As of December 3rd, 2024, I no longer have plans to actively mod Starfield.

This mod is unlikely to receive further updates.

Bethesda has recently allowed paid mods to be tagged as Achievement Friendly on the Creations platform, with no plans to make accommodations for free mods. They are also allowing mod authors to re-upload free mods as paid mods to get the Achievement Friendly tag, at the request of console mod users.

This effectively disincentivizes free mods from being published, as it will push console users to stick with purely paid load orders in order to continue earning achievements. This was the final nail in the coffin for my interest in Starfield, and I no longer wish to support the money-first modding ecosystem that Bethesda is attempting to create.

Thank you to everyone who has used my work. I am happy to have been able to share things which have improved the game for so many people.

If you are like me, and you actually enjoy exploring in this game, it's possible that you have completed every possible survey mission from The Lodge. If you've also finished the main quest, this basically means that Constellation no longer has any work, and may as well close its doors. Why should this be the case though, when there is still so much of the galaxy left to explore? Why do they only offer missions that reach about as far as Volii?

Likewise, why would LIST only be interested in planets a stone's throw away from the mission board these quests appear on? The whole point of their organization is to set people up away from civilization, after all.

This mod edits the following conditions for valid planets: • Planet must be within 10 parsecs of the player's current location. - This limit has been removed. Distance is irrelevant now. You can get survey missions for any planet from any mission board now. - Justification: 10 parsecs is roughly the maximum range of a single jump. Why would Constellation only be exploring its back yard?

• Planet must have a current survey percentage of < 25%, and its star system must have a current survey percentage of < 50%. - These limits have both been changed to < 100%. - Justification: Why does it matter when you put in the work? If you have already scanned a planet to 99%, you should be allowed to go finish that work.

None of the other conditions have been touched, so it isn't just a total free-for-all. The following conditions for valid planets still exist: • Cannot be a gas giant. • Cannot be already settled. • Must have the "LocTypeMajorOrbital" keyword (unsure exactly what this signifies, but just about every planet has it). • Cannot be in the _Test1 or _Test2 star systems (because those exist in the game for some reason). • Cannot be in the same star system that the player is currently in.

Installing

Can be installed mid-save and should work the next time mission boards refresh (48 hours UT is enough). No special steps required

Uninstalling

Can be removed at any time, doesn't matter. Completely safe. These conditional forms only affect quest generation, and have no effect on quests which are already generated or started.

Compatibility

Modifies MB_SurveyPlanet_PlanetConditions [CNDF:0018AA19] and MB_SurveyTrait_PlanetConditions [CNDF:0018B472]. These only affect survey mission generation, and nothing else. If you're using another mod which makes its own changes to survey mission generation, load this mod below that one.

Known Issues

Nothing. I've tested this quite a bit to make sure it doesn't generate any impossible-to-complete quests. “It just works!”