TUTORIAL: Starfield Creation Kit tips part 2 - Utilities for level building

[@showtimebabies]

elianora shouting out the makers of sim settlements 2 is amazing. i love all of this. thank you elianora..

[@Overdue_Matthew]

Thank you so much for sharing these! It's inspiring to me that you are putting yourself out there and help aspring modders out like this

[@ShinraSetora]

This is very interesting, I've been playing around in the game making my own stylish interiors since they added empty modules, but now with the creation kit I should be able to make an entire module with it and save it, your videos are very helpful for this ! EDIT : Turotials on how to decorate a ship module would be very interesting, that's my personal goal though for now, but your videos are great so far !

[@innocuouscurmudgeon]

Thank you, Elianora!

[@Plarux]

I hope you cover Points of Interests in the future. Curious what the process involves at the moment and how big of a pain it is to do (if it’s possible)?

[@VetGamerBoceifus01]

Thank you for putting these out there.

[@albertmaria8047]

Thank you for sharing, really cool!

[@delindsay]

Another great video, thanks for sharing.

[@AlisteirCrowley]

Just found you and love your videoes as I just started modding. If you are wondering what kind of tutorials to make, A simple step by step on how to make a cell and create an interior world would be amazing.

[@SiNKiLLeR_]

Lov your work

[@TeddyBearns]

Loving these guides. Are you looking to do NPC Dialogue in the future?

[@Elianora]

Sadly no, I have no idea how to do that myself! XD I'm sure someone smarter than me will make one :)

[@JakeTalksGamesYT]

I thought your clothing shop mod in fallout 4 had a smidge of dialogue?

[@Gguyrules]

@@JakeTalksGamesYT Could be that she had help from other modders on that.

[@angryglock]

Thanks for your work! How do you empty a hab of clutter. Bethesda did not give us an empty cargo 1x1 and those are very handy for storage crates/crafting/etc. but they are all cluttered. I tried finding the cell for all the Stroud 1x1s, deleting the clutter and setting the objects to disabled but they are still there so I suspect something else is putting them in the hab when you add/edit the ship.

[@Elianora]

I would actually make a new Stroud hab and not touch the base game item in case another mod touches the habs, then you'd get bad mod conflict that CTDs. Go to Base Forms -> find SMS_Hab_Stroud_Storage_1L1W1H_B, right click on it, choose Duplicate Module and Linked Packins. It will create SMS_Hab_Stroud_Storage_1L1W1H_BCOPY000, Rename that to MY_SMS_Hab_Stroud_Storage_1L1W1H_B or whatever is that you remember (DON'T MAKE A NEW ITEM WHEN IT ASKS. YOU WANT TO RENAME IT). Then go to Miscellaneous -> FormList and find SMSSet_HabVariants_Stroud_1L1W1H and add MY_ SMS_Hab_Stroud_Storage_1L1W1H_B into the list. (this will add your empty hab to the recipe list for 1x1 Stroud habs in the Ship Builder.) Go to Packins under WorldObjects and find Stroud_Storage_1L1W1H_BCOPY000INT and Right Click -> Edit in Render Window and remove all the clutter then save, you can rename the hab if you want and convert you plugin to Small Master.

[@angryglock]

@@ElianoraMost kind. Thank you.

[@Gguyrules]

Tell me Elianora. Could you share with me what makes habs accessable? I made some custom hubs for a project, and while I had them appear in the ship builder, whenever I tried entering my ship for testing purposes, my ship became marked as "inacessable". The hab was placed right above the the landing bay and in front of the cockpit. Thanks in advance!

[@Elianora]

In a nutshell, you have to do a "Duplicate Module and Linked Packins" for the Base Form of an existing hab like HopeTech*Engineering*. That way all the links required for the hab interior AND exterior to function are there. Then you have to link all the clutter on the floor hatches and in front of walls that can switch to doors into them with the corresponding keywords (SnapBehaviourDisable.. Por/Fore/Aft/Stbd/Floor/Ceiling).

[@Paul_nutfrom80s]

have a feeling I'm not the only one fighting just to set some sort of default layout lol

[@xMAiki1970]

Cool tuts, 1 question the "Picking Preferences" window which one is it :P

[@xMAiki1970]

Found it ;) keep the tuts coming ;)

[@mumomuma6917]

Hi Elianora, how to show gizmo arrows to move objects? TY.

