I don't know if it's a bug or what but I can't access the ship builder at my base it says hold down A and it just opens the base builder, am I doing something wrong?
I just wish there was a way in the ship builder to preview the interior so you can get the correct habs in place to make getting to the bridge easily accessible.
That and the ability to rotate the habs would be fucking mint! I want a spine like ship with one main lane that all other modules can attach to. Sadly this is not possible with the 40m size limits in place, another bummer. Maybe throw in the ability to CHOOSE where I want a goddamn ladder or door would be nice too. Just mark the spot where you want the door before you snap it in place.... And lets just throw in more parts please cause there ain't enough variety. 235 hours playtime, yeah I have the right to say there aren't enough modules in ship builder.
Yea, absolutely, this is really annoying! I stuck the same cockpit, as the one in this tutorial, on my ship last night and found it has really poor visibility. It even blocks a fair portion of the big blue circle on your display..
This and not being able to place doors and ladders is my biggest complaint. I'd also like a 1x1 staircase module because the 1x1s are mostly useless and ladders piss me ofd
one thing not to sleep on is that a couple of the "slimline" dockers can be put on the BOTTOM of the ship, which can really give you more options for your ship's top and sides without worrying about docker errors
Here’s a tip I found out that helps when you get the unattached module error…..press the key or button “select all” option. If a module is not highlighted in red, then that’s the one not attached to your ship
@@kalanivernon7273Could be wrong bc I use the Starfield Xbox controller with my PC but it’s double click. You might have to select an attached ship part and then double click, I heard for some.
The Ranger ship, Star Eagle is very op for an early class A pilot. The secret sauce is in the reactor and engines. They are some of the best class A parts in the game, and you just get them for free. So even if you redesign the whole boat, you can use these high level parts which would otherwise require big points in Starship Design.
@@Techy93the shield is good but for the amount of power you have to allocate to it, it ain't worth it. The weapons are really where it's at. I'm lvl 69 and have 4 hellfire canons and 4 of the class A vanguard canons and a smaller c class shield and I demolish pirates
@@PaladinThizz eh I like a nice shield to keep me safe, am currently at NG+++ lvl 120, just made a ship that boosts to 1100+, is smothered in particle cannons (you can have SIX of the vanguard ones) and sat with a very comfy 1500 shields to keep me safe if I fuck up. I've been dropping in on the key inbetween missions and clearing it out of ships, great fun 😂
Also, you can power through the piloting and targeting system skill by using the UC vanguard recruitment quest and spamming the simulator over and over to get the kills needed to get to higher tiers. I recommend stockpiling a few points before powering through.
My biggest complaint with ship building is the way the do the Habs. You can't see the layout untill you finish building, pay, leave, and go board your ship to run around. Also, you may find the perfect layout, and them swap manufacturers to get a better outside look for your ship and ruin the internal path to the Habs. All the Habs are made so that each of it's anchor points can be and entry/exit point, so idk why I can't just manually choose which one. Or at the very least be able to see where the game is deciding to put doors and ladders...
You don't need to match modules to the reactor class. So long as the module is at or below the reactor's class, you'll be fine. If you have a class C reactor, you could use all class A modules. But you can't use class B weapons on a class A reactor. Pretty sure that's what you meant, but it sounded unclear to me.
For half of the game I flew the Frontier but upgraded as I went. Once I had enough money, Piloting 4, and Design 4, I turned it into a huge ship with every available module type and renamed it the Constellation. Built it of the Frontier because the Hab module it starts with is unique.
Im just going to say this. If you get to class B ships you really need to capture a crimson fleet cargo ship. I dont remember the name it has when they have it, but its actually a UC Navy Cargo ship. The key things..... 3400 cargo space, easy to modify. Upgrade the reactor, shields, and then just toss on some turrets. It might seem stupid, but having that crazy cargo space will vastly reduce your inventory issues. Go do missions, get on ship, dump it all, just keep the minimum on you. It will take you a long time to get anywhere near the cargo capacity provided you regularly sell excess gear off whenever you see a vendor with credits. You will know you are looking at the right ship if in targeting modes you see a bunch of cargo containers in the hull.
