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Thankfully there’s an easier way now. Install the Ship Builder Tolerance Tweaks mod and that allows parts to clip into each other without using glitch techniques. Thanks for watching!

@@WizeOldWizard This is hilarious, but right after i made that post.. i tried again and it worked immediatly o.O

Yes they do. If you have ANY other engine in the builder it will show the speed of the slowest engine.

Sounds like you only visit low-level systems. Go to Serpentis, jump from planet to planet. Fantastic and fun way to earn XP.

You can just install the Darkstar mod and use those versions of the comspike/conduction grid. They are significantly more powerful, and you can stack each one twice. Same with the Darkstar scan jammer.

@@WizeOldWizard where do I find that? I didn’t see it available in my Outpost ship builder 🤔

You build the DarkStar Terminus, which is basically a landing pad with ship builder, and all of the DarkStar ship modules are accessible from the Terminus. The author of that mod has a TH-cam page called R.L. Parker Gaming, so that is your best source of information for anything relating to those mods. If you watch the Krakatoa video, you can see the mod in-action, and there are links to follow in the video and description.

Oh you mean a mod from the Creations tab. No thanks. I don’t trust those mods for being reliable enough. And with the way my game behaves (crashes even when I manually hard save) I’m not about to introduce more headaches. Truth be told , I don’t know how anyone still plays this game on console the way it crashes all the time. No idea if it’s just me or not but if I could I’d get my money back.

@@WizeOldWizard ok can you tell me more about this Darkstar mod, since you’re using it? Because one of my big reasons for not going through NG+ is because I don’t want to lose the stats on my suit and have to rebuild my ships. Does this mod allow me to keep them or make it easier to reroll them? 🤔

Yessir, Basilisk, Citadel, Vulcan (and Krakatoa) all have infirmaries. There is also a mod that makes the infirmaries actually function, as long as you have Rosie Tannehill aboard as a crewmate.

The mental gymnastics you’re performing to arrive at this conclusion are Olympic level. Play it, don’t spray it. More accurately, some people choose to do the most boring thing possible in the game in order to farm XP because it’s arguably the fastest way to earn levels. That’s just player choice. Just like in real life, how one can make their own decisions and be their own person, or one can choose to be like you.

Sorry for your loss.

Ok? If you don’t want to build a single outpost you don’t have to. That’s one of the best things about Starfield; freedom of choice. Personally I don’t XP farm at a workbench because it’s so boring compared to fighting ships in space. When I can gain over 1000 xp by destroying certain ships, I find that to be not only more rewarding, but I also get more time in the pilot’s seat to hone my skills further.

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You are very welcome! Please check out my other guides as well, I’m sure you’ll find something else that you like. Thank you for watching!

I do like that module, and the only reason I didn’t use it on this ship is because it already has two engineering habs. But, you could replace the brig with that module…

​@@WizeOldWizardi could, i know, but no, your ship is perfect like this, dude ! i was talking about you next creation, there will be another one right? when did it will come by the way? ^^

@albewankenobi9721 why wouldn’t there be another? I’m about to enter Unity for the first time and I’m going to need new ships…

@@WizeOldWizard will starborn bless you man

Happy to help brother! If you’re curious about the mods that I’m starting to use, check out the Krakatoa, and I also featured the Bad Omen in my Ship Combat Basic Training guide. DarkStar is for sure one of them, and I will be using others in the near future as I get into ground-up modded builds.

Unfortunately, the thruster arrays are just cosmetic. At least they have animated thrust firing that is synched with the movement of the ship, but they don’t increase performance at all.

That wouldn’t have anything to do with the reactor, that error means that you have weapons attached that would total more than 12 power in one group. You should have: 6x Vanguard Obliterators, 6x Vanguard Hellfires, and 3x Exterminator 95MeV Auto Helion Beams. Each weapon has a “max power” rating, and each weapon group can have a maximum of 12 power applied to it. So, if a single weapon’s ‘max power’ rating is 2, then you can equip 6 of them. If the max power is 3, you can only equip 4 of that weapon. If the max power is 4 (such as those Exterminators) you can only equip 3. For extra clarification, you can equip weapons that would equal 12 required power regardless of chosen reactor. So if your reactor makes only 20 power, you could still equip the same number of weapons.