[@Elianora]

E key shows move gizmo. W shows widget for rotating. Z, X and C keys also work as axis moving keys so you don't necessarily have to bring up the gizmo

[@mumomuma6917]

@@Elianora tytytyty 🤗

[@cgrivy]

I loved your clothing mods for Fallout 4, are you planning on working on anything similar for Starfield? And, also, thank you for these level design tutorials, they have been very helpful.

[@Elianora]

If the tools get easier than "use Blender", I might :D

[@jardyordoyne6660]

Thank you for sharing! Is there a way to import CAD models or are you limited to the creation kit premade items?

[@Elianora]

You would need to get your CAD models to Blender and use the community made exporting tools. I haven't gotten that far yet sadly :( The armour and nif stuff is so new in this game it's intimidating me :

[@gildedspark8235]

What I'm trying to figure out is how to make a new cell. I want to make a player home starstation but I've only gotten to the point of making a orbit child for a planet with the station type.

[@Elianora]

I haven't figured out starstations yet, I will most likely at some point, but I've been so into hab making xD

[@HalcyonVoid]

Appreciate the overview of the editor. If you know anyhting about navmesh, I would greatly appreciate that. Seems they changed things up a bit since I last used an edito (Like 15 years)

[@Blind-Matter]

Hi, I have a question for you. Say I've made a custom object using different parts and placed them how I like, when I select them all and try to scale them it does scale but my object placement of the smaller pieces all move away/out of place from the main object. Is there a way I can scale all the pieces whilst maintaining placement?

[@Elianora]

No. They almost always do that. You have to scale them individually sadly. Making them into a packin first MIGHT help but it's a hit and miss.

[@Blind-Matter]

@@Elianora Ah that is unfortunate. Thanks for replying though, the more you know :)

[@GoalOrientedLifting]

Thank you! youre a hero! as youre someone who does this for a job, whats your general thought on this program for enviromental making? ive always wondered what devs thought about thistool compared to what they use themselves Edit: i just realised im following you on twitch, i felt there was something familiar, but didnt connect it untill you mentioned darkfox

[@GoalOrientedLifting]

Also the way you explained it made me realise this tool has a similar setup to my drawing program. and im so thankful for it

[@niovaldr3381]

So I'm trying to create few a new fixed poi's on existing planets. Basically new exterior world space's that I can build a entrance for a dungeon/building ect. Should I wait for an update to the CK or is that something I can do now? Because when I try now I can get it working for the most part but the OverlayBlock doesn't link to the associated terrain file and I'm building in mid air which is a bit... difficult lol

[@Elianora]

POIs have not been on my radar yet, I believe a Wiki is coming and someone who is actually working on POIs might be doing a tutorial on that. If I spot anything, I'll let you know and link it on my posts.

[@niovaldr3381]

@@Elianora Sounds good, thanks Eli. I will keep an eye out then.

[@AIIA-b4j]

Grazie.

[@replays_gaming4200]

Hi Elianora can you tell me where the property you need to change is for the CK for it to load external files? (I remember having to do this for fallout 4's CK I think it was an ini file line) but I'm trying to add in custom objects and when I create the items in the CK they just have the broken red ! would appreciate the hint, :) thanks alot as always.

[@Elianora]

You will have to use the community tools to export the files in correct format. Other than that it shouldn't need anything.

[@qwertyvypez]

Ah so they will update the Creation Kit to make it easier to make/update POIs? Im planning on making a POI overhaul to reduce the repititiveness but wondering if its worth starting that now

[@Elianora]

I believe so

[@starfieldcommand]

I know this is below you but can you please show how can I edit the material of an Armor put Decals on it and all.

[@Elianora]

I'll try to make a tutorial of it. I haven't figured that out myself yet!

[@starfieldcommand]

@@Elianora Thank you so much this means alot!

[@mumomuma6917]

Ty TyTy...the marker...🎉 M!!!!! Sounds obvious now...🤔🤣

[@Jargnar05]

Are there ways to add 3rd party plugins, like openxr for example?

[@Elianora]

I don't think CK works like that. There are a lot of community made tools but not for CK.

[@Jargnar05]

@Elianora I just wany to play Starfield in VR so badly, hahaha

[@Seraium]

The UI in the creation kit is so terrible to work with.

[@Elianora]

What are you talking about, it's awesome? :D

[@dondamage2803]

@@Elianora Really? is it one of those things that looks intimidating but is actually pretty simple? Because when i look at it compared to things like UE5 or Unity or Godot it just looks so convoluted

[@lifelonghalo]

habs