I put six Vanguard Obliterator Autoprojectors in a single bank. (Join Vanguard to get access. Warning, they are expensive.) They each only require two power. Those six rip through ships like they were butter. I have no other weapons. Don't need them. I modded the Mantis quest ship, put those particle cannons on it, kept the two ultra high tech OP engines and dropped the other two low tech engines, as they were completely unnecessary. Each of those two engines use only two power, so four power for engines. I am still fairly early game and the best class A shield I have found thus far uses only four power. So weapons, engines and shield all together use only 20 power. I put a 20 power powerplant on the ship. In a fight, all the combat systems are 100% powered, I don't ever have to shift power, all I do is aim my 100 mobility ship at the bad guys and watch them blow up. The only downside is I have only ~450 cargo (half of it shielded. It's a fighter and I am not going to sacrifice my ability to keep bad guys in its crosshairs. Oh yea, the jump range is 28.
small tip for cargo haulers , since a hauler is so slow ... you dont have the maneuverability to position enemies in front of you , so like he mentions above in the vid , use turrets , and primarily with side face canons and rear facing canons , because the majority of your threats from smaller more maneuverable pirates will always position themselves on your rear to attack from behind , or if you get in a situation where your face on with a pirate in a shootout , you can always hard bank left or right and avoid his fire while shooting from your side and rear turrets...
you cant go Kerbal Space Program with MORE BOOSTERS because the game wont let you put on more than a full energy bar worth of engine modules. IO am really waiting for mods to remove alot of the ship limitations so you can spend your ungodly wealth building dreadnaughts
Well done sir. This is hands down the best ship building explanation video on YT! I honestly haven’t found a better one. How you explain every aspect is just spot on
Along side the Vanguard shield, the Vanguard Obliterator Autoprojector is also a great weapon. Only require 2 power each. Deal equal damage to both hull, shield and have a 3000m range. Using cannons to deal more damage to hull means dropping 2000 m off your range AND needing more power + needing a second weapon class to deal with shields. I honestly think particle beams are OP and should have their range reduced while laser and ballistics have their range buffed.
First own build I named "Rage Quake" (sounds better in German: Zornbeben). My main ship (class C) later on I will call "Litany of Death" (German "Litanei des Todes").
I'm about 30 hours into the first playthru so I haven't put much into my ship. However, I did grab the Mantis and heavily modified it (I think the cargo and loading bay are the only two og parts left). Cool part is that the Spacers will still see it as a Mantis ship and run terrified when they see you. Kind of like Tiger Fear of World War 2. :)
I've noticed that the main things missing from the outpost shipbuilder is the 2x2 modules and some 3x2 modules (like the mess hall) But you can go to the specific ship yard, buy those modules, attach them in ANY fashion to your ship, then fly to your outpost to make the final build with the vast majority of all 5 manufacturer's parts at your disposal.
Why not just enter the shipbuilder there, add it where you want it, then go back for anything else? You don't actually have to fly the ship your building to the yard.
i love shieldbreaker, one of my fave pre-made ships... ive put a ton of upgrades on it using shipbuilder, it's deadly af now.. a bit large of a ship but i got it balanced really well now
My newest ship that I built was from an ecliptic stiletto. I kept the general form factor of it but replaced everything with Nova ship parts and made a minor edition using the massive nova reverser thrusters with some end caps to make a reverse delta wing structure and used a different end cap to have a sloped bit going to the tail section to get rid of some of the hard lines. I officially called it the nova stiletto but it looks more like a beetle so I changed the landing gear from the kind on the starting ship that looks like legs to the other set of nova landing gear you can get on titan (sol system)
if you get the unattached modules error and cant find the unattached piece. just double click the ship to select all parts and drag it in any direction. then you will see the unattached module.
I got two things to say first is thank you for actually taking about the auto guns no one’s talked about how they work so ya and a 2 is you don’t know joy till you’ve been able to jump from one side to the other side of the system I have a ship a real big boy that let’s me jump whenever whenever and no one’s able to touch me
My ship is called the Starscape Mariner! We're exploring the deep, aye?! Might as well act the part! I love the random encounter of the dude singing a sea shanty. So awesome
Near the start of the game, I just went for 4x Particle Disruptor 3300s and an upgraded reactor on the Frontier. Simplified power management immensely for combat and they deal decent damage to shields and hull alike with good range. Power hogs but they'll do until I can afford a custom ship!
it was made that way probably because the c-class ship the highest one a single reactor will generally fill up all the power anyway so if you want to be a ship captain you would progress through all the ranks and such.
As I say in every ship building video I come across that mentions dockers: the slim docker is the best docker since it is the only docker I know of that fits on the underside of the ship no matter the landing gear used.
Also, the order you place each hab module really matters. This determines where the doors/ladders are placed. And sometimes if you attach them in the wrong order, you may see the errors saying that the docker or the landing bay does NOT connect to your cockpit.
