Will's Enhanced Survey Tool

One of the most frustrating tasks in setting up an outpost for mining inorganic materials in Starfield is finding the ideal spot that will permit you to mine as many materials as possible in that location. Yes, we have all spent hours finding the  seams between two or three(!) biomes only to find that we have more time ahead of us chasing after the beacon, tripping and falling, fighting off various beasts, until we settle for something less than we want or find the perfect location only to see that it is in a restricted area.

This mod is called WIll’s Enhanced Survey Tool (WEST) and it will solve the surveying problem by allowing you to fly above the landscape, controlled by your boost pack, and see an expanded landscape, highlighting all the resources below you. I have added the “Hold the Boost Button” setting to maintain flight and adjusted the scan range to preserve dps and potential CDT if you fly too high or too fast. I have also cleared the weather so you can see where you are going.

After finding the right spot, you float back to ground in God Mode to place your marker and avoid instant death. (See the attached video for a demonstration)

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I mostly do videos on building factories on Outposts in Starfield or offering fixes for other mods. (youtube.com/@willny4). But I’m like a TV doctor in the  Starfield modding community.  It may look like I know what I am doing but I just follow the script. A mod published a year ago, Mineral Survey Mode, was my “script’ for this mod. It does roughly the same thing but I’ve modified and added many new features so that I can call it my own. The author permits changes if you acknowledge the original mod which I do now. Since this mod is not an organ transplant It should work pretty well for most players.

INSTALLATION OF BATCH FILES

The master file, (WillsEnhanced SurveyTool. 7z) contains three .txt files:

WESTON.txt turns on the mod. Press scan and jump up; away you go.

WESTOFF1.txt turns off the mod and returns you to your previous settings

WESTOFF2.txt is an alternate ending that somewhat increases the span of your scanner and keeps the Hold for Boost button. If you tire of these changes, just run Bat WESTOFF1 twice and you will be back to normal.

To Install:

1.  Manually download and unzip the Master file

2.  Place the three .txt files into your Starfield folder (where the Starfield.exe is located)

3.  Do a hard save.

4.  In game open the Console (~) and type: Bat WESTON (don’t type.txt)

5.  To exit open the Console (~) and type: Bat WESTOFF1

6.  For the Alternative Ending open the console(~) and type:Bat WESTOFF2.

7. If you ever want to remove the mod just check that the settings are whatever you want and then just delete the txt files.

TWO NOTES OF CAUTION

1. Flying very high or moving too fast