Took me *ages* to get round to trying this but this looks like a game changer for me. Starfield Engine Fixes (nexusmods, requires SFSE) can do a lot of stuff, but one of the neat things it has, is that it will show nearby systems (or all systems) in the scanner view of your ship. So you can just point and click to navigate instead of opening the map.
Said when hiring Andromeda in Cydonia - but what is a pala? I thought it might be American slang but I can't find any details of it so I presume its in-universe. Can't see any other mentions anywhere...
There's some interesting names of stuff we are asked to steal or deliver, there's not much more than the names but they might be a stepping stone to some wider lore.
(these are in the files under MissionMarkerCargoDestinationxx)
Of note:
Cherenkov Convertors. - not mentioned in dialogue, presumably refers to Cherenkov Radiation
Integrity Response Drones - an easter egg to EVE where they repair ships maybe? Possibly an indication of how combat repairs work..
Micro drones - seem advanced for most Starfield tech.
Neocranial probes - I'm not sure what this is supposed to be. I can't find anything on 'neocranial', might it be 'neurocranial'?
Polysensorial art - seems a bit more futuristic than the stolen paintings that show up in contraband
Reactive Paints/Super Luminescent Dye - again good basis for art/fashion
Synthetic Synapses - another item in EVE.
I thought this existed already, but I can't find it now... Some of them like Defunct Shipping Facility(pictured)* are pretty generic and could be added to the vanilla pool.
If there isn't an existing one, I'll add it to my to-do list...
*edit: as pointed out in comments, this one isn't a shattered space POI its a new one in free lanes
I was planning on going to William the 4th but they posted on their insta they can't stay open due to licensing restrictions.... guessing it's the same for a lot of venues so is there anywhere in E17 that is open for it?
Edit:Breaking news
BBC News - Pubs allowed to stay open until 5am for England Mexico match - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kyr8747m9o
Following big storms this week, I had a random thought - is the possibility of lightning strikes taken into account anywhere in the buying process? Buying a top floor flat so semi-relevant. I guess its a consideration for the buildings insurance but otherwise would anyone flag "oh by the way, yours is the tallest building in the area so there should be x,y,z to mitigate against lightning damage"?
More curiosity than a serious concern!
Finally published NYTA, to go alongside my existing mods of Not Yet Shattered Space and Not Yet Watchtower. Delay their start based on progress through the main quest, in-game days passed, or player level.
As so many of you are getting used to your new controllers I wanted to share how I have used action sets in Steam Input on my OG controller for the last few years.
What is an action set?
Action sets are ways of having more than one controller configuration in the same game. Why might this be useful? Good examples are games like GTA or watchdogs where you are sometimes on foot and sometimes driving a vehicle. Maybe you want to try setting up gyro steering while you’re in the car, but you want a regular setup on foot. Or melee versus ranged. Or for games like Mass Effect, you could have a different setup when exploring cities versus when you’re in combat. If you’re experimenting with radial menus or remapping controls you may only want them to kick in at certain stages of the game, at other times they’re in the way, and this way you can avoid them.
And its not just different stages of the game, what about an action set for the map, where you switch to a more mouse style using the trackpads to scroll it or select points? You can have lots in one game, so for Starfield, I have action sets for [On foot] [ground vehicle] [Flying the ship] [ship builder] [lockpicking].
How to switch between them
There are three main ways you can switch between action sets. Occasionally you might find a developer has included support in their game. This is ideal, it means you don't have to worry about switching you just modify their template to have separate ground/combat action sets etc. the game takes care when you switch so you're always using the right one. Its pretty rare though.
Most commonly, I manually switch by setting a button to change action set. I find back buttons are good for this, or variations of back buttons like long press or double press. It quickly becomes second nature to get in a vehicle and switch to the vehicle action set. You can also choose to have an audio indication on the controller and/or a screen pop-up showing you’ve changed sets.
The other way takes a little more work, and that’s including an action set switch at the same time as another control. So you map Y button not only to ‘enter vehicle’ but also to ‘switch action set to vehicle’. Honestly this can be a bit fiddly, especially as buttons can be used for other things at different times and you may not want to switch into the vehicle action set if you’re mid conversation or doing a mini game (you can always add action sets for a minigame though!).
Another way around this is if some controls aren't relevant for a particular action set, then pressing that button in a different set could switch to the correct action set. Eg you setup a map action set, which doesn’t use trigger buttons, But if you try and fire your weapon while you’re still in the map action set it will switch to the combat action set.
Other types of 'action set'
Action sets switch to a whole new configuration, and sometimes that’s overkill. Maybe you just want to change a couple of controls and keep everything else the same. In that case you may prefer to use action layers which sit on top of action sets but only override a couple of controls. If you later update the base action set you don't then need to copy over those changes on the action layers.
Finally for short versions you can do a mode shift. This is when holding down one control changes what other controls do. So eg if you hold down aim, maybe you stop radial menus showing up or if you press a back button then it changes your dpan menu options, giving you 8 keys in total rather than 4. I've used this before to disable gyro in menus, though with gripsense this may be less necessary.
