Starfield News - Winning on Xbox

[@harlequin3332]

I just turned 60 and have been playing video games ever since me and my brothers got an Atari 2600 as a Christmas present and played it on a cheezy Zenith floor console TV. Needles to say I've seen the entire evolution of console gaming and I appreciate what the engineers and game designers are able to do with the modern tool sets. I'm ashamed to say I was influenced by all the negativity surrounding Starfield and didn't purchase it until a year later when I saw the special edition on sale for the price of the vanilla. I'm now level 70 after 2 months and loving every minute of it playing out my fantasy of an ex-soldier turned bounty hunter. I haven't even started the main quest yet, just have Sarah following me around and nagging me about over-encumbrance all the time! We all know Bethesda games can really shine when you go off the beaten path and do whatever takes your whim. Stop valuing the opinions of other players and game critics more than your own. They may not have been satisfied with it according to their gaming needs, not yours as they don't know what your preferences are. Richard has shown us tangible proof of Starfield's success and stats don't lie, people do, even to themselves. A lot of love and effort were put into this game and it's sad so many were disappointed because they wanted a space sim and got an RPG in load-zone space(s). Personally, I like both so no problem. Now I wish I had bought it a year ago.

[@RichardBejtlich]

TYVM for sharing your story. I’m glad you enjoy SF so much. Please tell your friends about the game and channel! 🙏🔥👏

[@willmorgan5692]

Welcome to the 🌟 FIELD

[@Giulianosse]

Just found out your channel but I have to say THANK YOU for bringing us Starfield news without focusing on hate. I enjoy the game but it's super hard to find somewhere in the internet you can talk about it without being inundated by clickbait. You got yourself another subscriber, here's hoping to many more episodes! 🧡

[@RichardBejtlich]

TYVM! I’m glad you found the channel. Every week I wonder what to cover and then by the weekend I have to cut material. 😂

[@Whoopski007]

Hey Richard, another great video, really appreciate the time and effort you put in to share with the broader community. Strength and Honor!

[@RichardBejtlich]

TYVM for watching and sharing your thoughts! 🙏🔥🔥

[@SistaCitizen]

Fantastic Richard! I love these videos. Thank you for keeping us up to date and continuing to put out positive videos about Starfield. o7

[@RichardBejtlich]

TYVM for your support SC 🙏🔥👏

[@Za-Raina]

ah, warms my heart to see more views and comments on your channel!

[@RichardBejtlich]

I appreciate your kind words. 🙏🙏🙏

[@bhavyasharma4115]

Finally quality content ❤

[@RichardBejtlich]

Glad you liked it! 🙏🙏🙏

[@CaptainBeefheart970]

Strength & Honor! Thanks for another informative video!

[@RichardBejtlich]

I'm glad you liked it and thank you for watching and commenting. 🙏

[@greenlandium1543]

Somebody needs to create an outpost sharing framework mod. I know, it's probably easier said than done, but imagine if we can use such a feature to create new POIs with the community created outposts. I can imagine new POI mods will skyrocket if such a feature exists.

[@RichardBejtlich]

That would be cool. 🫡

[@bossredd-77]

Somebody needs to make a mod that limits where npcs can and can't go in the game. Though I find it hilarious to see Cora walking to the Lodge by herself from the landing bay on New Atlantis I get furious when I go to the Captains hab and she's chillen in there looking at me with that "No Limits" look on her face. I built a whole living hab on the bottom floor of my ship for them only to wake up next to Andreja with either her our her dad standing there saying stuff like, "The way you're handling things, nice, really nice...😅

[@logfox6175]

Someone might make a mod for capturing outposts, so that after clearing it, if it is valuable, for example, a junction of several important resources, then it can be captured and continued to be used, and if necessary, re-equipped. And if it is civilian, buy it, or clear it and occupy it. ----------------------------- Кто-то может быть сделает мод на захват аванпостов, чтобы после зачистки если он ценен к примеру стык нескольких важных ресурсов, то его можно захватить и продолжить использовать, а если надо переоборудовать. А если гражданский, купить, либо зачистить и занять...

[@TheOneTezla]

Strength and honor!

[@RichardBejtlich]

This is the Way. Thank you for watching. 💪💪💪

[@suavevalen]

The strength and honor of your dedication to this franchise inspire me! Great video.

[@RichardBejtlich]

TYVM for watching!

[@frujinassen9076]

Starfield is a GREAT GAME!!!!!

