DarkStar Manufacturing - Free Creation - Mod Status Update

[@vaddick]

I would much rather you take the time to do the mod to your quality standard than to rush it out and it be half complete like some other authors have done recently. Thank you for your attention to detail, quality, and a desire to make it integrate with the base game and not errode it.

[@DonLoco3]

DarkStar Astrodynamics is hands down my favorite Starfield mod thus far with your Trainer rifle a close second. Amazing ships and I'm just starting to discover all the interesting ways I can augment my other ships with the parts. Many, many thanks!

[@billholden736]

I love what you have done with DarkStar Astrodynamics. The fact I can make weapons, shields, and engines look how I want them to look has put even more fun in Shipbuilding. I am constantly "fiddling" with my ships. Now I will be able to spend more time there. I look forward to this mod as well. I play on a Xbox X. Keep up the great work.

[@Starfield_Eclipse]

Super cool, I downloaded this mod blind and saw the upgraded weapon drops.

[@ChrisLucente]

I downloaded a bunch of mods and check everyday to see what the creators put out and yours are now mandatory playthrough mods for me. I have been able to build so much more what I've wanted to do thanks to your work. Thank you so much for all you have done and are working on.

[@kevinperkins4843]

I'll be waiting like a little kid on Christmas Eve! Hands down, the best mod in the game!

[@DaAngryMechanic]

I know im late to the party, but thank you so much. I know nothing about modding, but this video gave me a new appreciation and helped give a glimpse of the passion you have for it. Thanks again!

[@edwardryanchittleborough2843]

I’m very excited thank you for putting this out here for us a update most modders or even gaming companies don’t do that, your the best keep up the great work and take a second to breathe as well brother

[@babyyodacamaro]

We love to see it, amazing. Thank you for your dedication to produce quality mods and giving us a 'behind the scenes' look of what is to come.

[@edwardryanchittleborough2843]

I’d really like a video about the back side of this mod or any mod

[@slashtesla3577]

Can't wait. I love running around with the EON. I currently use the Radburn. It surprising takes down terramorphs fairly quick.

[@TayschrennSedai]

I saw your mods on the creation section, and was quite frankly going to ignore them outright until this video came up. Now, having heard your logic and passion behind wanting a balanced approach and willingness to delay a release to ensure quality makes me extremely happy. I cannot wait to get home and try out all of your mods this weekend.

[@TayschrennSedai]

Note: the reason I was not going to investigate your mods was simply because of the cover image on the mod having your writing over them. Talk about judging a book by its cover LOL

[@BeardedFisherman68]

Looking forward to this being available on Xbox! Your astrodynamics mod is awesome!!

[@p.m.k.gaming3029]

bro you just made everything SOOO much better. Thank you for your hard work on all of your mods they really are a game changer!

[@SiNKiLLeR_]

When I get a chance im going to dive into your mods hopefully. Everyone speak very highly of them :)

[@TheMaximusKane]

I love your mod. On my Starfield video I told ppl that if they don't download anything else that DarkStar is a must have. I use it on my current ship and I am continuing to use it and the other components for continuing building. You are a genius sir and my hat goes of to you.

[@caligarner6953]

Absolutely love your mods brother. Favorite mods hands down. Take your time. What you are doing is amazing.

[@th123]

I want to thank you for your work,i enjoy starfield again with your previous mod

[@luiskapel3020]

Looking forward to when this is available to download on Xbox, and thanks for all the hard work. We appreciate it!

[@TheGamedMind]

I am so looking forward to this. Thank you for all the work you are doing! Love it :)

[@lanceh8554]

Great mod, it was one of the first I added on xbox (by chance, looked interesting) and I have throughly enjoyed it. I look forward to reading your books you added, did not notice.

[@celindafuller8498]

So I couldn’t wait to load this mod last night after watching your videos about your amazing creation, dark star. I couldn’t wait to add this to the fun of this game. I’m lvl 94, Not ng+ yet, on Xbox X, been playing since before launch. Loaded mod last night and started digging into all the new stuff. Here are some things I’ve noticed with this mod on Xbox. Idk if this is an isolated issue(I’m moving this mod to the bottom of the list today) or if other Xbox users have had this issue too. The extra awesome ship does add to my ship slot count. My count says 10 with the new prototype ship and I can’t take another ship due to full ship inventory. Maybe that will change when I do go to Ng+? I built the outpost and it’s amazing. Has everything you would possibly need, nice job. The whole mod is amazing. At the DS ship building kiosk, the seller has 0 currency which was ok until I sold my old parts. The pop up said some parts will be returned due to no currency from the seller. So it randomly chose which parts to put back. However I think it kept the perks even with the normal parts put back. I’ll have to confirm this. But losing a ship slot definitely sucks though the ship is great to have on the fleet. Hopefully that’ll fix itself when I get to Ng+.

