Modified Install Guide

WARNING

This is a guide on how to modify Star Wars Genesis further against my will. You should be aware that you will receive limited support if you modify your list. I don’t have the time or patience to help everyone that does so and encounters issues because of it. You should also be aware that you are putting your save at risk of corruption depending on the types of mods you install, especially when there’s a new Genesis update. If you cannot control yourself and install 50 new mods and then update Genesis, do not come crying to me about how it doesn’t work. Please refer to my Modified Save Guide for futureproofing your additional mods to potentially survive Genesis updates. No guarantees.

Additionally, you must only ask for help in the #Modified-Install channel of my Discord. This is because your issues are low priority due to most probably being caused by what you’ve done to the list, and not what I’ve done to the list. I have extensively tested the list and know nearly all the bugs with it. You aren’t helping anyone by throwing bugs at me in the normal help channel and misleading me with your modified list. I can help you better if you’re honest and I’m aware you are running a modified install.

If I find that you’re repeatedly asking for help in the normal help channel with a modified list, I will unfortunately have to give you a role that limits your chat privileges to only the Modified Help channel and the News channel. You have to understand that for the average person discovering Genesis for the first time, it looks bad when the Help channel is full of people talking about crashes and dozens of other scary issues caused by your modified genesis installs. I hope you can understand why I’m make this clear distinction between modified and vanilla Genesis installs.

Important Tips

  • This is a short guide on the basics of Mod Organizer 2. if you’ve never used Mod Organizer 2 before, I highly recommend reading up on this. While the Genesis discord can be helpful, it is not a technical support discord on mod installation. Please do some research beyond this guide if you’re running into a specific issue.
  • Please don’t update mods in the list unless you know what you’re doing. Especially armor mods and balancing mods. For example, if you updated Ascension in V4, then everything would become a bullet sponge. If you updated UC Empire in V4, then all stormtroopers became vanilla. There’s a reason these mods aren’t updated.
  • HUD MODS: Please refrain from downloading any HUD mods uploaded or updated BEFORE August 20, 2024. This WILL break many aspects of your game.

Plugin Rules

These are the most important rule to follow to have a stable and crash free list. A small master plugin has the yellow circle symbol near their name. A medium master plugin has an orange play symbol near their name. A full master plugin has nothing near their name.

  • A small master plugin can safely override a full master plugin.
  • A full master plugin cannot safely override another small master plugin.
  • A small master can safely override another small master plugin.
  • A medium master safely can override a full master.
  • A medium master safely can override another medium master.
  • A full master safely can override a medium master.
  • It is unknown whether a small master can safely override a medium master.
Creation Store

I would personally just avoid the Creation Store unless its a very well known and well-made mod that you’re downloading. If a mod is on both Creations and NexusMods, then get it from NexusMods. The Creations Store is very prone to breaking and corrupting your modlist/save. If you desperately want a mod from the Creation Store, do NOT open the store with your Genesis install. Instead, launch vanilla Starfield through Steam, enter Creations, download your mod, go to the Starfield folder and take the files and put it into a newly created Mod Organizer 2 mod. If you have no idea what I just said, I would highly recommend that you just not download that Creation Store mod.

Also I would make sure you don’t accidently pirate a paid mod. There are definitely no websites out there that let you download paid mods for free. Respect the hard working scammers verified creators by NOT pirating.

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