@@WizeOldWizard thanks, yes I figured out the problem. This ship with these weapons is crazy powerful.

@TheChenny73 it absolutely is, but if you want another step up from this, the Scythe takes the cake for combat efficiency compared to any of my other ships. If you build that ship, equip it with these weapons. Since it has the fastest engines in the vanilla game, it is almost untouchable. You’ll love it.

I wouldn’t see this as a challenge, per se, but more so just a self-imposed limitation. Sticking to a single manufacturer is extremely limiting in terms of the shapes that can be achieved, and there’s no real reason to use only one manufacturer. Even when using all the available parts, they all have specific ways of flipping and snapping and as such, I’m going to be employing the use of mods to expand the possibilities rather than limit myself even more than the vanilla game already does. I appreciate the suggestion though, and thank you for watching!

@@WizeOldWizard makes sense to me 👍

I know it’s not what you were wanting to hear, but I’m not gonna lie and say that I’ll do something that just doesn’t sound appealing to me. But I will say this; with the Better Snap and Flip mod, that opens up a lot of potential with how structural parts can be used. With that in mind, I could potentially do some (mostly) manufacturer-specific builds and not be so limited anymore. I’ll keep this idea in mind, it may come in handy when I’m struggling to come up with a new ship.

I’m happy to have helped you gain a better understanding of the in-game mechanics. Aside from providing inspiration, offering valuable and helpful insight is my other main goal with these guides. Thank you for watching!

If they did contact me I’d absolutely build a ship to be included in the game. That would be wild!

I appreciate your support!

Better than nothing, Krakatoa has 20 total though.

@@WizeOldWizard it's all good, I'll probably cut 2 weapons from the Y button slot since that gets used the least, and just have my crew align with the Y slot to make up for the slightly lower offense

Not if you go and get one of the free ships as a missions reward… Have you gotten the Star Eagle, Razorleaf, UC Prison Shuttle, Junker Watchdog, or Kepler (R or S) yet? As long as you don’t have to buy or capture the ship, your fleet can exceed 10 without mods.

I know, it’s nuts!

You know what man I was going to show the final bounty. I think I may have just forgotten about it because of how I recorded the video. Next time I won’t forget!

Yeah the solar radiation is no joke, but it is breathable. The scorpions don’t bother me up on my hill so no big deal! Even if they did, it’s just extra XP. Thanks for watching!

Maybe soon. Could use the TA and Vulture missions…

@@WizeOldWizard did you ever figure that out?

Why the game was crashing after completing it the first time? I think so. We will see today.

Thank you very much my friend. My first Unity jump is imminent, which of course means I’ll need to build a new ship pretty much right away.

@@WizeOldWizard There'll be plenty to think about and design planning during the first few hours of gameplay after that step-through.

Possibly, I’ll have to look into that mod. Thanks for watching!

As far as speculation goes, I think your idea is totally sensible. To expand on the idea: As part of your mission as a Starborn, you’d be able to willingly travel between your original universe and your current NG+ universe. The plot may have something to do with the fact that some errant Starborn faction intentionally targeted your original universe in order to undo your accomplishment of becoming a Starborn, maybe by replacing the Artifacts that you took in order to become Starborn, thereby slowly stripping you of your ability to jump to different universes or even stripping you of your Powers. That’s a really cool idea man!

Have you seen Basilisk II yet?

The mod is called, get this… Catwalks lol. I get my mods from Nexus unless they are only available through Creations, since I play on PC.

@@WizeOldWizard Ok thanks ! Yea I’m modding bgs games since TES:4 so i’m used to nexus, buuuut sometimes good mods like this are pretty tricky to find so thanks for the help ! Have you thought about sharing your mod list one day? that could be cool ! Thank you anyway mate Ps: sorry for my poor english…

Your english is better than some native speakers that I know, you’re all good! I will absolutely share my mod list, when I know I won’t be changing it. I like to test them for a while, make sure they’re working and worth using.

@@WizeOldWizard Ok, I’ll wait for it ! Have a good day :)

There are suitable mods on Xbox with the exception of the weapon power limit. This being the case, choose the same weapons as you would in vanilla, but instead of the class B DarkStar shield, use the class C one.

The Krakatoa is a glimpse to what is possible with mods, but there will be much more to come. Thanks for watching!