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

I was wrong about how the cannotcountagainstfleet flag functions. What it does is allow you to accept that ship even if you're already at 10. But, it does count against fleet cap. I'm currently looking into ways to raise the fleet cap in a future update. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[@celindafuller8498]

@@R.L.Parker.Gaming No inconvenience on your part. It’s the Xbox/Bathesda limit that should be raised for Xbox. I know pc players have loads of ship slot space. The mk5 is a ship I want on my fleet even if it takes a slot. I’ll just sale some older built ships to make space. Even so I’m heading to Ng+ and about to lose everything, accept you’re modded gifts. You as modder, I fingered you’d want to know the outcome of how your mod is running on different platforms. I hope I didn’t offend you.

[@baxter2908]

Watched your video about DarkStar Astrodynamics and downloaded it a couple days ago. It’s a fantastic mod for Starfield. Halfway thru this presentation I had to subscribe as you amaze me with your technical knowledge of Starfield and making mods. Will be waiting excitedly for you to complete and publish Darkstar Manufacturing. I have been playing since the game was released last year and currently at level 242 NG+ 10 strictly thru grinding away at missions with no cheats. On the bad news side I have started encountering game crashes again after the Starfield update. Mostly happens when the game tries to do an auto save. Hope it’s temporary as your mods are making the game more fun to play.

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

Yeah, I hear ya. My main was level 256-ish, NG+63-ish when I exported her off of Xbox onto PC-Gamepass and then transferred her to Steam. I was using NG+ hops to dodge the game save corruption bugs. fun times. With all the new stuff being added with mods, I'm sure that bug will rear its head again.

[@Badchocobo]

Thank you for this. I just updated to the new creation version Saturday morning

[@WWolfPCGaming]

This mod is bonkers, I love it.

[@caldos1213]

Thank you for your work!

[@firestorm7977]

Amazing mod, love the star born mod you released so far.

[@randyb7]

Thank you for the update.

[@AbbyFA]

Thanks a lot for your hard work!

[@darrenchapman2786]

Can't wait for this mod to make it to Xbox

[@DennisVAyala]

I’ve been doing all the research and crafting all kinds of stuff the last couple of days. I just wanted to say thank you for the amazing work and attention to detail, I’m loving it. Also, I can’t find the spreadsheet on your website, is it possible that you could point me in its direction? And again, thanks a lot for all that you’ve done, you brought life back into a otherwise dead game to me.

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

it's on Discord in the mfg-patches section, pinned post.

[@DennisVAyala]

@@R.L.Parker.Gaminggot it! Thank you

[@moisesgaribay4893]

Sick 🔥🔥

[@j4ksx]

Thank you for all this graft. Youre transforming the game alongside Starvival. Quick Q...would any of these tiers transfer across to suits and weapons added by other mods? The nomad suit is what i plan to use and wondering if that suit, or any mod added suit/weapon, would/could functionally be a party to your box of tricks.

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

Those other mods would have to be patched to work with DS Manufacturing.

[@j4ksx]

@@R.L.Parker.Gaming appreciate the response. Have a fabulous weekend.

[@Pvz0108]

Question. I have the creation kit on Xbox. Where do I get darkstar quantum harness? I can’t seem to get the kiosk to buy it or the industry bench I can’t make it. Your mods are great. Thank you.

[@SimbaLionheart]

Can't wait for this as I'm having a ton of fun with the ship and ship building, as a normad character who lives on their ship would it be possible to add your new workbenches as a buildable item when doing decorations?

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

They will be.

[@Jordan-wj4ub]

Love the aerodynamics mod, thanks for your dedication to rewarding players that have grinded out the vanilla game cycles on consoles. I will be using this mod day one, does it do alot of the sames things as gambits crafting extended series and the legandary recycler mod? It would he nice to have all those functions and more in one mod. Thanks again

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

Similar things, in more balanced and game-friendly ways. Yes. Plus a whole lot more than they do, even combined.

[@bryanjohnston5856]

After seeing what you did with Darkstar Astrodynamics, I am very excited for this one. Sounds like a ton of manual effort in reverse engineering the armor. Is there any of this manual work you can farm out, I am sure there are a few of us willing to help if needed (my self included, I have no mod experience but I am sure I can sift through files and add data to a spreadsheet if shown what to look for).

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

Much appreciated but I finished the basic work on armor last night. I'm working on constructable, perks, research, etc now

[@zacharygaume4395]

Hi! Loving your mods so far. Though I've run into some trouble I can't figure out. I seem to have lost the ability to craft the DARKSTAR Quantum Harness at my industrial work bench. I had it during my last NG+ playthrough but it is no longer listed. I've re-ordered your mods to the top of my list. I've deleted and re-downloaded, I've disabled and reset and I cannot figure out why they are now missing. I love the ability to craft them to boost all my gear. Please advise.

