The true experience of a Bethesda RPG like
Starfield doesn’t start until mods come into the picture. And we didn't have to wait long - or..at all
really. There’s already 1000 plus mods over at NexusMods
so to save you the trouble of diving into that blackhole and trying out every single
one; from nifty little UI adjustments to combat refinement and extremely useful quality of
life improvements, here’s 5 of the absolute best mods released that you need for your
playthrough. And ofcourse, links to all the mods we talk
about will be in the description below. Now let's jump right into it and stick around
to the end for step by step instructions on how to download, and install mods the easy
way. Kicking us off is easily the must-have mod
of the week; Neutral luts No color filters. And no this is not a reshade mod. It’s actually much much simpler, barely
affects performance, and wow does it make a world of difference in Starfield. All it does is peel back those muddy blue
and green filters the game has by default for some reason and make the true colors and
beauty of the worlds, cities, and objects shine through. It’s actually amazing how desensitized you
become to the way things come out of the box with Starfield especially after playing for
a few hours. Like when I first started playing, I did find
it a bit weird how all the colors were so muted. And it kinda felt more like a sci-fi movie’s
color grade than a diverse galaxy, but you get used to it so you don’t realize what
you’re missing until you try this mod out. The result is raw, unfiltered, and gorgeous
interiors, vistas, and locations anywhere you go. It honestly did so much for my immersion and
enjoyment of the game’s visuals that if I had to pick one and only one mod to use,
it’d have to be this. So if you don’t want to mess with too much
of the default game’s systems or UI and want as authentic of a first-time experience
as possible while having Starfield look its best - this is the one. Moving onto number 2 vanilla Starfield kinda
dropped the ball on FOV options. Now if you've got the patience of a saint,
you can wrestle with the settings yourself by exiting the game, tweaking the ini files,
going back in and repeating that over and over till you get it right. But for those of us who'd rather spend their
time flying through the stars than fiddling with stuff like that, the "In-Game FOV Changer"
mod is a godsend. With it, you can toggle between 1st and 3rd
person views, use a quick and easy console command by hitting the tilde key, choosing
a value between 70 and 120, and dial in that perfect field of view. For context; Starfield's out-of-the-box FOV
sits at a snug 85 for 1st person and 70 for 3rd. If you really wanna change your perspective,
I suggest firing up the mod, cranking your FOV to 95 or 100, and you can definitely see
the difference that makes in the way you view the world around you. And the best thing is that its a one-time
change so you’re not having to play around with it every single time you exit or boot
up the game. Next up for number 3; you know that forced
zoom in that Starfield has during dialogue where it pans to and locks onto the NPCs face
in a way that’s a little too up close and personal? It can be a little immersion breaking at times
especially since some NPCs are better viewed from a slight distance. That’s where the very fittingly named ‘’No
more zoomed in dialogue camera’’ mod comes in. It sets the camera at a believable distance
so you’re not tunnel visioning towards characters nostrils anytime you wanna exchange a few
words with the Starfield locals. Even though you still cant move around and
interact with anything else, it does add to the overall immersion being able to still
see more of the world around you especially since some of those conversations can get
pretty long when you’re exhausting every dialogue option. At number 4 let’s talk about two mods that
I’m going to put under the same UI umbrella that make significant improvements to the
whole experience from the very beginning of the game till the credits roll. You know when you’re mid-combat or trying
to take in the grandeur of the galaxy while exploring a planet and that annoying location
discovered pop up plants itself smackdab in the center of your screen? BetterHUD fixes not only that, but you can
change so many little things in the UI to just completely customize what you see and
where you see it. You can make the pop-ups smaller and put them
towards the bottom of your screen. Hey maybe you wanna hide hit markers and enemy
health bars for that extra challenge and immersion. Another awesome little thing you can do with
the mod is hide the crosshair so it only shows up during fights. It’s just so good for so many things. Now one of the most useful features in Starfield
is your scanner. Look, the scanner is awesome and helps you
with a ton of things, it’s something you’ll be pulling up alot; whether you’re scanning
the native wildlife, plants and minerals, looking for useful objects around you, or
