services Technicians will carry the module once it is unlocked.
Please consult the Nexus page for this plug-in for more details: https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/11077
Ship Piloting Skill
Since one can enable the construction of Class-M ships with this plugin, there is a hard-coded change to the Piloting skill such that Level 4 will allow the piloting of Class-M ships. Unfortunately this change cannot be controlled via a Game Play Option given the way in which the Starfield engine implemented the logic that associates a ship's class with the Piloting Skill.
Localization
Text localization for all nine languages supported by Starfield is now available. Creations does not yet support plugins with localized voice assets, so localized voices are not yet available.
Ship Size, Module Count and Fleet Size
Due to limitations in the Papyrus scripting API used by Starfield, the Console version of this plugin does not include the options for larger ships, ships with higher module counts or increasing fleet size found in the windows version of this plugin. Hard-coded settings to enable huge ships and fleets can be found in the "Ship Builder - Huge Ships and Fleets" plugin.
Load Order and Conflicts
This plug-in only overrides one form - the table that maps the Piloting Skill Level to the ship class that one can pilot. This could potentially give rise to a conflict with another plugin if they alter the piloting table in a different manner than this one. If one loads another plugin that also changes the mapping of the a ship's class to the Piloting Skill, then the last plugin loads will define the mapping. Other than this one issue, no other forms are overridden in this plugin and its position in the load order is irrelevant.
Note that most of the Game Play Options work by extending functionality beyond the default behavior. If one has loaded some other plug-in that alters the default behavior the Game Play Options will build on top of the altered defaults. Ship Builder Configurator has no way of knowing whether the default behavior seen in the game comes from the base Starfield game or from a third-party plug-in that alters the defaults.
If one experiences game stability issues after installing this plug-in it is almost certainly because one has loaded a sufficient number of plug-ins to encounter the infamous "Soft Mod Limit". For full details, please refer to the Nexus article that discusses this limitation: https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/articles/688
Uninstalling the Plug-In
Please note that the following Game Play Options make changes that are "sticky", which is to say that removing this plug-in will not revert the changes:
- Ship Builder: Enable Class-M Modules
- All "Ship Services" options that alter ship module availability
If one wants to remove this plug-in and not continue to see the changes made by these options, one must first reset these options back to their default setting prior to removing the plug-in.
Please refer to the Nexus article on removing this plug-in for more details: https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/articles/687
Important Notes:
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This plug-in will dynamically set the internal parameters that control the Ship Builder UI when the game is first started and every time that one changes the Game Play Options. Hence any other plug-ins or INI settings that alter the same parameters that are controlled via this plug-in will be overridden by this plug-in irrespective of load order.
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The plug-in author cannot guarantee that building ships with merged/overlapping modules will always work as expected. However ships with overlapped modules have been built by a significant portion of the player community with no reports of problems, so it seems unlikely that one would run into problems.
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When enabling use of Class-M modules and/or Star Station modules, please be aware that these modules were never intended for use by players. As such, not all Class-M and Star Station modules are fully functional. Some are missing snap points, some habs are missing interiors and so forth. If one wants to fully utilize these modules, use of a mod such as "TN's Class M (and Starborn Guardian) Ship Building" that provides fixes for most of the Class-M modules is recommended .
Questions
If you want further information or have questions about this mod, please go to the Nexus Mods page for this mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/11077
Release notes
Playstation
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2.3.4Fixed the ESM localization.
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2.3.3Added Danica Volkov to the list of known ship techs for ship module availability.
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2.3.2Fixes to address new content in the Free Lanes release and the latest Tracker's Alliance extension.
* (Free Lanes) Danica was incorrectly picking up some of the generic ship services dialogue for the Mantis Transponder.
* (Tracker's Alliance) The new Mantis quest introduced a new ship that is also flagged as being "The Mantis". Generalized the Mantis Transponder logic to handle an arbitrary number of "Mantis Transponders". -
2.3.1Incorporated the fix for the NG-20 thruster animation.
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2.3.0Changed the name of the ESM file in order to avoid conflict with the paid, achievement-friendly version of this plugin. Users who are upgrading from an earlier version will see messages about missing files and content. Please see https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/articles/1042 for details.
Added PlayStation support.
Xbox
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2.3.4Fixed the ESM localization.
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2.3.3Added Danica Volkov to the list of known ship techs for ship module availability.
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2.3.2Fixes to address new content in the Free Lanes release and the latest Tracker's Alliance extension.
* (Free Lanes) Danica was incorrectly picking up some of the generic ship services dialogue for the Mantis Transponder.