Best explained in the Omen build guide, first explained in the Aetos build guide and used heavily in every build since. Absolutely essential when laying out hab modules, ESPECIALLY for big ships like Citadel and Krakatoa. With your 'cursor' or 'reticle' hovering over a desired attachment point, especially where you want the game to place a door or ladder, hold both triggers and press A, or just press G on keyboard. Highly recommend you watch the Omen build guide to see it in action while I explain it, and also talk about some of the nuances of the feature.

@@WizeOldWizard Thank you, I will!

Holly can yell as loud as she wants, when the landing thrusters fire up to lift the ship off of the pad, nothing else can be heard!

Damnit! I did forget!

The Xbox version of Snap and Flip should include the proper snap points. As for the DarkStar equipment modules, you can stack two of each of those and gain the benefits of both, but I’m not sure if they stack with the vanilla ones. Even if they don’t, the buffs received from those modules are still worth using, but I imagine, since those parts are added through the mod as standalone parts, that they most likely do stack with the vanilla modules. If you want a more solid answer, I provided links to Wykkyd’s Gaming channel in the Krakatoa guide, and he himself is also in my Discord, you can join if you wish and ask him questions there, or watch his videos that detail what his mods do and ask him questions in his comments. He’s got a Discord server as well, but I do not have the invite link for that.

The Xbox version of Snap and Flip should include the proper snap points. As for the DarkStar equipment modules, you can stack two of each of those and gain the benefits of both, but I’m not sure if they stack with the vanilla ones. Even if they don’t, the buffs received from those modules are still worth using, but I imagine, since those parts are added through the mod as standalone parts, that they most likely do stack with the vanilla modules. If you want a more solid answer, I provided links to Wykkyd’s Gaming channel in the Krakatoa guide, and he himself is also in my Discord, you can join if you wish and ask him questions there, or watch his videos that detail what his mods do and ask him questions in his comments. He’s got a Discord server as well, but I do not have the invite link for that.

​@@WizeOldWizard thanks for responding ... I downloaded the Xbox Creations Better Snap Points module last night which worked a treat, battering ram now in effect! I do watch all of Dark Star's vids including his weekly streams, I will play around some more with his Comm Spike and Conduction Grid modules - I was working off the assumption that you could only use one of each per ship. I do not have access to The Key anymore so I cannot buy any extra modules from Jazz as she is - well - no longer with us in my Starfield universe :) But hey no big deal I was just curious is all, the many upgrades and flexibility made possible by Dark Star Astrodymanics are well worth the download. Looking forward to your upcoming ship builds - and other vids - once you decide to go through the Unity. Thanks again :)

Thanks for the heads-up, I won’t be using that mod until I enter NG+. I installed it and found that every hab on all 10 of my ships were converted to that mod’s ‘doorless’ habs, and I didn’t want to go through each of them and manually place everything. Spent enough time on them already!

Well I certainly hope that I took most of the thinking out of it for you so that it was as easy as possible to replicate. Thank you very much for the kind words, the engagement, and for subscribing!

I try to do that on all of my ships if at all possible, but just so you know there is no functional advantage to doing this. Your shield system will still take damage as if it was mounted to the outside of your ship. I do this mostly for RP and ‘cool factor’. Thanks for watching!

It is definitely not a simple or easy endeavor, but to me it was gratifying to get it done and working. I had been making attempts at this basically since I built the Peregrine, and initially assumed it would be way simpler than it really was. I would also say that Adaptive Frames are terrible for credits, but great for XP. Raw Vytinium is worth more than 10x as much as adaptive frames, so while I will likely not be building the Vy Fuel Rod operation again until I reach my final universe, I will absolutely build a Vytinium mine so that I can make millions of credits on-demand. Since it’s just a mined resource, I can build a huge bank of storages and with just a few extractors those can be filled completely by sleeping for 24 hours. Really appreciate you taking the time to watch this and thank you for the feedback!

