Intro

S-47 speeder bike is a vehicle that uses repulsorlift technology to glide over all the rough terrains in Starfield and in the atmosphere with a blazing speed. Survey and reach your next POI in seconds.

Specifics

▶ standalone ▶ accelerated atmospheric flight capable ▶ infinite and continuous boosts, whether horizontal or vertical ▶ the vertical cap removed for this vehicle only upon activation ▶ Laser beam cannon deals more damage. Faster firing and infinite ammo ▶ Traverse incredibly fast on the ground even when bumping into rocks and trees thanks to brand new "slim" custom collision ▶ Thrusts faster and glides longer with engine turned off in water ▶ Fully colorable

Warning (Achtung!) : This mod may decrease your FPS dramatically. Download at your own risk.

While in game

Talk to any ship technician, select "Access Vehicle" and make it active.

User manual

▶Activation: Activate the vehicle to hop on.

▶Navigation: To move forward, use forward boost and and to rise up, use vertical boost. I intentionally increased the vertical boost greatly in order to minimize the chance to accidentally fall onto the ground, so even gently pushing the "jump" key will make you stay airborne.

So, the basic operation is push the jump key and hold down sprint key immediately after to move forward fast in the air. To continue the flight, use the vertical boost whenever necessary to maintain the altitude while moving forward (keep holding down the sprint key to go faster) As of today, it's essentially a superior hovercraft. However, I meticulously and painstakingly calibrated the vehicle parameters through innumerable attempts and experiments in order to give it a feel of a smooth flying speeder bike.

It is a bike because, from the onset, S-47 was specially designed so that it can go though very narrow alleys in Akila and Neon, where Rev-8 and all the other current modded vehicles were never imagined to go. It's width is about half which means you can climb up the steps, even go indoors (though troublesome due to the fact that collisions are more packed indoors). It can traverse on a rocky terrain 2 times more smoothly since it's a lot less likely to bump into rocks and trees.

▶Limitation You can go as high as you want using vertical boost, but definitely will bump into a limit or a glitch water surface (Vasco describes it as deep water) where you cannot move any more. In that case, go higher and you will be automatically sent back to the ground zero. Or a load a previous save. So, it's a good practice that as soon as you see a "new gray horizon (stratosphere?)" appear, you'd better stop and descend.

The vehicle maintains the initial slant of the ground and maintains the angle, which can be quite bothersome in flight. But I changed the parameters so that it fixes its tiltedness automatically in the air, but it's not perfect. You can fire a couple of laser shots and when you think it's leveled correctly, you can use either boost to fix the angle and continue.

▶Companions You can have 1 passenger and Vasco with you. If you use a multiple companion mod, you can have them both on board.

▶Trouble shooting Because it's small, it can reach more places. But for the very same reason, it can get stuck in the crevices of rocks and between branches of big trees and rendered immovable. Stay calm. Use boosts. Get out. But If nothing works, fast travel to different places, preferably to your ship, or in the worst scenario, load a previous save.

▶ Recommendation Avoid saving the game while on board. Always get off the vehicle and save, because only that way you will have your vertical cap removed by activating the vehicle. You must see the message "I believe I can fly" appear to be able to ascend with no vertical limit. If you accidentally saved the game while aboard the vehicle, simply exit the vehicle re-enter it to see the message, "I believe I can fly" again and fly away with no limit.

Disclaimer

This mod is extremely audacious and experimental in nature. I think Starfield engine is not designed to have this kind of feature in game, because it is too taxing for the system - loading too many assets in too short a period of time will break or halt the gameplay. FPS will be horrible. Your GPU or CPU can fry and become unusable. Download and use this mod at your own risk. My computer has not been broken yet running very smoothly even after innumerable experiments using this mod, but it may be just me. ;)

Permissions

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Credits

Todd Howard and his team for giving us the universe to dwell in and explore