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About this mod
Tired of seeing interstellar distances measured in astronomical units (AU)? See them in light years (LY) instead.
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As of December 3rd, 2024, I no longer have plans to actively mod Starfield.
This mod is unlikely to receive further updates.
Bethesda has recently allowed paid mods to be tagged as Achievement Friendly on the Creations platform, with no plans to make accommodations for free mods. They are also allowing mod authors to re-upload free mods as paid mods to get the Achievement Friendly tag, at the request of console mod users.
This effectively disincentivizes free mods from being published, as it will push console users to stick with purely paid load orders in order to continue earning achievements. This was the final nail in the coffin for my interest in Starfield, and I no longer wish to support the money-first modding ecosystem that Bethesda is attempting to create.
Thank you to everyone who has used my work. I am happy to have been able to share things which have improved the game for so many people.
Does what it says on the tin. Makes your ship's HUD display interstellar distances in light years (LY) instead of astronomical units (AU).
Also increases the maximum light second (LS) value from 50,000 to 500,000. If anything is further than that, distance will start being measured at 0.02 LY.
Personally, I found AU to be illegible for these sort of distances. LY is much easier to interpret at a glance, especially if you are used to other space games.
How does it work?
In the GlobalFunc script within the buttonclips.swf file, the following lines have been changed from:
to:
Installing
Can be installed mid-save and should work immediately. No special steps required. Either use your favorite mod manager to install automatically, or manually install it by putting buttonclips.swf into your "Data/Interface" folder.
Uninstalling
Can be removed at any time, doesn't matter. It's just a flash file, so it's completely safe. You will immediately see AU again upon loading a save which previously had this mod.
Compatibility
Modifies buttonclips.swf. Any other mod which makes specific changes to this file will be incompatible without a patch.
Of the mods I have personally used, the only mod which touched this file was Undelayed Menus. However, I noticed no ill-effects by simply replacing that mod's version of the file with this one.
Generally speaking, just load this mod after any other ones which touch this file.
A 60/120 FPS version is NOT needed. The smoothness of buttons is not actually controlled by this file. You can safely override any mod which simply increases menu framerate.
Compatible with any language version of the game.
Known Issues
Nothing. “It just works!”
This mod is unlikely to receive further updates.
Bethesda has recently allowed paid mods to be tagged as Achievement Friendly on the Creations platform, with no plans to make accommodations for free mods. They are also allowing mod authors to re-upload free mods as paid mods to get the Achievement Friendly tag, at the request of console mod users.
This effectively disincentivizes free mods from being published, as it will push console users to stick with purely paid load orders in order to continue earning achievements. This was the final nail in the coffin for my interest in Starfield, and I no longer wish to support the money-first modding ecosystem that Bethesda is attempting to create.
Thank you to everyone who has used my work. I am happy to have been able to share things which have improved the game for so many people.
Does what it says on the tin. Makes your ship's HUD display interstellar distances in light years (LY) instead of astronomical units (AU).
Also increases the maximum light second (LS) value from 50,000 to 500,000. If anything is further than that, distance will start being measured at 0.02 LY.
Personally, I found AU to be illegible for these sort of distances. LY is much easier to interpret at a glance, especially if you are used to other space games.
How does it work?
In the GlobalFunc script within the buttonclips.swf file, the following lines have been changed from:
private static const MetersInAU:Number = 149597870700;
private static const MaxLightSecondsDisplay:Number = 50000 * MetersInLightSeconds;
_loc2_ = FormatNumberToString(param1 / MetersInAU,AUPrecision) + " AU";
to:
private static const MetersInAU:Number = 9460730777119560;
private static const MaxLightSecondsDisplay:Number = 500000 * MetersInLightSeconds;
_loc2_ = FormatNumberToString(param1 / MetersInAU,AUPrecision) + " LY";
Installing
Can be installed mid-save and should work immediately. No special steps required. Either use your favorite mod manager to install automatically, or manually install it by putting buttonclips.swf into your "Data/Interface" folder.
Uninstalling
Can be removed at any time, doesn't matter. It's just a flash file, so it's completely safe. You will immediately see AU again upon loading a save which previously had this mod.
Compatibility
Modifies buttonclips.swf. Any other mod which makes specific changes to this file will be incompatible without a patch.
Of the mods I have personally used, the only mod which touched this file was Undelayed Menus. However, I noticed no ill-effects by simply replacing that mod's version of the file with this one.
Generally speaking, just load this mod after any other ones which touch this file.
A 60/120 FPS version is NOT needed. The smoothness of buttons is not actually controlled by this file. You can safely override any mod which simply increases menu framerate.
Compatible with any language version of the game.
Known Issues
Nothing. “It just works!”