Modders are surprised by the passivity of the developers.
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At the end of October 2023, Starfield fans released The first fan patch for the game. The update introduced several dozen small changes to the game, including fixing errors in scripts, tasks and localization, and also eliminating some exploits.
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In November, Eurogamer published talked with one of the creators of this patch, Timothy Baldrige, known under the nickname Halgari. He said that it is still quite difficult for Starfield modders to work. The fact is that Bethesda still has not released any modding tools. Because of this, you have to manually understand the Starfield engine, and this process is very labor-intensive.
From analyzing the data structures in the module files and decompiling the game code, it became clear to us that the developers did not take modding into account when developing the engine. This can also be inferred from the fact that Bethesda has not conducted any testing related to Starfield modding.
They created the game with the intention of adding modding capabilities to it later, but that hasn’t happened yet. The only reason we can already work is because we have modified other games on this engine and know what to do.
Halgari, modder
According to Halgari, full development of modding for Starfield will begin in 2024, when Bethesda releases the necessary tools. The enthusiast said that it is unclear when exactly this will happen, since there are no contacts with the studio.
Other companies communicate, but Bethesda doesn’t, and that’s the strangest thing. You’d think that a company with 100,000 mods for its games and petabytes of modding data would be more engaged with the community.
Halgari, modder
As an example of excellent support for modders, Halgari cited CD Projekt RED, which produces free tools that allow you to create, install and distribute fan mods for its games. According to the enthusiast, Bethesda should also be more active in supporting the community.
Bethesda previously announced beta testing of the first major patch for Starfield.
The beta version of the first major patch for Starfield will be released in early November Editorial Articles
Among other things, it will add support for DLSS and frame generation.
