Ship Module Snap (and flips) Expansion - SMSEX - Cut for compatibility with Better Flips and Snaps.
🟡 Updated this year⚠️ Install Order · 4 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
- 👍 1.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- ✅ Updated 57 days after the latest game patch — actively maintained
- 🏆 #91 of 202 Ships mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Now Available for X-Box and PS5, if slightly or totally broken.
Looking for someone to take over this mod as I cannot manage this anymore. Please contact me or any other author of this mod to take over.
Version 1. 1. 5x UnSafe on Certain Spaceship Builds.
You may have to re-set yout Hab Snaps after updating. from prior to version 1.x
If they are many and deeply buried, You'll hate me. Let's be honest. You hate me anyway.
See Change Log or Forum Post
Gilibran created the mod, SMSEX a long time ago. About the time that Starfield was updated, this mod became defunct. With Gilibran's permission, JoeCoolinsc modernized it using Nifskope and uploaded it as a All in One mod. Times have changed and the Better Flips and Better Snaps mods have become a sort of standard, being made with the Creation Kit. Better flips here: https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/5953
At issue is that while Better Flips is a more elegant mod, using much less data, than SMSEX, there are certain things SMSEX has that make it a good mod. I have attempted to re-cut the SMSEX mod, remove structural items and data that interferes with the proper working of Better Flips and Snaps and allow it to coexist, more or less, peacefully. This plugin should be loaded AFTER Better Flips and Snaps. Some caveats
First, if updating to this version (SMSEX Series Recut) structural items unique to SMSEX will be lost and must be replaced in the ship builder. This is due to the unique name this mod has in comparison to the old SMSEX.
Second, this plug in is a work in progress. Some items deep in the guts of the ESM need working on. It shouldn't affect your ships at all but they are messy. Because of how Vortex works, I could not just release the ESM file alone. I had to release this mod with a subset of the mesh files, created by Gilibran to allow it to be compatible with Vortex. If Gilibran or JoeCoolinsc demand I take it down, then in that case I'll only be able to post the ESM, and it will have to be a manual process to install.
Third, recent changes in Better Flips and Snaps necessitates SMSEX now be loaded after. Better Flips and Snaps has updated to add Deimos Wing B, with only one snap per side. SMSEX Wing B has three snaps on one side.
Fourth, as Gilibran has left the Starfieldmodding scene, Hopefully not for long, some aspects of the structures may have some quirks, like reversed weapon hardpoints.
Requirements, None. But if you download this file alone, without downloading Better Flips and Snaps, https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/5953 , then you are wrong.
This is a trimmed version of the SMSEX mod, updated to work alongside Better Flips and Better Snaps. It provides ship module snapping and flipping enhancements for Starfield, with 487 endorsements and 28,717 downloads. Last updated in August 2026.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community trust with 487 endorsements and 28k downloads.
- Specifically tailored to work with Better Flips and Better Snaps, so no conflicts.
- Actively maintained, last updated August 2026.
⚠️ Cons
- It's a cut-down version, so you lose some of the original SMSEX features.
- Requires Better Flips and Better Snaps to be useful, so extra mods needed.
For Starfield ship builders who already use Better Flips and Better Snaps and want enhanced snapping without conflicts. Skip if you want the full SMSEX feature set or don't use those mods.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have Better Flips and Better Snaps installed first, as this mod is designed to work with them.
- Place the plugin file in your Starfield Data folder or use a mod manager like Vortex for easy installation.
- Check the mod page for any load order notes, but typically it should load after the other two mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Starfield Mods
- Author
- Delver Rootnose by way of Gilibran and Joe Coolinsc
- Version
- 1.1.5
- Downloads
- 28,717
- Endorsements
- 487
- Category
- Ships
- Created
- 10/3/2024
- Updated
- 8/8/2026
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