* (Tracker's Alliance) The new Mantis quest introduced a new ship that is also flagged as being "The Mantis". Generalized the Mantis Transponder logic to handle an arbitrary number of "Mantis Transponders". -
2.3.1Incorporated the fix for the NG-20 thruster animation.
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2.3.0Changed the name of the ESM file in order to avoid conflict with the paid, achievement-friendly version of this plugin. Users who are upgrading from an earlier version will see messages about missing files and content. Please see https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/articles/1042 for details.
Added PlayStation support. -
2.2.1CreationKit apparently uploaded the ESP file instead of the ESM file for 2.1.2. Redoing the upload to force the ESM file this time.
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2.1.2Added Impending Update Advisory message.
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2.1.1Discovered that the Papyrus Compiler botched the script related to moving the Mantis Transponder. Went back and manually recompiled the scripts one-by-one and verified that the Mantis Transponder feature is working again.
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2.1.0Piloting Level 4 now allows piloting of Class-M ships.
Text localization available for all nine languages supported by Starfield. -
2.0.9Work-arounds for a couple recently discovered bugs in Starfield's implementation of Papyrus. Required to properly detect and update ship services techs when removing SBC Extension plug-ins.
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2.0.8* Added a missing keyword that controls access to the HopeTech 2x2 habitat modules.
* Fixed Ship Services Tech Discovery bug that could, in some cases, fail to properly initialize the keywords for a newly discovered ship service tech.
* Fixed the Recovery Mode keyword re-sync logic such that all keywords will be properly re-synced
* Fixed a data-entry bug that was preventing proper operation of the "Zoom Maximum Distance" option
* Added auto-upgrade logic for re-syncing keywords on a mod version update -
2.0.6Added Jillian Toft as an Outlands Ship Services Tech. Fixed an issue that could cause the Mantis Transponder dialogue to malfunction with unique, named NPCs.
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2.0.4Forgot to remove the PC-Only options from the XBox version.
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2.0.3Deprecated the Star Station option as Star Station pieces will not snap to Space Ship pieces.
Added an EVERYWHERE option for Smuggler and Pirate modules for players who do not care about immersion. -
2.0.2The Ship Builder required a little extra encouragement to present the Star Station parts. Encouragement achieved.
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2.0.1Added the new Ship Services game play options that allow one to extend the ship modules that are available at any given Ship Services Technician. Also added the option that allows one to move the Mantis "Transponder" to any ship of the player's choosing.
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1.60Added new Game Play Options:
* Enable Class-M Modules - allows one to add Class-M modules to ones ship
* Module Overlap Checks - allows one to completely disable checks for overlapping modules
Note that the vanilla Class-M modules in Starfield were never intended for use by players. As such, not all Class-M modules are fully functional. They may be missing snap points, habs may not have interiors, and so forth. If one wants to fully utilize the Class-M modules, please check out mods such as "TN's Class M (and Starborn Guardian) Ship Building" which provides a number of fixes for the Class-M modules. -
1.50Additional Gameplay Options for controlling more Ship Builder UI parameter:
* Snap Distance
* Zoom on Add Module
* Min/Max Floor Limits
* Floor Change Speed
* Maximum Zoom Distance
* Minimum Zoom Distance
* Gamepad Pan Speed
* Gamepad Rotation Speed
* Gamepad Zoom Speed
Note that due to a "quirk" in CreationKit, when one applies this update one will have to go back and reapply one's Gameplay Options. This is a one-time event that happens only when updating to verion 1.50. -
1.41Accidentally left the Windows-Only Game Play Options visible in the XBox v1.40 update. Removing them to avoid confusion.
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1.40Fixes the logic that re-applies the game play options when loading a save game. Game play options will no longer require toggling to re-apply them when loading a save game.
Also fixed a somewhat arcane issue that can arise if one installed the mod, saved a game, uninstalled the mod, loaded the game and then saved it again, and then re-installed the mod. Turns out that the Starfield game engine doesn't notice or clean-up notifications that target quests that no longer exist, so when the quest reappears when the mod is re-installed, it starts receiving phantom notifications that contain incomplete data. This could cause a situation where one could not land ones ship. v1.4 contains logic to notice, and remove these phantom notifications. -
1.30Fixed a type in the scripting - had "fSpaceshipMaxSizeZ" instead of "fSpaceshipBuilderMaxSizeZ"
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1.20Fixed operator error - forgot to re-pack the archive file with the modified script that fixes the computation for the Max Z value
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1.10Fixed logic for setting Max Z to be half the Max X and Y
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1.00Initial release of the XBox version of this mod
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- Published
- Aug 23, 2024
- Last Updated
- May 17, 2026
- Platforms
- Playstation, Xbox
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