[@RichardBejtlich]

Right on 🔥🔥🔥

[@willia451]

My name is Julius Septimus Benedictus. And I approve this content. "Strength and Honor".

[@RichardBejtlich]

Awesome 😂🫡

[@TheExile1138]

Thanks for the news, always love your videos

[@RichardBejtlich]

Glad you like them! 🔥🙏🫡

[@bhavyasharma4115]

Right 🎉❤

[@willmorgan5692]

Thank you your dillagence and research is exact and thurough the word is getting out there i just wish over a year ago the awsome hype and excitement had held past launch

[@RichardBejtlich]

Glad you thought it was useful! 🔥🔥🔥

[@OwnerGriffin108]

Thanks for being a good honest KZbinr, I’m so tired of the hate for such a great game.

[@RichardBejtlich]

I’m glad you liked the video. Please share it with your friends. 🙏🔥👏

[@frujinassen9076]

Power and Honor ... СИЛА И ЧЕСТ!!! Starfield is a GREAT game!!!!

[@RichardBejtlich]

сила и честь! 🔥🔥🔥

[@skyriminspace]

I think i've gotten pretty close to doing all the handcrafted stuff in my current ng+3 universe with my original lvl.120 character. Now i'm turning my attention to 100% surveying planetary systems. So far i've done Alpha Centauri. 😂 My game is laggy AF especially when driving the buggy, do you think it could be that my save file is too bloated? Is there anything which can help with that, other than entering the unity again! Strength & honor.

[@RichardBejtlich]

Yeah there is definitely too much state at this point if you have done all the handcrafted content and are then surveying. I would go to Unity and then do an only-surveying run. Thanks for watching as always!

[@skyriminspace]

@RichardBejtlich oh no....

[@hogfry]

I still just wish I could convert certain POI's into outposts. Like the abandoned hanger or The science tower. Both of wich would make cool asf Outposts

[@RichardBejtlich]

💯. Taking over POIs would be incredible.

[@GoldenLeafsMovies]

I believe you can place a beacon in POIs through a glitch, it still will reset the enemies I think.

[@skyriminspace]

Yes i've seen that done.​@@GoldenLeafsMovies

[@elaron2537]

All these great news updates show strength and honour! Not loaded up since the new patch, just haven't had time between recovering from vacation and Thankgiving :D Fallout 4 has a mod, Transfer Settlements - Shareable Settlement Blueprints, that lets you export settlement layouts to a text file which can be shared with other people. Unfortunately, it needs the Script Extender so it's limited to PC only. I can see that it would be very possible to do something similar with Starfield, though, even though there are likely significant structural differences in Starfield's Outpost and Ship Builder systems, as surely it would mostly be a case of encoding and serializing the relevant data and writing it to file. Hopefully you've updated your NVidia drivers since their late October security advisory! The "envyray" branch seems to have a meaningful abbreviation in its name, "environment" and "ray", perhaps? My gut reaction is perhaps it's to do with ray tracing? We know the RTX 5000 series cards will be announced in the not too far distant future, maybe Starfield will support some new feature? Pure speculation, I know. I'm also curious when we might get an official announcement of whatever expansion comes next. The Game Awards, maybe? Thanks again for the video!

[@RichardBejtlich]

Oh that ray tracing idea is probably it. The libraries are available from Nvidia but SF has to support them. That could be really interesting. I have indeed updated drivers on Windows and Linux. Thanks for watching! 🙏👏🔥

[@dylanfilby4424]

Love all your content mate! Great to see a fellow small KZbinr keep it honest and not try to just go for views. I’m hoping to get some positive Starfield content out soon too, because there’s just too much biased negativity that comes with Bethesda games

[@RichardBejtlich]

Much appreciated! Looking forward to your content. 🔥🔥🔥

[@ReadingTheGame-hj8qn]

⁠​⁠@@RichardBejtlichjust realised I used my wrong account! This is the one I’ll be using to post more regular gaming content like discussions and mini essays. Love your Starfield content and hope to see more Bethesda videos in the future! 🎉

[@lucashaywardmusic578]

While I liked Starfield, I didn't love it until I stopped playing it like other games. If i just run around "playing space" like i was a kid instead of completing all the missions like a to do list from the wife, i started having so much fun! Played for over 200 hours now and havent completed the main quest yet. I do wish my computer could run it a bit better, but its pretty darn good on a 3060 laptop with an i7 11800h. I wish i could show everyone how to be a kid again and play games like we used to play with toys.

