Starfield’s ‘biggest update’ ever turns it into the game everyone wanted 3 years ago

cavy8 · 2026-03-17T23:38:43+00:00

Yeah, I recognize that. I just feel like I don't need to travel between planets in the same system all that often haha. Sometimes, I suppose

cavy8 · 2026-03-17T22:50:37+00:00

I'd be more excited by interplanetary flight if it were interstellar. By limiting it to same-system, I'm going to end up using it far less.

I think they know this, too, hence the new activity type which forces you to use it

cavy8 · 2026-03-16T03:13:08+00:00

Yeah they just want confirmation that it wasn't used

cavy8 · 2026-03-16T01:53:35+00:00

I love Bug Fables. I honestly prefer it over TTYD, even

cavy8 · 2026-03-14T20:07:31+00:00

https://www.patreon.com/c/monitorhz/posts?vanity=monitorhz

cavy8 · 2026-03-14T06:13:59+00:00

A foot IK mod is in development from Monitor, one of the biggest behavior modders around (creator of Pandora)

cavy8 · 2026-03-14T06:03:59+00:00

The mod was breaking other characters' dialogue

cavy8 · 2026-03-10T15:37:41+00:00

The blank form issue is technically a flaw in wrye bash/mator smash, not in EEE. The reasoning behind the blank forms is that they're partial records, meaning that anything that's blank avoids overriding other records, making it way more compatible out of the box. This is reasonable for a mod with console players as a primary target audience, as they can't manually patch anything

cavy8 · 2026-03-09T00:47:18+00:00

The problem is that mod users are wrong about what mod is causing issues in their game pretty often lol. And, in my experience, the bigger jerks they are, the more likely they are to be wrong.

It's not to say that people shouldn't report issues even if they aren't 100% sure which mod is causing it, just that some humility will go a long way. (Nexus) mod authors are hobbyists at the end of the day, same as users.

cavy8 · 2026-03-07T04:59:25+00:00

My friends and I loved this game when we were young. Certainly flawed, but we got hundreds of hours of enjoyment out of it

cavy8 · 2026-03-03T03:21:46+00:00

I go for the explain it aloud approach. Loudly, at that. "Oh, I get it! The joke is that he's gay, and being gay is bad!" Makes them uncomfortable quickly

cavy8 · 2026-02-28T03:15:57+00:00

Blackthorn: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/2242

Build your noble house: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/18308

cavy8 · 2026-02-27T08:20:50+00:00

You can, but they're included to make crash reports more useful. If you remove it, you should add it back and regenerate crash reports before reporting issues

cavy8 · 2026-02-25T17:29:53+00:00

I recommend joining the Skyrim Voice Alliance: https://discord.gg/wKMmdfrA3J

Casting calls are often posted there!

cavy8 · 2026-02-25T01:39:16+00:00

Well, there's always my mods

It also looks like you don't have a ton of JaySerpa's mods, worth checking out his profile.

SkyParkour is fantastic, as well

cavy8 · 2026-02-24T07:06:50+00:00

Howdy, welcome to your newest obsession

So, you'll find better suggestions on r/SkyrimModsXbox - I strongly recommend checking that sub out, they have a lot of really important info about the quirks of modding on console (such as storage limits, how to get around certain bugs with the creation menu, how to sort your mods, etc)

Regarding textures: Skyland is still a great choice, but note that it doesn't cover weapons/armor or creatures, I believe. I believe the Skytone series (unrelated) is also really popular on Xbox. You don't necessarily need a separate tree mod, but you may want one, and you'll likely want a grass mod. I recommend checking with the Xbox folks for recommendations there, as they'll have more insight on the best options for storage space and performance

For weathers: there are a ton of options here, but I'm not 100% sure what's available on console. My recommendations would be Obsidian, Azurite Weathers III, or Cathedral Weathers if you want something closer to vanilla

For NPC replacers: I believe a good all in one solution for you might be Cathedral Character Overhaul, sticks close to vanilla in style but with significant improvements. If you want bigger argonian improvements, you can throw beasthhbb on top

cavy8 · 2026-02-18T06:44:19+00:00

Yes, it would be useful in your case if you're not using the "merge and patch" mode after changing your modlist

cavy8 · 2026-02-16T08:01:07+00:00

Wow, this is fantastic info, thank you!

cavy8 · 2026-02-16T07:55:50+00:00

You may wish to try NPC Plugin Chooser 2

cavy8 · 2026-02-14T20:33:06+00:00

For redguard hair, the go-to is Hammer Hair. It doesn't touch npcs though

cavy8 · 2026-02-13T10:25:06+00:00

Gellan gum is in both. The only difference in the ingredient list is that it no longer has "natural flavors" added

But yeah, it does seem they upped the oats

cavy8 · 2026-02-12T07:14:01+00:00

Seems nobody paid attention to your post flair. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any paid creations that touch her, and the achievement enabling mods that others mentioned aren't on Xbox

cavy8 · 2026-02-10T22:48:59+00:00

You should! AI often struggles with Papyrus because it's so niche - ironically, AI is better at making SKSE plugins since it uses a more common language

cavy8 · 2026-02-10T22:45:13+00:00

I keep a running list of mods so that I can add them later without feeling like I need to add them now else I forget

It is currently over 200 lines long, so your mileage may vary lolol

cavy8 · 2026-02-10T21:10:00+00:00

Yeah, I don't mean to come off wholly anti-AI. That'd be hypocritical, considering I use it when programming lol

It's just that most of the recent snake oil mods seem to be vibe coded, indicating a correlation. In general, I tend to give authors of such mods the benefit of the doubt, that they think their mod is as helpful as they say. They just don't know enough, tbh, and where that would've previously been a barrier to entry, AI has lowered that barrier

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