Shades Glowy Stuff (Glowing Highlight without Scanner - Accessibility Enhancements)
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.9% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #100 of 192 User Interface mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
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Main Features
Unread books! Credstiks! Digipics! Perk Magazines! Keycards! Never miss an item again! Highlight various objects or NPCs in the world to make them easier to find or see. Fully customizable - choose your colors & brightness.
Fully compatible! This is completely separate to the hand scanner - a pulse is sent every 10sec to identify and make chosen objects glow and easier to find or see in the world. Automatic highlighting can be set to always on, manual, weapons drawn, or weapons sheathed.
You can also use the new item added to your inventory (weapons section) to trigger a manual pulse scan.
What it can individually highlight:
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[]Unread books
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]Read books[]Perk / Skill Magazines
[]Aid Items
[]Chems / Pharmaceuticals
[]Food
[]Drinks
[]Ammo
[]Armor
[]Weapons
[]Credits & Digipics
[]Contraband
[]Keycards / Security cards
[]Crafting Materials - Minerals
[]Crafting Materials - Organic
[]Crafting Materials - Manufactured
[]Harvestable Mineral Deposits
[]Harvestable Flora / Plants
[]Containers (non-empty)
[]Some buttons and activators
[]Hostile NPCs, Robots, and Creatures - limited color choice
[]Friendly NPCs, Robots, and Creatures (excluding followers / teammates) - limited color choice
[]Dead NPCs, Robots, and Creatures - limited color choice
Colors to choose - includes a Bright version of each as well:
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[]Blue
[]Green
[]Orange
[]Purple
[]Teal
[]White
[]Yellow
This Mod Does not:
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[]Does not make changes to textures, meshes or object forms
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]Does not make changes to the scannerXbox and PC Bethesda.net version here
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Compatibility
No compatibility issues or clashes with this mod - it adds temporary glowing shader effects to objects nearby the player, and thus is compatible with everything.
Uninstallation
Disable all the highlighting options, then Un-install at any time./
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[]Does not make changes to textures, meshes or object forms
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Shades Glowy Stuff is a UI mod for Starfield that adds glowing highlights to unread books, credstiks, digipics, perk magazines, and keycards, making them easier to spot. It offers full customization of colors and brightness. With 631 endorsements and recent updates, it's a popular accessibility tool.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 631 endorsements and nearly 22k downloads.
- Customizable colors and brightness let you tailor highlights to your preference.
- Recently updated (October 2024), so it's likely compatible with current game versions.
⚠️ Cons
- Only highlights specific item types—other loot like ammo or weapons won't get the glow.
- May conflict with other UI mods that alter highlight or scanner behavior.
- Requires manual configuration to get the exact look you want, which might take some trial and error.
For Starfield players who hate missing loot like unread books or keycards, especially those with visual impairments or who play on large screens. Also great for completionists who want to grab every collectible. Skip if you prefer a vanilla experience or don't care about these specific items.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex to install and manage this mod easily.
- Test the highlight colors in a bright area (e.g., Neon) to ensure they stand out against the environment.
- If you use other UI mods, load this one after them to avoid conflicts.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Starfield Mods
- Author
- Shadedness
- Version
- 1.5.2
- Downloads
- 21,977
- Endorsements
- 631
- Category
- User Interface
- Created
- 10/3/2024
- Updated
- 10/6/2024
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