[@RichardBejtlich]

Love it. The last two weeks I've just been flying around surveying and doing whatever. I know what you mean. 🙏🙏🙏

[@jmangames5562]

PC doesn’t need cheat terminal lol you can use console commands. Great video! If you love mods PC should be in your future there is no comparison. Starfield is an amazing game like all Bethesda games!! Can’t wait for more mods and modlist.

[@RichardBejtlich]

Thanks for commenting! I think some people on PC might not want to learn the console commands? For me, I have used them to try to replicate "characters as code" so I can rebuild characters from scratch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3-shaeoq56ki5Y

[@b8man88]

Bethesda!!! Make outposts similar to fall out settlements. I would love to be more interactive with my outposts or for them to have a bigger impact

[@UmmerFarooq-wx4yo]

Do you see how big your fallout outpost would be compared to one single starfield outpost on a massive planet? Maybe setup seven outposts on one area.

[@RichardBejtlich]

There’s a lot of opportunity there.

[@Ed-ealmighty]

Why cant we upload only our home ship sorta like camps in Fallout 76?

[@RichardBejtlich]

Yes, we need this feature. 👍👍👍

[@bossredd-77]

I would say I'm surprised by Starfields' continued success on Xbox, but since I'm still playing Starfield and I'm on Xbox...🤷🏾‍♂️

[@RichardBejtlich]

I'm honestly surprised too. I think a lot of people just like to take it easy and run around planets?

[@dante001ish]

The sheep who bleat for attention are of little interest to me, having too much fun playing the game....not bemoaning something that the person doing so really should have moved on from by now, bit silly for them to do so really....& sad.

[@RichardBejtlich]

Glad you’re enjoying the game!

[@Maelvus]

Strength and Honor 💪🏼💪🏼

[@RichardBejtlich]

TYVM for watching! 🙏🙏🙏

[@SimmerCK]

Strength and Honor

[@RichardBejtlich]

TYVM for watching 🫡

[@bhavyasharma4115]

To increase your reach

[@RichardBejtlich]

Thanks again!

[@anderporascu5026]

Thanks for the news, years later what will they say compared to now? It's noticeable and comical how opinions are like a pendulum. Early on it's 'this game sucks!!!' but years later it's 'This game is awesome, the new stuff is terrible' some things never change.

[@RichardBejtlich]

Indeed! 😆

[@_SimpleJack_]

Level 320 still playing on Xbox a year later

[@RichardBejtlich]

Awesome! You were great in Tropic Thunder. 😂

[@Nickster3002]

Man I would love a 2P drop in and drop out co op mode in Starfield. I would love exploring POIs with friends. I am taking a short break from Starfield I hit level 204 after 720 of play so in order to avoid burnout im playing Stalker 2 and absolutely loving it!

[@RichardBejtlich]

Cool. Yeah I think raiding a POI with friends or fighting a space battle would be fun. 🔥🙏👏

[@Nickster3002]

@@RichardBejtlich For sure!

[@CaptainBeefheart970]

How is Stalker 2? I’ve seen mixed reviews. Pretty buggy?

[@Nickster3002]

@ I really like it. They fixed over 600 bugs in the last patch and some economy issues. They still have to fix the A-life issues but if you liked the older Stalker games you’ll like this one.

[@CaptainBeefheart970]

@ Never played the old ones. What about Star Wars Outlaws? You play that?

[@ignaciom8906]

I'm 725 hours on Xbox and counting 😎💚

[@RichardBejtlich]

Awesome! Thanks for commenting. 🙏❤️🔥

[@bhavyasharma4115]

Okay to increase your reach

[@RichardBejtlich]

TY!

[@Mmachine88]

Starfield is so freaking great. I have hundreds of hours in it

[@RichardBejtlich]

Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm!!

[@geovanguard8579]

Strength and honor

[@RichardBejtlich]

TYVM for watching 💪🙏😆

[@terryfaugno9242]

Since when does Nexus not provide download stats? When you visit the page of any specific mod, there are counters that show endorsements, unique downloads and total downloads, along with total page views and the current version of the mod. The unique vs. total accounts for users downloading updates or other reasons, like file errors or such. Also, do you actually have a Nexus account? You need that to view download the download statistics.

[@RichardBejtlich]

I didn’t say Nexus lacks download counts. I said Creations AND Nexus lack download counts, meaning I can’t compare them because Creations is missing them. I literally shared screenshots showing what’s on each. I’m a premium user, actually twice over but that’s another story.

[@PatrickF.Fitzsimmons]

But what's next...