@@WizeOldWizard with my mine I get approx 160k in credits per 24 hrs sleep. I usually do one or 2 a day using a hot key program (takes 3minutes per to crafting session). so I don't have to press a button only once dump the frames in a certain spot then collect them at end of week to sell for the 2-3M credits. with doing a full rotation of UC Freestar Vanguard & Trackers Alliance, only keeping Advanced weapons & rare space suits per run (includes boarding spaceships) makes me about a 1M credits a day too. Im constantly around 20M credits and it fuels my passion of upgrading all my spaceships I capture & building your designs using captured straps. I use the More Ownable Ships mod set to 100 on each of my toons & each has a minimum of 30 starships which helps me with my passion of upgrading & building.

@@knightsofazeroth that's a lot of scratch! You've found a very profitable game loop that also does not sound boring at all!

I imagine that would be good for like, NG+ 50, but anything before that it sounds too OP. Might have to start looking for mods that increase enemy power.

@WizeOldWizard yea I can just cut back on a few weapons too Or just use a mix of vanilla and darkstar. Just after watching you I didn't think it would of been that op.

I haven’t tried the DarkStar weapons yet. To me, at least in my original universe, vanilla weapons feel balanced. Especially when you have them all fully powered. NG+ is going to be a whole new ballgame though I think.

No problem! I play on PC but I use a controller. I try to include as much relevant information that I can. Thanks for watching!

Thank you very much! Aetos is perfect for level 30, Aetos II can be built at 43, and Citadel is a level 49 build.

@@WizeOldWizard Thanks. I love Citadel, its my favourite.

DarkStar is fantastic! I will say that the cloaking device is a bit buggy, but I’m sure Wykkyd will patch those slight issues at some point soon.

Appreciate it! When I get to the end of the series the footage will be much more exciting, I’ll have all the skills and powers maxed and I should be RUNNING through these same encounters with ease. Ship combat is still my specialty.

Can’t believe there are still people calling it crap in 2024. Or should I say sheeple?

Yessir, that’s a great way to get accustomed to alternating thruster/booster and when and how to use them. I would really prefer using dual flight sticks like I do in SC, but hey, combat in Starfield is still great fun!

@@WizeOldWizard I’m guessing you are talking about full on flight style joysticks? That sounds awesome. I check in on SC from time to time to see how it’s coming along. Can’t play it, not a PC guy (I wish). But the surface to orbit flight in that game is gorgeous. Have fun sailing the blackest sea. o7

@jammaples o7, cap!

Much appreciated good sir! I need to finish your video, too many meetings today at work haha.

@WizeOldWizard lol We literally nod off, our meeting consists of old replayed videos or it's those video chats.

Yeah, I don’t see the need for them but those are a part of the better flip and snap mod so, they’re just going to be there from now on. I want all the other snap points on the parts that didn’t have them before.

@WizeOldWizard yea of course I was letting you know us xbox players wouldn't beable to put together what you called the battering ram the way you did because the hook points don't exist for us... maybe yet.

@drshoots101 oh I see what you’re saying now, my bad! That deimos spine that’s attached to the hull A is attached to the center snap point on the deimos hull, not one of those additional ones. You guys SHOULD have the snap point on the back of the Deimos Spines if you’re using better snap and flip. But also, you don’t need to place that second deimos spine to build the battering ram, that was just what I used to mount a couple of weapons in there.

@WizeOldWizard the better snap point mod is new to me I just downloaded it last night. It wasn't available when the better part flipping mod was out.

@drshoots101 I’d consider that a must-have for sure.

Good! I know this one is quite different from my other content, but I may start mixing in some of these quick and dirty videos so I can provide more frequent content uploads.

I don’t handle the Constellation members hating me, they’re never on my ship anymore lol. As for bounties, the whole ‘last witness killed’ thing almost never works like it should. Which sucks. Big time. As for getting rid of a bounty, if I have to incur a bounty through gameplay, I just pay it. But I have racked up multi-million dollar bounties combat testing ships, and in that case I always save before committing mass elimination with the intent of loading that save when I have my footage.

While I don’t have a video like this using a vanilla ship, you can see me employing the same tactics in the Omen build guide, which is 100% vanilla. The key to fighting a group of three Guardians is to avoid as many torpedo hits as possible, so you must employ the boost cancel technique a lot. That said, I may very well put together a much more detailed and in-depth combat tutorial in the future, this one was more of a way to test out a new presentation format. The whole video was recorded in one shot including all of the voiceover.

@@WizeOldWizard Yep, that was one of the main things I learned, gotta boost cancel more :)

You won’t regret it!