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Starfield mod aims to let players land on planets without loading screens
Starfield players currently choose a landing spot and wait through a loading screen and animation before reaching a planet’s surface.
Modder Frederik Wessberg is developing a mod that aims to make the journey from orbit to landing seamless.
A teaser shows a ship entering the atmosphere, passing through clouds and landing.
Wessberg says the clouds do not hide a loading screen; the game loads assets in the background while players can still interact.
The mod replaces the planet textures seen from space with detailed 3D models based on the game’s data.
Its planned features include manual flight in low orbit, autopilot descent and landing anywhere, including on water.
The finished mod is expected to be available for free on Nexus Mods.
A work-in-progress Starfield mod aims to let players fly down to planets and land without conventional loading screens.
The mod’s creator, Frederik Wessberg, says it loads assets in the background while the game remains interactive.
A teaser video shows a ship entering an atmosphere and landing, with clouds helping to disguise a transition between terrain cells.
The planned mod is intended to allow manual flight in low orbit or autopilot descent, and landing anywhere, including on water.
- Who
- Frederik Wessberg is developing the mod.
- What
- The work-in-progress mod aims to let players descend to and land on planets without conventional loading screens.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- In Starfield, on its planets and moons.
- Why
- To make planetary approaches and landings more seamless, while loading assets in the background.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
the cloud cover is in fact not a fancy loading screen.
The underlying loading mechanism is entirely done in the background, while the game is still interactive.
I had to completely reimplement Starfield's planet rendering in space in 3D
This story does not have a timeline yet.
- Creator
- Frederik Wessberg
- Game
- Starfield
- Mod status
- Work in progress
- Planned availability
- Free on Nexus Mods
- Landing options
- Anywhere, including on water
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