Starfield Astrogate Free Mod Review 

This mod seems cool when you want to chill or just do stuff, craft or whatever while traveling.

Could be an outstanding mod when the bugs are sorted. You came up with some good ideas too but no idea how hard they would be to implement. It’s already had a lot of work put into it but if the modder can iron out the bugs it could be a must have mod! Well done to the author for what he has achieved so far!

Here is a guide on how to use the Autopilot correctly as well as a few tips/bugfixes. Let's say you start at a planet's orbit without having any mod function from the ship controls menu enabled. First, make sure to put some power in your grav drive and engine based on the speed that you need. Make sure that you get the Super cruise speed change notification in the corner. Then go and enable the Interplanetary Travel from the menu first and then enable Autopilot second. If it works, you will get a notification in the corner saying that "You can now use the Supercruise boosters to reach Autopilot speed". This means that you are good to go and aim for your target planet and boost in that direction. A few seconds later you will get a notification that the "Autopilot is engaged" which means you can get up and roam freely. When you reach a new orbit you will get notifications and both the autopilot and supercruise will be turned off automatically. (Sometimes it will disengage and say it has reached a new orbit but if you aren't close to the planet then it means that it detected that you are close to the star of the system). You should sit back in and do the same process as I mentioned before and you will always have it working. -Make sure that your ship will reach within the 33LS radius of the target planet. (Sometimes you may need to sit on the chair and slightly adjust the ship's direction because planets move) -If you land on a planet and then takeoff but the supercruise wouldn't work then enable Autopilot from the controls menu while having power in your grav drive and then once it is engaged you simply need to completely remove power from grav drive and then power it again and it will be fixed. (Also works if the Supercruise is broken after switching ships) -If Supercruise boost gets bugged and stays at vanilla values then just power down the grav drive and put power back in. (You will get a notification that a Supercruise level is engaged and that means its fixed) -To disengage the autopilot while en route to the destination you can power down the grav drive completely and in order to start the autopilot back up just repeat the process that I explained in the beginning. -Keep track of the notifications that you get. You will see that they are very helpful and can indicate when the mod is fine and when its bugged.

Just after discovering this mod, thanks to you. Love the Takeoff and Enable Automatic Takeoff feature., love to be able to stand there and watch my ship land and take off and to be able to look out the cockpit window as my ship flys into orbit, so cool. Haven't tried the other features on this mod yet, to busy enjoying the Takeoff and Enable Automatic Takeoff. One of my favourite mods so far and a big shout out and thank you to the creator, RealityIDR

My favorite mod so far. Fixed my biggest complaint with the game he did a fantastic job. Astrogate and sublight competing for best space travel mod.

I started using this mod a few days back, and after my initial confusion how to set a course (duh... once I opened my scanner suddenly it all became clear!) I suddenly found myself feeling giddy and that first time I flew through the rings of a gas giant and then flew past an eclipse happening in real time on that planet.... that was pretty special! this mod has changed the whole feeling of the game for me because now I feel so much more like I'm exploring space! there's another mod for EVA space walks - feels a little choppy still for me so I'm holding off on that one (if modders can work out the whole clipping thing when using these more immersive methods of play then I think it'll feel so much more like that feeling you get when watching The Expanse!) my main requests of this particular mod are: a) give us better controls over the settings like - I want to open the super cruise and autopilot settings while in flight sitting at the captains seat without having to get up every time then sit back down just to activate them again (I Do love that I can change them while walking about my ship!) b) fix the controls for auto take-off etc - I don't always want that option in because sometimes I go back to my ship to grab something that's on the ship, but not in its inventory - or sometimes I want to use one of my workbenches without going off planet. like... add it as a 3rd option eg "E - enter ship, R - Cokpit, T - Take-off" something like that. c) once the bugs are worked out for proximity - like the ship stopping because it's too close to the sun/star D) would be AMAZING if you could set auto paths for autopilot - let the computer plot in a course, actually make use of the nav computers on our ships - then go on about our business on the ship ship enroute. E) set fuel limits based on speed - make the speed mean something (I realise in the lore that helium3 is only used for grav drives) but surely there's some way we can make it so it's like, the faster you go somewhere, the more fuel you consume - giving incentive to fly at slower speeds, causing more time spent in flight on the ship. (i mean if I was given a choice to travel to the city from home by car, train or helicopter all leaving from my doorstep for exactly the same cost... I'd pick the helicopter every time!) regardless this mod is great and I really hope this modders continues working on it as I've seen the other sunlight mods and so far I haven't seen any that let you set a autopilot so you can walk about your ship mid-flight.

So you can merge a ship with a planet. Build a ship that looks like a base and integrate it with a mountain, like in an 80s cartoon ❤ I agree 100% with the usefulness of this mod, that and controlling the ship from the surface, I'll take.

Remote takeoff and landing is nice, but the auto takeoff is outstanding.

Been looking at this mod, thanks a lot for showcasing it. It actually seems pretty awesome!

Good morning, coffee time. A very interesting mod, I look forward to it getting worked out. Thanks for the review, great video.

there needs to be some kind of visual effect outside of the ship that surrounds the ship when engaged in this mod. but it also seems the planets need some kind of guidance system when you are close to them they guide the ship but it also automatically slows down when close to planets at certain speeds.