[@RichardBejtlich]

On to bigger and better!

[@77Arcturus]

Take that DRAGONAGE VEILGUARD and your poser KZbin shills! Behold THE FORCE of SUCCESS that is.. STARFIELD Thanks for the informative well delivered video and may your holiday season flow with as much good news and cheer ☕

[@RichardBejtlich]

Ha, it's actually been interesting watching positive and negative views of that game on YT. I talked about it in a previous video and concluded that you just need to play it and decide for yourself.

[@77Arcturus]

@@RichardBejtlich Yes totally agree that is really the only course to take especially these days. I like the combat, world design and the look of many of the characters but the false inclusion aspects totally killed it for me. I can't see how that community with many creative types would not be offended at such a poor insulting portrayal of them. BALDUR'S GATE III did it right and in a way that uplifts that community in the same way many others have in the past before it became the new "cool" thing on the block.

[@jimjam7928]

I know that this is a Starfield-centric channel for all things Starfield, but I've honestly never really understood people getting worked up so much about the wider online critical reception of something. Especially when it comes to the loud and frankly annoying games sphere. I just play what I like and move on with things. I started playing Starfield, Final Fantasy XIV, Baulder's Gate 3, Mount & Blade: Warband, and Kenshi this year. I like them all for different reasons, and I think they all have drawbacks. I love Fallout but I'll probably never play Stalker. So what? They're just videogames. They're literally designed for fun. If you're not having fun, find a game that you think is fun. Don't be afraid to offer critical feedback when you think it's necessary. That's not always equivalent to being a "hater". But this constant back and forth of overwhelming negativity v overwhelming positivity is exhausting. Aren't you all exhausted?

[@RichardBejtlich]

I'm exhausted by all the negativity online that pushes false narratives. It bothers me enough to research real data and share it here. That's part of my content, so it's up to you whether you enjoy it or not. I don't have anything against other games. I don't spend time in their social media spaces taking them down or pushing false narratives about them. With Starfield and Bethesda, I'm beginning to understand the concept of anti-fandom and why some people feel the need to be negative, but I'm not sure I want to do a whole video about that. Thanks for watching.

[@willia451]

Exhausted? No. At least not since I banned/blocked everybody. Now it's just Richard and a smattering of Cat-in-the-Hat videos in my feed. Oh. And Curious George. Man. What a classic.

[@GoldenLeafsMovies]

Sadly vanilla Starfield hasn't got much going on so these news videos report on things outside the game. At least that's my speculation. I do feel you and it's kinda depressing seeing a bunch of people who don't see the problems you do with the game, and those are the ones Bethesda pays attention to. (And also seeing those who ruin the discourse by hating just for the sake of hating and poison the well of genuine Starfield critiques) Though this channel is pretty reasonable and seems receptive to feedback, I mentioned something like this in a community post of theirs and they've seem like they understood my intentions. Even though we probably disagree on the quality of the game.

[@anwarhall2405]

Over a year later and Starfield still needs a lot of work but the things that need to be fixed can't because of how the game is built.

[@RichardBejtlich]

What do you mean?

[@jmangames5562]

@@RichardBejtlichhe is just repeating false info from Reforge Gaming.

[@WatchThis-ek2og]

​@@jmangames5562I don't think so, the fact that no NPC can leave its cell on its own is kinda a big problem.

[@dougs2298]

@@WatchThis-ek2og Dont bother, this is a giant echo chamber of people that feel this is the absolute peak of gaming. lol. Wild that people can't see the obvious issues present.

[@terryfaugno9242]

The top mods now require SFSE, which leaves Xbox out completely, as there's zero chance of a script extender for Xbox.

[@RichardBejtlich]

What do you consider top mods? I’m using SFSE less and less.

[@terryfaugno9242]

@@RichardBejtlich Mainly quality of life mods that allow you to tailor the gameplay to suit your liking, and aesthetic edits - i.e. Chargen menu, Synthlight's DLL mods to disable limits on number of weapons, landing gear and so forth, and 3xpl0its save unfinished ship mod... That one is a godsend if you're elbows deep in building a ship and want to stick a pin in it and come back to it later instead of having to cancel and go through the entire process again. I will concede that Starfield hasn't gotten traction in the modding space as quickly as Fallout 4 or Skyrim did, though part of that is due to the lag on tools to create new animations for CE2. The update to CK2 to generate lip synch data helps out a lot, but being limited to vanilla animations for weapons and such is a bottleneck. And any kind of automated outpost building/populating mod analogous to Sim Settlements 1 or 2 will mandate a script extender.

