New upgrade module system

[0nion_man_LV]

So i came here to help some newer players but very soon found that I am just as bad as they are regarding to upgrading stuff.

So i played NMS a lot before NEXT and understood everything but now i see that you can combine upgrades for, as example, toolgun. I see that on my toolgun some upgrades are outlined and some are not. It's a 24 slot, A class one and it's already full of tech but only some of it is outlined. Does the non-outlined upgrade improve anything at all? Or do i just remove those ones? And if so then maybe anyone could share me a link to all best upgrade combinations? I could then take the best ones and get them.

Thanks for any support you'll get me guys! Happy exploring!

[NMSPlayer]

The Terrain manipulator has no upgrades -- so it won't have a special outline. I believe the same is true for Combat Visor and regular Visor, I can't remember atm if the Advanced mining tool gets an outline -- don' t see why it would it doesn't have any upgrades --

That leaves the Scanner, plus waveform recycler, plus three upgrades and whatever weapon systems you have plus their "coolant" system plus three upgrades that will have outlines when joined to one another.

[0nion_man_LV]

Originally posted by NMSPlayer:

The Terrain manipulator has no upgrades -- so it won't have a special outline. I believe the same is true for Combat Visor and regular Visor, I can't remember atm if the Advanced mining tool gets an outline -- don' t see why it would it doesn't have any upgrades --

That leaves the Scanner, plus waveform recycler, plus three upgrades and whatever weapon systems you have plus their "coolant" system plus three upgrades that will have outlines when joined to one another.

Do those "united" upgrades disable other similar ones? As example 3 A class upgrades and 1 B class upgrade that does the same thing. Does that B upgrade just becomes useless?

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

works if not linked, but linkng the upgrade with the technology they upgrade gives you a small bonus. Actually things that work together have a slight bonus increase per side they have in contact with each other (it's not shown in the module description, it's a hidden bonus).

here's my multi-tool set-up

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1608281207

as you can see things that get a contact bonus are higlited in the same color. white for scanner, green for the mining laser, etc...

[japp_02]

Stacking up in adjacent mode (diagonals don't count) will give you extra bonus, but installing anywhere is better than nothing. For the same category, you can install maximum 3 modules plus any blueprint upgrade.

[0nion_man_LV]

Oh, allright, thank you all for help!