Dunno if i can put it into words right but Is there a way to see the like Movable interior space inside of a Hab or module when youre designing you ship? Its really tiresome to spend 30min making a ship and when you finally get to it its a spaghetti maze to get around it if you can even get into some of them habs. I wish there was like a interior view in the building menu that does like a x-ray mode to show the walkways so you can line them up and say you want 3 different hallways or specifcs if that makes sense.
Odyssey. Like my beloved high mileage daily driver, it gets the job done without a lot of fuss, an entire narwhal fits in the boot and it's reasonably driveable. Plus drive range is absolutely nuts with all the fuel onboard. And, you know, it seats 8 comfortably 😁
I wish they had an auto power management perk or ship part, or companion, full power to the weapons when you fire, longer you hold down the more your power drains across grav/shields/engines. its a little clunky swapping between them, and i never feel like am fully utilising my firepower.
Just finish the rangers quest line to get a pretty solid ship free. That will give you a good main ship. It is honestly better than most B class ships ive seen.
Point of information re: Gear and Landing Bays: Some of the Gear is gargantuan, and the attachment point is much higher than the landing bay can be. The Nova Galactic gear on the Frontier is 1 level higher than the bay, for example. One of the Hope gear is 2 levels above, I think?
added hint for cargo they are a good way to both bulk out a ships frame and also to use as external parts to make the ship looked lived in or used as they will always have looks that differ from the normal hab parts or other parts you can add
That one is great and it can go under your landing bay at least on the bay I have lol. I also think they have the best landing gears they’re cheap have a landing thrust of 3 and only take 1 node to attach, though they don’t have any side attachments
There’s also the meta tactic taking into account that the AI always targets the center of mass on your ship. So, if you put a long spar out the side, or ideally make a square shape with an empty center, the AI will try to hit a narrow target or even empty space.
My ship is named Grid-Iron. Reason I like Grid-Iron is in the game Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising which I played as a wee lad, one of the call signs for an Abrams tank in the game was "Grid-Iron" and I thought it was really cool.
As far as i know specific bridges dont show up at landing pad ship builder, youd have to go direct to the manufacturer. Also make sure to save before doing anything with your ship, the order you place Habs will determine the layout, there are a few that have set doors and ladders. play around with that, save, continue, repeat. If anything physically glitches with your ship ( like unable to enter, or clipping issues), try making a savable ship build change
The Haemosu. I, err, borrowed it because of its looks and cargo space, but now it's a completely different beast, complete with all 2x1 habs handpicked from different manufacturers to make and contribute to a coherent build. Chances are I will also rebuild it eventually in New Game +10 both to have it and to honor its original lenders.
I'm still running the Frontier, there's hardly any original parts left, I just add a number on the end to indicate the version every time I rebuild it (currently Frontier IV, Class B).
If you are going to start building a big ship start with Daimos Shipyard, that's what most of my ship is because I still dont have access to a landing pad
its a shame that when you do the flight check it doesnt highlight sections on the actual ship to show whats wrong or where something gone wrong , the amount of times ive gotten the unattachted ship module warning and not understanding where ive gone wrong
I named my ship Froggeh. I used the Vindicator as a base, and its end result after customization reminded me of a frog, so I named it that. It’s a bit buggy to get in and out of for some reason, though. Sometimes it loads me under the ship, and I can’t escape unless I reload a save. I’m definitely going to be getting a new ship soon for that reason alone.
my newest ship is called the horizon, kinda took inspiration from the exploration based name of the frontier, it’s a huge cargo hauler and i’m very proud of it
The Scythe, based on a bird of prey or a cyclon it is a ship that I have upgraded from a to b to c as my pirate life grew. Something that a lot of people seem to miss is that most designs for an all in one hab have a kitchen you can cook at and some habs do not have side doors. so you can use them to force entrances where you want also the 1x1 crew passage hab will be used for leaders if it can be you can also cause a ladder based on your docking locations. For example, I have a 2-level ship and I want the ladder up to be in one spot so I place the docking to the ground under the location and the docking location to the station on top of the 2nd level this is where my leader up will be to my 2nd level.
My first ship is the Cloudknife, and she’s a little monster of a B-Class. Just started working on a C-class to be an all purpose sort of “exploration hauler” and I need a good name still. ….and a better design. Usually takes me some time to really get everything right, over multiple shipyards and modifications.
I kept the frontier hab then built around it I enjoy the ship building but the limitations with starter class sucks vanguard simulator is incredibly useful!!!
My ship is Starling ... because she sings across the stars. 😂 Started life as a random Discovery class ship (I wasnt going to spend credits on the Frontier as it belongs to Constellation and not me.) but the first thing I did was rip her apart and rebuild her.
