Recording summary · September 2023
Starfield - Ultimate SHIP BUILDING Guide
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Overview
Daniel introduces ship building and customization mechanics in Starfield, detailing controls, essential components, component class requirements, and shipyard locations.
Daniel builds a spaceship from scratch using a customized Frontier and a stolen Varun Hymn, assembling core modules, addressing module class compatibility issues, selecting weapons, and adding structural aesthetic components.
Themes
Weapon selection mechanics and builder interface display issues.
Module compatibility, reactor class tiers, and builder error troubleshooting.
Structural customization, aesthetics, and hab modules including quarters, bracers, and portholes.
Developments
Daniel constructs a ship by arranging habs, cockpit, docker, landing gear, engines, reactor, grav drive, and shield.
Daniel encounters a menu display issue where weapon categories do not appear until exiting and moving aside.
Daniel resolves a reactor class module error by swapping a B-class shield generator for an A-class shield.
Daniel removes two windows to attach crew quarters and captain's quarters hab modules to the back of the ship.
Uncertainties & gaps
Why the star system is designated Sol rather than the Milky Way galaxy in the game context is unclear to Daniel.
The ship builder occasionally issues an error stating that a physically placed docker is not connected to the cockpit.
The reason the shipbuilder interface prevents placing the suppressor module onto the ship is unclear.
Daniel is initially uncertain which specific module caused the error indicating modules exceeded the reactor class.