just trying to fast travel back to your ship. So its a real shame that the big circle in
the center of it is annoying and serves as nothing more than visual clutter. The mod ‘’Remove Scanner Circle’’
comes in clutch for this and has been one of my absolute favorites. As you probably guessed from the name, it
removes that big circle that pops up and even though its such a small change in theory,
it does a lot for the overall look and feel of the UI. Its way less jarring now to quickly do a brief
scan for objects around me anytime I enter a busy room or lab. Last but not least is Star UI Inventory. We’re already spending way too much time
in limbo in Starfield when it comes to managing inventory, space traveling, waiting for loading
screens.. you get the idea. And you don;t even have to be a hoarder to
feel how limiting and clunky Starfields inventory is. It kinda lumps everything under broad categories
and does little to differentiate between them. For example it’ll put everything under weapons
without splitting them up into ‘’pistols’’, ‘’shotguns’’ or ‘’melee weapons’’. There’s also no way to sort things effectively
by their mass or value so you’re just wasting time digging in menus looking between dumbbells,
random food items, and space rocks, wondering what’s weighing you down the most. Star UI is an absolute gamechanger here and
makes it so easy to get a general understanding of your inventory with a quick look and make
the changes you want fast so you can get back to actually playing the game. You can pretty much immediately see the quality
of life difference even to things like knowing which weapons deal the most damage at a glance
and how many of each item you’re holding onto. This one is a must have in my opinion because
it adds so much value and you feel like you’re spending much more time in the action instead
of playing an inventory management sim. Also worth mentioning are a few of the wilder
mods out there. People were quick to start making NSFW mods
but Starfield isn’t Baldur’s Gate 3 and these were taken down pretty fast. If you want to dock your spaceship in an NPC’s
port, it looks like you’re going to have to wait, atleast for now. Now, let’s take a super quick look at the
easiest way to install any mods you want for Starfield. First thing you’re going to want to do is
head on over to the Nexus Mods website - link in the description. Once you’re there, if you don’t already
have an account, youre going to go ahead and register for a free one because you need it
to download mods from there. Verify your email, create your account, and
you’re almost set up to start modding. But first you’ll need to create a custom
file within the Starfield Documents directory. So open up your file explorer, navigate to
Documents, then to the Starfield sub-folder. Now create a new text document and name it
StarfieldCustom dot ini. Open that file you created up and add the
lines you see on the screen right now. I will put those in the description but I
strongly suggest you manually type instead of copy and pasting - it may not work if you
do that. Save that, exit out and we’re heading back
to Nexus Mods to get to the fun part. We wanna do this the easy way so we’re going
to download a mod manager, specifically Vortex. You can find it by clicking on support and
grabbing it from there. Click on manual download then install it from
your download directory. Once that’s done, open up Vortex and navigate
to the ‘’Games’’ tab on the left. Look for Starfield - you might need to download
a vortex extension that supports modding for Starfield. It’s super quick super easy and then if
it isnt auto-detected, you’ll have to add the game manually by selecting where it’s
been installed to. If you got it through Steam, it’ll be in
the steamapps folder as usual. From there you just look for mods you want
to install. For this tutorial let’s go with a mod we
talked about earlier; Star UI Inventory. Go to the nexus page, and this part is really
important: read the installation instructions on every mod page you visit. Some will be incredibly straightforward, some
might need a couple extra steps for the more complex mods. Go to files, select the file you want to download
because some mods have different versions and thus different files. And download it using the mod manager option. This will automatically open your Vortex after
a few seconds and start downloading the mod. Install and enable the mod and it should be
good to go the next time you jump into Starfield. So there you have it - an easy way to get
mods working for you and just 5 of hundreds upon hundreds of mods that can transform your
playthrough of Starfield whether it’s your first or if you’re already having a second
go at it. There’s loads more we’ve been testing
and trying out so if you enjoyed this video please leave a like, subscribe to the channel
and let us know if you want to see more mod-related videos. Until next time and thanks for watching.