[@terryfaugno9242]

As for Creations, my main complaint from a technical perspective is the cumbersome interface it uses and the abysmal search features. You can tell instantly that the Creations web designers are assuming that everyone accessing the page will be doing so with an Xbox hooked up to a TV, and navigating with a controller, and not a mouse and keyboard. It's slow and clunky, and prioritizes displaying monetized mods front and center. One suggestion, from the perspective of a person who never has and never will own a console: reformat the Creations web page to be more PC oriented, i.e. more Nexus like in it's layout, and keep the original layout for console users. Then there's the jank involved in the downloading/update process. With Nexus or ModDB you click the download link, grab the mod, then use your choice of mod manager to install, or install manually if that's how you roll. Updating is quick and easy, see it, grab it, install it, merge/overwrite it and you're done. Contrast that with Xbox: Initial install is straightforward, once you find the mod you want. But if the author updates it, you have to delete it entirely and reinstall, which can be a pain in the ass if you've had to tweak your load order to get it to play nice with other mods. Updating without deleting Those two "gotchas" are tied to how BGS has structured the Creations based modding process, and, IMO, nerfed it to accommodate the console user. Everything has to be done in game, where with Steam PC and a Nexus account, the process is a LOT faster and more intuitive. The decision to move Creations in that direction, in my view, is a mistake. The mod ecosystems that have organically grown around the BGS PC titles starting with Oblivion and Fallout 3 are the sole reason the games are actively modded to this day: the players get to shape the game to suit them, and in many cases create what are effectively giant DLCs or entirely new games. The only other title that even comes close that I can think of would be Black Mesa - the fan made remake of Half Life 1, and even Valve got in on the action recently with the HL1/HL2 remasters. You're not going to see XBox mods with the depth and scope of Fallout: London, Sim Settlements (1 or 2) , or Skyblivion or FO4:New Vegas when they're done. Also, I know a stripped down version of SS2 is available on XBox, but that only underscores and reinforces my point: the standalone PC version is the ultimate standard bearer for the longevity of the Bethesda first person RPG.

[@RichardBejtlich]

I get what you're saying and as a primary PC user it makes sense. The problem is the Xbox world is 4-5 times bigger than the PC world. It's only going to get bigger as people play on handhelds. I agree the Creations interface needs a lot of work. As a person who works at a software vendor, I have seen how long it takes for UIs to get better. Hopefully BGS is working on it!

[@Ridingharleys]

S and O

[@RichardBejtlich]

This is the Way. 💪💪💪

[@SupaOGraffixx]

Strengths and honor ..

[@RichardBejtlich]

TYVM for watching! 🔥🔥🔥

[@dougs2298]

Paid mods are trash dude. Its not about choosing to "Buy or dont buy." Bethesda makes a bunch of money off the work modders do. Not to mention if a mod is well done, start a patreon. You will get paid. But this trash they pedal and get paid for is ridiculous.

[@GoalOrientedLifting]

ive heard from one of the large modders of skyrim mods, patreon barely pays anything at all, millions of downloads almost nothing from patreon. but now the modder actually can make a living. i do fully agree that there should be quality check of paid mods, though. There needs to be a standard, and there needs to be a pricing that has a modlist in mind, not a single mod. but the patreon thing is a myth

[@UmmerFarooq-wx4yo]

Those are paid content. Creations. Not mods. They are console content not primarily pc.

[@RichardBejtlich]

It’s 💯 about buy or don’t. You don’t want Bethesda to get money from mods? Don’t buy. 😂 And modders are making WAY more on Creations than donations. Just ask them. Although I donate to Nexus modders, it’s apparently exceptionally rare.

[@svranca]

@@RichardBejtlichcompletely agree with you Richard. The issue is that lots of kids now days want everything for free. It’s kind of bullshit. You can choose to buy or not. Also, people can teaser g their review before buying it’s. I personally bought recently Crate 87, The Veil (fantastic) and couple of other mods… they were super cool and well done!

[@jimjam7928]

@@GoalOrientedLifting In my humble non-modding opinion, you shouldn't really be trying to "make a living" off making mods for a AAA studio who are taking 60% of your cut. It's like I write all the time, inbetween my day job and the self-employed part-time job I have going, but I don't expect to get paid for that writing.

[@billennis1905]

Strength and Honor

[@RichardBejtlich]

TYVM for watching 💪💪💪