MODs make ALL the DIFFERENCE!

[goldengoose7]

I finally got a around to checking back in at NEXUS Mods for all the latest Beyond compatible mods for NMS. Lots of good stuff up there. Especially for those who are still smarting from having all their planets borked by the Vision update.

I got rid of the over the top amount of asteroids coming at you during pulse jumps, along with the speed lines. Used RayRod's BLACK SPACE mod to make space actually look BLACK and far more realistic. Removed the plasma and dust from space as well. Now I can actually see where I am going when pulse jumping within a system.

Also picked up LO2K's latest cloud mod pack which slows them down to a realistic speed and also flattens them out. Added a mod to turn all oceans to BLUE water along with an all BLUE SKY mod. I would have preferred not to have to use the Blue Sky mod, but even in Eissentam, Earthlike Waterworlds are as rare as Hen's Teeth now. I am not a fan of HG's "BubbleGum Planets". They look so fake and cartoony.

I am running 14 mods in total and the game has been running perfectly with the chosen set.

It's too bad that HG doesn't give players the option to control/adjust a lot of these things. The game looks 1000% better now than the Vanilla version. Kudos to all the usual modders out there who have stuck with the game through all the ups and downs!

If you haven't tried modding the game.. Back up your save and check it out!

[goldengoose7]

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky

[Eekhoorn]

RayRod is working on some pretty awesome stuff lately:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPs4jiA2rlk

Can't wait to get my hands on this.

[Holiday]

Is there a mod that removes the electricity requirement?

[goldengoose7]

Originally posted by Eekhoorn:

RayRod is working on some pretty awesome stuff lately:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPs4jiA2rlk

Can't wait to get my hands on this.

For sure! I chatted him up often on Discord back in the NEXT days and helped BETA a few of the mods for that version. I was pleased to see that he had provided us with that BLACK Space mod I mentioned, since no one else has managed to provide a VULKAN compatible mod for that besides him.

I had been using LO2K's version before BEYOND came out, but it is not Vulkan compatible, and he said he won't be updating that one. Since RayRod did a great job with his, there is really no reason for another one anyway. ;o)

Once you play this game with BLACK Space ala Elite Dangerous, there is no going back!

[Dirak2012]

Originally posted by goldengoose7:

The game looks 1000% better now than the Vanilla version.

I also like mods, but that statement is purely subjective...

[goldengoose7]

Originally posted by K7iNE:

Is there a mod that removes the electricity requirement?

I didn't see one, but I wasn't looking for that today. My focus was on environmental mods along with space ship mods I mentioned above.

You should search the NEXUS site and see what you find. I would be surprised if someone doesn't come up with something related to that in the near future.

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky

I'm going to be in the market for that too at some point. I am personally not a fan of grindy things like that. Base building is tedious enough! I don't need another layer of grind added on top of what we already had!

[Eekhoorn]

I'm really curious how this pans out. I mean, what he describes in the interview... wow man. It's exactly what NMS needs. If he succeeds, I think HG should offer him a job and incorporate this work into the game. And it even works on Playstation as well... this guy is a genius.

[goldengoose7]

Originally posted by Dirak2012:

Originally posted by goldengoose7:

The game looks 1000% better now than the Vanilla version.

I also like mods, but that statement is purely subjective...

Not if you are a SPACE SIM fan! ;o)

The game went from looking like a Cartoon version of a space game to something on par with Elite Dangerous. HUGE difference in immersion and realism.

[goldengoose7]

Originally posted by Eekhoorn:

I'm really curious how this pans out. I mean, what he describes in the interview... wow man. It's exactly what NMS needs. If he succeeds, I think HG should offer him a job and incorporate this work into the game. And it even works on Playstation as well... this guy is a genius.

I applaud his patience considering how often HG throws the game board up in the air and starts over from scratch. Must be frustrating as hell for him right now, since everything he had been working on will no longer work thanks to the switch to Vulkan.

[Eekhoorn]

Yeah, but somehow it seems like he's on top of it. If this mod becomes a reality it would immediately turns the game into 4.0. This really should be stock: fingers crossed.... nah, ain't gonna happen.

[Blowfeld]

Originally posted by Eekhoorn:

RayRod is working on some pretty awesome stuff lately:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPs4jiA2rlk

Can't wait to get my hands on this.

Looks great, though I wonder how long it will take to release...

[Neyna]

Originally posted by K7iNE:

Is there a mod that removes the electricity requirement?

wrong pick, you see most people like the electricity and modders are programmers, they like to build things (programming is the same thing as building). You will be very lucky if you see one mod for that :)

[Evolvei]

Wireless generators would be what I want. Building with the controller UI is enough of a chore.

[Zuleica]

Skip stupidly slow dialogue is what I really want. Here we are exploring the universe and text comes out at the speed of an old teletype.

[Scyris]

Originally posted by Zuleica:

Skip stupidly slow dialogue is what I really want. Here we are exploring the universe and text comes out at the speed of an old teletype.

I agree, I don't know why they removed the ability to just skip it by slamming left click, way to many pauses and such. Its aggravating especially when you just wanna talk to aliens to learn new words.