I did "file not found" background because I wanted my character to be a young adult just leaving home; the 3 skills you start with were a great bonus, though, being already opened into combat, tech, and physical. Just had to get a tiny bit of social on my own. Not very helpful for the ground pounder missions I have right now though...it's rough. Don't be like me, restock ammo and meds REGULARLY!!
After learning how to rename ships and got the skills to build and pilot C class, I`ve build the big-snail fast-stupid expensive: Fathership 1. Not really optimized, based on capped Spacer Hyena. I`m thinking that the next home ship will be Uncleship or Flatship :) I don't really care about agility because I use 4x turrets (3500m range).
I heavily modified the Frontier into a class A all arounder, now called the Far Frontier. I turned the ship from the Mantis into a sleek fast corvette with a wicked yellow and black paint scheme called the Hornet. I am planning a class B exploration frigate on the parents gift called the Pathfinder. A class B destroyer on the Eagle frame which will be the Hellcat ( after the WW2 fighter, not the muscle car). And a big beast of a class C ship on the Kepler named Kitty Hawk after a carrier I once served on. After that who knows, so many possibilities.
Things I'd love to see added to the shipbuilder [as a console player]: -Customizable view/navigation controls for the builder -Ability to edit door + ladder locations -Unattached part selector -Ability to combine different weapons of the same type into the same weapon slot -Paint layers + skins + logos -Ability to see/swap the interior layouts + styles and more options or tiers for those pre-made elements beyond the manufacturers 'Decrepit' or 'Pirate' or 'Lived-In, etc.' with a few options for each and a bonus Faction one from the Traits or a mission] -New utility or equipment options [like the scrambler that enhances smuggling] like a module/hab that enhances a skill or lets you switch between skills [like there's a scanner that improves planetary scanning when in space, but once you land you can hit a switch and it now buffs your hand scanner] or etc. -Ability to manufacture/edit your own prefab habs or other components [a hybrid between base-building/manufacturing pipelines and shipbuilding] -Space stations and orbital/asteroid bases [ but maybe those would be an outpost mechanic/system]...
11:38 some dockers (like the slim docker) can be placed on the underside of the ship if you dont want it in the way of components or habs on the upper decks. (My small bounty hunting ship is the Artemis, and my big ass ship is the Enceladus.)
I got the Galactic Winnebago. She isn't fast or powerful but can haul anything or anyone anywhere. Starfeild has pretty much become space trucker simulator for me
I’m technically still rocking the Frontier but it’s really a ship of theseus thing. Basically the docking bay and one of the habs is original. The rest is a maxed out c rank beast with maxed weapon systems. At this point the only upgrade I could make is if they allowed us to double up on parts 😂
My ship is the Kusanagi. It's only a class A but has a reactor that puts out 28 power, and a dome shield that puts out 400 something shield. It crews 5, with passenger room for 4, a lot of storage, and manages to keep 100 mobility, and like 24 jump distance. The Kusanagi 2 is even better. A glitch let me place 2 reactors, so it has like 48 power, 2 of those Shields, and a few extra guns. It looks like trash tho, because it's a miss-match of parts, and I paint my ships last. So after I built this ship and took it out to test it, it throws errors(multiple reactors/shields) at me whenever I try and take it back into ship builder to paint it. But I'll be damned if I'm gonna undo it.
I have built 5 ships so far. TECHNICALLY my favorite ship is called Razorleaf, but it has been Theseus'd to the point that it does not resemble its former self.
So far I’ve been just making changes to the Frontier. My goal has been smaller, lighter, faster. The Mars shipyard so far has been my best friend. I replaced the cockpit, landing bay and top front structure pieces with lighter ones with similar stats. I got a lighter reactor with more output. I replaced both engines with units that have more power yet are lighter. So far I’ve gotten maneuverability to 97. Now I’m looking for a lighter habitat module without giving up mount points or the bed. 😃
I'm still early in game haven't gotten to ship trading & building yet. But I have some ideas that I have no clue if I'll be able to do. But one is fusion powered oblong sphere the "Nuclear Football"
"Galley With Good Oars" is the name of my modified Shieldbreaker from New Atlantis. Thanks for the video! I found the landing gear was giving me the most problems during modifications, like I needed another pair for every 500 points of increased mass. However, I've got a ship now that's almost 1500 with only a pair of Accu-Landers right smack in the center and it's somehow balanced. I'm wondering if a landing bay might also count towards a gear? Great tutorial, thank you!
