JE's Faster Settlement Population Growth
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 1 step
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.9% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #110 of 132 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
In the base game, a player settlement VERY quickly reaches the Production and happiness caps and gets to 0 maintenance, but reaching the cap of 200 for population takes an eternity, especially by comparison. Though there isn't all that much incentive to care about reaching the population cap, some people (such as myself) are going to feel compelled to do it.
What this mod aims to do is to speed that up a bit. It increases the population gain of buildings and events to a range of +5 to +12 from the game defaults, which range from +1 to +5. LUA file is included for users who want to tweak those values.
Modifies game file "GCSETTLEMENTGLOBALS. MBIN"
No update to this mod is required for game version 5. 29.
No update to this mod is required for game update version 5. 28
JE's Faster Settlement Population Growth is a gameplay mod for No Man's Sky that accelerates settlement population growth by increasing building and event population gains from +1 to +5 up to +5 to +12. It includes a LUA file for tweaking values and requires no update for game versions 5.28 and 5.29. With 161 endorsements and 5,615 downloads, it's a niche quality-of-life mod for players aiming to hit the 200 population cap.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solves the grind of reaching the 200 population cap, making it much faster (5,615 downloads show demand).
- Simple and focused – does exactly what it says without extra bloat.
- LUA file included means you can fine-tune the gains to your liking.
⚠️ Cons
- Only 161 endorsements – a smaller following, so less community feedback and testing.
- Modifies a core game file, so it may conflict with other settlement mods that touch the same globals.
- No mention of compatibility with game versions beyond 5.29 – might break with future updates.
For No Man's Sky players who are completionists and want to hit the 200 population cap without waiting forever. Also for settlement builders who want faster growth to unlock all the perks. Skip if you're fine with the slow pace or prefer more comprehensive settlement overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Back up your 'GCSETTLEMENTGLOBALS.MBIN' file before replacing it, so you can revert if needed.
- If you use other settlement mods, check their file lists to avoid overwriting the same file.
- Use the included LUA file to adjust gains if +5 to +12 feels too fast or too slow for your playstyle.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- No Mans Sky Mods
- Author
- Jaggid Edje
- Version
- 5.22
- Downloads
- 5,615
- Endorsements
- 161
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 1/15/2023
- Updated
- 10/31/2024
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