NG-20 Thruster Animation Fix
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- 👍 2.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
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📋 About This Mod
A while back the thruster animations for the Nova NG-20 Landing Gear were broken such that only the left-side animations worked. This mod replaces the broken NIF file that controls the animation for the right-side of the NG-20.
Starfield Community Patch
Version 0. 1. 7 of the Starfield Community Patch includes this fix. You do not require this mod if you are using an up-to-date version of the Starfield Community Patch.
Description
It appears that one of the recent Starfield releases munged the Data/meshes/effects/shipsfc/modules/smod_lander_nova_ng-20_b_modfx.nif mesh (a mis-named NiNode - "FX_LandingEngine001" instead of "FX_LandingEngine") This NIF file was used to control the thruster animations for the right side of the NG-20 Landing Gear. Simply renaming the NiNode to "FX_LandingEngine" restores the animations.
This mod simply copies in the patched NIF as a loose file in the appropriate path in the you Starfield installation. You will want to have a StarfieldCustom.ini file that includes the following lines:
bInvalidateOlderFiles=1
sResourceDataDirsFinal=
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Starfield Mods
- Author
- GrizBane
- Version
- 1.1.2
- Downloads
- 3,219
- Endorsements
- 89
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 8/17/2024
- Updated
- 4/20/2026
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