11:27 fun fact, the planets being empty hollow globes that you can fly through? Thats a bethesda thing not a mod thing. A streamer flew to a planet in-system in vanilla a couple years ago and proved it. Took them nearly two days, and they had to fly against orbital spin, but eventually got inside. Planet just disappeared. Cuz she was inside its rendered image.

I really wish this mod would show visual effects when your ship is in autopilot. You can see the ship moving, but it's very subtle. I guess that's realistic though.

Okay last comment and then I'll stop spamming lol but I don't know if you've played with Astrogate recently, but it's a LOT easier to use supercruise now. It's still a little gimmicky, but basically you just remove all your shield power and put it into Grav Drive and this will engage supercruise after boosting. The level of supercruise depends on how much power you allocate to the grav drive. The mod author also included "gravity well" detection. So if you get close to a planet then you'll be pulled out of autopilot and I think supercruise so that you don't just fly through or past the planet. It's much more functional now! Hopefully you can do an updated video.

This may not affect everyone, but upon installing this on Xbox, my audio bugged and I could only hear ambience. If this happens, disable all mods, close and reopen game, then re-enable. Fixed my issue.

I believe landing is bound to a "sea level" set by the environment framework that assets are placed on world. Like on ship building think of it in limitations of where landing gear can go.

I love this mod!! The author recently fixed some bugs too including crashing during the prequel of the game. So that should be working now! Still has a few bugs, but the author seems dedicated to fixing it!

Just wanted to say the remote take off and landing is very good i like that it's the reason I'll download this mod

Thank you for showcasing, I think a little bit of practice with it and it would actually be quite a good addition. Maybe trying thruster or dropping the point out of the grav drive like it suggests? that might stop you from zooming past the planet, im adding it to the load order anyhow definitely much needed addition

All we need now is NPC ships that spawn way out in space to give the illusion other ships are travelling too. Also great for piracy.

All I get in ship controls in activate autopilot and settings

What we really need is a mod that removes the invisible barriers . Try flying around a planet to assess a blue dot on your screen . That blue dot will just stay in the same place because you are flying against an invisible barrier . I turned on God mode so that my boost wouldn't run out . And after 10 minutes of boost flying in the same direction nothing changed . The blue dot that was hiding behind the planet was in the exact same place .

@CrimsonFlyboy good video. Even with the takeoff and landing it would be worth playing with especially while exploring 2000 meters away while looking for traits on a planet. And perfect to couple with that Starvival series with afflictions and you need your ship asap.

No likey mod, but this type of video is awesome, i learn the same way😂😂😂

Yeah, they should definitely make the takeoff control separately from the super cruise.

Considered trying some M class ship mods, such as TN’s? Kinda curious to how that experience is for you guys on console now.

Probably best to stop comparing this mod to elite dangerous since starfield isn't a space SIM, I appreciate your trial and error approach and I will probably download this mod but it's not really hitting the spot for me since starfield doesn't actually have solid planets just visual one unless your actually create every planet you'll never be able to land on it like elite or nms, in starfield you don't land it just loads you into a map but it's not a space simulator it's a rpg set in space this mod seems a lot of faffing about in yet another menu for a teaspoon of extra immersion but jank city

This video was hard to watch. It eill be better if you test out the mod yourself on the background, and then do a review once you have figured out how it works...

In the original game if you use no mods to travel to a planet manually? It phases through the planet just the same. Meaning you can’t fly into its atmosphere and randomly land it’s not possible in normal game either

Bethesda should have done it like Mass Effect Andromeda. But you are pulled out of supercruise for random encounters and events. This mod looks janky.

this shows a ton of promis.. a bit buggy.. but this can have a ton of use for role players that wants to do for this

It would have been nice if you spent even 10 minutes using the mod before doing a review. It’s not helpful to watch someone who has no idea what they’re doing.

Is no one having an issue of going normal speed for combat and stuff? I go 0 forward and 30 reverse and makes combat impossible cause I’m a sitting duck

The RKK ship hacker mod uses a marker that you set for the ship to land on. If you have a crew why are you the only one that pilots it. You should be able to tell someone else to fly it. You never see them doing their jobs. They just hang around. Not realistic at all.

On xbox I’m not getting the super cruise option, just autopilot and intersystem travel, any help?

You should do all the reading and experimenting before you record. Your viewers are here to see what the mod does, WITHOUT installing and doing it ourself. Why would I sit thru multiple takes of not reading and doing it wrong...when I could just do that myself.

Question for anyone, has anyone used this mod and after your ship wont refil boost? If so has anyone come up with a fix

Oh my god, he went plaid

I am not getting the super cruise option.

Gravity wells would only get you if your speed is lower than the strength of the planet's gravity. I could see a version of this mod in which the ship warns you of approaching planet and auto stops I guess. Stop comparing to ED. ED was designed that way and is a space sim, this is a mod. Also traveling at such high speed, of course you're going to miss the planet.

Figure out what you're doing before attempting to make some video about it. That was absolutely painful.