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

It's in the weapon workbench

[@zacharygaume4395]

@@R.L.Parker.Gaming you're the man! Thanks! Sorry for my confusion

[@TonyAaronII]

Respect. And thank you.

[@baxter2908]

Have a question that I believe you have the knowledge to answer. Is there a way to “off load” accumulated resources to a “Resource Mod” so the game does not bog down and cause so many crashes and prolonged loading screens. I had the game breaking crashing issue on my first play through. The game would crash within 10 seconds of loading. Bethesda asked for a game file and after 4 or 5 days said there was nothing they could do to fix the issue so I had to go NG+ to clear out everything and start fresh which fixed the issue. Now I am having the same issues but not to the extend that is so severe yet to have to start another NG+ run. I believe the prolonged loading screens (about 3 & 1/2 minutes) and constant crashes when there is a screen change are caused by having so much stuff in inventory. I wish I could place 90% of the stuff I don’t need on a daily basis somewhere that it does not affect my inventory cache but be able to recall it if needed to build something. I play on xBox X.

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

Those crashes, as you might know, are all about the Form ID value each item and piece of loot in the game is assigned upon spawn. The original bug with saves was that the game was unable to release unused values, and eventually new items would spawn with invalid values, or be unable to be assigned values, and your save would thus end up in an unsavable state, and cause the game to crash on 1st attempt to save (by the game itself, or you). The new version of this save-size bug is unknown to me. Unfortunately, with my testing and mod development I rarely get a chance to actually play the game. I roll back saves and randomly reset in NG+ way more than you'd probably expect; sometimes several times per night. I do not think this is anything a mod can help with, as it is core game functionality we don't have access to through standard modding.

[@baxter2908]

Thank you for the reply. I was aware of the Form ID thing through research of the constant crashes and that Bethesda was unable to fix something that is their fault. Maybe there should not be pens, pencils, folders, empty toilet rolls, screwdrivers, etc. in the game that are completely worthless crap that uses up FormID’s. May have to quit playing again as the crashes increase.

[@Ozzymandios]

You definitely deserve to be PAID FROM BETHESDA ❤ Your Landing pad and ship is beautiful and better than anything else I have seen. And for reference I play this game almost 40 hours a week😂 and I work 50+ hours so calculate that math on one of your spreadsheets😂😂😂

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

I don't get to play anymore. I have been working 40-50 hours a week at the day job, and 60-110 a week on mods while handling household stuff, teen son stuff and helping with the wife's business. My first plan after I finish Manufacturing is probably taking a day to play the new minecraft release with my son, lol.

[@Mrcold1]

Any chance your mid will allow us to change color on scope cross hairs? For an aging man with failing eyesight, the black is often hard to see. Or maybe just a standalone scope mod with different crosshair color variants?

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

Not my forte, sorry

[@Multifidi20]

What if we have add-on spacesuits like zone79’s mods. Where would they go in the load order? And even add-weapons. Will that screw anything up?

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

Won't break anything but workbench inventories might be cluttered, and the new items won't gain the benefits of DarkStar without patches

[@Multifidi20]

@@R.L.Parker.Gaming awesome. Love your mods.

[@sadyr5575]

Woot!

[@willny4]

Universal Stash uses that back wall to place a safe; critical for that mod to work. Looks like you only have a storage container there. How will this type of conflict be handled?

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

I will check into it. I cannot accommodate every mod, though.

[@evsadler5062]

I really am looking forward to this mod! What will happen to thee one of a kind weapons like the Revenant?

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

Very pertinent question. Everyone take note... is the whole class listening? Right... here we go: To facilitate LEAST collision with other mods, my approach is always to avoid as many overrides of base-game things as possible. That means, this mod will not change your Revenant right out of the gates. You will have the option to do that, but it won't be forced on you. However, your Revenant won't be able to take advantage of everything this mod offers without... sacrafice. Base Game weapons... let's call them Mark 1, or Mk.I weapons. They can only be pushed so far with Weapon Workbench upgrades. You'll be able to change their legendaries, and normal weapon mods, but really nothing else. To make an Enhanced, or Mk.II weapon, you'll need to sacrafice a base-game weapon. IE: if you want a Mk.II MagShear, the Weapon Enhancement workbench will consume a regular, Mk.I MagShear in order to make it. Doing this to your Revenant will effectively destroy the Revenant. HOWEVER, do not let that freak you out. You will be able to recreate that Revenant, and boost its power significantly. In fact, you will want to sacrafice it twice, once you've unlocked all the research and gained the right amount of levels. Why, oh why would I do this to you? Right? Revenant -> Weapon Enhancement Workbench = MagShear Mk.II MagShear Mk.II -> Vile Weapon Workbench = MagShear Mk.III That Mk.II will be able to upgrade beyond Advanced to Superior. Beyond Superior to Unrivaled. Beyond Unrivaled to Relic. Annnddd... it will be a Particle Beam weapon that fires just like a MagShear. Aaaannnddd.. you can put whatever legendaries you want onto it (provided you've done all the research and have the levels and perks). Now, nothing says you HAVE to do this to your Revenant. It can be ANY MagShear. The icing on the cake? You can give ANY MagShear the same Kryx skin as the Revenant. This is a whole new level of gear and gameplay.

[@trophydad1527]

Love the mod. Question for console. I can't tell when I've selected let's say Starborne armour upgrades after ng. I get no message saying it's active or not

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

reinstall the mod (you can do this safely without disrupting your save, just delete, then download without leaving that screen). Updates don't work properly in Creations right now (bethesda bug). What you're seeing in the xbox ui was fixed the same day Creations went live.

[@wisconsinbound2123]

Take your time I am looking for ward to the mod. thank you for doing this

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

It's out now on Creations & Nexus.

[@Bad-Hombre]

Got your MOD works great. I hope someone make Dark Helmet suit and Helmet from SpaceBalls.

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

I wouldn't make a mod like that, but I'd probably use it for lols

[@wesley.1651]

My dude this needs to come asap 🤣

[@wesley.1651]

Do you have a discord or is KZbin & your website the only places?

[@markfriel8844]

Hey. I love the mod. It’s a must for my load order. Question. Are there mk. 3 versions of the starshard and inflictor?

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

No. Those are already particle beam weapons, so can't be converted to particle beam weapons.

[@hmmokay.4807]

Thank you

[@STREETDRAGONMAG]

Absolutely love this mod! However, for some reason can't use Darkstar Terminus spacesuit workbench. It keeps saying "you cannot use this. It is obstructed." All other workbench work fine. This is on Xbox series s.

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

Interesting. I have heard no reports of that on series x or pc. Is the terminus like, stupidly close to or embedded into the ground? atop a hazard that respawned? a bush that respawned under/inside the workbench?

[@STREETDRAGONMAG]

@@R.L.Parker.Gaming no it is flat area. Though I have not tried moving the terminus landing pad to a new location. Nothing is impeding the work benches that I can tell. They all work except specifically the suit bench. I will try building the terminus on few other planets and let you know as perhaps it is just where i built it.

[@STREETDRAGONMAG]

@@R.L.Parker.Gaming you sir are correct! Just placing that for some reason had that odd effect. False alarm. This amazing mod is indeed... amazing!

[@grandmasoffgridliving]

So we won't be able to use those in our ships, outposts or homes? That socks if I'm understanding that right. I stay away from the lodge

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

They will be buildable in player homes, ships, outposts. Don't worry.

[@mariomorgan8805]

Who can I obtain the quantum harness????? Please help.

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

Craft at weapon Crafting Bench, or loot from boss npc/chest

[@Crockybear]

Will my Dark star research carry over too NG+

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

Yes. It works like any research. They are remembered by your character file, untouched by NG+

[@Crockybear]

@@R.L.Parker.Gaming THX I've been enjoying your mod content keep up the good work

[@hankwang2951]

Can your mods work with xbox x? If so how do i install them to my x box? Thanks!

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

Creations menu ingame

[@hankwang2951]

@@R.L.Parker.Gaming i did see the option. After i sign on to the site. Its empty. No mod what so ever.

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

@@hankwang2951 don't know what to tell you. It's there. All of my mods are in Creations.

[@MichaelKrupa-q9g]

can you do a m class ship mod that works I've been trying to build one and running in to problems

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

I have no plans to do m class ship or spacestation crafting mods

[@MichaelKrupa-q9g]

@@R.L.Parker.Gaming that's to bad

[@Atarijmike77]

Is this a mod for Starfield or is Starfield a mod for Darkstar? the answer is the latter ;)

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

What an interesting perspective ;) If you only knew what I had planned... muahahahaha Also, hey Atari :)

[@scottmatthews2589]

R u dark star then dude ?? For real ??

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

I am WykkydGaming on most gaming socials. I am R.L. Parker on most Author and self publishing socials. This account bridges the two.

[@lobomatic8642]

My gonk ass selling the relic tier weapons I’ve found bc I didn’t look at the numbers and assumed unrivaled was the best 🤣 also, I’m a little unclear on how to get the particle core out of weapons if anyone can fill me in please, want to turn my ballistics into vile.

[@R.L.Parker.Gaming]

Weapon Crafting Bench. You can extract Particle core for research. After you've done that, you craft Weapon Particle Core from scratch without sacrificing a Particle weapon.